News 28/10/25

Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his military to immediately carry out strikes in Gaza.

It comes after he accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire in the territory by handing over remains that were of an Israeli hostage who was already recovered. A statement from the prime minister’s office said: “Following the security consultations, Prime Minister Netanyahu instructed the military echelon to carry out powerful strikes in the Gaz Strip immediately.”

A man has died after three people were stabbed in west London.

Police were called to Midhurst Gardens in Uxbridge around 5pm on Monday. Paramedics and London’s Air Ambulance attended, but a 49-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene after being treated for stab wounds. The Metropolitan Police say his family have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers.

A murder investigation is under way.

Nearly half a million children in England are using council-funded transport to get to school.

Government figures show around six percent of all pupils rely on local authority services such as buses and taxis, with many of them having special educational needs or disabilities.
That’s around 180,000 under-16s. Councils have warned that costs are rising sharply, while head teachers say the service is vital for pupils who otherwise couldn’t make it to class.

Prunella Scales, best known for playing Sybil in Fawlty Towers, has died at the age of 93.

Her sons, Samuel and Joseph West, said their “darling mother” died peacefully at home in London — and revealed she’d been watching Fawlty Towers the day before she passed. Her career spanned more than seven decades, from early roles in Marriage Lines in the 1960s to the iconic BBC sitcom that made her a household name alongside John Cleese in the mid-70s.

Scales also appeared in Hobson’s Choice, The Boys from Brazil, and Howards End, and was made CBE in 1992 for services to drama.

A Suffolk man has admitted attempting to murder his partner during what police called a “ferocious attack” in Burnham Beeches near Slough.

Thirty-one-year-old Robert Reardon stabbed and strangled the victim, a man in his twenties, after asking to borrow his phone to send a message to the victim’s mother describing suicidal thoughts. The incident happened on May 23. Reardon pleaded guilty at Aylesbury Crown Court to attempted murder and possession of a bladed article.

Amazon says it will cut around 14,000 corporate jobs worldwide as part of a major restructuring.

The company hasn’t confirmed how many of its 75,000 UK staff could be affected, but employees are expected to hear from managers this week. Unions say the scale of cuts suggests UK jobs are almost certain to be lost.

A passenger has been charged after allegedly stabbing two teenagers with a metal fork on a Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Frankfurt.

Prosecutors say 28-year-old Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli attacked one boy in his sleep before lunging at another. Both victims sustained minor injuries. The suspect was restrained and arrested when the plane landed in Boston.

Hundreds of asylum seekers could soon be housed in military barracks as the government moves to end the use of hotels.

Talks are taking place over two potential sites – one in Scotland and one in the south of England – which could together accommodate around 900 men. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has reportedly instructed Home Office and Ministry of Defence officials to speed up work on identifying suitable military facilities.

The government has pledged to phase out the use of hotels for asylum seekers before the next election, following criticism over the cost and protests at several sites.

Men with suspected prostate cancer could soon receive an NHS diagnosis within a single day under a new trial.

The scheme will use artificial intelligence to interpret MRI scans, allowing doctors to detect possible signs of cancer in just minutes. If a scan shows a high risk, it will be flagged for priority review and the patient could be booked in for a biopsy the same day.

NHS England says the AI technology will be tested in up to 15 hospitals and could cut waiting times by several months.

Slough councillors have approved a new contract for food waste collection and disposal, describing it as a vital step toward making the borough carbon neutral by 2030.

From April 2026, new government rules will require councils across England to introduce separate weekly food waste collections. A Slough Borough Council report says around 40 percent of the town’s household waste is food, which will now be diverted for anaerobic digestion rather than landfill.