News 15/10/26

Nineteen people have been injured after a collision between a bus and a Le Shuttle train at the Eurotunnel site in Pas-de-Calais, French authorities say.

Regional officials have confirmed that no lives are in danger following the incident. Eurostar passengers travelling tonight should experience no disruption to their journeys, with the rail operator noting in a status update that the collision occurred several kilometres away from the Channel Tunnel itself.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park is to reopen on Friday following the tragic death of William Chapman on Saturday.

A post-mortem examination found the twenty-four-year-old died from multiple traumatic injuries after entering the park’s tiger enclosure. In a statement confirming the reopening, park management extended their thoughts and heartfelt sympathies to Mr Chapman’s family, friends and loved ones.

The firing squad execution of former US army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan will not be livestreamed, Donald Trump has confirmed.

Hasan was convicted of killing thirteen people on a military base. Although US defence secretary Pete Hegseth previously announced the execution on the third of December would be public, Mr Trump posted on Truth Social on Thursday that the livestream will not go ahead.

Transgender patients should be cared for on single-sex hospital wards aligning with their biological sex rather than their gender identity, under new guidance from NHS England.

The guidelines state that where this is not clinically appropriate, alternative arrangements must ensure patient dignity and safety. Staff facilities must also align with biological sex, with single-occupancy options provided as alternatives.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has apologised to the governing body’s council over his scrapped plan to sell off commercial rights to a private investment firm.

During a meeting in Zurich, council members told Infantino he is unfit to lead unless he releases all relevant documents and answers key questions regarding the proposal.

Russia has accused Ukraine of attacking an oil refinery after Volodymyr Zelensky announced the resumption of strikes on Russian energy infrastructure.

Ukraine’s president stated he had paused strikes for three days while Russian attacks continued. Mr Zelensky also accused the US of withdrawing intelligence-sharing to force a halt to strikes, and claimed recent restrictions on Starlink satellite services were deliberate, though Ukrainian sources say functionality partially resumed on Thursday.

Ukrainian and Russian officials confirm a drone strike has hit a Ryazan refinery, ending a brief truce announced by Donald Trump.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham blamed Moscow for the collapse, noting President Zelenskyy had agreed to engage immediately.

A former supply teacher has been jailed for six years after admitting twenty-one offences, including twelve counts of upskirting pupils, voyeurism, and distributing indecent images.

Thirty-six-year-old Abusali Rahman was sentenced at Bolton Crown Court.

A police officer has been convicted of raping a teenage girl and a woman following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Carmichael John Williamson, known as John, denied three charges of rape and a further charge of underage sex, but was found guilty of the offences which took place in Shetland. Judge John Morris KC described the case as very distressing and told jurors that counselling was available.

A severe drought has been declared in parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, East Sussex and West Sussex.

According to the government’s environmental department Defra, the south of England experienced its driest April to September in over a century. While customer supplies will not be affected, water companies will be instructed to monitor reservoir and river levels daily, as well as conduct tougher water quality checks.

An inquest has heard that a  24 year-old man who entered a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park died of multiple traumatic injuries and animal interaction.

William Chapman visited the park near Doncaster on Saturday and climbed two fences to enter the pen. Senior coroner Nicola Mundy heard Mr Chapman had a diagnosis of schizophrenia, and his family raised concerns regarding his contact with an NHS trust.

Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison after being found guilty of eighteen child sex offences.

The sixty-three-year-old committed the crimes between nineteen eighty-five and two thousand and eight, when his two victims were of primary school age. In June, Donaldson was convicted at Newry Crown Court of rape, thirteen indecent assaults, and four counts of gross indecency.

An inquest into the death of William Chapman, who was killed by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday, has heard his family express concerns over his prior contact with mental health services.

Doncaster Coroner’s Court heard the twenty-four-year-old had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and experienced bouts of psychosis. His family said he suffered from significant mental illness over several years and was prescribed strong medication.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the United Kingdom unless the country’s government accepts more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders.

From Thursday, Eritrean diplomats face movement restrictions outside London, alongside a suspension of fast-track VIP visas. Figures show Eritreans accounted for eighteen per cent of small boat arrivals in the year to June.

At least thirty-four children and a teacher have died after a private school roof collapsed in Peshawar, Pakistan.

The disaster happened during morning classes at the Al Khair Education Center. Over fifty people were injured, with three children critically ill in hospital.

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The UK economy grew by 0.1% in August, defying economist predictions of a contraction, according to official figures from the Office for National Statistics.

Gross domestic product had been forecast to fall by up to point three percent. On a three-month basis, economic growth rose by point seven percent, which was also a surprise to forecasters.

At least seventeen children and a teacher have died after a school roof collapsed in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Emergency service officials say more than three dozen pupils were injured, with several remaining in a critical condition at hospital. Rescuers continue working to reach several children who are still trapped under the rubble.