Black Londoners nearly three times more likely to be strip searched than white suspects
“We use stop and search the most in areas where there are the highest levels of violent crime to protect our communities. We recognise, however, that stop and search can have a negative impact for individuals and communities, particularly when we get things wrong.”
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October 14, 2025 15:36 UTC
Times letters: Rebuilding a future from the ruins of Gaza
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October 14, 2025 15:05 UTC
I visit Greece 10 times a year – my five favourite beaches which are 24C in October… and flights are £25
The travel expert also names her favourite Greek islands that the locals love, and it's not SantoriniBEACH GETAWAY I visit Greece 10 times a year – my five favourite beaches which are 24C in October… and flights are £25WHEN the winter blues strike, booking a getaway can be a costly answer. 6 Halkidiki has plenty of pretty beaches including Kalogria Beach Credit: AlamyHalkidikiFatima told us: "Halkidiki in Northern Greece has plenty of beaches off the beaten track in the first peninsula of Kassandra. Fatima also reveals four best value Greek Islands where locals go on holiday SifnosSifnos forms part of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. Plus, here is a small Greek island with 70 beaches that experts warn you should see before it gets too popular. And check out the world’s best island is in Europe which one writer visited - it's stunning but has one big downside.
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October 14, 2025 14:35 UTC
Brexit ‘being ignored’ as cause of UK universities’ problems
The loss of students from Europe after Brexit is the “elephant in the room” when considering many of the problems UK higher education now faces, according to the authors of a new book. Based on more than 120 interviews with university leaders and academic staff, Brexit, EU Students and UK Higher Education explores how the loss of a once “vibrant” cohort created a “more impoverished version of UK universities”. Well, that’s almost a decade ago now,” he told Times Higher Education. “On student diversity, there is no discussion of having fewer, European students, so I don’t think that there is this direct attribution to Brexit. It feels almost like the elephant in the room.”One interviewee was worried that reduced demand from the EU would make competition for UK students “even more intense than it is at the moment”.
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October 14, 2025 14:33 UTC
The rise of the £60 pizza
The queen was so enamoured by the creation that the dish was named pizza Margherita in her honour. It’s because of the pizza Alba. Pizza Alba: £60; 70 Brompton Road, SW3, alba-ldn.ukCrazy Pizza, KnightsbridgeThe pata negra pizza, featuring buffalo mozzarella and Joselito Iberico hamDirectly opposite the hustle and bustle of Harrods you’ll find Crazy Pizza, the home of signature Italian dishes such as spaghetti al pomodoro and bigne alla vaniglia, as well as its distinctive ultra-thin, cracker-like pizzas, inspired by those found in Rome. The pizzas are inspired from Italy and New YorkThe menu is full of seasonal Mediterranean goodness — including, of course, pizza. The most decadent is the truffle pizza — truffle white sauce is blended with a mix of cheeses and spread on the base, which is then sprinkled with heaps of fresh truffle shavings.
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October 14, 2025 13:42 UTC
Vijay Mallya discontinues bankruptcy annulment application in UK
Live Eventsas a Reliable and Trusted News Source Addas a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now! "Vijay Mallya's Trustee in Bankruptcy will be able to continue with their work in investigating and realising assets falling within his bankruptcy estate without any hindrance that this application might have caused them," UK law firm TLT LLP, representing the banks, said in a statement.It follows High Court Judge Anthony Mann's ruling in favour of the banks back in April to uphold the bankruptcy order dating back over four years. "The bottom line in relation to this is that the bankruptcy order stands," Justice Mann had concluded.Mallya, meanwhile, was pursuing a separate annulment application through his lawyers Zaiwalla & Co. against the 2021 bankruptcy order on the basis that the banks' debt had already been recovered in India. The banks then served Mallya with a bankruptcy petition in September 2018, which he opposed on multiple grounds.The hearings in the case of SBI and Others date back to May 2018, when the banks were granted a worldwide freezing order based on the DRT judgment. Since then, there have been a series of hearings in this case, which led to a bankruptcy order against Mallya on July 26, 2021.Separately, in relation to India's extradition request, Mallya remains on bail in the UK while a "confidential" legal matter believed to be related to an asylum application is resolved.
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October 14, 2025 13:22 UTC
British still generous, says World Vision CEO as aid sector contracts
The CEO of the agency World Vision UK, Fola Komolafe, said: “I am so proud of what we did when the Afghans came in in that time of crisis. AdvertisementThe cutting of 60 posts, World Vision UK’s second restructuring within a year, was announced last month. Between 2020 and 2024, World Vision UK’s income from government grants grew by almost two-thirds to £27.6 million, but donations fell by more than 40 per cent, to £38.6 million. WORLD VISIONFola Komolafe at a nursery school in Malawi, where World Vision funds school mealsIn her introduction to the charity’s 2024 annual report, Ms Komolafe refers to an “ambitious five-year change programme to transform World Vision UK into a more efficient and effective organisation”. But Ms Komolafe pointed to the large sums donated to DEC appeals as evidence of the public’s generosity.
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October 14, 2025 11:11 UTC
Apple issues iPhone warning to users after app is scrapped
But now, after just eight years, Apple has revealed that the Clips app has been scrapped and is no longer available to download. If you previously downloaded the Clips app, you can still redownload it from your Apple account in the App Store. Apple warns users to 'save your videos' as it scraps Clips appApple is urging iPhone and iPad users with Clips to save their videos from the app in another location, like their photo library. Tap Done Then select a save option: To save the video in your photo library, tap 'Save Video'. Apple and Samsung users could be owed a share of £480 millionAround 30 million Apple and Samsung users in the UK could be owed a share of £480 million as part of a legal claim against Qualcomm.
