Sir Sadiq Khan has accepted a pay rise of £5,281, raising his annual salary from £165,001 to £170,282, a move that makes him the highest-paid politician in the UK. The increase of 3.2% follows the local government settlement, and is based on recommendations from an independent panel, ensuring impartiality in its determination.

After his remark about Charlie Kirk’s death sparked complaints and led to his band’s show being cancelled in the Netherlands, Bobby Vylan has addressed the outrage insisting he never celebrated the death but stood by calling Kirk “a piece of sh*t” stating that criticism and provocation are part of their message.

After being charged with sexual assault in Perth last year, Yung Filly has won a court ruling allowing him to travel to the UK for the Christmas period under strict bail conditions while his trial is pending in mid-2026, he must return to Western Australia by 7 January and surrender his passport one day later.

A consultant anaesthetist at Tameside Hospital asked a nursing colleague to watch over a male patient under anaesthetic so he could take a comfort break, then left theatre and was later found having sex with a nurse in a different operating theatre, a medical tribunal has been told. The doctor admitted what happened and acknowledged it could have put the patient’s safety at risk while expressing remorse.

Prominent American conservative activist Charlie Kirk, aged 31 and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University on 10 September 2025 during a “Prove Me Wrong” debate event.

Two major institutions, the University of Kent and the University of Greenwich, will unite in autumn 2026 to establish a pioneering multi-university called the London and South East University Group, preserving individual identities and campuses, led by a single vice-chancellor, in what is described as a groundbreaking model amid growing financial pressures across higher education.