Anti-obesity drugs have heart health benefits beyond weight loss, study finds<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>MHRA said it is \u201cbelieved to be the largest single seizure of trafficked weight loss medicines ever recorded by a law enforcement agency worldwide\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The bust comes amid soaring demand for weight loss medicines. Health officials across the globe have urged people not to buy them online or on social media because the drugs may be tainted or otherwise unsafe.<\/p>\n<p>Retatrutide, for example, belongs to a class of drugs known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, which help people lose weight by mimicking a hormone that makes them feel full for longer. The group also includes blockbuster medicines such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Saxenda.<\/p>\n<p>However, retatrutide has not been approved in the UK because it is still being tested in clinical trials. 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Now the sector is accusing Westminster of unfairly taxing its own workers, putting Britain\u2019s economy at risk.","summary":"UK factories built 35.9% fewer vehicles in September after major manufacturer JLR was knocked offline by a cyber incident. Now the sector is accusing Westminster of unfairly taxing its own workers, putting Britain\u2019s economy at risk.","keySentence":"","url":"cyberattack-drives-uk-car-production-to-73-year-low-as-tax-threat-looms","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/10\/24\/cyberattack-drives-uk-car-production-to-73-year-low-as-tax-threat-looms","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Britain\u2019s car factories have suffered their sharpest downturn in decades after a major cyberattack paralysed output at Jaguar Land Rover, the country\u2019s biggest manufacturer.\n\nNew figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show car production fell by 27.1% in September, with just 51,090 vehicles leaving UK factory lines.\n\nThe hit was even worse when accounting for all vehicle types, including vans \u2014 down 35.9% year-on-year. This came as the five-week JLR cyber incident forced an unprecedented shutdown and separate restructurings cut commercial vehicle output.\n\n\u201cSeptember\u2019s performance comes as no surprise given the total loss of production at Britain\u2019s biggest automotive employer following a cyber incident,\u201d said Mike Hawes, SMMT\u2019s chief executive.\n\n\u201cWhile the situation has improved, the sector remains under immense pressure.\u201d\n\nThe figures mark the lowest September production level since 1952, according to industry data and the SMMT's long-running archive, highlighting the fragility of a sector still recovering from pandemic-era disruptions and supply chain shortages.\n\nThere were, however, signs of continued investment in green technologies. Almost half of the cars built last month were electrified models such as battery electric, plug-in hybrid, or hybrid.\n\nSMMT added that overall production for the domestic market fell by 34.1%, while exports dropped 24.5%. Most shipments were bound for the EU, the United States, Turkey, Japan, and South Korea.\n\nMeanwhile, commercial vehicle production plunged 77.9%, extending a six-month decline as one major manufacturer consolidated operations.\n\nBudget negotiations deepen the crisis\n\nThe slump comes just weeks before the Autumn Budget on 26 November, when the government is expected to finalise fiscal measures that could reshape the automotive workforce.\n\nAt the heart of industry concern is the planned abolition of Employee Car Ownership Schemes (ECOS), a tax change that would reclassify vehicles provided under these schemes as company cars, making them subject to higher tax rates.\n\nThe ECOS scheme lets car factory workers buy the cars they build without paying the full company car tax \u2014 kind of a staff discount through payroll.\n\nIf the government ends that scheme, those workers would suddenly face big new taxes on their own cars. That could reduce demand for vehicles, prompting anger among carmakers.\n\nAccording to SMMT analysis, ending ECOS could affect 60,000 automotive workers, reduce new car sales by 80,000 units a year, and cost the Treasury nearly \u00a3500 million or \u20ac573.36mn in lost tax receipts.\n\nThe group estimates the wider hit to the UK\u2019s industrial base at more than \u00a31 billion (\u20ac1.15bn), threatening around 5,000 manufacturing jobs.\n\nHawes said scrapping ECOS immediately puts the Industrial Strategy\u2019s ambitions in doubt, referring to a government plan unveiled in June to boost vehicle output to 1.3 million units per year.\n\nEven so, the UK government claims that \"the measure is not expected to have any significant macroeconomic impacts\".\n\n\"Private use of a company car is a valuable benefit, and it is right the appropriate tax is paid on it,\" said a HMRC statement.\n\n\"This measure will ensure fairness with other taxpayers, reduce distortions in the tax system, and it reinforces the emissions-based company car tax regime which incentivises the take-up of zero emission vehicles.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Britain\u2019s car factories have suffered their sharpest downturn in decades after a major cyberattack paralysed output at Jaguar Land Rover, the country\u2019s biggest manufacturer.<\/p>\n<p>New figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show car production fell by 27.1% in September, with just 51,090 vehicles leaving UK factory lines. <\/p>\n<p>The hit was even worse when accounting for all vehicle types, including vans \u2014 down 35.9% year-on-year. This came as the five-week JLR cyber incident forced an unprecedented shutdown and separate restructurings cut commercial vehicle output.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeptember\u2019s performance comes as no surprise given the total loss of production at Britain\u2019s biggest automotive employer following a cyber incident,\u201d said Mike Hawes, SMMT\u2019s chief executive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the situation has improved, the sector remains under immense pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The figures mark the lowest September production level since 1952, according to industry data and the SMMT's long-running archive, highlighting the fragility of a sector still recovering from pandemic-era disruptions and supply chain shortages.<\/p>\n<p>There were, however, signs of continued investment in green technologies. Almost half of the cars built last month were electrified models such as battery electric, plug-in hybrid, or hybrid.<\/p>\n<p>SMMT added that overall production for the domestic market fell by 34.1%, while exports dropped 24.5%. Most shipments were bound for the EU, the United States, Turkey, Japan, and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, commercial vehicle production plunged 77.9%, extending a six-month decline as one major manufacturer consolidated operations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//10//09//climbing-the-ladder-wealth-mobility-is-eluding-britains-middle-class/">Climbing the ladder: Wealth mobility is eluding Britain's middle class<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//10//22//inflation-in-the-uk-remains-high-sitting-at-38-in-september/">Inflation in the UK remains high, sitting at 3.8% in September<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Budget negotiations deepen the crisis<\/h2>\n<p>The slump comes just weeks before the Autumn Budget on 26 November, when the government is expected to finalise fiscal measures that could reshape the automotive workforce.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of industry concern is the planned abolition of Employee Car Ownership Schemes (ECOS), a tax change that would reclassify vehicles provided under these schemes as company cars, making them subject to higher tax rates.<\/p>\n<p>The ECOS scheme lets car factory workers buy the cars they build without paying the full company car tax \u2014 kind of a staff discount through payroll.<\/p>\n<p>If the government ends that scheme, those workers would suddenly face big new taxes on their own cars. 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statement.\n\nThe force added that Russia was the country that the three men are believed to have helped.\n\nSearches are being carried out at the addresses where they were arrested and at a further location in west London.\n\nCommander Dominic Murphy, the head of counter-terrorism policing in London, said the UK is seeing a spike in the number of \"proxies\" recruited by foreign intelligence services.\n\nLast week, Ken McCallum, the head of the MI5 security service, claimed Russia was \"committed to causing havoc and destruction.\"\n\n\"In the last year, we and the police have disrupted a steady stream of surveillance plots with hostile intent aimed at individuals Russian leaders perceive as their enemies,\" he said.\n\nThe Kremlin continues to deny its involvement in acts of sabotage against the UK and other European countries who also support Ukraine.\n\nThursday's arrests come as six men are being sentenced over an allegedly Russia-backed arson attack on Ukraine-linked businesses 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<\/p>\n<p>Commander Dominic Murphy, the head of counter-terrorism policing in London, said the UK is seeing a spike in the number of \"proxies\" recruited by foreign intelligence services. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//21//poland-detains-eight-over-suspected-russia-linked-sabotage-says-pm-tusk/">Poland detains eight over suspected Russia-linked sabotage, says PM Tusk<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//10//17//russian-cyberattacks-against-nato-members-up-25-in-a-year-analysis-shows/">Russian cyberattacks against NATO members up 25% in a year, analysis shows<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Last week, Ken McCallum, the head of the MI5 security service, claimed Russia was \"committed to causing havoc and destruction.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"In the last year, we and the police have disrupted a steady stream of surveillance plots with hostile intent aimed at individuals Russian leaders perceive as their enemies,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin continues to deny its involvement in acts of sabotage against the UK and other European countries who also support Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Thursday's arrests come as six men are being sentenced over an allegedly Russia-backed arson attack on Ukraine-linked businesses in east London in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Dylan Earl, the ringleader, was the first person to be found guilty under the National Security Act.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, two men and a woman were arrested in Essex on suspicion of spying on behalf of Russia. <\/p>\n<p>In May, a British court sentenced six Bulgarian 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Ireland","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"British ex-soldier acquitted of murder in 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre","titleListing2":"British ex-soldier acquitted of murder in 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland","leadin":"The judge ruled on Thursday that there was insufficient evidence to convict Soldier F over the killing of unarmed civilians on 30 January 1972.","summary":"The judge ruled on Thursday that there was insufficient evidence to convict Soldier F over the killing of unarmed civilians on 30 January 1972.","keySentence":"","url":"british-ex-soldier-acquitted-of-murder-in-1972-bloody-sunday-massacre-in-northern-ireland","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/10\/23\/british-ex-soldier-acquitted-of-murder-in-1972-bloody-sunday-massacre-in-northern-ireland","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A former British paratrooper has been acquitted of murder over the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe defendant is the only soldier to have been charged in connection with the shooting, in which members of the Parachute Regiment killed 13 demonstrators and injured at least 15 others.\n\nThe ex-lance corporal, known only as Soldier F, had pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder \u2014 for the deaths of 22-year-old James Wray and 27-year-old William McKinney \u2014 and to five counts of attempted murder.\n\nOn Thursday, Judge Patrick Lynch ruled at Belfast Crown Court that there was insufficient evidence to convict the veteran over the deadliest shooting in the period known as The Troubles.\n\nHowever, Lynch, who presided over the non-jury trial, stressed that British soldiers that day \u201chad totally lost all sense of military discipline\".\n\n\u201cShooting in the back unarmed civilians fleeing from them on the streets of a British city,\" he said. \"Those responsible should hang their heads in shame.\u201d\n\nLynch added that he could not issue a guilty ruling because the concept of \u201ccollective guilt\u201d does not exist in the courts.\n\nThe verdict, which reflected the weak evidence prosecutors had to rely on, was a blow to families of victims who have spent more than a half-century seeking justice.\n\nProsecutors said that Soldier F fired at fleeing demonstrators on 30 January 1972 in Londonderry, also known as Derry.\n\nThe event has come to symbolise the conflict between mainly Catholic supporters of a united Ireland and predominantly Protestant forces that wanted to remain part of the United Kingdom.\n\nThe killings were a source of shame for the British government, which initially claimed that soldiers had fired in self-defence after being attacked by gunmen and people throwing firebombs.\n\nWhile the violence largely ended with the\u00a01998 Good Friday peace accord, tensions still remain.\n\nFamilies of civilians killed continue to press for justice, while supporters of army veterans complain that their losses have been downplayed and that they have been unfairly targeted in investigations.\n\nSoldier F, who was shrouded from view in court by a curtain throughout the five-week trial, did not testify in his defence and his lawyer presented no evidence.\n\nThe soldier told police during a 2016 interview that he had no \"reliable recollection\" of the events that day, but was sure he had properly discharged his duties as a soldier.\n\nDefence lawyer Mark Mulholland attacked the prosecution's case as \"fundamentally flawed and weak\" for relying on soldiers he dubbed \"fabricators and liars,\" and the fading memories of survivors who scrambled to avoid live gunfire that some mistakenly thought were rounds of rubber bullets.\n\nSurviving witnesses spoke of the confusion, chaos and terror as soldiers opened fire and bodies began falling after a large civil rights march through the city.\n\nThe prosecution relied on statements by two of Soldier F\u2019s comrades \u2014 Soldier G, who is dead, and Soldier H, who refused to testify.\n\nThe defence tried unsuccessfully to exclude their statements.\n\nProsecutor Louis Mably argued that the soldiers had, without justification, all opened fire intending to kill, and thus shared responsibility for the casualties.\n\nA formal inquiry cleared the troops of responsibility, but a subsequent and lengthier review in 2010 found soldiers shot unarmed civilians fleeing and then lied in a cover-up that lasted for decades.\n\nThen Prime Minister David Cameron apologised and said that the killings were \"unjustified and unjustifiable\".\n\nThe 2010 findings cleared the way for the eventual\u00a0prosecution of Soldier F, though delays and\u00a0setbacks kept the case from coming to trial\u00a0until last month.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A former British paratrooper has been acquitted of murder over the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland. <\/p>\n<p>The defendant is the only soldier to have been charged in connection with the shooting, in which members of the Parachute Regiment killed 13 demonstrators and injured at least 15 others.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-lance corporal, known only as Soldier F, had pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder \u2014 for the deaths of 22-year-old James Wray and 27-year-old William McKinney \u2014 and to five counts of attempted murder. <\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Judge Patrick Lynch ruled at Belfast Crown Court that there was insufficient evidence to convict the veteran over the deadliest shooting in the period known as The Troubles. <\/p>\n<p>However, Lynch, who presided over the non-jury trial, stressed that British soldiers that day \u201chad totally lost all sense of military discipline\". <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShooting in the back unarmed civilians fleeing from them on the streets of a British city,\" he said. \"Those responsible should hang their heads in shame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lynch added that he could not issue a guilty ruling because the concept of \u201ccollective guilt\u201d does not exist in the courts. <\/p>\n<p>The verdict, which reflected the weak evidence prosecutors had to rely on, was a blow to families of victims who have spent more than a half-century seeking justice.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said that Soldier F fired at fleeing demonstrators on 30 January 1972 in Londonderry, also known as Derry. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.668\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//38//60//808x539_cmsv2_ea327072-93e7-5a75-94f4-805711610560-9523860.jpg/" alt=\"British troops release smoke bombs to control minor but persistent disturbances in Londonderry, February, 1972\" 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justice, while supporters of army veterans complain that their losses have been downplayed and that they have been unfairly targeted in investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Soldier F, who was shrouded from view in court by a curtain throughout the five-week trial, did not testify in his defence and his lawyer presented no evidence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.645\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//38//60//808x521_cmsv2_1bb6912b-e403-5214-afc3-401b679528a6-9523860.jpg/" alt=\"A building burns in Londonderry in the aftermath of Bloody Sunday, February, 1972\" 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(max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A building burns in Londonderry in the aftermath of Bloody Sunday, February, 1972<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The soldier told police during a 2016 interview that he had no \"reliable recollection\" of the events that day, but was sure he had properly discharged his duties as a soldier.<\/p>\n<p>Defence lawyer Mark Mulholland attacked the prosecution's case as \"fundamentally flawed and weak\" for relying on soldiers he dubbed \"fabricators and liars,\" and the fading memories of survivors who scrambled to avoid live gunfire that some mistakenly thought were rounds of rubber bullets.<\/p>\n<p>Surviving witnesses spoke of the confusion, chaos and terror as soldiers opened fire and bodies began falling after a large civil rights march through the city.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution relied on statements by two of Soldier F\u2019s comrades \u2014 Soldier G, who is dead, and Soldier H, who refused to testify.<\/p>\n<p>The defence tried unsuccessfully to exclude their statements. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.667\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//38//60//808x539_cmsv2_c0327f12-3235-53eb-92a0-feda9c4be601-9523860.jpg/" alt=\"Relatives and supporters of the victims of the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre march to Belfast Crown Court, 23 October, 2025\" 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(max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Relatives and supporters of the victims of the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre march to Belfast Crown Court, 23 October, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Prosecutor Louis Mably argued that the soldiers had, without justification, all opened fire intending to kill, and thus shared responsibility for the casualties.<\/p>\n<p>A formal inquiry cleared the troops of responsibility, but a subsequent and lengthier review in 2010 found soldiers shot unarmed civilians fleeing and then lied in a cover-up that lasted for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Then Prime Minister David Cameron apologised and said that the killings were \"unjustified and unjustifiable\". <\/p>\n<p>The 2010 findings cleared the way for the eventual prosecution of Soldier F, though delays and setbacks kept the case from coming to trial until last month.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1761221235,"updatedAt":1761238786,"publishedAt":1761227506,"firstPublishedAt":1761227506,"lastPublishedAt":1761227506,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/38\/60\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3623faae-6e85-5b1c-9bd7-2b42559b2dee-9523860.jpg","altText":"Relatives and supporters of the victims of the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre march to Belfast Crown Court, 23 October, 2025","caption":"Relatives and supporters of the victims of the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre march to Belfast Crown Court, 23 October, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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UK\u2019s expanded methanol poisoning advisory?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"New travel alert flags methanol dangers in 11 more destinations","titleListing2":"Travellers warned over tainted alcohol abroad. What destinations are now considered high-risk?","leadin":"Drinking cheap, unsealed or bootleg drinks abroad can cause blindness or death, FCDO warns.","summary":"Drinking cheap, unsealed or bootleg drinks abroad can cause blindness or death, FCDO warns.","keySentence":"","url":"travellers-warned-over-tainted-alcohol-abroad-what-destinations-are-now-considered-high-ri","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2025\/10\/23\/travellers-warned-over-tainted-alcohol-abroad-what-destinations-are-now-considered-high-ri","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The UK\u2019s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has significantly expanded its methanol poisoning warning, adding 11 more countries to its advisory following what it calls \u201ca global increase in the number of reported cases\u201d.\n\nAn advisory put out in October included popular tourist destinations such as Ecuador and Mexico. The latest guidance adds other tourism favourites to that advisory, including India, Malaysia and Morocco, as well as Bangladesh, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Malawi, Nepal, Papua New Guinea and Rwanda.\n\nThe update is part of the FCDO\u2019s \u201cKnow the Signs of Methanol Poisoning\u201d awareness campaign, created to highlight the dangers of bootlegged or adulterated drinks.\n\nHamish Falconer, the UK\u2019s minister for consular and crisis, said methanol poisoning \u201ccan kill\u201d and is difficult to detect in time to save victims.\n\n\u201cEarly symptoms mirror ordinary alcohol poisoning,\u201d said Falconer. \u201cBy the time travellers realise the danger, it can be too late.\u201d\n\nWhat destinations are now included in the warning?\n\nThe expanded list now covers 18 countries added in the past two months, on top of existing advisories for destinations such as Thailand, Laos and Vietnam - where unregulated local spirits and counterfeit alcohol have led to repeated outbreaks.