Polanski request to postpone Greens’ conference to focus on byelection refused by party 18. September 2026 (18:26) Exclusive: Leader understood to have wanted to concentrate on Holborn and St Pancras campaign in London but executive committee voted against planZack Polanski requested that the Greens’ ruling executive committee postpone the party’s imminent annual conference so they could focus on the Holborn and St Pancras byelection but was refused.While party officials say the formal request came from staffers worried about diluting resources by staging a conference a week before Polanski tries to win Keir Starmer’s former Commons seat, the Guardian understands the party leader wanted this to happen. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ryanair boss apologises over ‘rapists’ comment 18. September 2026 (17:54) The billionaire was heavily criticised by politicians after he said it was ‘absolutely’ appropriate to describe competitor airlines as ‘rapists’.(London News)
Survivor recounts panic and struggle to breathe in Nigerian prison cell where 37 died 18. September 2026 (17:49) Police fire teargas as protests break out in the city of Minna after the deaths of the suspected illegal goldminersA survivor from a prison cell in Nigeria where 37 suspected illegal goldminers died while in the custody of a paramilitary group has recounted his panic and struggle for breath, as police fired teargas at people protesting against the deaths earlier this week.Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) – a paramilitary group that works with police – initially blamed the deaths in Minna, the state capital of mineral-rich Niger state, on a disease outbreak. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy murder trial speaks out 18. September 2026 (17:48) Michael P Desronvil was sole juror to vote guilty, resulting in deadlocked jury and judge declaring a mistrialRon DeSantis offers ‘asylum’ to holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy trialThe lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial is speaking out, saying that he “didn’t have any doubts” during the jury’s deliberations of the case which ended in a mistrial.“I didn’t have any doubts. As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence present,” the 48-year-old male juror, Michael P Desronvil, said in a statement to NewsNation on Thursday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Stephanie Cole, Coronation Street and Open All Hours actor, dies aged 84 18. September 2026 (17:45) Cole, described as an ‘extraordinary talent’, also appeared in Waiting for God, Tenko and had an extensive theatre careerThe actor Stephanie Cole, best known for roles in Coronation Street, Waiting for God and Open All Hours, has died aged 84.She also appeared in the prisoner-of-war drama Tenko, A Bit of a Do and Doc Martin. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Flight chaos for hundreds of thousands was caused in ‘millisecond’ by software error 18. September 2026 (17:45) Error first occurred at 10am but major incident was not declared until 12.30pm, says reportBusiness live – latest updatesA software defect in part of the UK’s air traffic control system corrupted flight data “in the space of a millisecond”, leading to a six-hour outage and mass airline cancellations and delays across the UK last week, National Air Traffic Services has said.But ministers said the Nats report into the incident still left questions unanswered, saying they needed “to urgently understand why this issue was not discovered and fixed before it caused chaos”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
