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Police arrest 325 at London rally backing banned Palestine Action group
Police arrested 325 people on 31 October 2026 outside the US Embassy in London at a rally supporting Palestine Action, the group the UK has banned as a terrorist organisation. The UK Supreme Court hears the challenge to the ban from 4 November.
- Oct 24
Storm Boelo topples 166-year-old Bristol beech and kills two men across Britain
Gusts reached 84 mph (135 kph) in Argyll and Bute as Storm Boelo, the second storm to hit the UK that weekend, cut power to thousands and left two men dead after trees fell on them.
- Oct 13
Second wave of early prison releases begins in England and Wales as tagging gaps emerge
The second phase of England and Wales' early release scheme began on Tuesday, 13 October, with about 650 offenders due to leave jail, as MPs and police raised concerns over tagging.
- Oct 7
Disney+ to stream Super Bowl LXI in 2027 alongside linear ESPN and ABC broadcast
The Walt Disney Company will stream Super Bowl LXI on Disney+ on 14 February 2027 across the United States and 55 international markets, expanding on traditional broadcasts by ESPN and ABC.
- Oct 5
British Airways flight to Chicago drops 28,000 feet over Ireland and returns to Heathrow
A British Airways Boeing 777 bound for Chicago dropped 28,000 feet in seven minutes over Ireland before circling for hours to burn fuel and landing safely back at Heathrow.
- Sep 30
ITV premieres crime thriller Winter starring Richard Armitage as Bristol pathologist
Adapted from the French series Balthazar, the six-part series pairs self-contained murder investigations with a decade-long mystery surrounding the death of the protagonist's fiancée.
- Sep 21
NATS connectivity failure disrupts UK flights two weeks after Swanwick outage
A technical connectivity fault at the Prestwick control centre grounded and delayed flights across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and northern England on Monday.
- Sep 21
Ryan Blaney and Carson Hocevar trade punches in NASCAR brawl at Bristol
Ryan Blaney crashed into the wall after late contact with Carson Hocevar while battling for second place at Bristol Motor Speedway, sparking a physical fight between both drivers on pit road.
- Aug 22
Dom Ballard scores backheel volley as Bristol City draw 2-2 at Birmingham
Bristol City substitute Dom Ballard scored an 84th-minute backheel volley at St Andrew's before a 94th-minute Demarai Gray penalty secured a 2-2 draw for Birmingham City.
- Aug 15
Body found in search for British teenager missing in Romanian mountains since November
A body believed to be that of George Smyth, an 18-year-old geology student from Bristol who vanished in Romania's Bucegi mountains in November, has been found after a nine-month search.
- Aug 14
Frasers Group buys Harvey Nichols out of administration for roughly £40 million, beating Next
Mike Ashley's Frasers Group acquired the loss-making luxury department store chain Harvey Nichols through a pre-pack administration on 13 August for roughly £40 million, beating rival Next and ending Dickson Poon's 35-year ownership.
- Aug 2
AstraZeneca shares slide 7% as investors and analysts pan reported Bristol Myers merger talks
Shares in the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker fell as much as 8.8% on Monday after the Financial Times reported preliminary discussions with US rival Bristol Myers Squibb, a combination that would approach $400 billion in market value.
- Jul 31
UK Supreme Court to review Palestine Action terror ban after 77 arrested at London protest
The UK Supreme Court granted permission for Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori to appeal the group's proscription as a terrorist organisation, while 77 people were arrested outside a London court for expressing support for the banned group.
- Jul 30
UK invests £8.4bn in Dreadnought nuclear submarines as Burnham ties defence to jobs
Prime Minister Andy Burnham unveiled £8.4 billion for the next phase of the Dreadnought-class submarine programme during a visit to Barrow-in-Furness, framing the nuclear deterrent as both a security guarantee and an engine for reindustrialisation.
- Jul 29
Green leader Polanski refuses to apologise to Farage over guillotine T-shirt post as police investigate
Green Party leader Zack Polanski says sharing a guillotine T-shirt image on Instagram was an inadvertent mistake, but refuses to apologise to Nigel Farage, whose Reform UK party reported him to police for incitement to murder.
- Jul 15
Spanish court orders trial for PM's wife Begoña Gómez on influence peddling and embezzlement charges, lifts travel ban
A Madrid court upheld two corruption charges against the Spanish prime minister's wife while dismissing two others and lifting her travel restrictions.
- Jul 2
Australia thrash England to win record seventh Women's T20 World Cup
Beth Mooney's 64 off 49 balls and a century stand with Phoebe Litchfield powered Australia to a seven-wicket victory over England in the final at a sold-out Lord's.
- Jul 2
Starmer offers state apology for forced adoption of 185,000 babies in England and Wales
Prime Minister Keir Starmer formally apologised in Parliament on Thursday for the state's role in a decades-long system of forced adoptions that took an estimated 185,000 babies from unmarried mothers between 1949 and 1976. He declared the shame belongs to the state, not the women who were coerced into giving up their children.
- Jun 28
Ireland sweeps T20 series against world champion India with dramatic one-run win
A thrilling one-run victory in Belfast gave Ireland a 2-0 series sweep over T20 world champion India on Sunday, capping a historic weekend in which the Irish women's team also secured its first T20 World Cup win.
- Jun 24
Record-breaking European heatwave kills dozens, forces hospital alerts as heat dome advances east
A historic June heatwave has shattered temperature records across Western Europe, killing at least 55 people in France and overwhelming health services, with the heat dome now pushing east towards Germany, Poland and the Balkans.
