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flooding.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1763300138,"updatedAt":1763301641,"publishedAt":1763301126,"firstPublishedAt":1763301126,"lastPublishedAt":1763301126,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/05\/80\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f9a01b0f-9653-5da5-b511-019fd9140ee4-9550580.jpg","altText":" Major cleanup underway in Wales and England after Storm Claudia causes widespread flooding","caption":" Major cleanup underway in Wales and England after Storm Claudia causes widespread flooding","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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biosphere","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Foraging forever: Eating magic from Isle of Man forest floor","titleListing2":"Chef forages for half the ingredients at her restaurant on Isle of Man UNESCO biosphere","leadin":"Rather than using rare ingredients to impress diners, Pippa Lovell\u2019s uses invasive species in her dishes to help the Isle of Man\u2019s biodiversity.","summary":"Rather than using rare ingredients to impress diners, Pippa Lovell\u2019s uses invasive species in her dishes to help the Isle of Man\u2019s biodiversity.","keySentence":"","url":"foraging-chefs-forest-finds-fill-plates-for-restaurant-on-isle-of-man-unesco-biosphere","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2025\/11\/16\/foraging-chefs-forest-finds-fill-plates-for-restaurant-on-isle-of-man-unesco-biosphere","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Foraging; middle-class pastime or a cost-of-living godsend?\n\nIn recent years, in an effort to get out of the house and back to nature many people have taken up 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However, over foraging can also be a concern with recent pleas from wildlife organisations in the UK for the public not to pick nature clean.\n\nBut what if foraging could actually benefit biodiversity? Euronews Culture has met one chef who thinks so.\n\nForaging and biodiversity\n\nPippa Lovell is a restaurateur who moved to the Isle of Man from Copenhagen in 2018.\n\nDespite early experiences blackberrying with her family, Lovell says she was turned onto foraging whilst working in the Michelin star restaurants of Scandinavia, although the award-winning chef was less than impressed by what she saw there.\n\n\u201cIt was just so normal to use foraging ingredients but they do it for the sake of it being free and being cool and it being a thing that you do,\u201d she says from her home in Port Erin.\n\n\u201cIn general a Michelin restaurant might invite a lot of interns to do their foraging; that might be 10 to 15 people all going out for a full day or two or three days all going for one kind of mushroom or one flower or one seaweed.\n\n\u201cThat many people all day doing it for a few days just to be one element of a 15 course tasting menu, to interrupt that little ecosystem and nature just for the sake of one flavour for one selfish use; I find infuriating.\u201d\n\nAfter relocating to the island off the northwest coast of England to set up a new restaurant, a life-changing event made Lovell rethink her approach in the kitchen.\n\nIn 2019 the chef won the S.Pellegrino Award for Social Responsibility after designing an eco-friendly dish. Shortly afterwards she opened up her restaurant Versa; as in \u2018vice versa\u2019 symbolising her reciprocal relationship with the land. Here she forages for 50 per cent of the ingredients she serves up to patrons, helping the local environment as she does so.\n\n\u201cIf we\u2019re going to do something as a species that\u2019s detrimental to the environment and the community in many ways. Actually, let's flip it on its head and utilise the restaurant industry to do good.\n\n\u201cWhy not?\u201d\n\nIsle of Man: UNESCO biosphere reserve\n\nThe Isle of Man is part of UNESCO\u2019s network of biosphere reserves; areas which foster the harmonious integration of humans and nature for sustainable development.\n\nThe list contains sites within countries like Lake Bosomtwe in Ghana and cross border areas like the Mura-Drava-Danube which spans Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia, and Slovenia. However, the Isle of Man is the only \u2018entire nation\u2019 biosphere.\n\n\u201cI really wanted to move here because it\u2019s a biosphere,\u201d says Lovell.\n\n\u201cAs a forager and a chef who considers herself an activist\u2026it just seemed apparent that it was a really good place to use to talk about my values and ethos. It really supports everything I believe in here.\u201d\n\nLovell\u2019s method is to use invasive species in her dishes to help the Isle of Man\u2019s biodiversity. Whereas some restaurants forage for rare ingredients to impress their patrons, Versa uses ones which are plentiful so that searching for them won\u2019t disrupt local ecosystems.\n\nA good example would be Lovell\u2019s use of Alexanders, originally brought to the British Isles by the Romans. Known as \u2018the pot herb of Alexandria\u2019 this plant soon escaped the kitchen and went feral. It now blocks up hedgerows on the Isle of Man where Lovell uses its leaves as a replacement for parsley, the stem as a replacement for celery, and the seeds as black pepper.\n\n\u201cUsing the seeds stops it from spreading,\u201d she says.\n\n\u201cIt stops the footprint of other ingredients and there\u2019s more flavour so you need less, you\u2019re helping the hedgerows, and there\u2019s more nutrients.\n\n\u201cIdeally I\u2019m looking for an ingredient that helps the environment by picking it.\u201d\n\nThe bounty of nature\n\nDespite her experience Lovell has no formal training as a chef. All her skill at cooking she\u2019s picked up organically during her career along with her knowledge of foraging which she says comes from a mixture of books, social media inspiration and perseverance.