\n\nThe FCDO has not released details of specific incidents linked to the newly added countries, but the update follows collaboration with parliamentarians, health and travel experts, and families of victims. It also reflects a growing concern over counterfeit or unregulated alcohol in tourist destinations.\n\nRecent tragedies have underscored the risk of buying cheap drinks in bars, clubs and tourist resorts.\n\nEarlier this year, a British woman and a South African man died in the Vietnamese city of Hoi An after allegedly consuming homemade limoncello.\n\nIn late 2024, six travellers, including a Briton and two Danish citizens, died in adventure travel hub Vang Vieng, Laos, after drinking methanol-laced spirits.\n\nIn Indonesia, more than 334 suspected cases of methanol poisoning have been reported since 2019, according to a global MSF database tracking methanol poisoning.\n\nMost are linked to a bootleg liquor called arak. The unregulated, often home-brewed spirit is commonly distilled from palm flower sap or rice and sold in small \u201cbottle-shops\u201d around Bali, Lombok and the Gili Islands, where tourists are among the victims each year, MSF reports.\n\nWhat is methanol and why was the travel advisory updated?\n\nMethanol is a type of industrial alcohol typically found in antifreeze, paints and cleaning supplies.\n\nWhile it looks and tastes like ethanol \u2013 the kind of alcohol in drinks \u2013 it is highly toxic to humans. Even drinking small amounts of it can have devastating consequences.\n\nJust 30 millimetres, the size of a standard shot, can lead to death within 12 to 48 hours.\n\nThe symptoms of methanol poisoning can resemble a hangover or usual alcohol intoxication in the early stages \u2013 nausea, vomiting, dizziness and confusion \u2013 but they can worsen within hours, as vision problems, seizures or respiratory failure develop.\n\nIn some countries, methanol is reportedly being illegally mixed into spirits or added to cocktails to reduce costs. And because it\u2019s odourless and tasteless, travellers have no reliable way of knowing their drink has been contaminated before consuming it.\n\nThe FCDO is urging travellers to buy only sealed drinks from licensed establishments and to avoid homemade or unlabelled spirits, pre-mixed cocktails and drinks served in buckets or jugs, like those sold in popular Southeast Asian destinations.\n\nWhat are the warning signs?\n\nThe new guidance links to updated resources on the government\u2019s Travel Aware website, which now outline how to recognise methanol poisoning and what to do if symptoms appear.\n\nThe FCDO says early effects such as vomiting, drowsiness, loss of balance and poor judgement can easily be mistaken for normal alcohol intoxication. However, any visual disturbance - including blurry vision, difficulty looking at bright lights, tunnel vision or \u201csnowfield\u201d vision, when you see white, snowy static, like an old TV without a signal - should be treated as a medical emergency requiring urgent attention.\n\nThese symptoms can appear 12 to 48 hours after exposure.\n\nWhere is methanol poisoning most common?\n\nAccording to the MSF database, Indonesia tops the list of countries with the most suspected cases of methanol poisoning since 2019. The others in the top 10 on the database are India (140), Russia (121), Bangladesh (53), Pakistan (42), China (30), Cambodia (28), Iran (28), Vietnam (28) and Kenya (24).\n\nVietnam, the largest alcohol consumer in Southeast Asia, produces an estimated 85 per cent of its alcohol at home, according to MSF. Poor regulation and the growth of counterfeit spirits have made methanol poisoning outbreaks increasingly common.\n\nThe MSF database also tabulates how many people have been affected by methanol poisoning. By that measure, Iran \u2013 one of the newest additions to the FCDO\u2019s travel guidance \u2013 tops the list with about 9,600, while Ecuador is 10th with 938.\n\nThousands of people die from methanol poisoning each year, and Asia remains the hardest-hit region.\n\nJapan had previously appeared in the FCDO\u2019s guidance, despite having just one suspected case in the MSF database \u2013 a domestic violence incident rather than a contaminated drink. Since October, however, it has been removed from the advisory.\n\nThe list now includes 27 countries and is being updated regularly, according to FCDO representatives.\n\nThe FCDO news desk told Euronews that \"travel advice is kept under constant review based to ensure it reflects our latest assessment of risks to British nationals.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The UK\u2019s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has significantly expanded its methanol poisoning warning, adding 11 more countries to its advisory following what it calls \u201ca global increase in the number of reported cases\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>An advisory put out in October included popular tourist destinations such as Ecuador and Mexico. The latest guidance adds other tourism favourites to that advisory, including India, Malaysia and Morocco, as well as Bangladesh, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Malawi, Nepal, Papua New Guinea and Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>The update is part of the FCDO\u2019s \u201cKnow the Signs of Methanol Poisoning\u201d awareness campaign, created to highlight the dangers of bootlegged or adulterated drinks.<\/p>\n<p>Hamish Falconer, the UK\u2019s minister for consular and crisis, said methanol poisoning \u201ccan kill\u201d and is difficult to detect in time to save victims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarly symptoms mirror ordinary alcohol poisoning,\u201d said Falconer. \u201cBy the time travellers realise the danger, it can be too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>What destinations are now included in the warning?<\/h2>\n<p>The expanded list now covers 18 countries added in the past two months, on top of existing advisories for destinations such as Thailand, Laos and Vietnam - where unregulated local spirits and counterfeit alcohol have led to repeated outbreaks.<\/p>\n<p>The FCDO has not released details of specific incidents linked to the newly added countries, but the update follows collaboration with parliamentarians, health and travel experts, and families of victims. It also reflects a growing concern over counterfeit or unregulated alcohol in tourist destinations.<\/p>\n<p>Recent tragedies have underscored the risk of buying cheap drinks in bars, clubs and tourist resorts.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, a British woman and a South African man died in the Vietnamese city of Hoi An after allegedly consuming homemade limoncello.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//04//10//thailand-cambodia-vietnam-could-southeast-asia-be-introducing-a-schengen-style-visa-system/">Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam: Could Southeast Asia be introducing a Schengen-style visa system?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//06//25//porto-bans-the-sale-of-alcohol-for-consumption-on-the-street-at-night-to-tackle-botellon-p/">Porto bans the sale of alcohol for consumption on the street at night to tackle 'botellon' problem<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In late 2024, six travellers, including a Briton and two Danish citizens, died in adventure travel hub Vang Vieng, Laos, after drinking methanol-laced spirits.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//02//11//trump-backed-tourism-project-accused-of-draining-lake-in-precious-indonesian-forest-area/">Indonesia, more than 334 suspected cases of methanol poisoning have been reported since 2019, according to a global MSF database tracking methanol poisoning.<\/p>\n<p>Most are linked to a bootleg liquor called arak. The unregulated, often home-brewed spirit is commonly distilled from palm flower sap or rice and sold in small \u201cbottle-shops\u201d around <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//07//02//we-expect-respect-bali-cracks-down-on-naughty-tourists-with-strict-new-rules/">Bali, Lombok and the Gili Islands, where tourists are among the victims each year, MSF reports.<\/p>\n<h2>What is methanol and why was the travel advisory updated?<\/h2>\n<p>Methanol is a type of industrial alcohol typically found in antifreeze, paints and cleaning supplies. <\/p>\n<p>While it looks and tastes like ethanol \u2013 the kind of alcohol in drinks \u2013 it is highly toxic to humans. Even drinking small amounts of it can have devastating consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Just 30 millimetres, the size of a standard shot, can lead to death within 12 to 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The symptoms of methanol poisoning can resemble a hangover or usual alcohol intoxication in the early stages \u2013 nausea, vomiting, dizziness and confusion \u2013 but they can worsen within hours, as vision problems, seizures or respiratory failure develop.<\/p>\n<p>In some countries, methanol is reportedly being illegally mixed into spirits or added to cocktails to reduce costs. And because it\u2019s odourless and tasteless, travellers have no reliable way of knowing their drink has been contaminated before consuming it.<\/p>\n<p>The FCDO is urging travellers to buy only sealed drinks from licensed establishments and to avoid homemade or unlabelled spirits, pre-mixed cocktails and drinks served in buckets or jugs, like those sold in popular <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//08//14//fewer-flights-more-immersion-what-is-tripchaining-and-could-it-help-you-travel-more-sustai/">Southeast Asian destinations<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What are the warning signs?<\/h2>\n<p>The new guidance links to updated resources on the government\u2019s Travel Aware website, which now outline how to recognise methanol poisoning and what to do if symptoms appear.<\/p>\n<p>The FCDO says early effects such as vomiting, drowsiness, loss of balance and poor judgement can easily be mistaken for normal alcohol intoxication. However, any visual disturbance - including blurry vision, difficulty looking at bright lights, tunnel vision or \u201csnowfield\u201d vision, when you see white, snowy static, like an old TV without a signal - should be treated as a medical emergency requiring urgent attention.<\/p>\n<p>These symptoms can appear 12 to 48 hours after exposure.<\/p>\n<h2>Where is methanol poisoning most common?<\/h2>\n<p>According to the MSF database, Indonesia tops the list of countries with the most suspected cases of methanol poisoning since 2019. The others in the top 10 on the database are India (140), Russia (121), Bangladesh (53), Pakistan (42), China (30), Cambodia (28), Iran (28), Vietnam (28) and Kenya (24).<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//07//02//we-expect-respect-bali-cracks-down-on-naughty-tourists-with-strict-new-rules/">/u2018We expect respect\u2019: Bali politicians call for tourists who break the law to be deported<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//06//06//norway-to-introduce-tourist-tax-amid-record-visitor-numbers-and-overtourism-concerns/">Norway to introduce tourist tax amid record visitor numbers and overtourism concerns<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//05//08//vietnam-is-introducing-a-10-year-golden-visa-heres-what-we-know-so-far/">Vietnam, the largest alcohol consumer in Southeast Asia, produces an estimated 85 per cent of its alcohol at home, according to MSF. Poor regulation and the growth of counterfeit spirits have made methanol poisoning outbreaks increasingly common.<\/p>\n<p>The MSF database also tabulates how many people have been affected by methanol poisoning. By that measure, Iran \u2013 one of the newest additions to the FCDO\u2019s travel guidance \u2013 tops the list with about 9,600, while Ecuador is 10th with 938.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people die from methanol poisoning each year, and Asia remains the hardest-hit region. <\/p>\n<p>Japan had previously appeared in the FCDO\u2019s guidance, despite having just one suspected case in the MSF database \u2013 a domestic violence incident rather than a contaminated drink. Since October, however, it has been removed from the advisory. <\/p>\n<p>The list now includes 27 countries and is being updated regularly, according to FCDO representatives.<\/p>\n<p>The FCDO news desk told Euronews that \"travel advice is kept under constant review based to ensure it reflects our latest assessment of risks to British nationals.\" <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1761142185,"updatedAt":1763729891,"publishedAt":1761206270,"firstPublishedAt":1761206270,"lastPublishedAt":1763729890,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/27\/09\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_85c98558-e50b-5fbf-b7fb-9b01ed91ec73-9522709.jpg","altText":"Eight new destinations have been added to the FCDO's travel advisory for methanol poisoning","caption":"Eight new destinations have been added to the FCDO's travel advisory for methanol poisoning","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Toa Heftiba\/Unsplash","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1094}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3274,"urlSafeValue":"sauers","title":"Craig Saueurs","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":12639,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel","titleRaw":"Travel"},{"id":16888,"slug":"seyahat-uyar-s-","urlSafeValue":"seyahat-uyar-s-","title":"travel warning","titleRaw":"travel warning"},{"id":28376,"slug":"southeast-asia","urlSafeValue":"southeast-asia","title":"Southeast Asia","titleRaw":"Southeast Asia"},{"id":25820,"slug":"alcohol-poisoning","urlSafeValue":"alcohol-poisoning","title":"Alcohol poisoning","titleRaw":"Alcohol poisoning"},{"id":7199,"slug":"alcohol","urlSafeValue":"alcohol","title":"Alcohol","titleRaw":"Alcohol"},{"id":160,"slug":"japan","urlSafeValue":"japan","title":"Japan","titleRaw":"Japan"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":2}],"related":[{"id":2841302},{"id":2850816}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"travel-news","urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/travel-news\/travel-news"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"travel","verticals":[{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"},"themes":[{"id":"travel-news","urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News","url":"\/travel\/travel-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":21,"urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":291,"urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United Kingdom","url":"\/news\/europe\/united-kingdom"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/travel\/2025\/10\/23\/travellers-warned-over-tainted-alcohol-abroad-what-destinations-are-now-considered-high-ri","lastModified":1763729890},{"id":2840505,"cid":9521963,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Business - UK inflation","daletPyramidId":3072306,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Inflation in the UK remains high, sitting at 3.8% in September","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Inflation in the UK remains high, sitting at 3.8% in September","titleListing2":"Inflation in the UK remains high, sitting at 3.8% in September","leadin":"Consumer prices remained almost twice as high as the Bank of England\u2019s 2% target in September.","summary":"Consumer prices remained almost twice as high as the Bank of England\u2019s 2% target in September.","keySentence":"","url":"inflation-in-the-uk-remains-high-sitting-at-38-in-september","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/10\/22\/inflation-in-the-uk-remains-high-sitting-at-38-in-september","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Consumer prices in the UK rose by 3.8% in the 12 months to September 2025, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed on Wednesday. The reading marks the third month of stable year-on-year totals.\n\nPersistently high inflation adds pressure on the UK government as it prepares its Autumn Budget and the Bank of England is balancing the need to boost lacklustre growth while keeping a lid on elevated prices.\n\n\u201cInflation continues its zig-zag path, holding steady at 3.8%, but remains significantly above the 2% target,\u201d said Pieter Reynders, partner at McKinsey & Company.\n\n\u201cCore inflation, however, was slightly below last month\u2019s figure at 3.5%, which is a small but welcome step in the right direction.\u201d\n\nLindsay James, investment strategist at Quilter, was also optimistic, noting that the current CPI figure could \"mark the peak\" of price pressures.\n\nFood and non-alcoholic goods prices climbed 4.5% over the 12 months to September, but the pace of food price growth slowed compared to August.\u00a0\n\n\u201cWhile this is better than expected, discounting seems to be the most significant reason, with higher food costs likely to continue in the long term as a result of climate impacts,\u201d James said.\n\nHe added: \u201crecent research has shown that butter, milk, beef, chocolate, and coffee have been the main drivers of recent food inflation. This is directly linked to the poor harvests resulting from extreme weather patterns.\u201d\n\nTransport costs, including motor fuels and airfares, rose 3.8% compared to September 2024.\n\nParticularly large CPI increases were also seen for housing and household services (7.3%), as well as costs in the education sector (7.2%).\n\nLacklustre growth\n\nThe British economy has been sleepwalking, with monthly real GDP growing 0.1% in August 2025, following a revised fall of 0.1% in July.\n\nIn August, production grew, but services stalled and construction output fell.\n\nMeanwhile, according to McKinsey partner Pieter Reynders, consumer confidence is \u201cholding firm despite ongoing pressures\u201d.\n\nHe noted: \u201cAs uncertainty persists, businesses will need to monitor economic signals closely, plan for multiple scenarios, and tailor strategies to the distinct spending priorities of different demographics and regions.\u201d\u00a0\n\nInterest rate cuts\n\nThe Bank of England is largely expected to hold key interest rates in November after the central bank cut the rate to 4% in August 2025.\n\n\u201cCurrently, the market is expecting the Bank of England to make just two quarter-point rate cuts next year as inflation is expected to fall slowly,\" said Lindsay James. \"If inflation falls more decisively, then there may be scope for more.\u201d\n\nThe British pound lost against the US dollar after ONS data was published on Wednesday. The exchange rate fell to $1.3333 by 10.00 CEST, from $1.3387.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Consumer prices in the UK rose by 3.8% in the 12 months to September 2025, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed on Wednesday. The reading marks the third month of stable year-on-year totals.<\/p>\n<p>Persistently high inflation adds pressure on the UK government as it prepares its Autumn Budget and the Bank of England is balancing the need to boost lacklustre growth while keeping a lid on elevated prices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInflation continues its zig-zag path, holding steady at 3.8%, but remains significantly above the 2% target,\u201d said Pieter Reynders, partner at McKinsey & Company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCore inflation, however, was slightly below last month\u2019s figure at 3.5%, which is a small but welcome step in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay James, investment strategist at Quilter, was also optimistic, noting that the current CPI figure could \"mark the peak\" of price pressures.<\/p>\n<p>Food and non-alcoholic goods prices climbed 4.5% over the 12 months to September, but the pace of food price growth slowed compared to August. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this is better than expected, discounting seems to be the most significant reason, with higher food costs likely to continue in the long term as a result of climate impacts,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201crecent research has shown that butter, milk, beef, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//10//01//why-do-chocolate-prices-matter-to-the-european-central-bank/">chocolate, and coffee<\/strong> <\/a>have been the main drivers of recent food inflation. This is directly linked to the poor harvests resulting from extreme weather patterns.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//10//16//feeling-the-strain-italian-pasta-makers-reach-boiling-point-over-trump-tariffs/">Feeling the strain: Italian pasta makers reach boiling point over Trump tariffs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//07//30//grocery-prices-in-europe-which-cities-are-the-most-expensive-for-supermarket-shopping/">Grocery prices in Europe: Which cities are the most expensive for supermarket shopping?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Transport costs, including motor fuels and airfares, rose 3.8% compared to September 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Particularly large CPI increases were also seen for housing and household services (7.3%), as well as costs in the education sector (7.2%).<\/p>\n<h2>Lacklustre growth<\/h2>\n<p>The British economy has been sleepwalking, with monthly real GDP growing 0.1% in August 2025, following a revised fall of 0.1% in July.<\/p>\n<p>In August, production grew, but services stalled and construction output fell. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, according to McKinsey partner Pieter Reynders, consumer confidence is \u201cholding firm despite ongoing pressures\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He noted: \u201cAs uncertainty persists, businesses will need to monitor economic signals closely, plan for multiple scenarios, and tailor strategies to the distinct spending priorities of different demographics and regions.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2>Interest rate cuts<\/h2>\n<p>The Bank of England is largely expected to hold key interest rates in November after the central bank cut the rate to 4% in August 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently, the market is expecting the Bank of England to make just two quarter-point rate cuts next year as inflation is expected to fall slowly,\" said Lindsay James. \"If inflation falls more decisively, then there may be scope for more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The British pound lost against the US dollar after ONS data was published on Wednesday. The exchange rate fell to $1.3333 by 10.00 CEST, from $1.3387.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1761117353,"updatedAt":1761136991,"publishedAt":1761125753,"firstPublishedAt":1761125753,"lastPublishedAt":1761136990,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/19\/63\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4193f430-5fa3-5631-b526-0201c5aef2d0-9521963.jpg","altText":"A pedestrian passes a shop hoarding in London, 20 February 2025.","caption":"A pedestrian passes a shop hoarding in London, 20 February 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Kirsty Wigglesworth\/Copyright 2025 The AP. 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Blue, she says, is her colour of choice.\n\nThe 19-year-old has been painting at the Sandra Art4All Studio since she was 12. Like most of the artists who come here, CeCe is autistic.\n\n\u201cArt is so fantastic. I can be with my friends. I can see Sandra. It\u2019s like a family to me,\u201d she says.\n\nThe project was set up by Sandra Hampton nine years ago, and has since become a thriving creative hub for autistic artists. Each week, participants gather for one-on-one or small group sessions to paint, draw or experiment with photography.\n\nHampton, who set up the project after being made redundant following the closure of a special needs school, says she\u2019s witnessed remarkable transformations.