News 07/11/26

At least five people have been killed and around a dozen injured in Poland after a gunman opened fire from a vehicle.

Polish police confirmed the shooting occurred at approximately two o’clock UK time, when a man drove onto a public square and began firing at random. Police stated the perpetrator has been detained, adding that several people, including police officers, sustained injuries during the incident.

Two men have been arrested after a teenager was injured in a sword attack near two schools in Gloucester.

St Peter’s High School and Willow Primary Academy in Tuffley were placed in lockdown following the incident on Friday morning. Armed officers searched the area after suspects fled on foot. Police confirmed a seventeen-year-old suffered a wound believed to have been caused by a sword. A nineteen-year-old and an eighteen-year-old have both been arrested.

A developer has submitted detailed plans for the initial phase of a project to build fifteen hundred homes on Maidenhead Golf Club’s former site.

Cala Homes is seeking approval for two hundred and thirty-four properties forming part of the Elizabeth Quarter development. Outline permission for the broader scheme, which includes primary and secondary schools, was granted last year by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead following the golf club’s relocation to Ascot.

The EU’s former Brexit negotiator has warned Andy Burnham that the UK cannot rejoin its single market à la carte.

Michel Barnier stated that any return to the internal market would require Britain to accept all four core freedoms, including the free movement of people. His comments come ahead of an upcoming summit, after the Prime Minister indicated he wanted to explore options for closer economic ties with Europe.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has indicated he is prepared to reform rape trial procedures to encourage more victims to come forward.

Speaking following the conviction of comedian Russell Brand for rape and sexual assault, the Prime Minister stated that victims must never be made to feel like they are the ones on trial. His comments align with calls from Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley to challenge legal myths regarding victim behaviour.

Poundland’s majority owner has extracted nearly eighteen million pounds in fees and interest payments since acquiring the discounter last year, according to disclosures made to the government.

Investment firm Gordon Brothers faces mounting pressure ahead of private talks with MPs on the Business and Trade Select Committee next Wednesday. The revelations come as the retail chain faces potential insolvency proceedings, placing more than ten thousand jobs at risk.

Thomas Markle, the father of the Duchess of Sussex, has been placed under house detention at his assisted living facility in Florida.

The eighty-two-year-old was arrested on a federal complaint charging him with one count of possessing child sexual abuse material, allegations he has previously dismissed as sick lies. Following a court appearance, he was ordered to undergo electronic monitoring, though no plea was entered.

A man who threw a brick at and urinated on an elephant statue created for a hospice fundraising appeal has been jailed for sixteen weeks.

Thirty-one-year-old Faisal Mohammed admitted criminal damage and outraging public decency after CCTV captured him targeting the sculpture outside The Curve in Slough. The artwork formed part of the Thames Hospice charity trail featuring thirty sculptures displayed across Berkshire.

Pope Leo the Fourteenth has confirmed he is in good health during his first public comments since undergoing surgery for lung cancer.

Speaking to reporters travelling on a twelve-day tour of Latin America, the seventy-one-year-old pontiff expressed his happiness at undertaking the journey just three weeks after his operation. The trip includes visits to Uruguay, Argentina, and a return to Peru.