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The Independent

October 2026

Grammar school headteacher ‘mowed down by car and dragged for more than a mile’ to his death, trial hears

That damage was not there before the collision. It is beyond doubt, we say, that damage was caused by Michael Mullins being thrown up on to the bonnet of the Volvo when the defendant hit him.... Putting it bluntly, there is no way on earth that Simon Richardson could not have known that he had just hit Michael Mullins and that he was very likely to be hurt.”
The first man to get to him found him to be still breathing and barely alive. His breath would give out within the next few moments of that man arriving to help him.”
Michael Mullins was crushed to death beneath the wheels of this defendant’s car, and his death was made quicker by the fact that he had been dragged against the surface of the road by Simon Richardson for more than 2km.”

Why Saudi Arabia has struggled to defend its airport against recent Houthi attacks

The attacks have struck Saudi airports, killed at least 14 people and forced schoolchildren and businesspeople to stay indoors

Expecting a country the size of Saudi Arabia to intercept every missile is simply unrealistic. No defense can guarantee complete protection,
Michael Ratneylist of ambassadors of the United States to Saudi Arabia
Over the course of the past few years, the Iranians have been innovating and sharing that with the Houthis and it’s gone both ways. The Houthis have been innovating, and sharing it with the Iranians,
Andreas Kriegresearcher (ORCID 0000-0003-2496-1079)
It will be surrogate warfare,
They’ve learned how to over-saturate the radars,
It’s very hard to convince a man he’s going on the wrong side if he just moved forward and he has a gun in his hand,

Lost little dog appears to be searching for her family as deadly Yellowstone winter looms, locals say

Katie Boucherthe last week
The staff then proceeded to chase her around that area of the park for over two hours before the owners came back and discovered all the chaos and their dog missing,
It’s really hard to stress the importance of do not chase,
Katie Boucherthe last week
Her behavior pattern suggests to me that she is looking for her family,
Katie Boucherthe last week
Hopefully she has decided that winter in Yellowstone National Park is not a good vacation,
Katie Boucherthe last week
I cannot fathom how I would feel if I had been taking the vacation of a lifetime, and looking for all these memorable experiences in one of the most beautiful places on earth, and lost one of my family members there,

Lung adenocarcinoma: Symptoms, risk factors and prognosis after Pope Leo's diagnosis

The 71-year-old pontiff was diagnosed with the most common form of lung cancer after doctors discovered a growth during a routine health check

Chancellor targets Amazon and Temu in tax crackdown to deliver Budget for ‘white van man’

It comes amid growing concern that Chinese retailers are using online marketplaces to undercut British competitors by evading the 20 per cent VAT on all their sales

As has always been the case, decisions on tax are a matter for the chancellor to set out at fiscal events rather than routinely commenting on rumour, speculation or proposals.”
That means having the beauticians and white van drivers of our towns at the forefront of his mind as the budget draws nearer
This is a step in the right direction but the Treasury needs to go further and make online marketplaces responsible for collecting every penny of VAT on the sales made on their platform

Andy Burnham to meet swimmer Archie Goodburn after emotional plea on BBC Breakfast

As a man in his 20s, how do I sit down and map out what that decade should look like? I feel a sense of hope that there will be a breakthrough in the time where I can still benefit, that I can move from treatment to treatment and stay one step ahead.... If I
The Prime Minister’s forthcoming meeting with Archie Goodburn is a pivotal opportunity to change the prospects for brain tumour patients through a renewed government commitment on research, innovation and faster access to effective treatments.”
I just couldn’t believe I had cancer, it made no sense,
Being told you have incurable cancer and have 10 to 12 years to live is devastating. Being told you have incurable cancer and have 10 to 12 years to live and there’s nothing you can do about it is even more of a blow,
If vorasidenib fails then currently there is no ‘plan B’ or ‘next line’ of treatment in this country. “... I could deal with it better if I knew that across the world people stood the same chance, but that isn’t true — patients with my tumour type in the US have access to other drugs such as safusidenib and ivosidenib.”

Lung cancer: The symptoms everyone should know as Pope Leo diagnosed with adenocarcinoma

Breathlessness is another insidious sign of lung cancer that tends to creep up on people,
If lung cancer is found at the earlier stage when it is just in one part of your lung, then surgery or radiotherapy has an excellent chance of nipping it in the bud and controlling it for good,
Coughs come and go all the time, particularly heading into autumn and winter, but if you’ve had a cough that isn’t getting better month after month, that is a concerning sign,
Chest X-rays often misses small early tumours, as they can be hiding away, and there isn’t a reliable blood test that is helpful for early-stage lung cancer,
There has been a huge push in recent years, and quite successfully in the UK, to start a screening programme for lung cancers,
Difficulty swallowing can be a sign that there is cancer pressing on your oesophagus,
The A stands for appetite loss, but it’s also the shorthand for unexpected or unplanned weight loss, usually combined with feeling fatigued,
Coughing up blood is more of an obvious danger sign that scares most people and usually triggers them to seek medical help,
You should contact a GP if you have even a single persistent symptom,

Saudi engineer accused of planting secret listening device inside OpenAI HQ

At this time, we have no indications of this individual inappropriately accessing or exfiltrating model weights, source code or customer data,
We used our models to understand the device and where it had come from, identifying that a specific employee had planted it a few days earlier,
Kash PatelfBI Director
Abdulrahman Alfozan allegedly concealed a covert recording device inside his employer's executive conference room to secretly capture sensitive communications about the company’s super intelligence technology,

Sonay Kartal upsets Belinda Bencic as promising return from injury continues

Sonay Kartalbritish tennis player
I trusted that I would be able to get my level back, I just didn’t know how quickly. I did a lot of things right today but I still think there’s a long way to go.... I can produce the level, but can I sustain it — I think that’s going to be the hardest challenge. I’m happy to be back, I’m feeling good.”