Latest England news headlines

• Ghost in the Cell review – Indonesian prison-slasher-satire contains the most unhinged punch-up in decades

  <p>Director Joko Anwar uses horror for social commentary as he skewers corruption and hypocrisy with likable silliness and raucous energy</p><p>Given the 2020s horror boom, Indonesia’s prolific Joko Anwar – who has worked more often in that genre than any other – should be better k

  The Guardian UK
• Villagers fear losing quiet life to 'monstrosity' meat processing plant

  Ecclefechan residents say they are concerned about the traffic, smell and visual impact of the factory promising 90 jobs.

  BBC News UK
• The childcare change that could boost incomes and bring parents back to work

  Almost half of parents using tax-free childcare say existing policies have not enabled them to reduce their levels of debt

  The Independent
• Labour accused of raiding roads budget to pay for ballooning benefits bill as two dozen highways projects aimed at cutting traffic, boosting the economy and reducing accidents are axed

  Several backbenchers are said to be furious about the axed projects after receiving private letters from ministers saying schemes in their seats were among them.

  Daily Mail
• Suicidal British woman who flew to America to be murdered by a man she met in a fetish chatroom was groomed, claim relatives

  Sonia Exelby, 32, was found in a shallow grave in Florida on October 17 last year days after travelling 4,000 miles allegedly to meet Dwain Hall, 54.

  Daily Mail
• Budget 2026: Wealth tax would make London 'worst place' among well-off countries to own property

  Chancellor John Healey is expected to raise taxes in the Budget on October 28

  Evening Standard
• Audiologist says limit earphone use to 60 minutes a day and eat chocolate

  You should also keep your ears dry and take supplements

  Daily Mirror
• Man left 'almost screaming' and hospitalised for weeks after bite by UK spider

  The bite on his leg swelled 'to the size of a watermelon'

  Daily Mirror
• Notorious stalker killer 'tried to return to India' to serve life for Alice Ruggles murder

  EXCLUSIVE: The worried parents of Alice Ruggles revealed they had to wait three years to confirm that her killer, Trimaan Dhillon, could not "go back home" to serve his life term

  Daily Mirror
• Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action

  <p>Florian Wirtz takes on more responsibility in Liverpool’s attack while Pierre Sage is under pressure at Crystal Palace</p><p>Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s physicality overpowering Bryan Mbeumo in Manchester United’s area at a corner grabbed him a fifth goal in 10 outings for Leeds: a

  The Guardian UK
• This carnival of protest on the streets of Delhi has shaken Narendra Modi like nothing before | Meena Kandasamy

  <p>The singing, dancing and sheer joy in the face of police brutality at the protests led by the Cockroach Janta party show people no longer fear India’s regime</p><p>In July, as supporters of the Cockroach movement <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/26/india-co

  The Guardian UK
• Blue for poor, yellow for posh: the London maps exposing centuries of terrible housing

  <p>From rent strikes to squatting, a new show reveals how people have managed to keep a roof over their head in London – and the mould and astronomical rents that persist</p><p>Charles Booth’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/oct/30/what-victorian-era-poverty-map

  The Guardian UK
• Is it true that … you need to take 10,000 steps a day to be healthy?

  <p>The fitness benchmark has surprisingly unscientific origins – yet it does contain more than a kernel of truth</p><p>The idea that we need to walk 10,000 steps a day originated not in medical research but in a 1960s marketing campaign for a pedometer, says Jack McNamara, senior l

  The Guardian UK
• Football club chairman in £100k battle over bid to tear down 'eyesore man cave'

  Case to rely on legal definition of ‘shed’

  The Independent
• ‘Headphone dodgers’ face new fines as Burnham launches crackdown

  Other nuisance behaviours include littering, vaping and listening to music without headphones

  The Independent
• Burnham: UK must end ‘moral failure’ of Neets crisis

  The prime minister laid out his plans to end the ‘moral failure’ of youth unemployment

  The Independent
• Federal MP Helen Haines rushed to hospital after being hit by a car outside her office

  Victorian Independent MP Helen Haines was injured after being struck by a car outside her Wangaratta electoral office on Murphy Street at 3:30pm Monday afternoon.

  Daily Mail
• Labour adviser says welfare should be curbed to get NEETs into work - as Burnham warns crisis among young people is 'economic catastrophe'

  Alan Milburn, who is advising the Government on the NEETs crisis, said money needs to be 'redistributed' into jobs support.

  Daily Mail
• Australian Navy member is stood down with pay after secret camera is found in female showers on board ship

  An unnamed individual was identified as the suspect and was stood down, Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Matthew Buckley confirmed on Monday.

  Daily Mail
• Mulberry sales lift 18% as turnaround progress accelerates

  Boss Andrea Baldo said he was ‘very pleased’ with recent progress by the business.

  Evening Standard
• Burnham vows to tackle ‘moral failure’ of young Britons not in work or training

  The Prime Minister promised action to help get young people off welfare and into work.

  Evening Standard
• British nan fighting for life in Turkey as family faces £25,000 hospital bill

  Amanda Cannon was taken ill while on holiday with her daughter

  Daily Mirror
• Fit and healthy woman, 37, thought it was joke when she got diagnosis on April 1

  She has had to have a very potent chemotherapy drug nicknamed The Red Devil

  Daily Mirror
• I found a flattering, non-clingy £44 Roman dress perfect for parties or meals

  Shoppers say they 'feel brilliant' in the frock - which comes in two colours - with one saying it's 'very comfortable and flattering for the fuller bust lady'

  Daily Mirror
• 'We didn't know a cold sore could kill a baby'

  Ben Brookes and Meg Edmonds want to raise awareness of HSV after losing their daughter.

  BBC News UK
• Country diary 1926: How good the damp earth smells

  <p><strong>20 October 1926</strong>: After the long dry spell the wood was the place to enjoy it</p><p>NEW FOREST: After the long dry spell how good the damp earth smells. The wood was the place to enjoy it. It is still very green. The colours are slow in coming this ye

  The Guardian UK
• ‘It’s about persistence’: Cornish devolution no longer a pipe dream as its champion bows out

  <p>Dick Cole is quitting Mebyon Kernow, which campaigns for greater self-rule for Cornwall, after 29 years at the helm</p><p>There will be no great fanfare when Dick Cole steps down as party leader in a few days’ time.</p><p>“We’ll have an official handover at our party

  The Guardian UK
• Profit warnings from UK-listed firms at highest level in two years as Iran war drives up costs

  <p>Consultancy says companies quoted on London stock market issued 65 in three months to end of September</p><p>The number of profit warnings from UK-listed companies has risen to the highest level in two years, as the war in the Middle East triggers a surge in costs for businesses

  The Guardian UK
• Airman who died from horrific 150ft fall during rappelling accident at college football game is identified

  Tech Sargent Ian Patterson died from injuries suffered when he fell more than 150 feet from the rafters of the Alamodome in a horrifying pregame accident on Saturday night.

  Daily Mail
• Shocking images emerge from Paris after night of devastation as violent protests spread across Europe and Trump blames 'immigration' for the spiraling disorder

  Photos from the city showed garbage strewn across the streets as fires continued to ravage overnight following yet another day of violent protests..

  Daily Mail