How China Spies on the UK in 2025

Gordon Corera BBC Security Analyst BBC It is a question that successive governments have struggled with: what kind of threat does China really pose to the UK? Trying to answer it may have contributed to the high-profile collapse of the case in which two British men, Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry, were accused of spying

O2 to Offer Satellite Backup for UK Mobile Blackspots

Zoe Kleinman Technology editor Getty Images Virgin Media O2 is set to become the first mobile network operator to offer UK customers automatic connectivity via satellite in places without phone signal. O2 Satellite will be an optional service due to launch in the first half of 2026, following a partnership with Elon Musk's satellite business

Ofgem proposes energy debt write-offs for benefit claimants

Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images Energy debt and arrears in England, Wales and Scotland rose by £750m last year Nearly 200,000 people on benefits could have their debts to their energy supplier cancelled, if they make some effort to pay what is owed. Unpaid bills and fees have soared in recent years

Trump orders US to resume nuclear weapons testing

President Donald Trump called on US military leaders to resume testing US nuclear weapons in order to keep pace with other countries such as Russia and China. "Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis," he wrote on social media

Labour still needs a clearer story from Starmer

Henry Zeffman Chief political correspondent PA Media Sir Keir Starmer round the back of Downing Street being handed a disposable camera to take with him to India. Ed Miliband in front of a fake pub backdrop eating from a bag of crisps while talking about green energy. The senior cabinet minister Darren Jones drinking from

Dads Breaking the Period Taboo

Shutterstock When now 16-year-old Helen got her first period, it was her dad who helped her with it as he was the parent who happened to be at home. Chatting about periods with young people can be awkward, even more so if you don't experience them yourself, but Helen says her dad had always spoken

Papers: Reeves mulls tax rise; prostate screening could save lives

Disclaimer: Thursday's papers carry spoilers for The Celebrity Traitors Many of the papers continue to look ahead to next month's Budget. The Daily Telegraph reports that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering a 2p increase to income tax - which would be the first hike to the basic rate since the 1970s. The Telegraph also notes

Halloween spending creeps earlier as autumn trends grow

Josh Martin, Business reporter and Haider Saleem, Journalist BBC Lancashire gift shop and café owner Charlotte Brennan says autumnal trends have "snowballed", with customers buying in to homeware trends to mark the shorter days "It's been our busiest year yet for Halloween," says cafe and gift shop owner Charlotte Brennan. "People have been asking for

Rob Jetten: Young frontrunner for Dutch prime minister

Paul Kirby Europe digital editor Reuters Rob Jetten became one of the youngest ministers in Dutch history under former PM Mark Rutte Rob Jetten's achievement in dragging his socially liberal D66 party from fifth place to the top of Dutch politics in less than two years has been extraordinary. But politically, all the stars were

Jetten’s Centrist Liberals Draw Level with Wilders in Tight Election

Paul Kirby, Europe digital editor and Anna Holligan, Hague correspondent in Leiden EPA Rob Jetten, 38, led a highly polished campaign and outperformed his rivals in TV debates Rob Jetten's centrist-liberal party D66 are in a neck-and-neck race with anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders in the Dutch election, according to latest vote projections. With about 98%
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