News 01/10/26

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is in a critical condition in hospital after surviving two lethal injection attempts on Wednesday.

The fifty-year-old was sentenced to death in 1996 for murder. Following the failed executions, her lawyers confirmed she remains alive and are calling for her sentence to be commuted. The state’s governor has consequently halted all scheduled executions for the rest of the year.

Britain is in talks with European partners to release strategic fuel reserves, including diesel, following threats by US President Donald Trump to ban exports.

Mr Trump proposed the measure to combat record prices in America, but experts warn stopping exports could drive up global costs. UK diesel prices hit record highs this week, hovering near two hundred pence per litre according to the RAC.

A twenty-seven-year-old dual UK-Iranian national has been arrested in Westminster on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts over the incident at RAF Fairford.

Counter-terrorism officers detained the man under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act. Police confirmed a second man, aged twenty-six, has been questioned under caution, while searches have taken place at two London properties in connection with the investigation.

Findings from the Premier League’s financial case against Manchester City require scrutiny from His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, according to the chair of a cross-party group of MPs.

An independent commission found the club guilty of all charges relating to financial rule breaches between 2009 and 2018, ruling revenue was artificially inflated through sham sponsorship deals. City deny wrongdoing and intend to appeal.

A Section 60 stop and search order has been implemented in Slough following linked violent altercations in Manor Park.

Thames Valley Police say a fight broke out between boys on a bus on Monday evening, leaving one child with minor injuries. A second fight involving the same group occurred later that night, resulting in a man suffering injuries that required hospital treatment.

A baby girl whose body was found on a shoreline in North Wales may have been in the water for weeks, police have said.

Detectives are searching for the mother of the infant, whose remains were found in Bangor, Gwynedd, on Sunday. A post-mortem revealed the baby was a girl. North Wales Police said tests were under way. Superintendent Llinos Davies said the mother may be fearful of coming forward.

A burglar has been sentenced to 18 years in jail, with a further five years on licence, for the manslaughter of a pensioner whose house he broke into.

John Burke, 86, was assaulted during a burglary in east London on 29 September last year. He was taken to hospital, but died. Ashley Malcolm, of Hackney, had headbutted him when challenged.

A British man detained in India for nearly nine years without conviction has been released on bail, according to Reprieve.

Jagtar Singh Johal, 39, from Dumbarton in Scotland, was arrested two weeks after his wedding in Punjab in 2017, according to his family. His brother Gurpreet said Delhi High Court had overturned a 2024 decision and granted him bail. He must remain facing trial over alleged terror offences in India.

A former prep school teacher has been jailed for seven years after being found guilty of gross indecency against a boy she tutored.

Deborah Franklin, 65, was in her 30s at the time. St Albans Crown Court heard she was trusted by the family. Jurors were told she took her clothes off, kissed the boy, got him to touch her and performed sexual acts. Franklin was his tutor during the 1990s and subjected him to sexual activity while he was aged between nine and 12.

Benjamin Netanyahu says the pilot attacked on the Flydubai plane yesterday was stabbed in the head.

Speaking to Fox News, the Israeli prime minister said the pilot’s arm was split in two. He also claimed the co-pilot who attacked the captain underwent Islamist radical indoctrination, without providing evidence.

England striker Ivan Toney has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a man at a central London nightclub.

The 30-year-old is accused of headbutting and punching Saber Da Silva on 6 December. At Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Toney denied a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Toney elected for a Crown Court trial after District Judge Briony Clarke said the case could be tried in the magistrates’ court.

A death row inmate in Tennessee set to become the first woman executed by the state in over 200 years remains alive after being administered two lethal injections, according to her lawyers.

Fifty-year-old Christa Pike was due to be executed in Nashville after the United States Supreme Court overturned a previous reprieve. However, her legal team filed an emergency motion to halt the procedure, claiming Pike maintained a heartbeat and remained conscious after the injection chemicals were administered.

Online adverts promoting baby products that claim to assist infant sleep or alleviate conditions such as colic and reflux could be putting children at risk of serious physical harm or death, a watchdog has warned.

The Advertising Standards Authority advised parents to be on high alert after reviewing three hundred and fifty advertisements for infant products and services. The regulator classified fifty-nine percent as high risk, identifying dozens of adverts for further action.