\n\n\u201cThroughout the nine years I've been working with this particular group of artists, I have seen every one of them come through real emotional difficulties. Art is a great way of helping us, not necessarily verbally understanding what we're going through, but to be able to express it in a very silent way. Some of our artists are able to have small discussions around how they feel in their emotions. Some of them are non-verbal,\u201d she says.\n\nThe studio\u2019s success is clear to see. Its most recent summer exhibition at The Margate School of Art sold more than 70 works - a record for the group.\n\n\u201cOur exhibitions, when you walk into them, don't shout out disability. It shouts out colour. It shouts out joy. We've made art what we've wanted to, in the way we've wanted to, and then we present it as professionally as we can,\u201d says Hampton.\n\nProceeds from the sales go towards running costs, resources for the studio and paying the artists themselves. The team is now preparing a 12-piece canvas commission - their first of this kind - while also planning next year\u2019s summer show.\n\n\u201cWe need neurodivergence\u201d\n\nBut the studio\u2019s sense of celebration has recently been clouded by comments from US President Donald Trump, who has revived discredited claims linking autism to vaccines and medicines such as Tylenol (paracetamol).\n\nIn September, Trump warned pregnant women not to take the drug and fuelled long-debunked theories about autism\u2019s causes.\n\nCeCe\u2019s mother, Vicky Balfour, says she was \u201cheartbroken\u201d after hearing the comments.\n\n\u201cIt upset me because, partly as a woman, it felt very much as an attack against women. Once again, it was the patriarchy. It was like, yes, you are a woman, you've done this, it's your fault,\u201d she says.\n\n\u201cWe wouldn't be where we are if we didn't have people with neurodivergence, if we didn't have a lot of the scientific and medical and mathematical society. We need neurodivergence. We need that different perspective. And also, it'd be really boring if we were all the same,\u201d she adds.\n\nTrump\u2019s administration has since announced a new initiative to study the causes of autism - though critics point out it largely relies on existing research and has been shaped by figures associated with the anti-vaccine movement, including supporters of US Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.\n\nFor Harriet Needham-Steddy, 22, another artist at the Sandra Art4All Studio, the remarks struck a nerve. \u201cI was angry. I'm autistic. And I don't take insults to our sort of people like that lightly,\u201d she says.\n\nHer mother, Deb Shotton, adds: \u201cPeople who write off a whole spectrum of other humans for a kink in their neuro-spiciness, it's a terrific shame. And you're missing out on a whole raft of possibilities when you do that.\u201d\n\nAccording to the UK\u2019s National Autistic Society, autism is a \u201clifelong neurodivergence and disability\u201d that affects people in different ways. Some individuals are non-verbal, while others experience only mild differences in communication or perception.\n\n\u201cThere will not be a cure. And what we should be focusing on is making quality of life better for autistic people who are here today,\u201d says Zoe Gross, Director of Advocacy at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>In a bright, paint-splattered studio in Kent, CeCe Balfour leans over her latest canvas. Blue, she says, is her colour of choice.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old has been painting at the Sandra Art4All Studio since she was 12. Like most of the artists who come here, CeCe is autistic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArt is so fantastic. I can be with my friends. I can see Sandra. It\u2019s like a family to me,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//03//18//when-attitudes-take-form-a-celebration-of-artists-with-intellectual-disabilities-in-italy/">When Attitudes Take Form: A celebration of artists with intellectual disabilities in Italy<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//10//17//frieze-masters-from-dinosaur-skulls-to-early-rubens-londons-most-eclectic-art-fair-returns/">Frieze Masters: From dinosaur skulls to early Rubens, London\u2019s most eclectic art fair returns<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The project was set up by Sandra Hampton nine years ago, and has since become a thriving creative hub for autistic artists. Each week, participants gather for one-on-one or small group sessions to paint, draw or experiment with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//10//10//surrounded-by-criminals-the-photographer-capturing-the-hidden-language-of-soviet-prison-ta/">photography. <\/p>\n<p>Hampton, who set up the project after being made redundant following the closure of a special needs school, says she\u2019s witnessed remarkable transformations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//11//09//808x454_cmsv2_76c53bc3-60c0-5d40-9514-d22b3e93105a-9521109.jpg/" alt=\"Sandra Hampton hanging artwork on the wall\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/09\/384x216_cmsv2_76c53bc3-60c0-5d40-9514-d22b3e93105a-9521109.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/09\/640x360_cmsv2_76c53bc3-60c0-5d40-9514-d22b3e93105a-9521109.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/09\/750x422_cmsv2_76c53bc3-60c0-5d40-9514-d22b3e93105a-9521109.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/09\/828x466_cmsv2_76c53bc3-60c0-5d40-9514-d22b3e93105a-9521109.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/09\/1080x608_cmsv2_76c53bc3-60c0-5d40-9514-d22b3e93105a-9521109.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/09\/1200x675_cmsv2_76c53bc3-60c0-5d40-9514-d22b3e93105a-9521109.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/09\/1920x1080_cmsv2_76c53bc3-60c0-5d40-9514-d22b3e93105a-9521109.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sandra Hampton hanging artwork on the wall<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Credit: AP Photo <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cThroughout the nine years I've been working with this particular group of artists, I have seen every one of them come through real emotional difficulties. Art is a great way of helping us, not necessarily verbally understanding what we're going through, but to be able to express it in a very silent way. Some of our artists are able to have small discussions around how they feel in their emotions. Some of them are non-verbal,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>The studio\u2019s success is clear to see. Its most recent summer exhibition at The Margate School of Art sold more than 70 works - a record for the group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur exhibitions, when you walk into them, don't shout out disability. It shouts out colour. It shouts out joy. We've made art what we've wanted to, in the way we've wanted to, and then we present it as professionally as we can,\u201d says Hampton.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the sales go towards running costs, resources for the studio and paying the artists themselves. The team is now preparing a 12-piece canvas commission - their first of this kind - while also planning next year\u2019s summer show.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cWe need neurodivergence\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>But the studio\u2019s sense of celebration has recently been clouded by comments from US President Donald Trump, who has revived<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//09//22//no-relationship-scientists-push-back-on-trumps-reported-claim-linking-paracetamol-to-autis/"> <strong>discredited claims<\/strong><\/a> linking autism to vaccines and medicines such as Tylenol (paracetamol). <\/p>\n<p>In September, Trump warned pregnant women not to take the drug and fuelled long-debunked theories about autism\u2019s causes.<\/p>\n<p>CeCe\u2019s mother, Vicky Balfour, says she was \u201cheartbroken\u201d after hearing the comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt upset me because, partly as a woman, it felt very much as an attack against women. Once again, it was the patriarchy. It was like, yes, you are a woman, you've done this, it's your fault,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wouldn't be where we are if we didn't have people with neurodivergence, if we didn't have a lot of the scientific and medical and mathematical society. We need neurodivergence. We need that different perspective. And also, it'd be really boring if we were all the same,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//11//09//808x539_cmsv2_8589dd98-cb13-59bd-abae-2b25f1288ce9-9521109.jpg/" alt=\"President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, 22 September 2025, in Washington. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/09\/384x256_cmsv2_8589dd98-cb13-59bd-abae-2b25f1288ce9-9521109.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/09\/640x427_cmsv2_8589dd98-cb13-59bd-abae-2b25f1288ce9-9521109.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/09\/750x500_cmsv2_8589dd98-cb13-59bd-abae-2b25f1288ce9-9521109.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/09\/828x552_cmsv2_8589dd98-cb13-59bd-abae-2b25f1288ce9-9521109.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/09\/1080x720_cmsv2_8589dd98-cb13-59bd-abae-2b25f1288ce9-9521109.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/09\/1200x800_cmsv2_8589dd98-cb13-59bd-abae-2b25f1288ce9-9521109.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/09\/1920x1280_cmsv2_8589dd98-cb13-59bd-abae-2b25f1288ce9-9521109.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, 22 September 2025, in Washington. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Credit: AP Photo <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s administration has since announced a new initiative to study the causes of autism - though critics point out it largely relies on existing research and has been shaped by figures associated with the anti-vaccine movement, including supporters of US Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.<\/p>\n<p>For Harriet Needham-Steddy, 22, another artist at the Sandra Art4All Studio, the remarks struck a nerve. \u201cI was angry. I'm autistic. And I don't take insults to our sort of people like that lightly,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Her mother, Deb Shotton, adds: \u201cPeople who write off a whole spectrum of other humans for a kink in their neuro-spiciness, it's a terrific shame. And you're missing out on a whole raft of possibilities when you do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the UK\u2019s National Autistic Society, autism is a \u201clifelong neurodivergence and disability\u201d that affects people in different ways. Some individuals are non-verbal, while others experience only mild differences in communication or perception.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will not be a cure. And what we should be focusing on is making quality of life better for autistic people who are here today,\u201d says Zoe Gross, Director of Advocacy at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1761051148,"updatedAt":1761113972,"publishedAt":1761113668,"firstPublishedAt":1761113668,"lastPublishedAt":1761113695,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/09\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a6452e85-64a9-5d9d-91e8-c609ae70f5ba-9521109.jpg","altText":"Community of autistic artists seeing huge success through sales of paintings","caption":"Community of autistic artists seeing huge success through sales of paintings","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Credit: AP Photo ","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/09\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8589dd98-cb13-59bd-abae-2b25f1288ce9-9521109.jpg","altText":"President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, 22 September 2025, in Washington. 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Here\u2019s how","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"How do antidepressants affect physical health? New study sheds light","titleListing2":"Some antidepressants have more serious physical side effects than others. Here\u2019s how","leadin":"Not all antidepressants are the same when it comes to physical side effects, researchers said.","summary":"Not all antidepressants are the same when it comes to physical side effects, researchers said.","keySentence":"","url":"some-antidepressants-have-more-serious-physical-side-effects-than-others-heres-how","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2025\/10\/22\/some-antidepressants-have-more-serious-physical-side-effects-than-others-heres-how","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Anyone who has been prescribed medication to treat depression is familiar with the long list of potential side effects: sleepiness, loss of appetite, headaches, and so on.\n\nBut in reality, physical side effects differ significantly from drug to drug, according to a new study that found some antidepressants can cause rapid changes to weight, heart rate, and blood pressure \u2013 while others are \u201crelatively benign\u201d.\n\n\u201cNot all antidepressants are built the same when it comes to their physical side effects,\u201d Toby Pillinger, one of the study\u2019s authors and an academic clinical lecturer at King\u2019s College London, said during a briefing with journalists.\n\nThe researchers said their analysis, published in The Lancet medical journal, is the first to tie specific physical side effects to individual antidepressant drugs.\n\nThe findings could change the way doctors prescribe these medicines, which are taken by up to 17 per cent of adults in Europe and North America, the study said.\n\n\u201cIt would be nice to know which antidepressants are better or worse than others for these different physical side effects to guide personalised prescribing,\u201d Pillinger said.\n\n\u201cThe problem is that up until now, we haven't had that comparative data available to guide those decisions,\u201d he added.\n\nPillinger\u2019s team compiled data from 151 studies and 17 reports from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The analysis spanned nearly 59,000 people who took antidepressants or a placebo \u2013 a dummy treatment \u2013 for a median of eight weeks.\n\nThe analysis looked at 30 drugs, including common selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as sertraline, escitalopram, and fluoxetine, as well as other types of antidepressants such as mirtazapine and amitriptyline.\n\nIt found \u201cclinically significant differences\u201d in the physical side effects of these drugs, including a four-kilogram difference in weight change between agomelatine and maprotiline and a difference of more than 21 beats per minute in heart rate change between fluvoxamine and nortriptyline.\n\nThe researchers estimated that some antidepressants, such as maprotiline and amitriptyline, caused \u201cclinically important\u201d weight gain in nearly half of the people prescribed them.\n\nOverall, they described SSRIs as \u201crelatively benign\u201d compared to other types of antidepressants.\n\nThese types of physical side effects can prompt some people to stop taking their prescribed antidepressants, which can worsen their mental health, the researchers said.\n\n\u201cBetter tolerability \u2013 fewer side effects \u2013 means longer duration of treatment for the patient \u2026 and the longer the patient takes the medication, the better the outcome they get from the medication,\u201d Dr Andrea Cipriani, a psychiatry professor at the University of Oxford and one of the study\u2019s authors, told journalists.\n\nIndependent experts said the findings should be used to develop more personalised treatment options for patients, particularly those with existing cardiometabolic conditions, such as heart disease or diabetes.\n\n\u201cThe results underscore the need for routine physical health checks in those treated with antidepressants,\u201d Dr Azeem Majeed, chair of primary care and public health at Imperial College London, said in a statement.\n\nMeanwhile, Prasad Nishtala, a reader in pharmacy and epidemiology at the University of Bath, said the study may underestimate the severity of the side effects.\n\nIn a \u201creal-world setting, where patients often receive antidepressants for months or years, the cumulative risks are likely to be higher, particularly among those with chronic depression or existing metabolic comorbidities,\u201d Nishtala said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Anyone who has been prescribed medication to treat depression is familiar with the long list of potential side effects: sleepiness, loss of appetite, headaches, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>But in reality, physical side effects differ significantly from drug to drug, according to a new study that found some antidepressants can cause rapid changes to weight, heart rate, and blood pressure \u2013 while others are \u201crelatively benign\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot all antidepressants are built the same when it comes to their physical side effects,\u201d Toby Pillinger, one of the study\u2019s authors and an academic clinical lecturer at King\u2019s College London, said during a briefing with journalists.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers said their analysis, published in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.thelancet.com//journals//lancet//article//PIIS0140-6736(25)01293-0//fulltext/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>The Lancet<\/strong><\/a> medical journal, is the first to tie specific physical side effects to individual antidepressant drugs.<\/p>\n<p>The findings could change the way doctors prescribe these medicines, which are taken by up to 17 per cent of adults in Europe and North America, the study said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be nice to know which antidepressants are better or worse than others for these different physical side effects to guide personalised prescribing,\u201d Pillinger said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//07//09//antidepressant-withdrawal-is-rare-study-finds-here-are-the-most-common-symptoms/">Antidepressant withdrawal is rare, study finds. Here are the most common symptoms<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cThe problem is that up until now, we haven't had that comparative data available to guide those decisions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Pillinger\u2019s team compiled data from 151 studies and 17 reports from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The analysis spanned nearly 59,000 people who took antidepressants or a placebo \u2013 a dummy treatment \u2013 for a median of eight weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The analysis looked at 30 drugs, including common selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as sertraline, escitalopram, and fluoxetine, as well as other types of antidepressants such as mirtazapine and amitriptyline.<\/p>\n<p>It found \u201cclinically significant differences\u201d in the physical side effects of these drugs, including a four-kilogram difference in weight change between agomelatine and maprotiline and a difference of more than 21 beats per minute in heart rate change between fluvoxamine and nortriptyline.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers estimated that some antidepressants, such as maprotiline and amitriptyline, caused \u201cclinically important\u201d weight gain in nearly half of the people prescribed them.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, they described SSRIs as \u201crelatively benign\u201d compared to other types of antidepressants.<\/p>\n<p>These types of physical side effects can prompt some people to stop taking their prescribed antidepressants, which can worsen their mental health, the researchers said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2023//09//09//europes-mental-health-crisis-in-data-which-country-uses-the-most-antidepressants/">Europe's mental health crisis: Which country uses the most antidepressants?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cBetter tolerability \u2013 fewer side effects \u2013 means longer duration of treatment for the patient \u2026 and the longer the patient takes the medication, the better the outcome they get from the medication,\u201d Dr Andrea Cipriani, a psychiatry professor at the University of Oxford and one of the study\u2019s authors, told journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Independent experts said the findings should be used to develop more personalised treatment options for patients, particularly those with existing cardiometabolic conditions, such as heart disease or diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe results underscore the need for routine physical health checks in those treated with antidepressants,\u201d Dr Azeem Majeed, chair of primary care and public health at Imperial College London, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Prasad Nishtala, a reader in pharmacy and epidemiology at the University of Bath, said the study may underestimate the severity of the side effects.<\/p>\n<p>In a \u201creal-world setting, where patients often receive antidepressants for months or years, the cumulative risks are likely to be higher, particularly among those with chronic depression or existing metabolic comorbidities,\u201d Nishtala said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1760968091,"updatedAt":1761107465,"publishedAt":1761107450,"firstPublishedAt":1761107450,"lastPublishedAt":1761107464,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/95\/97\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_74e5969d-6719-57cd-95a0-72ac2358c3bf-9519597.jpg","altText":"A woman takes a pill.","caption":"A woman takes a pill.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Canva","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1616,"height":909}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3108,"urlSafeValue":"galvin","title":"Gabriela Galvin","twitter":"@mg_galvin"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":14104,"slug":"mental-health","urlSafeValue":"mental-health","title":"Mental health","titleRaw":"Mental 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Bali","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"British drug-smuggling grandma to be sent home from death row in Bali","titleListing2":"British drug-smuggling grandma to be sent home after 12 years on death row in Bali","leadin":"Lindsay Sandiford, 68, was arrested after arriving in Bali in 2012 when Indonesian authorities found cocaine worth \u20ac2.1 million in her suitcase.","summary":"Lindsay Sandiford, 68, was arrested after arriving in Bali in 2012 when Indonesian authorities found cocaine worth \u20ac2.1 million in her suitcase.","keySentence":"","url":"british-drug-smuggling-grandma-to-be-sent-home-after-12-years-on-death-row-in-bali","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/10\/21\/british-drug-smuggling-grandma-to-be-sent-home-after-12-years-on-death-row-in-bali","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A British drug-smuggling grandmother who has spent 12 years on death row in Indonesia will be sent home to the UK, the two countries announced on Tuesday.\n\nLindsay Sandiford, 68, has been imprisoned on Bali since 2012.\n\nShe was arrested at the resort island's airport after authorities found 3.8 kilogrammes of cocaine worth \u20ac2.1 million hidden in the lining of her suitcase. During the trial, Sandiford said she was forced to carry the drugs by a gang that threatened her children.\n\nShe was sentenced to die by firing squad and Indonesia\u2019s highest court upheld it in 2013.\n\nAnother British prisoner, who has been serving a life sentence in Indonesia since 2014, will also be returned to the UK as part of an arrangement struck between the nations.