How far does the nursery abuse scandal go? 17. October 2026 (07:19) When a Bright Horizons worker was convicted of sexually assaulting children in Hampstead, it was put down as an isolated incidents. Now, a catalogue of failures has emerged at the chain(London News)
Home Office denies British baby living in Thailand chance to meet great-grandfather in UK 17. October 2026 (07:00) British father would like to take his family to Lancashire to see ill relative but officials refused visa for his partner, a refugee from MyanmarThe Home Office has denied a great-grandfather from Lancashire the chance of meeting his five-month-old British great-grandson, who lives abroad.William Cross was born in Thailand on 30 April to parents Matthew Cross, 31, who is from Burnley in Lancashire, and Khin Thant Zin, known as Jue Jue, also 31, a refugee who fled persecution in Myanmar to Thailand. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Not cool: who hacked France’s supermarket fridges? 17. October 2026 (06:00) Whether it was youngsters proving their skills or state sabotage, Europe’s most hacked country was left with a mountain of waste after food began cooking in freezersShortly before midnight last Sunday, the digital thermostats controlling hundreds of supermarket cold aisles across France began to flicker and rise.In a “bizarre and unprecedented” cyber-attack, hackers had remotely overridden the temperature settings on thousands of freezers, fridges and chiller cabinets pushing them from as low as -27C (-16.6F) to well over 50C (122F). Continue reading...(The Guardian)
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