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Paris Smith LLP, which has offices in Southampton and Winchester, has been included in The Times' Best Law Firm rankings for 2026, with particular praise for its corporate and commercial work. James McNeil, head of Corporate, Commercial and Finance, said: "Being recognised by The Times as one of the UK’s best law firms is a proud moment for all in the department. James McNeil, left of centre, with members of the Corporate, Commercial and Finance department from Winchester and Southampton. (Image: Paris Smith)"It reflects the dedication, talent and collaborative spirit that drives everything we do. Paris Smith serves clients from start-ups to established enterprises.
The United Kingdom is no longer the most ambitious nation in the world when it comes to cutting carbon dioxide emissions in the fight against climate change over the next decade. Denmark’s climate minister, Lars Aagaard, announced this week that his government would submit a binding target to cut emissions by 82% by 2035 compared with 1990 levels. That’s one percentage point more than the U.K. goal set out earlier this year. In Denmark we will continue to show that ambitious climate action can go hand in hand with a competitive economy and strong social cohesion.”Denmark is one of the most progressive countries in the European Union on climate change and has pivoted its economy to benefit from clean technologies. By comparison, the EU submitted to the United Nations a pledge to cut the bloc’s emissions by between 66.3% and 72.5%.
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Thousands of users reported issues with a host of different websites, including the film review site Letterboxd, which were impacted by technical issues at the internet network services business. The DownDetector monitoring site, which was itself hit by the outage, showed a flurry of reported issues after 11am on Tuesday. More than 10,000 DownDetector users reported issues related to Cloudflare. Cloudflare provides network and security services for many online businesses in order to help their websites and applications operate. “It’s still not clear exactly what went wrong but it looks like it was a technical malfunction within Cloudflare network.
It added that targets would “typically be approached to work as freelance consultants authoring geopolitical reports.” Chinese intelligence officers had “a low threshold for what information is considered to be of value,” it said, but “individual pieces of information fit into a wider collection effort.”A statement posted to the website of the Chinese Embassy in London on Tuesday said: “These claims by the U.K. side are pure fabrication and malicious slander. We strongly condemn such despicable moves of the U.K. side and have lodged stern representations with them.”Last month, Ken McCallum, the director general of MI5, said in a speech that China was engaging in cyberespionage and the theft of advanced secrets, and had conducted “efforts to interfere covertly in U.K. public life.”The alert sent to members of Parliament on Tuesday had the potential to revive the political debate over the case dropped in September. The decision not to bring the case to trial roiled politics in London for weeks. Senior members of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government have repeatedly said that it was the decision of Stephen Parkinson, the director of public prosecutions, to drop the case against Christopher Cash, a parliamentary researcher, and Christopher Berry, a teacher. Mr. Parkinson said that the government’s unwillingness to call China a threat at the time the pair were detained meant he could not charge them under the Official Secrets Act.
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Nineteen of the best light trails include The Festival of Light at Longleat in Wiltshire and Christmas at Kew, London, according to The Times. The light trails offer a 'perfect reason to wrap up warm and head outdoors', The Times said, and suggested pairing the visit with 'a cosy stay nearby to let the season shine a little brighter'. The Winter Lights at the Alnwick Garden and Lilidorei came in fourth place in The Times' best light trails in the UK. Within the Alnwick Garden, Lilidorei is a 'magical, mysterious village full of play', according to Visit Northumberland, and is the world's largest play structure. Christmas at the park (Image: Tripadvisor)"Also included is entry to the fairy-themed Lilidorei, touted as the world’s largest play structure.
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Price rises cooling off across the UK could offer some respite for households after inflation has remained at the same level for three months in a row. Elevated food and drink prices have been putting pressure on overall inflation this year, with households seeing steep rises particularly for items such as chocolate, coffee, cheese and eggs. Experts think food price inflation could continue to ease in October. Furthermore, energy costs are expected to be an important factor putting downward pressure on the overall inflation rate. Ofgem raised the energy price cap by 2% in October, but this is significantly less than the 9.6% hike last year, meaning energy price inflation is set to fall.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer hopes Britain’s restrictive new policy on asylum seekers will give him a grip on a feverish immigration debate that is threatening his government. But the harsh new rules are already eliciting charges of “performative cruelty,” not least from lawmakers in his own Labour Party. Britain is emulating Denmark, which has set out to make the lives of refugees as uncomfortable as possible to deter others from following them. Immigration experts have labeled this approach, parts of which have been tried by other Scandinavian countries, “negative nation branding.”Whether going negative, however, will cause the number of arrivals to Britain to fall as it did in Denmark is an open question. Moreover, experts say, the policy could have a corrosive long-term effect on legal immigrants, who often feel targeted by the government’s hostile messaging.
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A SCHOOLGIRL stabbed a woman 143 times then left her body in a burnt-out home for police to find in a pre-meditated murder, a court heard. Jurors heard a 13-year-old girl, who can’t be named, initially claimed a third party had attacked the mum-of-three. Jurors heard Marta was declared dead at the scene after her body was pulled from the smoke-filled living room of the property into a hallway. The court also heard the girl has admitted unlawfully killing Marta but denies murder, claiming diminished responsibility. “We say it is murder because she planned the killing, and we say it is murder because she lied about what she did.
File photo'Civil War In No.10': UK Parl EXPLODES As Kemi Badenoch Grills UK PM Starmer Over Health Secy RowMI5 issues ‘espionage alert’: British intelligence alerts UK MPs; China trying to recruit parliamentarians via hiring agents, sitesBritish intelligence agency MI5 issued an “espionage alert” to members of parliament in the UK, warning that China is trying to hire parliamentarians.Security minister Dan Jarvis told AFP that, according to the agency’s warning, Chinese intelligence services are actively trying to recruit PMs through spies disguised as headhunters. The minister is expected to deliver a statement in the Commons soon.MI5 sent its alert directly to MPs and peers, warning that two individuals linked to the Chinese intelligence service are trying to hire.The spy agency passed on this information to Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker of the Commons, and Lord McFall, his Lords equivalent, who then informed MPs and peers.McFall, in an email quoted by The Guardian, explained that the individuals, connected to China’s ministry of state security, are “actively reaching out to individuals in our community.”He further added that the aim of these agencies is to gather information for laying the groundwork for long-term relationships.They are doing this by using professional networking sites, recruitment agents, and consultants acting on their behalf.