\n\nShahab Shahabadi, 35, was arrested in Jakarta as a result of an investigation into an international drug trafficking network.\n\nHe had previously sent 30 kilogrammes of methamphetamine powder in several shipments from Iran to his partner for distribution in Jakarta, before finally arriving in Indonesia himself, prosecutors said.\n\nThe deal to repatriate the prisoners to serve out the rest of their sentences in the UK was signed by British Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper and Indonesia\u2019s Senior Minister of Law Yusril Ihza Mahendra.\n\n\"Both of them [Sandiford and Shahabadi] are facing problems. The first one is ill and has been examined by a doctor from the British Consulate in Bali. She is seriously ill and is 68 years old,\" Cooper said.\n\nMahendra said Indonesia had agreed to release Sandiford on humanitarian grounds. The transfer of the prisoners will take place after both nations have completed technical and administrative steps, she said.\n\nIndonesian President Prabowo Subianto's administration has sent several foreign prisoners home under bilateral agreements with their countries. They included a woman from the Philippines who faced the death penalty over drugs charges and five Australians convicted of heroin trafficking.\n\nThe United Nations says Indonesia is a major drug smuggling hub despite its extremely strict drug laws, in part because international syndicates target its young population.\n\nAbout 530 people are on death row in Indonesia, mostly for drug-related crimes, including nearly 100 foreigners, government data showed last month.\n\nIndonesia\u2019s last executions, of a local citizen and three foreigners, were carried out in July 2016.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A British drug-smuggling grandmother who has spent 12 years on death row in Indonesia will be sent home to the UK, the two countries announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been imprisoned on Bali since 2012. <\/p>\n<p>She was arrested at the resort island's airport after authorities found 3.8 kilogrammes of cocaine worth \u20ac2.1 million hidden in the lining of her suitcase. During the trial, Sandiford said she was forced to carry the drugs by a gang that threatened her children.<\/p>\n<p>She was sentenced to die by firing squad and Indonesia\u2019s highest court upheld it in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Another British prisoner, who has been serving a life sentence in Indonesia since 2014, will also be returned to the UK as part of an arrangement struck between the nations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//04//15//over-230-arrested-as-europol-dismantles-four-major-drug-smuggling-networks/">Over 230 arrested as Europol dismantles four major drug smuggling networks <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//03//12//police-seize-drug-submarine-designed-to-smuggle-narcotics-into-spain/">Police seize drug 'submarine' designed to smuggle narcotics into Spain<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Shahab Shahabadi, 35, was arrested in Jakarta as a result of an investigation into an international drug trafficking network. <\/p>\n<p>He had previously sent 30 kilogrammes of methamphetamine powder in several shipments from Iran to his partner for distribution in Jakarta, before finally arriving in Indonesia himself, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>The deal to repatriate the prisoners to serve out the rest of their sentences in the UK was signed by British Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper and Indonesia\u2019s Senior Minister of Law Yusril Ihza Mahendra.<\/p>\n<p>\"Both of them [Sandiford and Shahabadi] are facing problems. The first one is ill and has been examined by a doctor from the British Consulate in Bali. She is seriously ill and is 68 years old,\" Cooper said.<\/p>\n<p>Mahendra said Indonesia had agreed to release Sandiford on humanitarian grounds. The transfer of the prisoners will take place after both nations have completed technical and administrative steps, she said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//11//41//808x454_cmsv2_f6f0abfa-83f2-580d-80a9-639a08554d3a-9521141.jpg/" alt=\"FILE: Indonesia custom officers observe drug evidence as British citizen Lindsay Sandiford, left, covers her face in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, 28 May, 2012.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/41\/384x216_cmsv2_f6f0abfa-83f2-580d-80a9-639a08554d3a-9521141.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/41\/640x360_cmsv2_f6f0abfa-83f2-580d-80a9-639a08554d3a-9521141.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/41\/750x422_cmsv2_f6f0abfa-83f2-580d-80a9-639a08554d3a-9521141.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/41\/828x466_cmsv2_f6f0abfa-83f2-580d-80a9-639a08554d3a-9521141.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/41\/1080x608_cmsv2_f6f0abfa-83f2-580d-80a9-639a08554d3a-9521141.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/41\/1200x675_cmsv2_f6f0abfa-83f2-580d-80a9-639a08554d3a-9521141.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/11\/41\/1920x1080_cmsv2_f6f0abfa-83f2-580d-80a9-639a08554d3a-9521141.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE: Indonesia custom officers observe drug evidence as British citizen Lindsay Sandiford, left, covers her face in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, 28 May, 2012.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Firdia Lisnawati\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's administration has sent several foreign prisoners home under bilateral agreements with their countries. 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The brain disorder causes tremour, slowness, and rigidity and worsens over time as the brain becomes increasingly damaged.\n\nFor Bacon, Parkinson\u2019s caused slowness of movement and muscle stiffness that made it more difficult to walk, swim, dance, and play the clarinet.\n\nHer symptoms made her a candidate for deep brain stimulation (DBS), a surgical procedure where stimulating electrodes are placed into targeted areas of the brain that control movement.\n\nThe approach has long been used for patients with treatment-resistant forms of movement disorders such as Parkinson\u2019s, which has no cure. While DBS does not stop the disease from progressing, it can help relieve symptoms.\n\nDuring the four-hour operation, Keyoumars Ashkan, a neurosurgery professor at King\u2019s College London, performed DBS while Bacon stayed awake, her scalp and skull numbed by local anaesthetic.\n\nSurgeons made holes in Bacon\u2019s skull and implanted the electrodes, which were connected to a pacemaker-like pulse generator that delivered electrical impulses to Bacon\u2019s brain, helping to reduce her symptoms.\n\nThe results were \u201cinstant \u2026 once stimulation was delivered to the brain,\u201d Ashkan said in a statement.\n\nBacon said she was \u201cdelighted\u201d.\n\n\u201cI remember my right hand being able to move with much more ease once the stimulation was applied, and this in turn improved my ability to play the clarinet,\u201d she said.\n\nBacon\u2019s pulse generator delivers a continuous electrical current to her brain and can automatically adjust the stimulation. Its battery is implanted in her chest and could last up to 20 years before it needs to be replaced, according to King\u2019s College Hospital, where she underwent the operation.\n\nNow, Bacon is looking forward to resuming the hobbies she had been forced to scale back due to her symptoms.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m already experiencing improvements in my ability to walk, and I\u2019m keen to get back in the swimming pool, and on the dance floor to see if my abilities have improved there,\u201d she said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A brain-stimulating procedure has improved symptoms of Parkinson\u2019s disease for a 65-year-old woman in England \u2013 with the proof immediately clear when she began playing the clarinet during surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Denise Bacon, a retired speech and language therapist, was diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s in 2014. The brain disorder causes tremour, slowness, and rigidity and worsens over time as the brain becomes increasingly damaged.<\/p>\n<p>For Bacon, Parkinson\u2019s caused slowness of movement and muscle stiffness that made it more difficult to walk, swim, dance, and play the clarinet.<\/p>\n<p>Her symptoms made her a candidate for deep brain stimulation (DBS), a surgical procedure where stimulating electrodes are placed into targeted areas of the brain that control movement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2025//07//31//french-scientists-say-light-stimulation-shows-promise-in-slowing-parkinsons-disease/">French scientists say light stimulation shows promise in slowing Parkinson's disease <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The approach has long been used for patients with treatment-resistant forms of movement disorders such as Parkinson\u2019s, which has no cure. While DBS does not stop the disease from progressing, it can help relieve symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>During the four-hour operation, Keyoumars Ashkan, a neurosurgery professor at King\u2019s College London, performed DBS while Bacon stayed awake, her scalp and skull numbed by local anaesthetic.<\/p>\n<p>Surgeons made holes in Bacon\u2019s skull and implanted the electrodes, which were connected to a pacemaker-like pulse generator that delivered electrical impulses to Bacon\u2019s brain, helping to reduce her symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>The results were \u201cinstant \u2026 once stimulation was delivered to the brain,\u201d Ashkan said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Bacon said she was \u201cdelighted\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//08//12//a-weekly-injection-to-treat-parkinsons-could-end-daily-pill-burden-scientists-say/">A weekly injection to treat Parkinson\u2019s could end daily pill burden, scientists say<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cI remember my right hand being able to move with much more ease once the stimulation was applied, and this in turn improved my ability to play the clarinet,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Bacon\u2019s pulse generator delivers a continuous electrical current to her brain and can automatically adjust the stimulation. Its battery is implanted in her chest and could last up to 20 years before it needs to be replaced, according to King\u2019s College Hospital, where she underwent the operation.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Bacon is looking forward to resuming the hobbies she had been forced to scale back due to her symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m already experiencing improvements in my ability to walk, and I\u2019m keen to get back in the swimming pool, and on the dance floor to see if my abilities have improved there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1761051260,"updatedAt":1761055378,"publishedAt":1761054295,"firstPublishedAt":1761054295,"lastPublishedAt":1761054295,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"King\u2019s College Hospital","altText":"A patient plays the clarinet during a brain surgery to alleviate symptoms of Parkinson's disease.","callToActionText":null,"width":1500,"caption":"A patient plays the clarinet during a brain 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years","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"David Lindberg to lead HSBC UK as bank sharpens customer focus","titleListing2":"HSBC UK names new CEO in a bid to modernise its UK business, strengthen its retail roots and restore momentum amid growing digital competition.","leadin":"HSBC has named former NatWest executive David Lindberg as CEO of its UK ring-fenced bank, part of a sweeping restructuring aimed at streamlining operations and sharpening its customer focus.","summary":"HSBC has named former NatWest executive David Lindberg as CEO of its UK ring-fenced bank, part of a sweeping restructuring aimed at streamlining operations and sharpening its customer focus.","keySentence":"","url":"david-lindberg-to-lead-hsbc-uk-as-bank-sharpens-customer-focus","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/10\/21\/david-lindberg-to-lead-hsbc-uk-as-bank-sharpens-customer-focus","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"HSBC has appointed David Lindberg as the new chief executive of its UK bank, marking a strategic move aimed at strengthening its core home market.\n\n\"HSBC Holdings plc today announces that David Lindberg has been appointed as CEO of HSBC UK Bank plc, the Company\u2019s UK ring-fenced bank, upon receipt of regulatory approval,\" the banking giant said in a statement.\n\nRing-fencing means that core retail banking services are separate from risky investment banking activities.\n\nLindberg is a veteran of the banking sector with a career spanning over 27 years in financial services, most recently as CEO of Retail Banking at NatWest Group. Prior to joining NatWest in 2020, he held senior leadership positions at Westpac, The Commonwealth Bank of Australia and ANZ.\n\nHe will also join the Company\u2019s Group Operating Committee.\n\nThe change comes as Ian Stuart, who has led HSBC UK since 2017, moves into a new position as customer and culture director.\n\n\u201cI am delighted that David is joining HSBC to lead our UK business. As one of our two home markets, the UK is core to our foundational strength as a group,\" Georges Elhedery, group CEO of HSBC, said in the statement.\n\n\"David brings with him an impressive focus on the customer, deep international experience and a clear vision for the future as we invest in innovation to grow our business and put our customers at the heart of everything we do,\" Elhedery continued.\n\nThe purpose of ring-fencing\n\nAfter the 2008 financial crisis, UK regulators required large banks to separate their everyday retail operations from riskier investment-banking activities. The goal was to protect customer deposits and ensure high-street banking could keep running even if the investment side hit trouble.\n\nHSBC UK Bank plc is that protected retail arm of the global HSBC Group, serving more than 15 million personal and business customers.\n\nLindberg's appointment comes amid a reorganisation under Group CEO Elhedery to simplify HSBC\u2019s structure into four businesses and accelerate delivery of its strategy.\n\nThe overhaul follows sustained pressure to cut costs and lift returns, and bringing in a retail-banking specialist like Lindberg with international experience signals that HSBC\u2019s ring-fenced UK arm will be central to the next phase.\n\nWhy this matters\n\nLindberg\u2019s appointment signals HSBC\u2019s intent to double down on customer-focused growth at a time of intense competition from digital challengers and tighter UK regulation.\n\n\u201cDavid\u2019s track record of delivering ambitious growth strategies through an aspirational culture that puts the customer at the heart of the business will take us into the next stage of growth,\" said Dame Clara Furse, chairman of HSBC UK.\n\n\"The Board looks forward to supporting him as HSBC UK works to enhance the ways it brings the benefits of HSBC's financial strength and international network to customers in the UK,\" she continued.\n\nHSBC describes the UK as one of its two home markets, alongside Hong Kong \u2014 and Lindberg\u2019s appointment underlines the group\u2019s effort to balance global scale with a more local, customer-driven approach.\n\nNamed the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, but more widely known by its acronym, the name reflects the bank's origins in 1865, when it was founded to finance trade between Europe and Asia.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>HSBC has appointed David Lindberg as the new chief executive of its UK bank, marking a strategic move aimed at strengthening its core home market.<\/p>\n<p>\"HSBC Holdings plc today announces that David Lindberg has been appointed as CEO of HSBC UK Bank plc, the Company\u2019s UK ring-fenced bank, upon receipt of regulatory approval,\" the banking giant said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Ring-fencing means that core retail banking services are separate from risky investment banking activities.<\/p>\n<p>Lindberg is a veteran of the banking sector with a career spanning over 27 years in financial services, most recently as CEO of Retail Banking at NatWest Group. Prior to joining NatWest in 2020, he held senior leadership positions at Westpac, The Commonwealth Bank of Australia and ANZ.<\/p>\n<p>He will also join the Company\u2019s Group Operating Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The change comes as Ian Stuart, who has led HSBC UK since 2017, moves into a new position as customer and culture director.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am delighted that David is joining HSBC to lead our UK business. As one of our two home markets, the UK is core to our foundational strength as a group,\" Georges Elhedery, group CEO of HSBC, said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\"David brings with him an impressive focus on the customer, deep international experience and a clear vision for the future as we invest in innovation to grow our business and put our customers at the heart of everything we do,\" Elhedery continued.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//11//27//hsbc-317-million-trader-chat-room-cartel-fine-upheld-by-eu-court/">HSBC \u20ac31,7 million trader 'chat room' cartel fine upheld by EU court<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//12//05//french-bank-previously-owned-by-hsbc-plans-to-slash-1400-posts/">French bank previously owned by HSBC plans to slash 1400 posts<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>The purpose of ring-fencing<\/h2>\n<p>After the 2008 financial crisis, UK regulators required large banks to separate their everyday retail operations from riskier investment-banking activities. The goal was to protect customer deposits and ensure high-street banking could keep running even if the investment side hit trouble.<\/p>\n<p>HSBC UK Bank plc is that protected retail arm of the global HSBC Group, serving more than 15 million personal and business customers.<\/p>\n<p>Lindberg's appointment comes amid a reorganisation under Group CEO Elhedery to simplify HSBC\u2019s structure into four businesses and accelerate delivery of its strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The overhaul follows sustained pressure to cut costs and lift returns, and bringing in a retail-banking specialist like Lindberg with international experience signals that HSBC\u2019s ring-fenced UK arm will be central to the next phase.<\/p>\n<h2>Why this matters<\/h2>\n<p>Lindberg\u2019s appointment signals HSBC\u2019s intent to double down on customer-focused growth at a time of intense competition from digital challengers and tighter UK regulation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid\u2019s track record of delivering ambitious growth strategies through an aspirational culture that puts the customer at the heart of the business will take us into the next stage of growth,\" said Dame Clara Furse, chairman of HSBC UK.<\/p>\n<p>\"The Board looks forward to supporting him as HSBC UK works to enhance the ways it brings the benefits of HSBC's financial strength and international network to customers in the UK,\" she continued.<\/p>\n<p>HSBC describes the UK as one of its two home markets, alongside Hong Kong \u2014 and Lindberg\u2019s appointment underlines the group\u2019s effort to balance global scale with a more local, customer-driven approach.<\/p>\n<p>Named the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, but more widely known by its acronym, the name reflects the bank's origins in 1865, when it was founded to finance trade between Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1761032006,"updatedAt":1761056459,"publishedAt":1761045115,"firstPublishedAt":1761045115,"lastPublishedAt":1761056458,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","altText":"FILE - 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SUMO WRESTLERS LONDON GALLERY","daletPyramidId":3061355,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"In pictures: Ancient Japanese sumo returns to London for the first time in over 30 years","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"In pictures: Sumo wrestlers bring 1,500 years of tradition to London","titleListing2":"In pictures: Ancient Japanese sumo returns to London for the first time in over 30 years","leadin":"The five-day tournament saw elite wrestlers bring 1,500 years of tradition to the iconic venue, marking only the second time the event has ever been held outside Japan.","summary":"The five-day tournament saw elite wrestlers bring 1,500 years of tradition to the iconic venue, marking only the second time the event has ever been held outside Japan.","keySentence":"","url":"in-pictures-ancient-japanese-sumo-returns-to-london-for-the-first-time-in-over-30-years","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2025\/10\/21\/in-pictures-ancient-japanese-sumo-returns-to-london-for-the-first-time-in-over-30-years","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"After more than three decades away, the ancient sport of sumo made a triumphant return to London\u2019s Royal Albert Hall, filling the sold-out venue with the sound of stomps, shouts and centuries of tradition.\n\nThe Grand Sumo Tournament, which took place across five days, showcased 40 of Japan's top wrestlers (rikishi), and concluded in a dramatic final bout, with Yokozuna Hoshoryu defeating Onosato Daiki to claim the championship title.\n\nThis was only the second time in history that an elite sumo tournament has been staged outside of Japan, following the Royal Albert Hall\u2019s first hosting back in 1991.\n\nTo transform the concert hall into a dohy\u014d (sumo ring) the venue was refitted with specially reinforced toilets and chairs designed to withstand up to 200 kilograms.\n\nAround 69 kg of rice was eaten each day by the competitors with event organisers revealing that the wholesaler being used had run out of noodles because of the quantity ordered.\n\nOutside the ring, the wrestlers became unexpected London celebrities. Fans spotted them sightseeing across the city - from posing in front of Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament, to riding Lime bikes, pouring pints in pubs, tucking into McDonalds and even sampling hot dogs on Westminster Bridge.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>After more than three decades away, the ancient sport of sumo made a triumphant return to London\u2019s Royal Albert Hall, filling the sold-out venue with the sound of stomps, shouts and centuries of tradition.<\/p>\n<p>The Grand Sumo Tournament, which took place across five days, showcased 40 of Japan's top wrestlers (rikishi), and concluded in a dramatic final bout, with Yokozuna Hoshoryu defeating Onosato Daiki to claim the championship title. <\/p>\n<p>This was only the second time in history that an elite sumo tournament has been staged outside of Japan, following the Royal Albert Hall\u2019s first hosting back in 1991. <\/p>\n<p>To transform the concert hall into a dohy\u014d (sumo ring) the venue was refitted with specially reinforced toilets and chairs designed to withstand up to 200 kilograms.<\/p>\n<p>Around 69 kg of rice was eaten each day by the competitors with event organisers revealing that the wholesaler being used had run out of noodles because of the quantity ordered.