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October 14, 2025 11:08 UTC
'Obsessive': UK chess master jailed for stalking, defaming woman; she repeatedly turned him down
He even called a hospital maternity unit while she was giving birth, falsely claiming to be the child’s father.The victim said Keevil’s actions left her feeling “suicidal” and living in "constant fear. "Defence counsel Louise Cowen issued "apology" on Keevil's behalf, saying: "He wishes to apologise to the complainant and her family. He is deeply sorry for the hurt and distress his actions have caused. She has found herself almost unable to cope with life and has been driven to consider suicide as the only way out of a set of circumstances which you imposed upon her through your obsessive and unrelenting behaviour. She has described her life as a nightmare from which even now she can see little escape.”
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October 14, 2025 08:22 UTC
China poses ‘series of threats to national security’, UK Government says
Security minister Dan Jarvis blamed the previous Conservative administration and archaic legislation for the Crown Prosecution Service’s decision to drop the case. The director of public prosecutions Stephen Parkinson has said the case was dropped after the Government failed to provide evidence that would support the assertion that China represented a threat to national security. Mr Jarvis told MPs “every effort was made to provide evidence to support this case” within the constraints of the previous government’s reluctance to classify China as a national security threat. Setting out the current Government’s position, Mr Jarvis said: “We fully recognise that China poses a series of threats to UK national security, yet we must also be alive to the fact that China does present us with opportunities. “The 2023 Integrated Review Refresh said China posed – let’s listen carefully – a ‘threat’ several times.”Mrs Badenoch also said former security minister Tom Tugendhat had warned China “poses a serious threat” from the despatch box.
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October 14, 2025 05:31 UTC
Revealed: The World’s 50 Best Spas
Last year we published a guide to the 50 Best Spas in the UK and the response from you was so positive that this year we’ve spread our wings to launch the World’s 50 Best Spas, in collaboration with the UK’s leading specialist tour operator, Healing Holidays. Spa treatments from £70 | Family friendly | AccessibleRead the spa review in full and book a stayDetails Botanic Sanctuary Antwerp has B&B doubles from £393 (botanicantwerp.be). Fly to InnsbruckLefay Resort & Spa Lago di Garda, ItalyOverall winnerLefay’s location alone is enough to give stress the instant heave-ho. Spa treatments from £95 | AccessibleRead the spa review in full and book a stayDetails Monart has B&B doubles from £285 (monart.ie). Spa treatments from £79Read the spa review in full and book a stayDetails Prés d’Eugénie has B&B doubles from £308 (lespresdeugenie.com).
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October 14, 2025 01:04 UTC
I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting
Speaking on a panel at the Cliveden Literary Festival, the health secretary said the country is facing an “enormous amount of jeopardy”. Asked how much he thinks Brexit is to blame for these problems, he said: “It’s part of it. “This has been my frustration about it ... We were warned it was going to have an economic impact, and it has. And it’s hit our country hard, so we’re having to deal with Brexit,” he said. Sir Keir used the Labour conference in Liverpool to claim that his party is in “a fight for the soul of the country” against Reform UK, hitting back against the “lies and division” of the right-wing party’s populism.
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October 13, 2025 23:43 UTC
How The Godfather co-star Al Pacino was 'the one who got away' for Diane Keaton - but the late actress admitted it would have been a 'nightmare' for HIM if they'd married
Her famous former lovers include Woody Allen and Warren Beatty, but Diane Keaton once admitted it was Al Pacino who won her heart during a torrid, decades-long romance. The affair would last beyond Coppola's poorly received The Godfather Part III, released in 1990, and Keaton later admitted her former co-star was the one who got away. Keaton and Pacino won accolades for their respective roles as Kay Adams and mafia don Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy. Neither would marry, and Pacino later admitted regretting his decision to walk away from his screen wife. For years after he and Diane split, Al used to say, "if it’s meant to be, it’s never too late for a do-over".
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October 13, 2025 22:14 UTC
Free LOCALiQ digital marketing courses to build AI skills
That curiosity was clear earlier this year when more than 240 businesses signed up for LOCALiQ’s Google AI webinar , prompting the digital marketing agency to launch a new series of free six-week training courses to help business owners and marketing professionals strengthen their digital skills. “We’ve seen incredible interest from businesses wanting to understand how AI and automation are changing marketing,” said Nick Ashwood, Managing Director at LOCALiQ. Registration for the Digital Marketing Mini Courses is open now at: https://localiq.co.uk/campaigns/free-digital-marketing-mini-courseLOCALiQ’s State of Digital Marketing Report found that over a third of UK businesses need more training in SEO, PPC, and content marketing, while 38% want to learn how to optimise for AI-generated search results. With 52% citing budget as a key barrier to digital marketing success, LOCALiQ hopes the new courses will remove cost as an obstacle to learning. The company has hosted a series of national webinars and published annual benchmark reports to help businesses understand and respond to the digital marketing landscape.
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October 13, 2025 20:54 UTC
Marc Maron slams conservative podcasters for using shows to share ‘propaganda’
Read our Privacy noticeMarc Maron has a pointed message for conservative podcasters who he believes use their shows to promote President Donald Trump’s agenda. Maron, who in June announced the end of his podcast, WTF with Marc Maron, released one final episode Monday after 16 years. In a new interview with The New York Times, Maron, 62, reflected on his show’s conclusion after more than 1,600 episodes. “These guys have proven that their fan bases can be tribalized into something that I think is fundamentally dangerous,” Maron said. “It’s hard to find a way through, in terms of hope,” Maron added.
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October 13, 2025 19:14 UTC