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The Metropolitan Police has launched a fresh investigation into the unsolved murder of Jill Dando after advances in CCTV technology allowed officers to revisit footage of a possible suspect. The BBC Crimewatch presenter, 37, was shot in the head on the doorstep of her home in Gowan Avenue, Fulham, in April 1999. No one has been convicted of the killing. Investigators are re-examining original footage from Putney Bridge Tube station, about a mile from Ms Dando’s home, which showed an unidentified man known as Man X walking along the suspected escape route around 20 minutes after the shooting. The man’s…

US foundation giving has failed to keep pace with the deepening crisis facing non-profit organisations, despite charities confronting rising demand and sharp reductions in federal funding. Research cited in the analysis found that giving by foundations rose by only 3% in inflation-adjusted terms in 2025, compared with a 15.6% increase during the pandemic in 2020. The pressure has intensified since January 2025, as the Trump administration and allies in Congress froze federal funds, terminated grants, investigated non-profits and linked government funding to political priorities. Organisations providing food, housing, domestic violence support and environmental services have been affected, with food banks…

Lachie Neale confirmed his departure from the Brisbane Lions after helping them complete a remarkable grand-final comeback at the MCG and claim his third consecutive premiership. The dual Brownlow medallist had been at the centre of the Lions’ turbulent build-up after receiving a one-match suspension for punching Hawthorn’s Jack Ginnivan. An appeals board overturned the ban, allowing Neale to take his place in his fifth grand final. He began the match on the bench and was met by loud boos when he entered nine minutes into the third quarter. Neale, who previously played for Fremantle, said the reception did not…

An Athens building collapse following an explosion has killed an American couple and left four people missing in the historic Plaka district beneath the Acropolis, Greek officials said. The couple had been staying in a tourist-rental apartment on the first floor of the small, two-storey building. Their identities have not been released. Among those still unaccounted for are an elderly British man and a Greek woman who shared an apartment, according to rescue officials. Rescuers continued searching the wreckage, using mechanical diggers and thermal-imaging cameras. About 30 rescuers and three sniffer dogs were reported to be working at the scene.…

The BBC has upheld complaints about a joke by Katherine Ryan linking Victoria Beckham to an obscene term during an episode of Have I Got News For You. The ruling followed complaints from two viewers about the November 2025 programme, in which Ryan was host. They described the remark as “gratuitously offensive”. The episode had been discussing an alleged 2013 email by David Beckham to his publicist, in which he reportedly expressed anger at missing out on a knighthood and referred to the honours committee using the c-word. Panellist Maisie Adam also used the term during the discussion. However, the…

Lachie Neale overcame a suspension appeal and a hostile reception to help Brisbane Lions secure a third consecutive premiership, producing a crucial late contribution in a dramatic grand final at the MCG. The dual Brownlow medallist had been ruled out after receiving a one-match ban for punching Hawthorn’s Jack Ginnivan in the stomach. Brisbane football boss Danny Daly worked to have the decision overturned, while contingency plans were made for Neale to travel to Naracoorte in South Australia to be with his father, Robbie, if the appeal failed. Those plans were abandoned when the appeals board cleared Neale to play…

Israel’s Central Elections Committee has voted to bar the country’s two main Arab-majority political lists from next month’s parliamentary election, while also disqualifying two prominent candidates. The decision could leave Palestinian citizens of Israel without their principal political representatives in the Knesset, although the Supreme Court is expected to review the rulings next week. The election is due to take place on October 27. The committee voted 18-5 against Ra’am, also known as the United Arab List, and by the same margin against the Joint List, an alliance of Hadash, Balad and Ta’al. It also voted to exclude Ofer Cassif,…

Japan’s rice shortage has turned into a record surplus within two years, prompting the government to buy 210,000 tons from the market to prevent prices falling further. The reversal follows a crop damaged by extreme heat and drought in 2023, a subsequent national shortage and a surge in prices that contributed to the resignation of an agriculture minister. By mid-2026, private stocks had recovered to 2.43 million tons, with the agriculture ministry forecasting that the surplus will increase further into 2027. Ryosuke Inoue, a visiting fellow at the CSIS Japan Chair in Washington, said the scale of the change had…

A fire truck was destroyed and multiple people were assessed by paramedics after a planned hazard reduction burn broke containment on Saturday afternoon. The incident occurred as the controlled burn escaped the area intended to contain it, prompting the emergency response and medical assessments.

Grimsby neighbourhood East Marsh and Port has been identified as Britain’s worklessness capital, with an estimated 1,700 of its 3,492 working-age residents unemployed and claiming Universal Credit. The figures, broken down from constituency data held by the House of Commons Library into smaller areas, suggest that 48.9 per cent of working-age adults in the district are in that position. The rate is almost 1.5 percentage points higher than in the nearest comparable areas, both in Blackpool. But the statistics also reflect deep ill health, with about 30 per cent of working-age adults in the area receiving health-related benefits. Patrick Salmon,…