\n\n\u201cYou just need good public liability insurance,\u201d she laughs.\n\nThe chef resolutely refuses to use recipes at Versa, instead putting together tasting menus with her six-strong staff of local youths using roughly half foraged ingredients and half locally grown.\n\nForaging missions have a spontaneous feel to them, taking place on her morning dog walks or between midday and evening sittings. While the seasons dictate the menu a big part of Versa\u2019s operation is also fermenting and preserving fresh ingredients.\n\n\u201cIn the summer it could be a 20 courser that\u2019s 80 per cent foraged. At this time of year I\u2019m probably going to do eight or nine courses\u2026and half is foraged and that is halved between fresh and preserved,\u201d she says.\n\nLovell is so committed to her local produce ethos that she doesn\u2019t even serve alcohol as it contains items which are imported, and she never runs short of inspiration in the woods, beaches and glens within walking distance of her restaurant.\n\n\u201cIt's a lifestyle working at Versa,\u201d she says.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s the good thing about the biosphere. There\u2019s an abundance everywhere.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Foraging; middle-class pastime or a cost-of-living godsend?<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, in an effort to get out of the house and back to nature many people have taken up foraging - the practice of looking for edible items in the wild.<\/p>\n<p>It can make a fun day out and even be a good way of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//12//23//cost-of-living-christmas-meet-the-woman-foraging-for-christmas-decorations/">decorating your home<\/strong><\/a>. However, over foraging can also be a concern with recent pleas from wildlife organisations in the UK for the public not to pick nature clean.<\/p>\n<p>But what if foraging could actually benefit biodiversity? Euronews Culture has met one chef who thinks so.<\/p>\n<h2>Foraging and biodiversity<\/h2>\n<p>Pippa Lovell is a restaurateur who moved to the Isle of Man from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//03//15//from-the-iraq-war-to-russia-invasion-of-ukraine-little-mermaid-statue-gets-political-graff/">Copenhagen in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Despite early experiences blackberrying with her family, Lovell says she was turned onto foraging whilst working in the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//07//06//would-you-eat-this-feathered-bird-wing-dish-at-the-worlds-most-remote-michelin-starred-res/">Michelin star<\/strong><\/a> restaurants of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//03//17//the-bearable-lightness-of-melancholy-are-nordic-nations-really-that-happy/">Scandinavia, although the award-winning chef was less than impressed by what she saw there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-xlarge widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.1814814814814816\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//28//63//38//606x713_cmsv2_e6797d39-31e1-5a72-9755-615f6c72bd39-7286338.jpg/" alt=\"Pippa Lovell\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/28\/63\/38\/384x454_cmsv2_e6797d39-31e1-5a72-9755-615f6c72bd39-7286338.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/28\/63\/38\/640x756_cmsv2_e6797d39-31e1-5a72-9755-615f6c72bd39-7286338.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/28\/63\/38\/750x886_cmsv2_e6797d39-31e1-5a72-9755-615f6c72bd39-7286338.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/28\/63\/38\/828x978_cmsv2_e6797d39-31e1-5a72-9755-615f6c72bd39-7286338.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/28\/63\/38\/1080x1276_cmsv2_e6797d39-31e1-5a72-9755-615f6c72bd39-7286338.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/28\/63\/38\/1200x1418_cmsv2_e6797d39-31e1-5a72-9755-615f6c72bd39-7286338.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/28\/63\/38\/1920x2268_cmsv2_e6797d39-31e1-5a72-9755-615f6c72bd39-7286338.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 45vw, 550px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Lovell out on a foraging mission<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Pippa Lovell<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cIt was just so normal to use foraging ingredients but they do it for the sake of it being free and being cool and it being a thing that you do,\u201d she says from her home in Port Erin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn general a Michelin restaurant might invite a lot of interns to do their foraging; that might be 10 to 15 people all going out for a full day or two or three days all going for one kind of mushroom or one flower or one seaweed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//11//17//british-cheesemaker-sells-firm-to-overcome-brexit-barriers/">British cheesemaker sells company to overcome Brexit barriers<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//12//23//theres-no-such-thing-as-food-poverty-just-poverty-scotlands-food-bank-use-surges/">'There's no such thing as food poverty, just poverty': Scotland's food bank use surges<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cThat many people all day doing it for a few days just to be one element of a 15 course tasting menu, to interrupt that little ecosystem and nature just for the sake of one flavour for one selfish use; I find infuriating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After relocating to the island off the northwest coast of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//07//29//legoland-unveils-england-womens-football-team-miniatures-ahead-of-euro-final/">England to set up a new restaurant, a life-changing event made Lovell rethink her approach