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the ring, the wrestlers became unexpected London celebrities. Fans spotted them sightseeing across the city - from posing in front of Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament, to riding Lime bikes, pouring pints in pubs, tucking into McDonalds and even sampling hot dogs on Westminster Bridge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//07//08//1280x853_cmsv2_0109bcb3-cedc-5b9c-8fd8-307280a252eb-9520708.jpg/" alt=\"Sumo wrestlers, called rikishi, pose for a photocall ahead of The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London, 15 October 2025.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_0109bcb3-cedc-5b9c-8fd8-307280a252eb-9520708.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/640x426_cmsv2_0109bcb3-cedc-5b9c-8fd8-307280a252eb-9520708.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_0109bcb3-cedc-5b9c-8fd8-307280a252eb-9520708.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/828x551_cmsv2_0109bcb3-cedc-5b9c-8fd8-307280a252eb-9520708.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1080x719_cmsv2_0109bcb3-cedc-5b9c-8fd8-307280a252eb-9520708.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1200x799_cmsv2_0109bcb3-cedc-5b9c-8fd8-307280a252eb-9520708.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1920x1279_cmsv2_0109bcb3-cedc-5b9c-8fd8-307280a252eb-9520708.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1330px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sumo wrestlers, called rikishi, pose for a photocall ahead of The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London, 15 October 2025.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Credit: AP Photo <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//07//08//1280x853_cmsv2_bc64027d-aa02-5c17-be14-ad0ef9c4e312-9520708.jpg/" alt=\"The opening ceremony ahead of the Grand Sumo Tournament on the dohyo, the sacred sumo wrestling ring, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, 19 October 2025.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_bc64027d-aa02-5c17-be14-ad0ef9c4e312-9520708.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/640x427_cmsv2_bc64027d-aa02-5c17-be14-ad0ef9c4e312-9520708.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_bc64027d-aa02-5c17-be14-ad0ef9c4e312-9520708.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/828x552_cmsv2_bc64027d-aa02-5c17-be14-ad0ef9c4e312-9520708.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1080x720_cmsv2_bc64027d-aa02-5c17-be14-ad0ef9c4e312-9520708.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1200x800_cmsv2_bc64027d-aa02-5c17-be14-ad0ef9c4e312-9520708.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1920x1280_cmsv2_bc64027d-aa02-5c17-be14-ad0ef9c4e312-9520708.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1330px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The opening ceremony ahead of the Grand Sumo Tournament on the dohyo, the sacred sumo wrestling ring, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, 19 October 2025.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Credit: AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//07//08//1280x853_cmsv2_e4ed36e9-d0ee-5850-a026-4d7b8f1dd9b6-9520708.jpg/" alt=\"Sumo wrestlers celebrate the opening on the dohyo, the sacred sumo wrestling ring, during The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_e4ed36e9-d0ee-5850-a026-4d7b8f1dd9b6-9520708.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/640x427_cmsv2_e4ed36e9-d0ee-5850-a026-4d7b8f1dd9b6-9520708.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_e4ed36e9-d0ee-5850-a026-4d7b8f1dd9b6-9520708.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/828x552_cmsv2_e4ed36e9-d0ee-5850-a026-4d7b8f1dd9b6-9520708.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1080x720_cmsv2_e4ed36e9-d0ee-5850-a026-4d7b8f1dd9b6-9520708.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1200x800_cmsv2_e4ed36e9-d0ee-5850-a026-4d7b8f1dd9b6-9520708.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1920x1280_cmsv2_e4ed36e9-d0ee-5850-a026-4d7b8f1dd9b6-9520708.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1330px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sumo wrestlers celebrate the opening on the dohyo, the sacred sumo wrestling ring, during The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Credit: AP Photo <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//07//08//1280x853_cmsv2_9fbc6726-8476-55a9-81b0-41e696ba108a-9520708.jpg/" alt=\"Sumo wrestlers, Takayasu, rear, and Abi push during their bout on the dohyo. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_9fbc6726-8476-55a9-81b0-41e696ba108a-9520708.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/640x427_cmsv2_9fbc6726-8476-55a9-81b0-41e696ba108a-9520708.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_9fbc6726-8476-55a9-81b0-41e696ba108a-9520708.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/828x552_cmsv2_9fbc6726-8476-55a9-81b0-41e696ba108a-9520708.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1080x720_cmsv2_9fbc6726-8476-55a9-81b0-41e696ba108a-9520708.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1200x800_cmsv2_9fbc6726-8476-55a9-81b0-41e696ba108a-9520708.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1920x1280_cmsv2_9fbc6726-8476-55a9-81b0-41e696ba108a-9520708.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1330px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sumo wrestlers, Takayasu, rear, and Abi push during their bout on the dohyo. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Credit: AP Photo <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//07//08//1280x853_cmsv2_d7b22e70-0c07-572e-938d-6b8f9ffd9f3e-9520708.jpg/" alt=\"A Sumo wrestler lands on the edge of the ring during The Grand Sumo Tournament. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_d7b22e70-0c07-572e-938d-6b8f9ffd9f3e-9520708.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/640x427_cmsv2_d7b22e70-0c07-572e-938d-6b8f9ffd9f3e-9520708.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_d7b22e70-0c07-572e-938d-6b8f9ffd9f3e-9520708.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/828x552_cmsv2_d7b22e70-0c07-572e-938d-6b8f9ffd9f3e-9520708.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1080x720_cmsv2_d7b22e70-0c07-572e-938d-6b8f9ffd9f3e-9520708.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1200x800_cmsv2_d7b22e70-0c07-572e-938d-6b8f9ffd9f3e-9520708.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1920x1280_cmsv2_d7b22e70-0c07-572e-938d-6b8f9ffd9f3e-9520708.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1330px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Sumo wrestler lands on the edge of the ring during The Grand Sumo Tournament. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Credit: AP Photo <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//07//08//1280x853_cmsv2_6745ca54-6491-58b7-92c9-7adc7d0c39f4-9520708.jpg/" alt=\"Sumo rikishi Kinbozan and Oshoma, right, during their Grand Sumo Tournament bout on the dohyo.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_6745ca54-6491-58b7-92c9-7adc7d0c39f4-9520708.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/640x427_cmsv2_6745ca54-6491-58b7-92c9-7adc7d0c39f4-9520708.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_6745ca54-6491-58b7-92c9-7adc7d0c39f4-9520708.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/828x552_cmsv2_6745ca54-6491-58b7-92c9-7adc7d0c39f4-9520708.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1080x720_cmsv2_6745ca54-6491-58b7-92c9-7adc7d0c39f4-9520708.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1200x800_cmsv2_6745ca54-6491-58b7-92c9-7adc7d0c39f4-9520708.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1920x1280_cmsv2_6745ca54-6491-58b7-92c9-7adc7d0c39f4-9520708.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1330px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sumo rikishi Kinbozan and Oshoma, right, during their Grand Sumo Tournament bout on the dohyo.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Credit: AP Photo <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//07//08//1280x853_cmsv2_333d62e6-e0a6-59e0-a79e-fb3a7ba6aa82-9520708.jpg/" alt=\"Shodai battles with Daieisho in the Makuuchi Division bout on day four of the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_333d62e6-e0a6-59e0-a79e-fb3a7ba6aa82-9520708.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/640x427_cmsv2_333d62e6-e0a6-59e0-a79e-fb3a7ba6aa82-9520708.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_333d62e6-e0a6-59e0-a79e-fb3a7ba6aa82-9520708.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/828x552_cmsv2_333d62e6-e0a6-59e0-a79e-fb3a7ba6aa82-9520708.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1080x720_cmsv2_333d62e6-e0a6-59e0-a79e-fb3a7ba6aa82-9520708.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1200x800_cmsv2_333d62e6-e0a6-59e0-a79e-fb3a7ba6aa82-9520708.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/1920x1280_cmsv2_333d62e6-e0a6-59e0-a79e-fb3a7ba6aa82-9520708.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1330px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Shodai battles with Daieisho in the Makuuchi Division bout on day four of the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Credit: AP Photo <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//07//08//1280x853_cmsv2_d7b2e2c3-7d27-524d-a6c9-1dd203d0617b-9520708.jpg/" alt=\"Kotoeiho, back to camera, pushes and lifts Oshoumi during their bout at The Grand Sumo Tournament. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_d7b2e2c3-7d27-524d-a6c9-1dd203d0617b-9520708.jpg 384w, 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camera, pushes and lifts Oshoumi during their bout at The Grand Sumo Tournament. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Credit: AP Photo <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//07//08//1280x853_cmsv2_42759a2f-7781-565c-abbd-caea4b1634a0-9520708.jpg/" alt=\"Sumo wrestlers Oho and Kirishima grapple during their bout at The Grand Sumo Tournament \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_42759a2f-7781-565c-abbd-caea4b1634a0-9520708.jpg 384w, 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Oho and Kirishima grapple during their bout at The Grand Sumo Tournament <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Credit: AP Photo <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//07//08//1280x853_cmsv2_d3fb9899-754b-588b-a655-66d81ddf68b6-9520708.jpg/" alt=\"Sumo rikishi Aonishiki left, and Ura during their Grand Sumo Tournament bout on the dohyo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_d3fb9899-754b-588b-a655-66d81ddf68b6-9520708.jpg 384w, 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Aonishiki left, and Ura during their Grand Sumo Tournament bout on the dohyo<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Credit: AP Photo <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//07//08//1280x853_cmsv2_f3148303-b912-53fd-837c-bcd81c9cf8f1-9520708.jpg/" alt=\"Ryuden battles with Fujinokawa in the Makuuchi Division bout on day three of the Grand Sumo Tournament \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_f3148303-b912-53fd-837c-bcd81c9cf8f1-9520708.jpg 384w, 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with Fujinokawa in the Makuuchi Division bout on day three of the Grand Sumo Tournament <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Credit: AP Photo <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6655\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//52//07//08//1280x853_cmsv2_d4996071-0271-5f58-b71f-d20892d35ec3-9520708.jpg/" alt=\"Midorifuji battles with Ura in the Makuuchi Division bout on day four of the Grand Sumo Tournament\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/52\/07\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_d4996071-0271-5f58-b71f-d20892d35ec3-9520708.jpg 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I will therefore no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me. I vigorously deny the accusations against me.\u201d\n\nThe new announcement comes ahead of a posthumous memoir by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who died by suicide in April, she claimed Epstein trafficked her and that she had sexual encounters with Andrew when she was 17, Giuffre sued him in 2021 and the case was settled in 2022 for an undisclosed amount. Andrew has denied her claims.\n\nAndrew faced heavy criticism for a 2019 BBC interview, in which he tried to defend himself but appeared unsympathetic to Epstein\u2019s alleged victims. Days later, he stepped down from royal duties.\n\nAndrew will give up his Duke of York title and other honours but will remain a prince. His ex-wife Sarah Ferguson will no longer use the title Duchess of York. Their daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, will remain princesses.\n\nOnce a royal favourite and Falklands War veteran, Andrew has faced questions over his luxurious lifestyle since leaving public duties. He was also linked to a suspected Chinese spy earlier this year but ended contact once concerns were raised.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Prince Andrew announced on Friday that he is giving up his royal title of the Duke of York, and other honours after renewed attention on his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by Buckingham Palace on Friday, and with the agreement of his brother, King Charles III, Andrew said that \u201cthe continued accusations about me distract from the work of His Majesty and the royal family.\u201d Adding, \u201cWith His Majesty\u2019s agreement, I feel I must now go a step further. I will therefore no longer use my title or the honours which have been conferred upon me. I vigorously deny the accusations against me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//09//27//elon-musk-and-prince-andrew-named-in-latest-files-related-to-convicted-sex-offender-jeffre/">Elon Musk and Prince Andrew named in latest files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The new announcement comes ahead of a posthumous memoir by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who died by suicide in April, she claimed Epstein trafficked her and that she had sexual encounters with Andrew when she was 17, Giuffre sued him in 2021 and the case was settled in 2022 for an undisclosed amount. Andrew has denied her claims.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew faced heavy criticism for a 2019 BBC interview, in which he tried to defend himself but appeared unsympathetic to Epstein\u2019s alleged victims. Days later, he stepped down from royal duties.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew will give up his Duke of York title and other honours but will remain a prince. His ex-wife Sarah Ferguson will no longer use the title Duchess of York. Their daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, will remain princesses.<\/p>\n<p>Once a royal favourite and Falklands War veteran, Andrew has faced questions over his luxurious lifestyle since leaving public duties. He was also linked to a suspected Chinese spy earlier this year but ended contact once concerns were raised.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1760773108,"updatedAt":1760781619,"publishedAt":1760779302,"firstPublishedAt":1760779302,"lastPublishedAt":1760779302,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/72\/79\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_fd39a377-11c3-54bf-9bf5-3550c83938d7-9517279.jpg","altText":"Selection of British national newspapers showing their reaction to Prince Andrew announcing that he will relinquish his Duke of York title in London, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.","caption":"Selection of British national newspapers showing their reaction to Prince Andrew announcing that he will relinquish his Duke of York title in London, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Alastair Grant\/Copyright 2025 The AP. 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It said it would accept the penalty.\n\nThe documentary was narrated by Abdullah, the 13-year-old son of Ayman Alyazouri, who worked as Hamas' deputy agriculture minister.\n\nThe BBC said that the independent production company, Hoyo Films, bore the most responsibility for the failure because it didn't share the background information regarding the narrator's father. Hoyo Films apologised for the lapse.\n\nThe BBC received hundreds of complaints alleging that the documentary was biased against Israel, as well as hundreds more criticising the programme's removal from its streaming service, Director General Tim Davie told lawmakers earlier this year.\n\nA group of 500 media figures, including directors Ken Loach and Mike Leigh and actor Riz Ahmed, signed a letter published by Artists for Palestine UK saying a \"political\" campaign to discredit the programme risked dehumanising Palestinian voices in the media.\n\nThe BBC has been under intense scrutiny for its coverage touching on the war in Gaza.\n\nPrime Minister Keir Starmer and others have condemned the broadcaster for\u00a0livestreaming a performance by rap punk duo Bob Vylan, who led crowds at this year's Glastonbury Festival in chanting \"death\" to the Israeli military.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Britain's media regulator sanctioned the BBC on Friday for a \"materially misleading\" documentary on the lives of children in Gaza because it failed to disclose that the father of the teen narrator held a position in the Hamas administration.<\/p>\n<p>Regulator Ofcom said the BBC breached the Broadcasting Code, saying that \"had the potential to erode the very high levels of trust audiences would have expected\" in a factual programme about the Israel-Gaza war.<\/p>\n<p>It ordered the BBC to make a statement about the findings on its 9 pm newscast on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\"Breaches of the code that have resulted in the audience being materially misled have always been considered by Ofcom to be among the most serious that can be committed by a broadcaster, because they go to the heart of the relationship of trust between a broadcaster and its audience,\" Ofcom said.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC previously apologised after acknowledging \"serious flaws\" in the making of \"Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone\" and removed it from its online player.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6109375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//51//67//19//808x493_cmsv2_0f8e23f0-6469-52d7-ad13-7c8db6c5f286-9516719.jpg/" alt=\"A screenshot of the BBC iPlayer after it removed the Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone documentary\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/67\/19\/384x235_cmsv2_0f8e23f0-6469-52d7-ad13-7c8db6c5f286-9516719.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/67\/19\/640x391_cmsv2_0f8e23f0-6469-52d7-ad13-7c8db6c5f286-9516719.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/67\/19\/750x458_cmsv2_0f8e23f0-6469-52d7-ad13-7c8db6c5f286-9516719.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/67\/19\/828x506_cmsv2_0f8e23f0-6469-52d7-ad13-7c8db6c5f286-9516719.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/67\/19\/1080x660_cmsv2_0f8e23f0-6469-52d7-ad13-7c8db6c5f286-9516719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/67\/19\/1200x733_cmsv2_0f8e23f0-6469-52d7-ad13-7c8db6c5f286-9516719.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/67\/19\/1920x1173_cmsv2_0f8e23f0-6469-52d7-ad13-7c8db6c5f286-9516719.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A screenshot of the BBC iPlayer after it removed the Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone documentary<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Screenshot<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>It said that Ofcom's findings were in line with its internal review that found \"significant failing\" following its own accuracy guidelines. It said it would accept the penalty.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary was narrated by Abdullah, the 13-year-old son of Ayman Alyazouri, who worked as Hamas' deputy agriculture minister.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC said that the independent production company, Hoyo Films, bore the most responsibility for the failure because it didn't share the background information regarding the narrator's father. Hoyo Films apologised for the lapse.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC received hundreds of complaints alleging that the documentary was biased against Israel, as well as hundreds more criticising the programme's removal from its streaming service, Director General Tim Davie told lawmakers earlier this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.64\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//51//67//19//808x518_cmsv2_b8bb277e-f7e1-527b-8902-040a19bd83e2-9516719.jpg/" alt=\"A sign is seen at the BBC Television Centre in London, 24 October, 2012\" 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prime minister","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Ukrainian men deny plotting fires at properties related to Starmer","titleListing2":"Ukrainian men deny plotting fires at properties related to British prime minister","leadin":"They men are accused of setting fire to Starmer's personal home, along with a property where he once lived and a car he had sold.","summary":"They men are accused of setting fire to Starmer's personal home, along with a property where he once lived and a car he had sold.","keySentence":"","url":"ukrainian-men-deny-plotting-fires-at-properties-related-to-british-prime-minister","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/10\/17\/ukrainian-men-deny-plotting-fires-at-properties-related-to-british-prime-minister","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Two Ukrainian men pleaded not guilty Friday to plotting fires earlier this year at properties linked to\u00a0UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.\n\nRoman Lavrynovych, 21, and Petro Pochynok, 35, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life between 1 April and 13 May.\n\nThey are accused along with another man, Ukraine-born Romanian national Stanislav Carpiuc, of\u00a0setting fire to Starmer\u2019s personal home, along with a property where he once lived and a car he had sold.\n\nCarpiuc, 27, did not enter a plea during the hearing at London's Central Criminal Court.\n\nProsecutors said the case was not being treated as terrorism.\n\n\"Plainly they are coordinated and must have some motive or purpose behind them,\" Justice Bobbie Cheema-Grubb said.\n\nA tentative trial date was set for April 27.\n\nNo injuries were reported from the fires in north London, which occurred on three nights between 8-12 May.\n\nStarmer and his family had moved out of his home after he was elected in July last year and they live at the prime minister\u2019s official Downing Street residence.\n\nA Toyota RAV4 that Starmer once owned was set ablaze on 8 May, just down the street from the house where he lived before he became prime minister.\n\nThe door of an apartment building where he once lived was set on fire on 11 May and on 12 May the doorway of his home was charred after being set ablaze.\n\nStarmer called the fires \"an attack on all of us, on democracy and the values that we stand for.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Two Ukrainian men pleaded not guilty Friday to plotting fires earlier this year at properties linked to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n<p>Roman Lavrynovych, 21, and Petro Pochynok, 35, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life between 1 April and 13 May.<\/p>\n<p>They are accused along with another man, Ukraine-born Romanian national Stanislav Carpiuc, of setting fire to Starmer\u2019s personal home, along with a property where he once lived and a car he had sold.<\/p>\n<p>Carpiuc, 27, did not enter a plea during the hearing at London's Central Criminal Court.