General news

• Full steam ahead! Rail enthusiasts going loco for Flying Scotsman trip

  03-02-2016 20:35
  A date has been set for probably the most important date in a decade for steam enthusiasts - the return of Flying Scotsman to the East Coast Main Line.
  
  Read more

• Labour figures rule out working with Greens after ‘Zionism is racism’ vote - The Guardian

  07-10-2026 03:30 via news.google.com
  Labour figures rule out working with Greens after ‘Zionism is racism’ vote  The GuardianGreen member behind Zionism motion named as 'close friend' of jailed al-Qaeda supporter in court  BBCGreen councillor quits over Zionism row  BBCFormer Green leader: I am "deeply upset" by Zionism vote  New StatesmanA vote for me is a vote for Israel, Polanski said  The Telegraph
  
  Read more

• Cristiano Ronaldo: Portugal star breaks silence over national team walkout in statement - Sky Sports

  07-10-2026 01:43 via news.google.com
  Cristiano Ronaldo: Portugal star breaks silence over national team walkout in statement  Sky SportsCristiano Ronaldo: Portugal forward not retiring but says he wants to be punished for walking out  BBCCristiano Ronaldo accuses Portugal coach Jorge Jesus of broken promises  The Guardian"I am not an ordinary player": Cristiano Ronaldo apologises and asks the Portuguese Federation to punish him  Goal.comCristiano Ronaldo won't return to Portugal team while Je
  
  Read more

• Froyo's made a comeback. But at £12 a tub will it last? - BBC

  07-10-2026 01:01 via news.google.com
  
  Froyo's made a comeback. But at £12 a tub will it last?  BBC
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Honeymoon over as Pocognoli's Scotland suffer domestic disharmony - BBC

  07-10-2026 00:28 via news.google.com
  
  Honeymoon over as Pocognoli's Scotland suffer domestic disharmony  BBCScotland 1-2 Slovenia - Nations League - report, reaction, highlights, analysis & stats  BBCScotland 1-2 Slovenia: Sebastien Pocognoli still waiting for first Hampden Park victory  Sky Sports'Outfought' and 'not good enough' - Robertson on Scotland defeat  BBCScotland 1-2 Slovenia, Croatia 1-2 Spain, and more: Nations League football – as it happened  The Guardian
  
  Read more

• Xbox has secured exclusive GTA 6 streaming rights - The Verge

  07-10-2026 00:12 via news.google.com
  
  Xbox has secured exclusive GTA 6 streaming rights  The VergeReport: Xbox Lands Exclusive Streaming Deal For GTA 6 At Launch  Pure XboxGTA 6 Will Reportedly Be Playable on PC at Launch Via Xbox's Cloud Streaming Service  IGNHow to Play GTA 6 via XBOX Cloud Streaming—GTA 6 on PC, Explained  Insider GamingGTA 6 Is Officially Playable On PC At Launch, With One Major Caveat  OpenCritic
  
  Read more

• Lionel Messi farewell match live – updates and analysis from Argentina v Benin - The Guardian

  07-10-2026 00:00 via news.google.com
  Lionel Messi farewell match live – updates and analysis from Argentina v Benin  The GuardianMessi scores in emotional farewell game for Argentina  Sky NewsMessi to pull on Argentina shirt for final time  beIN SPORTSLionel Messi last match: Argentina legend has big plans for the future as golden era ends  BBCLionel Messi scores in tearful 'last tango' for Argentina  ESPN
  
  Read more

• Paramount completes $111bn acquisition of Warner Bros to form new media empire Skydance - The Guardian

  06-10-2026 23:15 via news.google.com
  
  Paramount completes $111bn acquisition of Warner Bros to form new media empire Skydance  The GuardianFrom films to streaming prices - how the Warner Bros deal could affect you  BBCParamount completes $81bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery  Sky NewsDebt in the spotlight as Paramount closes $111bn deal for Warner Bros  Financial TimesParamount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger closes after nearly yearlong battle, paving way for Skydance  Yahoo Finance
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• How dilapidated are French schools and how bad is inequality in the education system? - The Guardian

  06-10-2026 23:15 via news.google.com
  How dilapidated are French schools and how bad is inequality in the education system?  The GuardianFrench police fire tear gas at school protesters as officer charged over student hit by projectile  BBCFrance protests latest: Tear gas fired in Paris; half of French schools closed; thousands of students storm streets  Sky NewsFrench riot students: We’re doing this for our teachers  The TelegraphTear gas in Paris and Marseille as school protests grow a
  
  Read more

• US death row inmate Christa Pike awake and speaking after failed execution, lawyers say - BBC

  06-10-2026 22:55 via news.google.com
  
  US death row inmate Christa Pike awake and speaking after failed execution, lawyers say  BBCWill Tennessee try to execute Christa Pike again? They might.  USA TodayChrista Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say  The GuardianChrista Pike 'conscious and speaking at hospital' after failed execution in US  Sky NewsTennessee’s outgoing prison chief had a history of execution missteps before Christa Pike, officials say&
  