in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019 the chef won the S.Pellegrino Award for Social Responsibility after designing an eco-friendly dish. Shortly afterwards she opened up her restaurant Versa; as in \u2018vice versa\u2019 symbolising her reciprocal relationship with the land. Here she forages for 50 per cent of the ingredients she serves up to patrons, helping the local environment as she does so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2019re going to do something as a species that\u2019s detrimental to the environment and the community in many ways. Actually, let's flip it on its head and utilise the restaurant industry to do good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Isle of Man: UNESCO biosphere reserve<\/h2>\n<p>The Isle of Man is part of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//12//03//rai-and-harissa-added-to-unesco-heritage-list/">UNESCO/u2019s network of biosphere reserves; areas which foster the harmonious integration of humans and nature for sustainable development.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//28//63//38//808x808_cmsv2_a67fe894-9f83-5c3b-afe9-8fccfd270bb2-7286338.jpg/" alt=\"Pippa Lovell\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/28\/63\/38\/384x384_cmsv2_a67fe894-9f83-5c3b-afe9-8fccfd270bb2-7286338.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/28\/63\/38\/640x640_cmsv2_a67fe894-9f83-5c3b-afe9-8fccfd270bb2-7286338.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/28\/63\/38\/750x750_cmsv2_a67fe894-9f83-5c3b-afe9-8fccfd270bb2-7286338.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/28\/63\/38\/828x828_cmsv2_a67fe894-9f83-5c3b-afe9-8fccfd270bb2-7286338.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/28\/63\/38\/1080x1080_cmsv2_a67fe894-9f83-5c3b-afe9-8fccfd270bb2-7286338.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/28\/63\/38\/1200x1200_cmsv2_a67fe894-9f83-5c3b-afe9-8fccfd270bb2-7286338.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/28\/63\/38\/1920x1920_cmsv2_a67fe894-9f83-5c3b-afe9-8fccfd270bb2-7286338.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Mushrooms are a common item to forage<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Pippa Lovell<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The list contains sites within countries like Lake Bosomtwe in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2021//09//27//surf-ghana-meet-the-skateboarding-collective-making-waves-in-africa/">Ghana and cross border areas like the Mura-Drava-Danube which spans <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//10//28//austrian-world-heritage-site-melk-abbey-is-being-restored/">Austria, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2021//09//16//prosecco-v-prosek-origin-protection-move-sparkles-tension-between-italy-and-croatia/">Croatia, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//03//24//ukrainian-students-find-refuge-in-hungarian-circus-after-fleeing-russian-invasion/">Hungary, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//11//26//will-local-serbian-plum-brandy-sljivovica-make-the-unescos-list/">Serbia, and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//08//10//sour-grapes-italy-takes-slovenia-to-court-over-balsamic-vinegar-production/">Slovenia. However, the Isle of Man is the only \u2018entire nation\u2019 biosphere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really wanted to move here because it\u2019s a biosphere,\u201d says Lovell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a forager and a chef who considers herself an activist\u2026it just seemed apparent that it was a really good place to use to talk about my values and ethos. It really supports everything I believe in here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lovell\u2019s method is to use invasive species in her dishes to help the Isle of Man\u2019s biodiversity. Whereas some restaurants forage for rare ingredients to impress their patrons, Versa uses ones which are plentiful so that searching for them won\u2019t disrupt local ecosystems.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//12//06//moroccos-art-of-arabic-calligraphy-rises-after-unesco-heritage-award/">Morocco's art of Arabic calligraphy rises after Unesco heritage award <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//11//30//unesco-lists-the-french-baguette-as-an-intangible-cultural-heritage-of-humanity/">UNESCO lists the French baguette as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>A good example would be Lovell\u2019s use of Alexanders, originally brought to the British Isles by the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//11//29//archaeologists-in-uk-uncover-possible-first-ever-luxury-barn-conversion/">Romans. Known as \u2018the pot herb of Alexandria\u2019 this plant soon escaped the kitchen and went feral. It now blocks up hedgerows on the Isle of Man where Lovell uses its leaves as a replacement for parsley, the stem as a replacement for celery, and the seeds as black pepper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing the seeds stops it from spreading,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt stops the footprint of other ingredients and there\u2019s more flavour so you need less, you\u2019re helping the hedgerows, and there\u2019s more nutrients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIdeally I\u2019m looking for an ingredient that helps the environment by picking it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The bounty of nature<\/h2>\n<p>Despite her experience Lovell has no formal training as a chef. All her skill at cooking she\u2019s picked up organically during her career along with her knowledge of foraging which she says comes from a mixture of books, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//12//26//crying-on-tiktok-meet-ollie-tyler-the-designer-of-the-viral-social-media-filter/">social media<\/strong><\/a> inspiration and perseverance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just need good public liability insurance,\u201d she laughs.