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said the case was not being treated as terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>\"Plainly they are coordinated and must have some motive or purpose behind them,\" Justice Bobbie Cheema-Grubb said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//51//66//80//808x539_cmsv2_950485a6-85e1-5887-8b66-d2bbe99f258d-9516680.jpg/" alt=\"Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street to go to the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister's Questions, 15 October, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/66\/80\/384x256_cmsv2_950485a6-85e1-5887-8b66-d2bbe99f258d-9516680.jpg 384w, 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<span class=\"widget__captionText\">Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street to go to the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister's Questions, 15 October, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>A tentative trial date was set for April 27.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported from the fires in north London, which occurred on three nights between 8-12 May.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer and his family had moved out of his home after he was elected in July last year and they live at the prime minister\u2019s official Downing Street residence.<\/p>\n<p>A Toyota RAV4 that Starmer once owned was set ablaze on 8 May, just down the street from the house where he lived before he became prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>The door of an apartment building where he once lived was set on fire on 11 May and on 12 May the doorway of his home was charred after being set ablaze.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer called the fires \"an attack on all of us, on democracy and the values that we stand for.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1760713486,"updatedAt":1760714134,"publishedAt":1760714105,"firstPublishedAt":1760714105,"lastPublishedAt":1760714105,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/66\/80\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_498ecefa-132d-5dc7-8206-ccde3ff5e533-9516680.jpg","altText":"Police Community Support Officers stand near the fire damaged doorway of a house belonging to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London, 13 May, 2025","caption":"Police Community Support Officers stand near the fire damaged doorway of a house belonging to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London, 13 May, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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named Britain's best new building","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Stirling Prize: Appleby Blue Almshouse wins top UK architecture award","titleListing2":"Care in the community: Appleby Blue almshouse social housing project crowned Britain's best new building ","leadin":"Appleby Blue, a pioneering social housing project in London to help people downsize and live communally has won this year's Stirling Prize, Britain's most prestigious architecture award for a new building.","summary":"Appleby Blue, a pioneering social housing project in London to help people downsize and live communally has won this year's Stirling Prize, Britain's most prestigious architecture award for a new building.","keySentence":"","url":"stirling-prize-2025-appleby-blue-almshouse-social-housing-project-named-britains-best-new-","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2025\/10\/17\/stirling-prize-2025-appleby-blue-almshouse-social-housing-project-named-britains-best-new-","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Appleby Blue Almshouse, a charity-funded social housing project to radically rethink community care and residence for older people, has won the Stirling Prize, Britain's top award for architecture.\n\nThe project, based in a busy part of Bermondsey in east London, took the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) best new building title for its creation of \"high-quality spaces that are generous and thoughtful, blending function and community to create environments that truly care for their residents.\"\n\nWitherford Watson Mann, the architectural firm behind the almshouse for United St Saviour's Charity, said the design is meant to address the social and economic challenges faced by many older people in our inner cities, namely loneliness and often a lack of connection with a diverse community.\n\nThere was strong competition for the award with the London College of Fashion's new headquarters in Stratford and the restoration of Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower among the contenders.\n\nCare in the community\n\nThe development contains 59 bright, spacious flats arranged in a U-shape around a central garden courtyard.\u00a0\n\nA variety of plants, trees and a gentle water feature, that echoes throughout the building, gives a sense of a woodland oasis, allowing residents a constant connection to a green space in the heart of London.\n\nSpeaking on behalf of the RIBA Stirling Prize Jury, Ingrid Schroder, Director of The Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture, said:\u00a0\"By creating a radical and significant model that embraces co-living at a time where our demographics are shifting, Appleby Blue sets an ambitious standard for social housing among older people. Not only does it perform the rare act of freeing up accommodation while keeping residents embedded in their community, it shows that design, when infused with deep care, can meaningfully address the pressing issues of today.\u201d\n\nStephen Witherford, from Witherford Watson Mann architects said:\u00a0 \u201cWorking closely and imaginatively with United St. Saviour\u2019s Charity, we\u2019ve made social housing aspirational, enabling people to grow old locally with the right support, benefiting both residents and the wider Southwark community. We\u2019re honoured that the RIBA Stirling Prize recognises the power of architecture to create places that genuinely transform lives.\u201d\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Appleby Blue Almshouse, a charity-funded social housing project to radically rethink community care and residence for older people, has won the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//09//05//six-of-the-best-riba-announces-shortlist-for-architectures-prestigious-sterling-prize/">Stirling Prize<\/strong><\/a>, Britain's top award for architecture. <\/p>\n<p>The project, based in a busy part of Bermondsey in east London, took the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) best new building title for its creation of \"high-quality spaces that are generous and thoughtful, blending function and community to create environments that truly care for their residents.\"<\/p>\n<p>Witherford Watson Mann, the architectural firm behind the almshouse for United St Saviour's Charity, said the design is meant to address the social and economic challenges faced by many older people in our inner cities, namely loneliness and often a lack of connection with a diverse community.<\/p>\n<p>There was <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//09//05//six-of-the-best-riba-announces-shortlist-for-architectures-prestigious-sterling-prize/">strong competition<\/strong><\/a> for the award with the London College of Fashion's new headquarters in Stratford and the restoration of Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower among the contenders.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//09//05//six-of-the-best-riba-announces-shortlist-for-architectures-prestigious-sterling-prize/">Six of the best: RIBA announces shortlist for architecture's prestigious Sterling Prize <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//04//22//people-tend-to-get-lonelier-as-they-age-but-its-worse-for-seniors-in-these-european-countr/">People tend to get lonelier as they age, but it\u2019s worse for seniors in these European countries<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.3458950201884252\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//45//10//98//808x1092_cmsv2_c58089b8-c5ed-53d1-ba56-25178b0d4f6c-9451098.jpg/" alt=\"RIBA judges praised Appleby Blue's interior garden space \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/10\/98\/384x517_cmsv2_c58089b8-c5ed-53d1-ba56-25178b0d4f6c-9451098.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/10\/98\/640x861_cmsv2_c58089b8-c5ed-53d1-ba56-25178b0d4f6c-9451098.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/10\/98\/750x1009_cmsv2_c58089b8-c5ed-53d1-ba56-25178b0d4f6c-9451098.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/10\/98\/828x1114_cmsv2_c58089b8-c5ed-53d1-ba56-25178b0d4f6c-9451098.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/10\/98\/1080x1454_cmsv2_c58089b8-c5ed-53d1-ba56-25178b0d4f6c-9451098.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/10\/98\/1200x1615_cmsv2_c58089b8-c5ed-53d1-ba56-25178b0d4f6c-9451098.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/45\/10\/98\/1920x2584_cmsv2_c58089b8-c5ed-53d1-ba56-25178b0d4f6c-9451098.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">RIBA judges praised Appleby Blue's interior garden space <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Credit: Philip Vile <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Care in the community<\/h2>\n<p>The development contains 59 bright, spacious flats arranged in a U-shape around a central garden courtyard. <\/p>\n<p>A variety of plants, trees and a gentle water feature, that echoes throughout the building, gives a sense of a woodland oasis, allowing residents a constant connection to a green space in the heart of London.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the RIBA Stirling Prize Jury, Ingrid Schroder, Director of The Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture, said: \"By creating a radical and significant model that embraces co-living at a time where our demographics are shifting, Appleby Blue sets an ambitious standard for social housing among older people. Not only does it perform the rare act of freeing up accommodation while keeping residents embedded in their community, it shows that design, when infused with deep care, can meaningfully address the pressing issues of today.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.2845215157353886\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//51//12//40//808x1036_cmsv2_f41fd9d0-9642-549f-a303-2c05e955b1da-9511240.jpg/" alt=\"The layout places communal spaces at its heart to encourage interaction, while bay windows at street level connect residents to the outside world.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/12\/40\/384x493_cmsv2_f41fd9d0-9642-549f-a303-2c05e955b1da-9511240.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/12\/40\/640x822_cmsv2_f41fd9d0-9642-549f-a303-2c05e955b1da-9511240.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/12\/40\/750x963_cmsv2_f41fd9d0-9642-549f-a303-2c05e955b1da-9511240.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/12\/40\/828x1064_cmsv2_f41fd9d0-9642-549f-a303-2c05e955b1da-9511240.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/12\/40\/1080x1387_cmsv2_f41fd9d0-9642-549f-a303-2c05e955b1da-9511240.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/12\/40\/1200x1541_cmsv2_f41fd9d0-9642-549f-a303-2c05e955b1da-9511240.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/12\/40\/1920x2466_cmsv2_f41fd9d0-9642-549f-a303-2c05e955b1da-9511240.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The layout places communal spaces at its heart to encourage interaction, while bay windows at street level connect residents to the outside world.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Credit: Philip Vile <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Stephen Witherford, from Witherford Watson Mann architects said: \u201cWorking closely and imaginatively with United St. Saviour\u2019s Charity, we\u2019ve made social housing aspirational, enabling people to grow old locally with the right support, benefiting both residents and the wider Southwark community. 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first time","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"England and Wales to get first long-lasting jab to prevent HIV","titleListing2":"England and Wales to get long-lasting HIV prevention jab for first time","leadin":"The drug, known as cabotegravir, must be administered every two months.","summary":"The drug, known as cabotegravir, must be administered every two months.","keySentence":"","url":"england-and-wales-to-get-long-lasting-hiv-prevention-jab-for-first-time","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2025\/10\/17\/england-and-wales-to-get-long-lasting-hiv-prevention-jab-for-first-time","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"People in England and Wales will soon have access to a long-lasting HIV prevention jab for the first time.\n\nThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, which issues guidance on new drugs, recommended the jab for adults and young people who are at high risk of acquiring HIV but cannot take the medicine in pill form.\n\nThe drug, known as cabotegravir, must be administered every two months.\n\nIt is a form of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which works by preventing the virus from replicating and spreading within the body. It reduces the risk of acquiring HIV among both adults and adolescents.\n\nIn 2024, more than 111,000 people in England accessed PrEP through sexual health clinics, according to the United Kingdom\u2019s Health Security Agency (UKHSA).\n\nNICE estimates that up to 1,000 people annually will benefit from cabotegravir\u2019s availability through the National Health Service (NHS) in England. It is expected to roll out in the coming months.\n\n\u201cToday's recommendation for cabotegravir marks a significant milestone \u2013 this is the first injectable HIV prevention treatment that is available to patients,\u201d Helen Knight, NICE\u2019s director of medicines evaluation, said in a statement.\n\nAdditional HIV prevention drugs on the horizon\n\nNotably, cabotegravir is different from another HIV prevention jab, called lenacapavir, that has been hailed as a major medical breakthrough because it was highly effective in clinical studies and must only be administered twice per year.\n\nRegulators in the European Union and United States approved lenacapavir earlier this year, which could speed UK regulators\u2019 decision once the drugmaker, Gilead, seeks approval there.\n\nIn wealthy countries, a yearly course of lenacapavir is priced at more than $28,000 (about \u20ac24,000) per person, according to the medical access group Unitaid.\n\nLast month, Unitaid announced plans to make a cheaper, generic version of the lenacapavir jab available in 120 lower income countries beginning in 2027.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>People in England and Wales will soon have access to a long-lasting HIV prevention jab for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, which issues guidance on new drugs, recommended the jab for adults and young people who are at high risk of acquiring HIV but cannot take the medicine in pill form.<\/p>\n<p>The drug, known as cabotegravir, must be administered every two months.<\/p>\n<p>It is a form of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which works by preventing the virus from replicating and spreading within the body. It reduces the risk of acquiring HIV among both adults and adolescents.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, more than 111,000 people in England accessed PrEP through sexual health clinics, according to the United Kingdom\u2019s Health Security Agency (UKHSA).<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//11//28//number-of-europeans-diagnosed-with-hiv-rose-in-2023-with-new-cases-in-most-countries/">Number of Europeans diagnosed with HIV rose in 2023 with new cases in most countries<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>NICE estimates that up to 1,000 people annually will benefit from cabotegravir\u2019s availability through the National Health Service (NHS) in England. It is expected to roll out in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday's recommendation for cabotegravir marks a significant milestone \u2013 this is the first injectable HIV prevention treatment that is available to patients,\u201d Helen Knight, NICE\u2019s director of medicines evaluation, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<h2>Additional HIV prevention drugs on the horizon<\/h2>\n<p>Notably, cabotegravir is different from another HIV prevention jab, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2024//07//24//stunning-study-shows-twice-a-year-jab-could-offer-100-protection-against-hiv-infection/">called lenacapavir,<\/strong><\/a>that has been hailed as a major medical breakthrough because it was highly effective in clinical studies and must only be administered twice per year.<\/p>\n<p>Regulators in the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//08//26//eu-approves-new-twice-yearly-hiv-prevention-jab/">European Union<\/strong><\/a> and United States approved lenacapavir earlier this year, which could speed UK regulators\u2019 decision once the drugmaker, Gilead, seeks approval there.<\/p>\n<p>In wealthy countries, a yearly course of lenacapavir is priced at more than $28,000 (about \u20ac24,000) per person, according to the medical access group Unitaid.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Unitaid<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//09//24//cheaper-hiv-prevention-jab-to-roll-out-in-lower-income-countries-by-2027/">announced plans<\/strong><\/a> to make a cheaper, generic version of the lenacapavir jab available in 120 lower income countries beginning in 2027.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1760690796,"updatedAt":1760697364,"publishedAt":1760697093,"firstPublishedAt":1760697093,"lastPublishedAt":1760697093,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Canva","altText":"A man receives a 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threat to UK security, MI5 chief says after spy case collapse","titleListing2":"China presents a daily threat to UK security, MI5 chief says after spy case collapse","leadin":"The espionage case against Christopher Berry and Christopher Cash collapsed after government officials refused to testify under oath that China posed a threat to national security.","summary":"The espionage case against Christopher Berry and Christopher Cash collapsed after government officials refused to testify under oath that China posed a threat to national security.","keySentence":"","url":"china-presents-a-daily-threat-to-uk-security-mi5-chief-says-after-spy-case-collapse","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/10\/16\/china-presents-a-daily-threat-to-uk-security-mi5-chief-says-after-spy-case-collapse","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"China poses a daily threat to Britain\u2019s security, the head of the country's domestic intelligence agency said on Thursday, remarks that step up pressure on authorities to explain why the prosecution of two men\u00a0charged with spying for Beijing\u00a0collapsed just before they were due to stand trial.\n\nThe government, opposition politicians and prosecutors have traded blame over the failed criminal case\u00a0as the United Kingdom tries to balance between challenging and engaging with the Asian superpower.\n\n\"Do Chinese state actors present a UK national security threat? The answer is of course yes they do, every day,\"\u00a0MI5 Director General Ken McCallum\u00a0told reporters during a rare public appearance on Thursday.\n\nHe said his agency had intervened to stop a threat from Beijing as recently as the past week.\n\nMcCallum said Beijing-backed meddling has included cyberespionage, stealing technology secrets and \"efforts to interfere covertly in UK public life.\"\n\nAllegations of spying for China\n\nAcademic Christopher Berry and parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash were\u00a0charged last year with providing information or documents to China\u00a0that could be \"prejudicial to the safety or interests\" of the UK.\n\nThen, last month, prosecutors said the charges were being dropped.\n\nDirector of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson pointed at the government, saying officials refused to testify under oath that China posed a threat to national security at the time of the alleged offences, between 2021 and 2023.\n\nUK Prime Minister\u00a0Keir Starmer\u00a0denies interfering, and late on Wednesday the government published witness statements submitted to court by Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Collins describing China as \"the biggest state-based threat to the UK\u2019s economic security\".\n\nBejing's espionage activities \"harm the interests and security of the UK,\" he said.\n\nMcCallum called Britain\u2019s relationship with China a \"complex\" mix of risk and opportunity and said MI5 agents \"detect and deal, robustly, with activity threatening UK national security.\"\n\n\"I am frustrated when opportunities to prosecute national security-threatening activity are not followed through for whatever reason,\" he said, but added that prosecution decisions were out of MI5's hands.\n\nBritish intelligence authorities have ratcheted up\u00a0their warnings\u00a0about Beijing's covert activities and parliament\u2019s Intelligence and Security Committee labelled Beijing a \"strategic threat\" in 2023.\n\nThe centre-left Labour Party government, which took power last year, has tried cautiously to reset ties\u00a0with Beijing after years of frosty relations over\u00a0spying allegations, human rights concerns, China\u2019s support for Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and a\u00a0crackdown on civil liberties in Hong Kong, a former British colony.\n\nCash and Berry were charged under the Official Secrets Act, a century-old statute that covers spying for countries deemed enemies of the UK. It has since been replaced by new national security legislation.\n\nThe two men deny wrongdoing and the Chinese Embassy has called the allegations fabricated, dismissing them as \"malicious slander\".\n\nThreats from Russia and Iran\n\nMcCallum also painted a stark picture, saying the UK faces \"multiple overlapping threats on an unprecedented scale\" from both terror groups and states.\n\nHe said China is one of the \"big three\" countries behind the threats, along with the more reckless Russia and Iran.\n\n\"State threats are escalating,\" he said, with a 35% increase in the past year in the number of people MI5 is investigating for espionage, \"including against our Parliament, our universities, our critical infrastructure.\"\n\nHe said Russia and Iran are increasingly using \"ugly methods,\" including \"surveillance sabotage, arson or physical violence,\" something he said he had not previously seen from nations during his intelligence career.\n\n\"Russia is committed to causing havoc and destruction,\" he said. \"In the last year, we and the police have disrupted a steady stream of surveillance plots with hostile intent aimed at individuals Russian leaders perceive as their enemies.\"\n\nHe said Tehran is also plotting to injure and kill its enemies on British soil, with more than 20 \"potentially lethal Iran-backed plots\" disrupted in the past 12 months.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>China poses a daily threat to Britain\u2019s security, the head of the country's domestic intelligence agency said on Thursday, remarks that step up pressure on authorities to explain why the prosecution of two men charged with spying for Beijing collapsed just before they were due to stand trial.<\/p>\n<p>The government, opposition politicians and prosecutors have traded blame over the failed criminal case as the United Kingdom tries to balance between challenging and engaging with the Asian superpower.<\/p>\n<p>\"Do Chinese state actors present a UK national security threat? The answer is of course yes they do, every day,\" MI5 Director General Ken McCallum told reporters during a rare public appearance on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He said his agency had intervened to stop a threat from Beijing as recently as the past week.