The BBC will no longer live-broadcast performances by artists flagged as high risk, following backlash over Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury set, which featured chants of “death, death to the IDF”. The move comes amid growing scrutiny over the broadcaster’s editorial standards, with senior leadership pledging reforms and critics calling for accountability after what’s been labelled a serious lapse in judgment.

Outdoor portraits celebrating the Windrush generation has been vandalised in south London, prompting outrage from community leaders and campaigners. The incident, described as an "act of racial hatred", has sparked renewed calls for unity and respect as the community continues to honour the contributions of Caribbean immigrants to British life.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been acquitted of racketeering conspiracy and sex‑trafficking charges, but convicted on two counts of transporting individuals to engage in prostitution, following a month‑long federal trial. The jury delivered unanimous verdicts on all five charges, clearing him of allegations that he ran a criminal enterprise.

During a heated PMQs session centred on the collapse of proposed welfare reforms, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves was moved to tears as Prime Minister Keir Starmer declined to confirm if she would stay in her post, with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch subsequently branding her “a human shield” for Labour’s struggling strategy.

Australia’s immigration minister has revoked Kanye West's visitor visa after he released the antisemitic track “Heil Hitler” in May, declaring that the country would not admit someone “promoting Nazism”. Although the rapper, married to Australian‑born architect Bianca Censori, had used the visa for private visits, officials deemed his song intolerable and cancelled his entry rights under character grounds.

A man erupted into a racist outburst after finding out his girlfriend slept with a Black man, breaking their open relationship rules, leaving her feeling humiliated and distressed in front of friends, as a court now considers whether his actions amount to racially aggravated abuse.