<\/p>\n<p>The chef resolutely refuses to use recipes at Versa, instead putting together tasting menus with her six-strong staff of local youths using roughly half foraged ingredients and half locally grown.<\/p>\n<p>Foraging missions have a spontaneous feel to them, taking place on her morning dog walks or between midday and evening sittings. 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COVID memorial wall in London will be permanent ","titleListing2":"UK commits to ensuring 'poignant' COVID memorial wall in London will be preserved","leadin":"The National COVID Memorial Wall was established without official authorisation on a half-kilometre stretch of the Albert Embankment in March 2021.","summary":"The National COVID Memorial Wall was established without official authorisation on a half-kilometre stretch of the Albert Embankment in March 2021.","keySentence":"","url":"uk-commits-to-ensuring-poignant-covid-memorial-wall-in-london-will-be-preserved","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/11\/13\/uk-commits-to-ensuring-poignant-covid-memorial-wall-in-london-will-be-preserved","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The British government said on Thursday that a memorial wall in London created by those who lost loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic will be preserved.\n\nIn a statement, it said that the more than two-metre high Portland stone wall on the south side of the River Thames, directly opposite the Houses of Parliament, will remain to commemorate the 240,000 or so virus-related deaths in the UK, as well as honour the sacrifice of key workers, particularly in the health and care sectors.\n\nThe National COVID Memorial Wall was established without official authorisation on a half-kilometre stretch of the Albert Embankment in March 2021.\n\nIt came a year after the first virus-related death in the UK, meant as a visual representation of the scale of loss in the country during the pandemic.\n\nIt can take 10 minutes to walk from one end of the heart-festooned memorial wall to the other.\n\nEach life lost is represented by a carefully painted heart that volunteers freshen up on a weekly basis with long-lasting masonry paints.\n\nCreated by the campaigning groups COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice and Led by Donkeys, it's now maintained and cherished by a group of volunteers known as The Friends of the Wall.\n\nCulture Minister Fiona Twycross said that the wall is \"a poignant and powerful reminder of the scale of loss of life to the pandemic\" and that it's \"right\" that the pandemic's toll is appropriately remembered.\n\n\"Many families did not have the opportunity to say goodbye to a loved one,\" Twycross said. \"Today, we commit to ensuring that those who died are not forgotten.\"\n\nThe Labour Party government also said that a day of reflection will continue to take place annually in March and that it will back new spaces for reflections around the country, including memorial walls.\n\nThe UK suffered one of the deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks in Europe. Ministers from the previous Conservative government, including then Prime Minister Boris Johnson, have\u00a0faced criticism for their actions, particularly the delay to put the country in lockdown in March 2020.\n\nHowever, other aspects of the country's response, notably in the\u00a0rollout of vaccines, won praise.\n\nA national inquiry into all aspects of the handling of the pandemic, including the country's preparedness and the government's actions, started two years ago and is expected to run until 2027.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The British government said on Thursday that a memorial wall in London created by those who lost loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic will be preserved.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, it said that the more than two-metre high Portland stone wall on the south side of the River Thames, directly opposite the Houses of Parliament, will remain to commemorate the 240,000 or so virus-related deaths in the UK, as well as honour the sacrifice of key workers, particularly in the health and care sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The National COVID Memorial Wall was established without official authorisation on a half-kilometre stretch of the Albert Embankment in March 2021.<\/p>\n<p>It came a year after the first virus-related death in the UK, meant as a visual representation of the scale of loss in the country during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>It can take 10 minutes to walk from one end of the heart-festooned memorial wall to the other.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//54//79//17//808x539_cmsv2_1826c414-bd61-5918-9dd3-eaf9bcbc4a47-9547917.jpg/" alt=\"A volunteer writes inscriptions on the COVID-19 memorial wall in London, 15 October, 2021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/79\/17\/384x256_cmsv2_1826c414-bd61-5918-9dd3-eaf9bcbc4a47-9547917.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/79\/17\/640x427_cmsv2_1826c414-bd61-5918-9dd3-eaf9bcbc4a47-9547917.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/79\/17\/750x500_cmsv2_1826c414-bd61-5918-9dd3-eaf9bcbc4a47-9547917.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/79\/17\/828x552_cmsv2_1826c414-bd61-5918-9dd3-eaf9bcbc4a47-9547917.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/79\/17\/1080x720_cmsv2_1826c414-bd61-5918-9dd3-eaf9bcbc4a47-9547917.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/79\/17\/1200x800_cmsv2_1826c414-bd61-5918-9dd3-eaf9bcbc4a47-9547917.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/79\/17\/1920x1280_cmsv2_1826c414-bd61-5918-9dd3-eaf9bcbc4a47-9547917.