<\/p>\n<p>McCallum said Beijing-backed meddling has included cyberespionage, stealing technology secrets and \"efforts to interfere covertly in UK public life.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.701\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//51//42//79//808x565_cmsv2_a02fb32a-8865-515c-ab95-589cf288c379-9514279.jpg/" alt=\"Director General of MI5 Ken McCallum delivers the annual Director General's 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https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/42\/79\/1920x1346_cmsv2_a02fb32a-8865-515c-ab95-589cf288c379-9514279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Director General of MI5 Ken McCallum delivers the annual Director General's Speech at Thames House in London, 16 October, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2><strong>Allegations of spying for China<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Academic Christopher Berry and parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash were charged last year with providing information or documents to China that could be \"prejudicial to the safety or interests\" of the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Then, last month, prosecutors said the charges were being dropped.<\/p>\n<p>Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson pointed at the government, saying officials refused to testify under oath that China posed a threat to national security at the time of the alleged offences, between 2021 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p>UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer denies interfering, and late on Wednesday the government published witness statements submitted to court by Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Collins describing China as \"the biggest state-based threat to the UK\u2019s economic security\".<\/p>\n<p>Bejing's espionage activities \"harm the interests and security of the UK,\" he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//51//42//79//808x539_cmsv2_ee881ccb-9756-5222-8858-c0920e95a440-9514279.jpg/" alt=\"Christopher Berry arrives at the Central Criminal Court in London, 10 May, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/42\/79\/384x256_cmsv2_ee881ccb-9756-5222-8858-c0920e95a440-9514279.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/42\/79\/640x427_cmsv2_ee881ccb-9756-5222-8858-c0920e95a440-9514279.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/42\/79\/750x500_cmsv2_ee881ccb-9756-5222-8858-c0920e95a440-9514279.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/42\/79\/828x552_cmsv2_ee881ccb-9756-5222-8858-c0920e95a440-9514279.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/42\/79\/1080x720_cmsv2_ee881ccb-9756-5222-8858-c0920e95a440-9514279.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/42\/79\/1200x800_cmsv2_ee881ccb-9756-5222-8858-c0920e95a440-9514279.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/42\/79\/1920x1280_cmsv2_ee881ccb-9756-5222-8858-c0920e95a440-9514279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Christopher Berry arrives at the Central Criminal Court in London, 10 May, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>McCallum called Britain\u2019s relationship with China a \"complex\" mix of risk and opportunity and said MI5 agents \"detect and deal, robustly, with activity threatening UK national security.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"I am frustrated when opportunities to prosecute national security-threatening activity are not followed through for whatever reason,\" he said, but added that prosecution decisions were out of MI5's hands.<\/p>\n<p>British intelligence authorities have ratcheted up their warnings about Beijing's covert activities and parliament\u2019s Intelligence and Security Committee labelled Beijing a \"strategic threat\" in 2023.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//08//china-spy-case-collapse-blamed-on-uk-governments-failure-to-brand-beijing-a-threat/">China spy case collapse blamed on UK government's failure to brand Beijing a threat<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//14//uks-mi5-warns-lawmakers-of-spying-threat-from-china-russia-and-iran/">UK's MI5 warns lawmakers of spying threat from China, Russia and Iran<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The centre-left Labour Party government, which took power last year, has tried cautiously to reset ties with Beijing after years of frosty relations over spying allegations, human rights concerns, China\u2019s support for Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and a crackdown on civil liberties in Hong Kong, a former British colony.<\/p>\n<p>Cash and Berry were charged under the Official Secrets Act, a century-old statute that covers spying for countries deemed enemies of the UK. It has since been replaced by new national security legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The two men deny wrongdoing and the Chinese Embassy has called the allegations fabricated, dismissing them as \"malicious slander\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//51//42//79//808x539_cmsv2_82c96b31-85b3-50a6-b42b-a98a841fa2ee-9514279.jpg/" alt=\"Former parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash arrives at the Central Criminal Court in London, 10 May, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/42\/79\/384x256_cmsv2_82c96b31-85b3-50a6-b42b-a98a841fa2ee-9514279.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/42\/79\/640x427_cmsv2_82c96b31-85b3-50a6-b42b-a98a841fa2ee-9514279.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/42\/79\/750x500_cmsv2_82c96b31-85b3-50a6-b42b-a98a841fa2ee-9514279.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/42\/79\/828x552_cmsv2_82c96b31-85b3-50a6-b42b-a98a841fa2ee-9514279.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/42\/79\/1080x720_cmsv2_82c96b31-85b3-50a6-b42b-a98a841fa2ee-9514279.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/42\/79\/1200x800_cmsv2_82c96b31-85b3-50a6-b42b-a98a841fa2ee-9514279.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/42\/79\/1920x1280_cmsv2_82c96b31-85b3-50a6-b42b-a98a841fa2ee-9514279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Former parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash arrives at the Central Criminal Court in London, 10 May, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2><strong>Threats from Russia and Iran<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>McCallum also painted a stark picture, saying the UK faces \"multiple overlapping threats on an unprecedented scale\" from both terror groups and states.<\/p>\n<p>He said China is one of the \"big three\" countries behind the threats, along with the more reckless Russia and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\"State threats are escalating,\" he said, with a 35% increase in the past year in the number of people MI5 is investigating for espionage, \"including against our Parliament, our universities, our critical infrastructure.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" 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launch self-driving taxis in London next year","titleListing2":"Waymo says it will expand to Europe next year with driverless robotaxis in London","leadin":"Waymo is the second company to say it will bring robotaxis to the UK.","summary":"Waymo is the second company to say it will bring robotaxis to the UK.","keySentence":"","url":"waymo-says-it-will-expand-to-europe-next-year-with-driverless-robotaxis-in-london","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/10\/15\/waymo-says-it-will-expand-to-europe-next-year-with-driverless-robotaxis-in-london","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"American robotaxi firm Waymo announced on Wednesday that it plans to begin operations in the United Kingdom\u2019s capital in 2026.\n\nIt said it will start testing its self-driving cars in London in the coming weeks while it works to secure permissions for autonomous ride-hailing there.\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve demonstrated how to responsibly scale fully autonomous ride-hailing, and we can\u2019t wait to expand the benefits of our technology to the United Kingdom,\u201d Waymo co-chief executive Tekedra Mawakana said in a statement.\n\nUK regulations require self-driving cars to meet safety requirements and have a safety level that is at least as high as \u201ccareful and competent human drivers\u201d.\n\nThe rules are expected to be fully implemented by 2027, and the Waymo rollout is part of an early adoption programme.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m delighted that Waymo intends to bring their services to London next year, under our proposed piloting scheme,\u201d Heidi Alexander, the UK's secretary of state for transport, said in a statement.\n\nWaymo is not the only self-driving car company eyeing European markets. Earlier this year, US ride-hailing app Lyft said it would partner with Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm Baidu to introduce robotaxis in the UK and Germany in 2026.\n\nHowever, safety incidents involving self-driving cars have raised public concerns in recent years that could hinder their adoption \u2013 at least at first.\n\nFor example, in 2024 a self-driving Tesla crashed and killed a motorcyclist in the United States. The same year, a driverless taxi operated by Baidu struck a pedestrian in Wuhan, China.\n\nHowever, Waymo says driverless technology can actually help make roads safer.\n\nThe firm says its data shows that roads where it operates report five times fewer injury-causing collisions overall and 12 times fewer incidents involving pedestrians, compared with human drivers.\n\nWaymo began as a Google project in 2009 and has operated commercially in the United States since 2018.\n\nThe company has also partnered with local firms in Japan to begin testing its taxis there, though it is not yet clear when it might launch commercially.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>American robotaxi firm Waymo announced on Wednesday that it plans to begin operations in the United Kingdom\u2019s capital in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>It said it will start testing its self-driving cars in London in the coming weeks while it works to secure permissions for autonomous ride-hailing there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve demonstrated how to responsibly scale fully autonomous ride-hailing, and we can\u2019t wait to expand the benefits of our technology to the United Kingdom,\u201d Waymo co-chief executive Tekedra Mawakana said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//10//15//flying-taxis-may-soon-ferry-passengers-above-the-congested-roadways-of-dubai/">Flying taxis may soon ferry passengers above the congested roadways of Dubai<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>UK regulations require self-driving cars to meet safety requirements and have a safety level that is at least as high as \u201ccareful and competent human drivers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The rules are expected to be fully implemented by 2027, and the Waymo rollout is part of an early adoption programme.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m delighted that Waymo intends to bring their services to London next year, under our proposed piloting scheme,\u201d Heidi Alexander, the UK's secretary of state for transport, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Waymo is not the only self-driving car company eyeing European markets. Earlier this year, US ride-hailing app <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//08//04//lyft-to-partner-with-chinese-ai-firm-baidu-to-bring-robotaxis-to-europe-in-2026/">Lyft said it would partner<\/a> with Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm Baidu to introduce robotaxis in the UK and Germany in 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//06//23//elon-musks-tesla-begins-robotaxi-service-in-texas-but-can-it-catch-up-in-autonomous-cab-ra/">Elon Musk's Tesla begins robotaxi service in Texas but can it catch up in autonomous cab race?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>However, safety incidents involving self-driving cars have raised public concerns in recent years that could hinder their adoption \u2013 at least at first.<\/p>\n<p>For example, i<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//07//31//tesla-in-us-car-crash-that-killed-motorcyclist-used-self-driving-system-authorities-say/">n 2024 a self-driving Tesla crashed and killed a motorcyclist<\/a> in the United States. The same year, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//07//09//chinese-driverless-car-hits-a-person-crossing-against-the-light/">a driverless taxi operated by Baidu struck a pedestrian<\/a> in Wuhan, China.<\/p>\n<p>However, Waymo says driverless technology can actually help make roads safer.<\/p>\n<p>The firm says its data shows that roads where it operates report five times fewer injury-causing collisions overall and 12 times fewer incidents involving pedestrians, compared with human drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Waymo began as a Google project in 2009 and has operated commercially in the United States since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The company has also partnered with local firms in Japan to begin testing its taxis there, though it is not yet clear when it might launch commercially.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1760523180,"updatedAt":1760525336,"publishedAt":1760524324,"firstPublishedAt":1760524324,"lastPublishedAt":1760524324,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/51\/20\/40\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_e55a0e7d-5bf1-5c77-ab7d-596a412be5a2-9512040.jpg","altText":"A Waymo vehicle drives past a No U-Turn sign in San Bruno, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. 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He was one of 65 migrants who crossed the English Channel last October in a small rigid inflatable boat.\n\nJudge Karen Steyn sentenced Khan on Tuesday for making a threat to kill and a separate count of attempting to enter the UK illegally, to which he had pleaded guilty.\n\nFarage, who attended the sentencing, told the court last week that the video was \"pretty chilling\". The lawmaker said he was \"genuinely worried\" Khan was coming \"to shoot him\".\n\n\"As a Member of Parliament and the leader of a political party, Mr Farage is a public figure and he understands that with the role comes public scrutiny, criticism and, sadly, at times abuse,\" Steyn said in her sentencing remarks.\n\n\"But your video was not mere abuse: it was a threat to kill with a firearm and it was, as Mr Farage put it, 'pretty chilling',\" she added.\n\nAfter Khan was sentenced, he shouted at the judge and Farage, claiming that the Reform UK leader wanted to \"use me because you want to be prime minister\".\n\nSpeaking after the court proceedings were finished, Farage said he was \"happy with the win\". However, he also said he was \"deeply, deeply concerned\" that Khan would be freed in 18 months, referring to the practice of releasing prisoners after a third of their terms.\n\nDuring the trial, prosecutors said Khan had given British police the name Fayaz Khan and said he was 26, but that Swedish authorities believed he was called Fayaz Husseini and was 31.\n\nSteyn, the sentencing judge, said she was sure Khan had given a false name because he had a criminal record in Sweden and was facing a six-month jail sentence.\n\nBetween 2019 and 2024, Khan aka Husseini was convicted of 17 criminal offences, including carrying a knife, threatening behaviour and vandalism.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>An Afghan man was jailed for five years on Tuesday for threatening on TikTok to kill Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.<\/p>\n<p>Fayaz Khan, 26, was found guilty last week at London's Southwark Crown Court of making a threat to kill Farage in a video posted on TikTok in October 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In a video referencing Farage, Khan said \"pop, pop, pop\" while making gun gestures before pointing to a tattoo of an AK-47 assault rifle on his face.<\/p>\n<p>Khan, who arrived in the UK on a small boat, posted the video while making his way from Sweden to the UK. He was one of 65 migrants who crossed the English Channel last October in a small rigid inflatable boat.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Karen Steyn sentenced Khan on Tuesday for making a threat to kill and a separate count of attempting to enter the UK illegally, to which he had pleaded guilty.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//08//24//bulgaria-has-seized-almost-70-inflatable-boats-used-for-migrant-trafficking-at-border-with/">Bulgarian customs seize 70 inflatable boats used for UK migrant trafficking<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//08//07//uk-border-force-makes-first-arrests-under-new-one-in-out-out-migrant-deal-with-france/">UK border force makes first arrests under new 'one in, one out' migrant deal with France<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Farage, who attended the sentencing, told the court last week that the video was \"pretty chilling\". The lawmaker said he was \"genuinely worried\" Khan was coming \"to shoot him\".<\/p>\n<p>\"As a Member of Parliament and the leader of a political party, Mr Farage is a public figure and he understands that with the role comes public scrutiny, criticism and, sadly, at times abuse,\" Steyn said in her sentencing remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\"But your video was not mere abuse: it was a threat to kill with a firearm and it was, as Mr Farage put it, 'pretty chilling',\" she added.<\/p>\n<p>After Khan was sentenced, he shouted at the judge and Farage, claiming that the Reform UK leader wanted to \"use me because you want to be prime minister\".<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the court proceedings were finished, Farage said he was \"happy with the win\". However, he also said he was \"deeply, deeply concerned\" that Khan would be freed in 18 months, referring to the practice of releasing prisoners after a third of their terms.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, prosecutors said Khan had given British police the name Fayaz Khan and said he was 26, but that Swedish authorities believed he was called Fayaz Husseini and was 31.<\/p>\n<p>Steyn, the sentencing judge, said she was sure Khan had given a false name because he had a criminal record in Sweden and was facing a six-month jail sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2019 and 2024, Khan aka Husseini was convicted of 17 criminal offences, including carrying a knife, threatening behaviour and 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warns lawmakers of spying threat from China, Russia and Iran","titleListing2":"UK's MI5 warns lawmakers of spying threat from China, Russia and Iran","leadin":"The intelligence agency warned MPs and their staff to look out for spies trying to elicit information from them by blackmail or phishing attacks.","summary":"The intelligence agency warned MPs and their staff to look out for spies trying to elicit information from them by blackmail or phishing attacks.","keySentence":"","url":"uks-mi5-warns-lawmakers-of-spying-threat-from-china-russia-and-iran","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/10\/14\/uks-mi5-warns-lawmakers-of-spying-threat-from-china-russia-and-iran","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The UK's domestic spy service MI5 has warned lawmakers that spies from China, Russia and Iran are targeting them in a bid to undermine British democracy.\n\nSecurity guidance issued by the agency late on Monday said spies may seek to gather information from MPs and their staff through blackmail, phishing attacks and building long-term relationships with them.\n\nPoliticians should also be wary of attempts to exploit them online and while travelling abroad, and financial donations as a way to gain access and influence, MI5 warned.\n\nThe UK is a target of long-term strategic foreign interference and espionage from elements of the Russian, Chinese and Iranian states, which all use different tactics, it said.\n\n\"When foreign states steal vital UK information or manipulate our democratic processes they don't just damage our security in the short-term, they erode the foundations of our sovereignty and ability to protect our citizens' interests,\" MI5 Director General Ken McCallum said in a statement.\n\nMI5 referenced previous cases of political interference in British politics, including the case of Christine Lee.\n\nIn January 2022, MI5 issued a security alert to lawmakers warning that the London-based lawyer was \"involved in political interference activities\" in the UK on behalf of China's Communist Party.\n\nThe alert said MI5 had found that Lee had \"facilitated financial donations to serving and aspiring parliamentarians on behalf of foreign nationals based in Hong Kong and China\".\n\nAlthough not charged with any criminal offence, Lee later sued MI5, arguing that its alert was politically motivated and violated her human rights. She lost the case last year.\n\nMI5's security guidance comes a month after the collapse of a case against two British men accused of spying on UK lawmakers for Beijing.\n\nThe UK's top prosecutor said the charges were dropped because the government had refused to designate China as an \"enemy\" and a threat to national security.\n\nSpeaking in parliament on Monday, UK Security Minister Dan Jarvis said that the government had made \"every effort ... to provide evidence in support of this case\".\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The UK's domestic spy service MI5 has warned lawmakers that spies from China, Russia and Iran are targeting them in a bid to undermine British democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Security <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.gov.uk//government//news//mi5-issues-guidance-on-countering-espionage-and-interference/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">guidance<\/a> issued by the agency late on Monday said spies may seek to gather information from MPs and their staff through blackmail, phishing attacks and building long-term relationships with them.<\/p>\n<p>Politicians should also be wary of attempts to exploit them online and while travelling abroad, and financial donations as a way to gain access and influence, MI5 warned. <\/p>\n<p>The UK is a target of long-term strategic foreign interference and espionage from elements of the Russian, Chinese and Iranian states, which all use different tactics, it said.<\/p>\n<p>\"When foreign states steal vital UK information or manipulate our democratic processes they don't just damage our security in the short-term, they erode the foundations of our sovereignty and ability to protect our citizens' interests,\" MI5 Director General Ken McCallum said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//13//polish-prosecutors-charge-two-russian-citizens-with-spying-for-moscow/">Polish prosecutors charge two Russian citizens with spying for Moscow<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//09//18//three-people-detained-in-britain-on-suspicion-of-spying-for-russia/">Three people detained in Britain on suspicion of spying for Russia<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>MI5 referenced previous cases of political interference in British politics, including the case of Christine Lee.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2022, MI5 issued a security alert to lawmakers warning that the London-based lawyer was \"involved in political interference activities\" in the UK on behalf of China's Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>The alert said MI5 had found that Lee had \"facilitated financial donations to serving and aspiring parliamentarians on behalf of foreign nationals based in Hong Kong and China\".