Family of student who took his own life say university ‘will be held to account’ 07. October 2026 (23:52) Ethan Scott Brown died after being wrongly told he would not be eligible to graduate from the University of Glasgow The family of a student who took his own life after being wrongly told he would not be eligible to graduate have said the University of Glasgow “will be held to account”.Ethan Scott Brown, 23, was due to graduate in December 2024 after studying geography. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Christa Pike ‘angry, confused’ and unable to move arms after failed execution, lawyers say 07. October 2026 (23:34) Attorneys say Pike was set to be taken off life support before she woke up, as judge orders officials to preserve evidence Christa Pike awoke “angry and confused” after surviving two lethal injections, her attorneys said on Wednesday, as a judge ordered Tennessee state officials to preserve all evidence related to the failed execution.Pike, 50, was taken to hospital unconscious but alive from Tennessee’s execution chamber last Wednesday after two supposedly lethal doses of the barbiturate pentobarbital. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Neither war nor peace’: Palestinians in Gaza on existing amid disease, despair and ruins 07. October 2026 (23:00) People tell of lives changed beyond recognition after the 7 October attacks by Hamas three years ago and the subsequent Israeli offensive Ahmed Ishtaiwi has six chairs. They are cheap and plastic and battered, but they are among the 43-year-old driver and mechanic’s most valuable possessions. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Labour Send changes at risk as parents rush to secure support, say experts 07. October 2026 (23:00) Overhaul of special education in England could unravel, thinktank finds, because of ‘use it before you lose it’ dynamicLabour’s flagship changes to special education in England are at risk of unravelling because parents are rushing to secure support for their children before the system changes, new analysis has found.The Institute for Government (IfG) thinktank says the government’s plans to largely replace education, health and care plans (EHCPs) in England with more widespread support in mainstream schools may be too optimistic and take longer to complete than its 2030 timeline. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
María del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87 07. October 2026 (22:57) Maricarmen’s eviction from Madrid apartment after over seven decades set off wave of protests against housing crisis‘Now is the moment’: housing activists at Madrid encampment pin wary hopes on Spain’s early electionMaría del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old whose eviction set off a nationwide wave of protests against Spain’s housing crisis, has died.News of her death came two weeks after Maricarmen, as she had come to be known across Spain, was evicted from the Madrid apartment where she had lived for more than seven decades. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
WHO says it does not have ‘full picture’ from Russia following suspected plague death 07. October 2026 (22:46) ‘Transparent information sharing’ from Moscow is required to conduct full risk assessment, UN agency saysThe World Health Organization has said it does not have the “full picture” from Russia following the suspected death from plague last week of a 28-year-old laboratory worker in Siberia.Darya Shipilova died two days after falling ill with cold-like symptoms. She was an employee at the anti-plague research institute in the eastern city of Irkutsk, with some reports suggesting she was infected after a workplace accident. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump backs away from top aides who reportedly advised pro-Russia government 07. October 2026 (22:31) President floats firing Chris LaCivita and James Blair over any ‘conflict’ after reports of work in Republika SrpskaDonald Trump distanced himself from two top advisers on Wednesday, claiming he did not have “any idea who else they work for”, after it was reported they spent the weekend assisting a pro-Russia government in the Balkans.On Truth Social, Trump wrote that Chris LaCivita, the co-manager of his 2024 presidential campaign, and James Blair, a campaign adviser and White House deputy chief of staff on leave of absence, “are outside consultants” and “do not work for me other than as outside consultants”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