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A volunteer writes inscriptions on the COVID-19 memorial wall in London, 15 October, 2021<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Each life lost is represented by a carefully painted heart that volunteers freshen up on a weekly basis with long-lasting masonry paints.<\/p>\n<p>Created by the campaigning groups COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice and Led by Donkeys, it's now maintained and cherished by a group of volunteers known as The Friends of the Wall.<\/p>\n<p>Culture Minister Fiona Twycross said that the wall is \"a poignant and powerful reminder of the scale of loss of life to the pandemic\" and that it's \"right\" that the pandemic's toll is appropriately remembered.<\/p>\n<p>\"Many families did not have the opportunity to say goodbye to a loved one,\" Twycross said. \"Today, we commit to ensuring that those who died are not forgotten.\"<\/p>\n<p>The Labour Party government also said that a day of reflection will continue to take place annually in March and that it will back new spaces for reflections around the country, including memorial walls.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1989015631048655183\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The UK suffered one of the deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks in Europe. Ministers from the previous Conservative government, including then Prime Minister Boris Johnson, have faced criticism for their actions, particularly the delay to put the country in lockdown in March 2020.<\/p>\n<p>However, other aspects of the country's response, notably in the rollout of vaccines, won praise.<\/p>\n<p>A national inquiry into all aspects of the handling of the pandemic, including the country's preparedness and the government's actions, started two years ago and is expected to run until 2027.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1763056011,"updatedAt":1763057690,"publishedAt":1763057665,"firstPublishedAt":1763057665,"lastPublishedAt":1763057665,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/79\/17\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b9d3d27b-3dce-5406-aef3-05cf14affa2f-9547917.jpg","altText":"A volunteer re-paints a faded heart on the COVID-19 memorial wall in London, 15 October, 2021","caption":"A volunteer re-paints a faded heart on the 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sick man of Europe?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Bleak data from Britain: Is the UK once again the sick man of Europe?","titleListing2":"Bleak data out of Britain: Is the UK once again the sick man of Europe?","leadin":"The label once used to describe the UK\u2019s industrial decline in the 1970s is echoing anew as fresh data show the economy slipping into reverse. A 0.1% contraction in September and weak quarterly growth have revived doubts about Britain\u2019s economic vitality amid global trade headwinds.","summary":"The label once used to describe the UK\u2019s industrial decline in the 1970s is echoing anew as fresh data show the economy slipping into reverse. A 0.1% contraction in September and weak quarterly growth have revived doubts about Britain\u2019s economic vitality amid global trade headwinds.","keySentence":"","url":"bleak-data-out-of-britain-is-the-uk-once-again-the-sick-man-of-europe","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/11\/13\/bleak-data-out-of-britain-is-the-uk-once-again-the-sick-man-of-europe","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The phrase \u201csick man of Europe\u201d has a long, ignoble history \u2014 first applied to the Ottoman Empire to describe the demise of a major economic and political power, later to Britain during stagflation and industrial unrest in the 1970s \u2014 and it is now being whispered again in the corridors of Westminster and the City.\n\nWith fresh figures showing the UK economy unexpectedly shrinking by 0.1% in September and quarterly growth slowing to just 0.1%, the question is resurfacing: is Britain once again losing its economic momentum?\n\n\u201cToday\u2019s GDP release confirms what recent data has hinted at \u2013 the UK economy is struggling to maintain momentum as we head towards year-end,\u201d said Lindsay James, an investment strategist at Quilter.\n\n\u201cMonthly growth has fallen by 0.1%, with August\u2019s figure also downgraded to no growth\u2026 This paints a picture of an economy that started 2025 strongly but is now badly losing steam just as the Chancellor prepares for a pivotal Autumn Budget,\" he continued.\n\nHigh borrowing costs and persistently elevated energy bills have squeezed households and firms, while Brexit red tape and policy flip-flops have put a damper on investment.\n\nAbroad, softer European demand and war-related shocks from ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza have pushed up shipping and insurance costs, complicating trade and adding to fears over US tariffs.\n\nIndustrial output slipped back into contraction in September, held down in part by the cyber-attack that temporarily shut down Jaguar Land Rover production. Manufacturing surveys point to further weakness, and even the services sector \u2014 Britain\u2019s traditional growth engine \u2014 has seen downgrades. Business confidence, already fragile, is showing signs of fraying.\n\nSupporters of the \u201csick man\u201d label point to several indicators: GDP growth has decelerated each quarter this year, unemployment has edged up to 5% and business investment remains tepid.\n\n\u201cThe contraction in September can partly be explained by that debilitating cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover,\u201d said Danni Hewson, head of financial analysis at AJ Bell.