News 13/09/26

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Refereeing body Pro Ref has admitted an error after VAR awarded Manchester City their winning goal in Sunday’s Manchester derby.

Erling Haaland’s strike handed City a one-nil victory, but officials now concede VAR failed to recognise that Enzo Fernandez interfered with play from an offside position. Pro Ref confirmed the video assistant should have advised an on-field review and has contacted Manchester United.

A Russian drone has struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and senior European security officials passed along the line.

The engine was hit at Yahodyn, but no casualties were reported as passengers had already been evacuated. Ukrainian authorities suggested the diplomatic train may have been the target, though Moscow claimed it struck broader railway infrastructure.

In ice hockey, Slough Jets opened their season with a seven-three victory away at Romford.

Ollie Hemmings-Marr scored the opening goal of the campaign, before strikes from Seb Mohr, Jack Goodchild, Juha Lindgren and Christian Mohr sealed the win. The Jets play away again next weekend before making their home return on Saturday the twenty-sixth against Cardiff.

Police have released images of six men following an anti-migrant protest in Portsmouth last Sunday in which officers were injured and vehicles damaged.

Demonstrators clashed with police after a boat carrying Channel migrants arrived at Eastney Marina. Protesters blocked roads for hours before Hampshire Police dispersed around two hundred people at four in the morning on Monday. Several police, coastguard and border force vehicles were damaged during the disturbance.

A former textile mill in West Yorkshire that featured in TV dramas including Peaky Blinders and Downton Abbey has been devastated by another major fire.

Firefighters were called to the Grade two listed Dalton Mills in Keighley at around eight o’clock on Saturday evening. Built in the 1860s, it was once one of Yorkshire’s largest textile complexes, employing thousands in its heyday. The mill has been largely unused since the late 1980s and is now derelict. This is the fifth fire at the site in as many years.

Donald Trump has talked up Irish reunification for a third time this weekend, claiming it is natural to put north and south together.

Speaking in Dublin on Saturday, the US President sparked controversy by stating he would love to see a unified Ireland and predicting it will happen eventually. He later doubled down on his comments, describing reunification as a very cool thing and saying he loves his remarks about putting Northern Ireland and Ireland together.

A former artificial intelligence researcher at Anthropic has warned that workers in the industry are genuinely frightened by the rapid pace of technological advancement.

Speaking to the BBC after his resignation post went viral, twenty-seven-year-old Jacob Coxon claimed humanity faces immediate existential risk unless progress is slowed down. His comments follow calls from his former chief executive, Dario Amodei, for a pause in AI development amid growing safety concerns.

An American diplomat accused of possessing indecent images of children was secretly flown out of the United Kingdom, according to reports.

US authorities allegedly raided the official’s London flat last month, taking him to an American airbase for removal without making a formal extradition request. American personnel have no power of arrest within the UK, and British ministers are now understood to be in touch with the US embassy over the incident.

The UK national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, has warned that European nations must be prepared to endure real economic hardship this winter to maintain pressure on Russia.

Addressing a conference in Kyiv, he insisted that Western sanctions and support for Ukraine are proving successful. Powell argued that Russian threats of escalation demonstrate that international pressure is working, urging European allies not to relax their efforts despite severe seasonal energy shortages.

Reform UK spokesman Robert Jenrick has defended seventy-two million pounds in political donations received from two cryptocurrency billionaires, insisting the funds are entirely within the law.

The government is currently seeking to introduce a backdated one-hundred-thousand-pound cap on political contributions from British expats. However, Jenrick told the BBC he expects the party to retain the money provided by Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne.

University applicants in England will be given clearer information about student loans before taking them out, the government has announced.

Ministers promised to make explicit that future governments can alter repayment terms and that career paths affect total repayments. The commitment follows an inquiry by MPs which found past promotional materials comparing repayments to thirty-pound monthly phone contracts amounted to mis-selling. However, ministers declined to confirm whether they will reverse a freeze on repayment thresholds.

Frustrated residents at a block of flats in Berkshire say they are suffering persistent maintenance problems, including sewage leaks, broken lifts, and damaged paving.

Tenants at Iron House in Slough say the issues have lasted over eighteen months, with basement sewage posing a serious health risk. Managing agent Centrick apologized for the disruption, acknowledging ongoing drainage and lift failures, while residents continue to demand urgent repairs and long-term resolutions.