  Read more

• England player ratings: How Three Lions played rated v Czech Republic - BBC

  06-10-2026 22:42 via news.google.com
  
  England player ratings: How Three Lions played rated v Czech Republic  BBCSee more headlines and perspectives on Google News
  
  Read more

• How drunk is too drunk? Cornell rape allegations expose 'loopholes' in consent laws - BBC

  06-10-2026 22:40 via news.google.com
  
  How drunk is too drunk? Cornell rape allegations expose 'loopholes' in consent laws  BBCSee more headlines and perspectives on Google News
  
  Read more

• UK watchdog opens first Online Safety Act probe into Meta - Reuters

  06-10-2026 22:38 via news.google.com
  UK watchdog opens first Online Safety Act probe into Meta  ReutersOfcom investigates Meta over Instagram Instants feature  BBCOfcom investigates Meta over Instagram Instants safety checks  The GuardianMeta, TikTok, X challenge UK watchdog over online safety data demands  ReutersOfcom investigates Meta amid High Court showdown  The Telegraph
  
  Read more

• Kenya confirms first Ebola case as man dies in Nairobi after DRC return - Al Jazeera

  06-10-2026 22:20 via news.google.com
  Kenya confirms first Ebola case as man dies in Nairobi after DRC return  Al JazeeraKenya confirms first case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus  BBCKenya confirms first Ebola case as virus ‘surges’ in DR Congo province  The GuardianEbola Patient Boarded Commercial Flight, Died Shortly After Arrival  WSJKenya confirms first case of Ebola  Financial Times
  
  Read more

• ‘All I want to do is cry’: trauma of 7 October survivors three years after the attacks - The Guardian

  06-10-2026 22:00 via news.google.com
  ‘All I want to do is cry’: trauma of 7 October survivors three years after the attacks  The GuardianI documented the crimes of October 7. Too many still believe the lies of Hamas  The TelegraphHundreds attend October 7 vigil at Bondi, three years after terror attack  ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting CorporationHundreds of anti-Israel protests planned worldwide around October 7 anniversary  The Times of IsraelMuch of the
  
  Read more

• Man charged with murder after Norfolk GP Hannah Cain found dead in Dersingham - Sky News

  06-10-2026 21:52 via news.google.com
  Man charged with murder after Norfolk GP Hannah Cain found dead in Dersingham  Sky NewsMan charged with Dersingham GP Dr Hannah Terry's murder  BBCHusband charged with sleepover murder of GP near Sandringham  The TelegraphGP Hannah Terry named as woman found dead in Dersingham home  BBCDetectives granted 32 more hours to question man arrested over woman’s murder  Lynn News
  
  Read more

• Three arrested after raid on gang accused of helping migrants pretend to be gay to get asylum - BBC

  06-10-2026 21:25 via news.google.com
  
  Three arrested after raid on gang accused of helping migrants pretend to be gay to get asylum  BBCScammers helping migrants to escape deportation shows govt must rip up ECHR  The SunSuspected criminal network helping people pretend to be gay to claim asylum - arrests made  Daily ExpressMigrants lying over sexuality by staging pics at LGBT events to beat deportation  The Sun
  
  Read more

• Freddie Jackson, Soul Crooner Who Dominated R&B Charts, Dead at 69 - Rolling Stone

  06-10-2026 20:04 via news.google.com
  
  Freddie Jackson, Soul Crooner Who Dominated R&B Charts, Dead at 69  Rolling StoneR&B singer Freddie Jackson dies days after turning 69, family says  KTLAFreddie Jackson, Harlem’s hitmaking R&B crooner, dead at 70  New York Amsterdam NewsFreddie Jackson’s 15 Biggest Billboard Hits  YahooR&B Singer Freddie Jackson Dead at 70  TMZ
  
  Read more

• UK police arrest British national linked to RAF Fairford airbase incident - Al Jazeera

  06-10-2026 19:32 via news.google.com
  UK police arrest British national linked to RAF Fairford airbase incident  Al JazeeraBritish national arrested in connection with RAF Fairford incident  BBCBritish man arrested over suspected RAF Fairford terrorism plot  The GuardianIran ‘plotted Spider Web-style drone attack on RAF Fairford’  The TelegraphDonald Trump says US pulled bombers from UK after ‘threats’  Financial Times
  
  Read more

• Family of woman who died after 'misread' smear test join calls for inquiry - BBC

  06-10-2026 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  Family of woman who died after 'misread' smear test join calls for inquiry  BBC
  
  Read more

• Why Tories are talking about winning the next election - BBC

  06-10-2026 18:49 via news.google.com
  
  Why Tories are talking about winning the next election  BBCNo queues, empty seats and the worst speech ever heard: welcome to the Tory conference | John Crace  The GuardianChasing Reform voters could backfire for Badenoch  UK in a changing EuropeA plausible theory for reviving the Conservatives  Financial TimesThe Tories think they’re going to win the election. It all depends on Kemi  The Telegraph
  