\n\n\u201cBut when you strip out population growth the economy simply stalled over the summer. It\u2019s a long way from the bounce the country enjoyed at the start of the year when many companies were front-loading production in order to beat Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs.\"\n\nAt the same time, Labour\u2019s Rachel Reeves faces her most delicate test yet. The Chancellor\u2019s forthcoming Budget must balance fiscal restraint with the promise of growth \u2014 an equation that has stumped governments for decades.\n\n\u201cHer next move will be critical if she is to recover Labour\u2019s economic growth mission and prevent any whispers of a recession looming,\u201d James warned.\n\nAnd while inflation has eased and gilt yields on UK government bonds have retreated from January highs \u2014 giving the Treasury some breathing space \u2014 the prospect of further tax rises still hangs over businesses.\n\n\u201cUncertainty over potential tax rises and persistent rumours of employers being targeted yet again, such as through an ill thought-out attack on DC pension contributions via salary sacrifice, risks snuffling out fragile business confidence and pushing unemployment markedly higher,\u201d James continued.\n\nLofty ambitions that fail to deliver\n\nThat tension between fiscal caution and growth ambition sits at the heart of the debate.\n\n\u201cGrowth was held up by this government as a panacea,\u201d Hewson noted. \u201cBut the sums never seemed to add up, and the chancellor is now faced with the prospect of breaking manifesto commitments and then trying to foster the confidence needed to deliver growth whilst taking billions out of people\u2019s pockets through tax hikes.\u201d\n\nStill, the \u201csick man\u201d narrative may be too harsh.\n\nThe UK\u2019s slowdown mirrors much of Europe, where Germany is barely growing and Italy has stagnated. Britain\u2019s jobless rate remains below the eurozone average, and inflation \u2014 once the worst in the G7 \u2014 has cooled faster than expected.\n\nThe City\u2019s equity markets have also shown resilience, with investors taking solace in falling bond yields and the prospect of a Bank of England rate cut in December.\n\n\u201cInvestors should expect volatility but also remember that UK equities have shown resilience this year, underlining the importance of diversification in uncertain times,\" James concluded.\n\nIf Reeves cannot rekindle business confidence and steer a steady course between fiscal prudence and economic stimulus, the \"sick man\" label might soon stick \u2014 and this time, the UK has fewer reserves left to draw upon than when it was last described in that way.\n\nAccording to Hewson at AJ Bell, \u201c[UK Prime Minister Keir] Starmer and Reeves need to dust themselves off and be ready to sell what are expected to be uncomfortable decisions to the country if they want to prevent more months of negative growth.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The phrase \u201csick man of Europe\u201d has a long, ignoble history \u2014 first applied to the Ottoman Empire to describe the demise of a major economic and political power, later to Britain during stagflation and industrial unrest in the 1970s \u2014 and it is now being whispered again in the corridors of Westminster and the City. <\/p>\n<p>With fresh figures showing the UK economy unexpectedly shrinking by 0.1% in September and quarterly growth slowing to just 0.1%, the question is resurfacing: is Britain once again losing its economic momentum?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s GDP release confirms what recent data has hinted at \u2013 the UK economy is struggling to maintain momentum as we head towards year-end,\u201d said Lindsay James, an investment strategist at Quilter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMonthly growth has fallen by 0.1%, with August\u2019s figure also downgraded to no growth\u2026 This paints a picture of an economy that started 2025 strongly but is now badly losing steam just as the Chancellor prepares for a pivotal Autumn Budget,\" he continued.<\/p>\n<p>High borrowing costs and persistently elevated energy bills have squeezed households and firms, while Brexit red tape and policy flip-flops have put a damper on investment.<\/p>\n<p>Abroad, softer European demand and war-related shocks from ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza have pushed up shipping and insurance costs, complicating trade and adding to fears over US tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Industrial output slipped back into contraction in September, held down in part by the cyber-attack that temporarily shut down Jaguar Land Rover production. Manufacturing surveys point to further weakness, and even the services sector \u2014 Britain\u2019s traditional growth engine \u2014 has seen downgrades. Business confidence, already fragile, is showing signs of fraying.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//11//08//casual-is-the-new-corporate-uk-offices-redefine-workwear-norms/">Casual is the new corporate: UK offices redefine workwear norms<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//11//07//swiss-firm-gunvor-drops-plan-to-buy-lukoil-assets-after-us-resistance/">Swiss firm Gunvor drops plan to buy Lukoil assets after US resistance<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Supporters of the \u201csick man\u201d label point to several indicators: GDP growth has decelerated each quarter this year, unemployment has edged up to 5% and business investment remains tepid. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe contraction in September can partly be explained by that debilitating cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover,\u201d said Danni Hewson, head of financial analysis at AJ Bell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when you strip out population growth the economy simply stalled over the summer. It\u2019s a long way from the bounce the country enjoyed at the start of the year when many companies were front-loading production in order to beat Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs.\" <\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Labour\u2019s Rachel Reeves faces her most delicate test yet. The Chancellor\u2019s forthcoming Budget must balance fiscal restraint with the promise of growth \u2014 an equation that has stumped governments for decades. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer next move will be critical if she is to recover Labour\u2019s economic growth mission and prevent any whispers of a recession looming,\u201d James warned.<\/p>\n<p>And while inflation has eased and gilt yields on UK government bonds have retreated from January highs \u2014 giving the Treasury some breathing space \u2014 the prospect of further tax rises still hangs over businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUncertainty over potential tax rises and persistent rumours of employers being targeted yet again, such as through an ill thought-out attack on DC pension contributions via salary sacrifice, risks snuffling out fragile business confidence and pushing unemployment markedly higher,\u201d James continued.<\/p>\n<h2>Lofty ambitions that fail to deliver<\/h2>\n<p>That tension between fiscal caution and growth ambition sits at the heart of the debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowth was held up by this government as a panacea,\u201d Hewson noted. \u201cBut the sums never seemed to add up, and the chancellor is now faced with the prospect of breaking manifesto commitments and then trying to foster the confidence needed to deliver growth whilst taking billions out of people\u2019s pockets through tax hikes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, the \u201csick man\u201d narrative may be too harsh. <\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s slowdown mirrors much of Europe, where Germany is barely growing and Italy has stagnated. Britain\u2019s jobless rate remains below the eurozone average, and inflation \u2014 once the worst in the G7 \u2014 has cooled faster than expected. <\/p>\n<p>The City\u2019s equity markets have also shown resilience, with investors taking solace in falling bond yields and the prospect of a Bank of England rate cut in December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestors should expect volatility but also remember that UK equities have shown resilience this year, underlining the importance of diversification in uncertain times,\" James concluded.<\/p>\n<p>If Reeves cannot rekindle business confidence and steer a steady course between fiscal prudence and economic stimulus, the \"sick man\" label might soon stick \u2014 and this time, the UK has fewer reserves left to draw upon than when it was last described in that way.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hewson at AJ Bell, \u201c[UK Prime Minister Keir] Starmer and Reeves need to dust themselves off and be ready to sell what are expected to be uncomfortable decisions to the country if they want to prevent more months of negative growth.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1763025539,"updatedAt":1763046266,"publishedAt":1763034608,"firstPublishedAt":1763034608,"lastPublishedAt":1763046265,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/70\/10\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b05ea516-926f-565e-8184-85b82111749e-9547010.jpg","altText":"FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, center. with faith leaders ahead of a roundtable discussion and reception in number 10 Downing Street. 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","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Order of the Hyphen: Former Prince Andrew's name settled by palace","titleListing2":"Order of the Hyphen: Former Prince Andrew's new name settled by Buckingham Palace ","leadin":"The new moniker combines the royal family's name, Windsor, chosen by King George V in 1917, with Mountbatten, the surname of Andrew's late father, Prince Philip.","summary":"The new moniker combines the royal family's name, Windsor, chosen by King George V in 1917, with Mountbatten, the surname of Andrew's late father, Prince Philip.","keySentence":"","url":"order-of-the-hyphen-former-prince-andrews-new-name-settled-by-buckingham-palace","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/11\/12\/order-of-the-hyphen-former-prince-andrews-new-name-settled-by-buckingham-palace","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The UK's former Prince Andrew may have lost his title, his house and assets granted by the Crown along with his reputation after his connection with disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein came to light, but on Wednesday he gained something.\n\nAnd that something was a hyphen to his new name.\n\nThe disgraced royal will from now be known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and not, as was previously announced, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.\n\nThe change makes the name's style conform to the double-barrelled surname adopted by his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, \u00a0for her descendants 65 years ago.\n\nIt combines the royal family's name, Windsor, chosen by King George V in 1917, with Mountbatten, the surname of the queen's late husband and Andrew's father, Prince Philip.\n\nThe queen had initially decided to use Windsor alone, leading her husband to complain that he was the only man in England not allowed to give his children his name.\n\nElizabeth relented and in an official declaration on 8 February 1960, just days before Andrew was born, said: \"My descendants other than descendants enjoying the style title or attribute of Royal Highness and the titular dignity of Prince or Princess and female descendants who marry and their descendants shall bear the name of Mountbatten-Windsor.