<\/p>\n<p>Although not charged with any criminal offence, Lee later sued MI5, arguing that its alert was politically motivated and violated her human rights. She <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//12//17//lawyer-accused-of-being-chinese-spy-loses-legal-battle-with-uk-intelligence-agency/">lost the case<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>MI5's security guidance comes a month after the collapse of a case against two British men accused of spying on UK lawmakers for Beijing. <\/p>\n<p>The UK's top prosecutor <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//08//china-spy-case-collapse-blamed-on-uk-governments-failure-to-brand-beijing-a-threat/">said the charges were dropped because the government had refused to designate China as an \"enemy\" and a threat to national security.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in parliament on Monday, UK Security Minister Dan Jarvis said that the government had made \"every effort ... to provide evidence in support of this case\".<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1760424922,"updatedAt":1760434687,"publishedAt":1760430044,"firstPublishedAt":1760430044,"lastPublishedAt":1760430044,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/50\/94\/88\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8968f770-e622-5baa-8680-8c2acec7a44d-9509488.jpg","altText":"FILE: A general view of Palace of Westminster and the Queen Elizabeth Tower which contains the bell known as 'Big Ben' in London, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017","caption":"FILE: A general view of Palace of Westminster and the Queen Elizabeth Tower which contains the bell known as 'Big Ben' in London, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Alastair Grant\/Copyright 2017 The AP. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":576}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3238,"urlSafeValue":"guilbert","title":"Kieran Guilbert","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":7800,"slug":"united-kingdom","urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United Kingdom","titleRaw":"United Kingdom"},{"id":27090,"slug":"spy","urlSafeValue":"spy","title":"Spy","titleRaw":"Spy"},{"id":8133,"slug":"espionage","urlSafeValue":"espionage","title":"Espionage","titleRaw":"Espionage"},{"id":153,"slug":"iran","urlSafeValue":"iran","title":"Iran","titleRaw":"Iran"},{"id":311,"slug":"china","urlSafeValue":"china","title":"China","titleRaw":"China"},{"id":239,"slug":"russia","urlSafeValue":"russia","title":"Russia","titleRaw":"Russia"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2838612},{"id":2838624},{"id":2840979}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"5o3MaYKlbU4","dailymotionId":"x9s46xy"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/ED\/26\/82\/23\/02\/ED_PYR_2682232_20251014093808.mp4","editor":"","duration":60000,"filesizeBytes":11609324,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/26\/82\/23\/02\/SHD_PYR_2682232_20251014093808.mp4","editor":"","duration":60000,"filesizeBytes":16038049,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/FHD\/26\/82\/23\/02\/FHD_PYR_2682232_20251014093808.mp4","editor":"","duration":60000,"filesizeBytes":47547850,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"Europe"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"},{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":291,"urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United Kingdom","url":"\/news\/europe\/united-kingdom"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/10\/14\/uks-mi5-warns-lawmakers-of-spying-threat-from-china-russia-and-iran","lastModified":1760430044},{"id":2837629,"cid":9505229,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"GREEN BEES SOLAR FARMS","daletPyramidId":2961841,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Well-managed solar farms could help boost declining bumblebee populations in the UK, new study finds","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Could the UK\u2019s solar farms provide a refuge for bumblebees?","titleListing2":"Well-managed solar farms could help boost declining bumblebee populations in the UK, new study finds","leadin":"Solar farms could provide a habitat for bumblebees, study shows.","summary":"Solar farms could provide a habitat for bumblebees, study shows.","keySentence":"","url":"well-managed-solar-farms-could-help-boost-declining-bumblebee-populations-in-the-uk-new-st","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/10\/10\/well-managed-solar-farms-could-help-boost-declining-bumblebee-populations-in-the-uk-new-st","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Bumblebees are crucial for ecosystems. They pollinate wild plants and crops, keeping habitats healthy.\u00a0\n\nBut many populations in Europe are declining because of climate change and habitat loss.\u00a0\n\nA new study, published in Global Change Biology, looks at how solar farms could help with bumblebee conservation in the UK.\u00a0\n\nWhy are bumblebees on the decline?\u00a0\n\nGlobally, bumblebee populations are diminishing.\u00a0\n\nA 2023 study in Nature projected that around 38 to 76 per cent of European bumblebee species currently classified as \u2018Least Concern\u2019 are projected to undergo losses of at least 30 per cent of ecologically suitable territory by 2061\u20132080. 2024 was also the worst year for bumblebees in the UK, according to the Bumblebee Conservation Trust.\n\nThere are a number of factors at play: land use change, intensive agriculture, invasive species, and infectious diseases affect pollinators like bumblebees.\n\nClimate change also plays a role: intensifying extreme weather that can threaten bees\u2019 habitats and disturb life cycles.\n\nThe hidden habitat of solar\n\nIn this study, which reports to be the first to investigate the role of solar farms in future biodiversity conservation, researchers wanted to see how bumblebees would fare with solar farms. These farms can offer an opportunity for habitat creation for wildlife, and contribute to both low-carbon energy and nature recovery.\n\nThe researchers looked at 1042 operational solar farms in Great Britain, creating a high-resolution model to simulate bumblebee foraging and population dynamics. This enabled them to predict bumblebee density in and around the UK's solar farms, while also accounting for the effects of different future scenarios, like changed habitat context and configuration.\u00a0\n\n\u201cThe model predicts how bees use these landscapes based on foraging and nesting resources,\u201d says Dr Hollie Blaydes, Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University and first author of the study. \u201cThis aspect of the work was particularly novel - it is unusual for modelling like this to be done in such detail.\u201d\n\nThe modelling suggests that the number of bumblebees within solar farms could more than double if solar farms are managed for biodiversity. Wildflowers on the farms provided a rich source of food, especially compared with turf.\u00a0\n\nA \u201crefuge\u201d for bumblebees\n\nThe \u201cbee-boosting\u201d effects of solar farm management were largely constrained to that of the farms themselves. In foraging surrounding solar farms, landscape changes had a greater impact on bumblebee densities, which the authors say suggests\u00a0 \u201ca single solar farm in isolation generally did not counteract the influence of wider land-use changes expected under future scenarios.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\n\nBut as many countries build solar farms to meet renewable energy commitments, the authors urge that they should consider \u201cstrategic siting\u201d to connect bumble habitats.\u00a0\n\n\u201cSolar farms can be refuges for bumblebees in the present day and in the future and could play a part in mitigating habitat loss \u2013 if managed well,\u201d says Blaydes. \u201cBut, solar farms alone will not be able to counteract the effects of all future land use changes on bumblebees and other biodiversity.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Bumblebees are crucial for ecosystems. They pollinate wild plants and crops, keeping habitats healthy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But many populations in Europe are declining because of climate change and habitat loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A new study, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////onlinelibrary.wiley.com//doi//10.1111//gcb.70537/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>published<\/strong><\/a> in Global Change Biology, looks at how solar farms could help with bumblebee conservation in the UK.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why are bumblebees on the decline?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Globally, bumblebee populations are diminishing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A 2023 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nature.com//articles//s41586-023-06471-0/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>study<\/strong><\/a> in Nature projected that around 38 to 76 per cent of European bumblebee species currently classified as \u2018Least Concern\u2019 are projected to undergo losses of at least 30 per cent of ecologically suitable territory by 2061\u20132080. 2024 was also the worst year for bumblebees in the UK, according to the Bumblebee <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.bumblebeeconservation.org//news//british-bumblebee-numbers-plummet-in-2024///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Conservation Trust<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9495024,7619186\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2025//10//06//athenians-embrace-urban-beekeeping-hosting-hives-on-rooftops-to-support-local-ecosystems/">Athenians embrace urban beekeeping, hosting hives on rooftops to support local ecosystems<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//23//commercial-beehives-increasingly-popular-in-europe-heres-which-eu-country-has-the-most/">Commercial beehives increasingly popular in Europe: Here's which EU country has the most <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>There are a number of factors at play: land use change, intensive agriculture, invasive species, and infectious <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2018//08//16//genome-points-to-inbreeding-disease-behind-bumblebee-decline-research#:~:text=By%20Reuters,needed%20to%20build%20a%20colony.\"><strong>diseases<\/strong><\/a> affect <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//07//03//can-honeybees-and-wild-pollinators-co-exist/">pollinators like bumblebees.<\/p>\n<p>Climate change also plays a role: intensifying <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//06//21//french-rains-drench-bees-and-their-habitats/">extreme weather<\/strong><\/a> that can threaten bees\u2019 habitats and disturb life cycles.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The hidden habitat of solar<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In this study, which reports to be the first to investigate the role of solar farms in future biodiversity conservation, researchers wanted to see how bumblebees would fare with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//10//08//solar-energy-named-the-worlds-cheapest-power-source-what-it-means-for-europe/">solar farms<\/strong><\/a>. These farms can offer an opportunity for habitat creation for wildlife, and contribute to both low-carbon energy and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//06//17//what-is-the-nature-restoration-law-inside-the-first-of-its-kind-regulation-approved-in-eur/">nature recovery.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9500402,9500269,9421922\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//08//16//researchers-reveal-the-hidden-breakthroughs-that-have-slashed-the-price-of-solar-power/">Researchers reveal the hidden breakthroughs that have slashed the price of solar power <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//10//08//solar-energy-named-the-worlds-cheapest-power-source-what-it-means-for-europe/">Solar energy named the world\u2019s cheapest power source: What it means for Europe<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//10//07//solar-and-wind-power-overtake-coal-as-worlds-biggest-generator-of-electricity-report-finds/">Solar and wind power overtake coal as world\u2019s biggest generator of electricity, report finds<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The researchers looked at 1042 operational solar farms in Great Britain, creating a high-resolution model to simulate bumblebee foraging and population dynamics. This enabled them to predict bumblebee density in and around the UK's solar farms, while also accounting for the effects of different future scenarios, like changed <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//12//25//can-beehives-help-humans-and-elephants-co-exist-a-simple-nature-based-solution-is-keeping-/">habitat context and configuration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe model predicts how bees use these landscapes based on foraging and nesting resources,\u201d says Dr Hollie Blaydes, Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University and first author of the study. \u201cThis aspect of the work was particularly novel - it is unusual for modelling like this to be done in such detail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The modelling suggests that the number of bumblebees within solar farms could more than double if solar farms are managed for biodiversity. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//04//05//from-fairytale-english-castles-to-flowering-italian-valleys-the-best-spots-to-catch-europe/">Wildflowers on the farms provided a rich source of food, especially compared with turf.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A \u201crefuge\u201d for bumblebees<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The \u201cbee-boosting\u201d effects of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//20//solar-grazing-changing-the-photovoltaic-landscape/">solar farm<\/strong> <\/a>management were largely constrained to that of the farms themselves. In foraging surrounding solar farms, landscape changes had a greater impact on bumblebee densities, which the authors say suggests\u00a0 \u201ca single solar farm in isolation generally did not counteract the influence of wider land-use changes expected under future scenarios.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But as many countries build <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//08//16//researchers-reveal-the-hidden-breakthroughs-that-have-slashed-the-price-of-solar-power/">solar farms<\/strong><\/a> to meet <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//10//09//fossil-fuel-companies-claim-to-invest-in-renewables-but-is-it-really-helping-the-energy-tr/">renewable energy commitments<\/strong><\/a>, the authors urge that they should consider \u201cstrategic siting\u201d to connect bumble habitats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSolar farms can be refuges for bumblebees in the present day and in the future and could play a part in mitigating habitat loss \u2013 if managed well,\u201d says Blaydes. \u201cBut, solar farms alone will not be able to counteract the effects of all future land use changes on bumblebees and other biodiversity.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1760086732,"updatedAt":1760103271,"publishedAt":1760101237,"firstPublishedAt":1760101237,"lastPublishedAt":1760101279,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/50\/52\/29\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5b3c1a59-9fbc-57ff-bf28-5109b24f054b-9505229.jpg","altText":"Bumblebee on a flower. 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passports or other travel documents at a self-service kiosk, and register biometric data.\n\nHowever, another new measure known as the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) is not due to launch until the last quarter of 2026.\n\nAs such, there is presently no requirement for visa-exempt non-EU nationals to obtain any additional documentation to travel.\n\nWhat authorisations are currently required for travel between the UK and the EU?\n\nThe ETIAS is part of the EU\u2019s efforts to improve border security, alongside the EES.\n\nThis new electronic travel authorisation system is due to be introduced in last quarter of 2026 with a transitional grace period, meaning it won\u2019t be mandatory until 2027.\n\nUnder the new ETIAS rules, travellers who don\u2019t need a visa from non-EU countries, including the UK, Australia, the US and Canada, will have to obtain authorisation before short stays in the Schengen Area.\n\nThis will require you to complete an online application, provide personal details, answer security questions ad pay a \u20ac20 fee. This authorisation will be linked to the traveller\u2019s passport and will be valid for three years or until the passport expires.\n\nTravellers from 60 non-EU countries will need to comply with the ETIAS, but there are some exceptions. The fee will be waived for children under 18 and adults over 70, although they will still need to apply for authorisation.\n\nIt will apply to 30 European countries - all EU states except Ireland plus Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.\n\nIndustry body warns travellers of ETIAS scams\n\nGiven the forthcoming launch of the EES, some travellers are worried they also need to apply for the ETIAS.\n\nThe association of travel agents and tour operators ABTA and the European Union are warning travellers that scammers are taking advantage of this confusion.\n\nABTA cautions that \"people who try to apply for an ETIAS now may be at risk of fraud, with a loss of money and possibly personal data too.\"\n\nThe association has alterted travellers that there are already more than 60 fake websites claiming to sell the yet-to-be-introduced visa waiver.\n\nWhen the time does come, the only place to apply for an ETIAS will be on the official website. Any apps, websites, or social media posts suggesting there is an alternative route are impostors.\n\n\u201cThe European Union is very keen to stress the fact that there is only one official site for purchasing an ETIAS visa-waiver, and people should not use other channels,\u201d ABTA Director of Public Affairs Luke Petherbridge said at a recent travel convention.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Non-EU citizens planning travel to Europe are being warned by an industry body not to fall for scams amid confusion over entry and exit rules.<\/p>\n<p>The EU's new Entry\/Exit System (EES) is due to launch on 12 October with a six-month rollout period. <\/p>\n<p>When travellers from the UK and other non-EU countries arrive at an external border where the infrastructure is in place, they will need to scan their passports or other travel documents at a self-service kiosk, and register biometric data. <\/p>\n<p>However, another new measure known as the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//03//14//eus-etias-travel-authorisation-delayed-until-2026-heres-when-youll-have-to-pay/">is not due to launch<\/strong><\/a> until the last quarter of 2026. <\/p>\n<p>As such, there is presently no requirement for visa-exempt non-EU nationals to obtain any additional documentation to travel.<\/p>\n<h2>What authorisations are currently required for travel between the UK and the EU?<\/h2>\n<p>The ETIAS is part of the EU\u2019s efforts to improve border security, alongside the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//10//06//eus-new-entryexit-system-what-uk-travellers-need-to-know-about-visas-insurance-and-delays/">EES. <\/p>\n<p>This new electronic travel authorisation system is due to be introduced in last quarter of 2026 with a transitional grace period, meaning it won\u2019t be mandatory until 2027.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9424520,9484954\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//09//26//ees-launch-will-eurostar-passengers-be-asked-for-medical-insurance-at-the-border/">EES launch: Will Eurostar passengers be asked for medical insurance at the border?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//10//06//eus-new-entryexit-system-what-uk-travellers-need-to-know-about-visas-insurance-and-delays/">EU/u2019s new Entry\/Exit System launches this week. What to know about visas, insurance and delays<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Under the new <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//09//06//new-eu-travel-rules-for-tourists-what-changes-in-2025/">ETIAS rules, travellers who don\u2019t need a visa from non-EU countries, including the UK, Australia, the US and Canada, will have to obtain authorisation before short stays in the Schengen Area.<\/p>\n<p>This will require you to complete an online application, provide personal details, answer security questions ad pay a \u20ac20 fee. This authorisation will be linked to the traveller\u2019s passport and will be valid for three years or until the passport expires.<\/p>\n<p>Travellers from 60 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//03//06//europe-explained-what-consequences-will-the-eu-entryexit-system-have-on-travellers/">non-EU countries<\/strong><\/a> will need to comply with the ETIAS, but there are some exceptions. The fee will be waived for children under 18 and adults over 70, although they will still need to apply for authorisation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8707048,9029636\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//09//06//new-eu-travel-rules-for-tourists-what-changes-in-2025/">ETIAS: The new visa waiver Brits need to enter the EU in 2025, what it costs and who gets it free<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//03//18//ees-impact-on-borders-eurostar-scraps-fast-track-and-dover-delays-check-system/">EES to launch in October 2025. How will the border check system affect crossing times?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>It will apply to 30 European countries - all EU states except Ireland plus Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.<\/p>\n<h2>Industry body warns travellers of ETIAS scams<\/h2>\n<p>Given the forthcoming launch of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//07//30//eu-announces-launch-date-for-entryexit-system-heres-how-travellers-can-prepare/">EES, some travellers are worried they also need to apply for the ETIAS. <\/p>\n<p>The association of travel agents and tour operators ABTA and the European Union are warning travellers that scammers are taking advantage of this confusion.<\/p>\n<p>ABTA cautions that \"people who try to apply for an ETIAS now may be at risk of fraud, with a loss of money and possibly personal data too.\"<\/p>\n<p>The association has alterted travellers that there are already more than 60 fake websites claiming to sell the yet-to-be-introduced visa waiver.<\/p>\n<p>When the time does come, the only place to apply for an ETIAS will be on the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////travel-europe.europa.eu//etias_en/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>official website<\/strong><\/a>. Any apps, websites, or social media posts suggesting there is an alternative route are impostors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.9125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//16//56//18//808x735_cmsv2_0581bed7-15a4-504f-8beb-8fa6f7ec611e-9165618.jpg/" alt=\"The only place to get an ETIAS in 2026 will be the official website.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/16\/56\/18\/384x350_cmsv2_0581bed7-15a4-504f-8beb-8fa6f7ec611e-9165618.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/16\/56\/18\/640x584_cmsv2_0581bed7-15a4-504f-8beb-8fa6f7ec611e-9165618.jpg 640w, 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