  Read more

• Badenoch warns Tories they will not be allowed back if they defect to Reform as she rules out coalition with Farage - The Independent

  06-10-2026 18:00 via news.google.com
  Badenoch warns Tories they will not be allowed back if they defect to Reform as she rules out coalition with Farage  The IndependentI'd rather have another election than do a deal with Reform UK, says Badenoch  BBCLondon Playbook PM: Kemi sums up conference  POLITICO.euThe House | Yes, the right will unite – when it starts to dislike losing more than disliking each other  Politics HomeKemi Badenoch rules out Reform UK coalition in event of hung parli
  
  Read more

• Russia plague quarantine following lab death: Should we be worried? - Al Jazeera

  06-10-2026 16:47 via news.google.com
  Russia plague quarantine following lab death: Should we be worried?  Al JazeeraThe plague may have escaped from a lab in Siberia  The EconomistDonald Trump says he will speak with Vladimir Putin about pneumonic plague  Financial TimesUKHSA says risk of plague 'very low' after Russian laboratory worker 'dies of suspected pneumonic plague'  Sky NewsPlague epidemic risk in Russia low after death of lab technician, WHO says  The Guardian
  
  Read more

• Police cannot ban pro-Palestine march on anniversary of 7 October attacks, Met says - Sky News

  06-10-2026 16:07 via news.google.com
  Police cannot ban pro-Palestine march on anniversary of 7 October attacks, Met says  Sky NewsFace masks banned as students plan to go ahead with pro Palestinian march on October 7 - despite police urging them to change the date  LBCPolice forces fail to ask pro-Palestine activists to move October 7 protests  The TelegraphPro-Palestine October 7 March To Go Ahead In London As Paris Bans Demonstrations  i24NEWSRethink October 7 march for sake of London&rsquo
  
  Read more

• What is the XFG Covid variant? Cases on rise as hospitalisations up more than 400% in a month - The Independent

  06-10-2026 15:56 via news.google.com
  What is the XFG Covid variant? Cases on rise as hospitalisations up more than 400% in a month  The Independent​Is COVID-19 back again? ‘American Covid’ is on the rise in UK, with cases of hospitalization: Early signs, risk factors, prevention and management explained​  The Times of IndiaThe key symptoms that could be 'American Covid' as cases rise in UK  Manchester Evening NewsWhat is 'American Covid' and how bad is it?  Metro.co.uk
  
  Read more

• Two more Final Cut animations on Warhammer TV this week - Warhammer Community

  06-10-2026 14:04 via news.google.com
  Two more Final Cut animations on Warhammer TV this week  Warhammer Community
  
  Read more

• Belgian physicist wins Nobel for turning Antarctic ice into a telescope - Euronews.com

  06-10-2026 13:35 via news.google.com
  Belgian physicist wins Nobel for turning Antarctic ice into a telescope  Euronews.com'Ghost particles' from space telescope wins physics Nobel  BBCI’m a physicist who worked on the Nobel-winning neutrino search – here’s how a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice became a telescope for ghost particles from space  The ConversationNobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded to Francis Halzen for Work on Neutrinos  The New York TimesPress release: Nobel Pr
  
  Read more

• Israel was prepared to shoot down flydubai jet during attempted terror attack — report - The Times of Israel

  06-10-2026 13:06 via news.google.com
  Israel was prepared to shoot down flydubai jet during attempted terror attack — report  The Times of IsraelFlydubai co-pilot planned to crash plane into Tel Aviv airport or building, reports say  BBCIsrael hijack suspect learnt to fly in Britain  The TelegraphFlydubai attacker received flight training in New Zealand  Financial TimesFlydubai co-pilot originally planned attack for July, investigators believe  The Guardian
  
  Read more

• 'Rock 'n' roll swagger': 10 iconic images capturing the chaotic energy of '90s Brit culture - BBC

  06-10-2026 13:00 via news.google.com
  'Rock 'n' roll swagger': 10 iconic images capturing the chaotic energy of '90s Brit culture  BBCTate Britain’s essential celebration of the 1990s left me buzzing  The TelegraphUK has become ‘less tolerant’ – Ex-Vogue Editor  Channel 4How photographer Tim Smith captured Bradford's daytime dance revolution  BBCGen X changed British culture forever – the 90s could never happen today  The Independent
  
  Read more

• JP Morgan says BT’s TalkTalk deal could trigger wave of UK telecoms consolidation - Yahoo Finance UK

  06-10-2026 13:00 via news.google.com
  
  JP Morgan says BT’s TalkTalk deal could trigger wave of UK telecoms consolidation  Yahoo Finance UKBT agrees rescue deal to buy broadband operator TalkTalk  BBCWhat went wrong at telecoms group TalkTalk?  Yahoo Finance UKSecretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport intervenes under Enterprise Act powers in TalkTalk deal  GOV.UKSainsbury’s and Morrisons held talks over potential multi-billion-pound merger, reports say – as it h
  
  Read more

Follow @GeneralnewsUK on Twitter!