News 25/10/25

Lucy Powell has been elected as Labour’s new deputy leader.

The former Leader of the House of Commons, who was dismissed in last month’s reshuffle, defeated Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson to succeed Angela Rayner. The final tally saw Powell secure just over eighty-seven thousand votes, with Phillipson on seventy-three thousand.

Powell now steps back into the front line of Labour leadership, less than a month after being sacked by Sir Keir Starmer.

Police are continuing their search for a convicted sex offender who was mistakenly released from HMP Chelmsford.

Essex Police say the man was last seen in London, with officers working through the night to trace his movements using CCTV footage.

They’ve confirmed their main focus is now the capital, as the manhunt enters its second day.

Authorities have seized more than two thousand fake weight loss jabs in Northampton, in what’s being called the world’s largest haul of counterfeit medication.

The UK’s medicines regulator and police discovered the illegal factory was producing and distributing unlicensed pens falsely labelled as tirzepatide, an ingredient found in Mounjaro.
Pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly has warned that anyone buying such products online risks serious harm, as there’s no way to know what they contain.

A woman remains under police guard in hospital after a nine-year-old girl was found dead in the Oxfordshire village of Islip.

Officers were called to Middle Street on Tuesday morning after reports that three children had been assaulted. The young girl was pronounced dead at the scene, while two other children and a forty-nine-year-old woman were taken to hospital with injuries.

Police say the woman’s condition is life-threatening, and her family is being supported by specialist officers.