\"\n\nThe hyphen has been added after palace officials studied the 1960 declaration.\n\nKing Charles announced on 30 October that he was removing his brother's titles and evicting him from his royal residence near Windsor Castle over his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.\n\nPressure had been growing on the palace to oust the 65-year-old prince from his Royal Lodge home over new revelations about his friendship with Epstein and renewed attention on sexual abuse allegations by one of Epstein\u2019s victims, Virginia Giuffre, whose posthumous memoir was published last month.\n\nMountbatten-Windsor was accused by Giuffre of sexual assault on the infamous Little Saint James island in the US Virgin Islands, which Epstein privately owned.\n\nGiuffre, who died by suicide in April earlier this year, says she was forced by Epstein and his partner, Ghislaine Maxwell, to perform multiple sexual encounters with Andrew, against her will.\n\nMountbatten-Windsor was also personally named in new evidence made public late in September, where a flight log was recorded in one of the books Epstein and Maxwell kept, where he was scheduled to visit New York, Epstein and Maxwell\u2019s city of residence, in May 2000.\n\nOn Thursday, he was also asked by lawmakers in the United States to appear before Congress to testify over his ties with Epstein.\n\nAt least 16 Democratic lawmakers signed a letter addressed to Mr Mountbatten-Windsor to participate in a \"transcribed interview\" with the House of Representatives oversight committee's investigation into Epstein.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The UK's former Prince Andrew may have lost his title, his house and assets granted by the Crown along with his reputation after his connection with disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein came to light, but on Wednesday he gained something.<\/p>\n<p>And that something was a hyphen to his new name. <\/p>\n<p>The disgraced royal will from now be known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and not, as was previously announced, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.<\/p>\n<p>The change makes the name's style conform to the double-barrelled surname adopted by his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, for her descendants 65 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>It combines the royal family's name, Windsor, chosen by King George V in 1917, with Mountbatten, the surname of the queen's late husband and Andrew's father, Prince Philip.<\/p>\n<p>The queen had initially decided to use Windsor alone, leading her husband to complain that he was the only man in England not allowed to give his children his name.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//54//65//12//808x539_cmsv2_86ab0896-e3db-5ceb-b469-449019077f6f-9546512.jpg/" alt=\"Prince Andrew and King Charles leave after the Requiem Mass service for the Duchess of Kent at Westminster Cathedral in London, 16 September, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/65\/12\/384x256_cmsv2_86ab0896-e3db-5ceb-b469-449019077f6f-9546512.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/65\/12\/640x427_cmsv2_86ab0896-e3db-5ceb-b469-449019077f6f-9546512.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/65\/12\/750x500_cmsv2_86ab0896-e3db-5ceb-b469-449019077f6f-9546512.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/65\/12\/828x552_cmsv2_86ab0896-e3db-5ceb-b469-449019077f6f-9546512.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/65\/12\/1080x720_cmsv2_86ab0896-e3db-5ceb-b469-449019077f6f-9546512.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/65\/12\/1200x800_cmsv2_86ab0896-e3db-5ceb-b469-449019077f6f-9546512.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/65\/12\/1920x1280_cmsv2_86ab0896-e3db-5ceb-b469-449019077f6f-9546512.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Prince Andrew and King Charles leave after the Requiem Mass service for the Duchess of Kent at Westminster Cathedral in London, 16 September, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Elizabeth relented and in an official declaration on 8 February 1960, just days before Andrew was born, said: \"My descendants other than descendants enjoying the style title or attribute of Royal Highness and the titular dignity of Prince or Princess and female descendants who marry and their descendants shall bear the name of Mountbatten-Windsor.\"<\/p>\n<p>The hyphen has been added after palace officials studied the 1960 declaration.<\/p>\n<p>King Charles announced on 30 October that he was removing his brother's titles and evicting him from his royal residence near Windsor Castle over his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>Pressure had been growing on the palace to oust the 65-year-old prince from his Royal Lodge home over new revelations about his friendship with Epstein and renewed attention on sexual abuse allegations by one of Epstein\u2019s victims, Virginia Giuffre, whose posthumous memoir was published last month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//06//andrew-mountbatten-windsor-no-longer-a-prince-after-king-formally-removes-title/">Andrew Mountbatten Windsor no longer a prince after king formally removes title<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//30//prince-andrew-to-lose-prince-title-and-move-out-of-royal-lodge-buckingham-palace-says/">Prince Andrew to lose 'prince' title and move out of Royal Lodge, Buckingham Palace says<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Mountbatten-Windsor was accused by Giuffre of sexual assault on the infamous Little Saint James island in the US Virgin Islands, which Epstein privately owned.<\/p>\n<p>Giuffre, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//04//26//virginia-giuffre-accuser-of-prince-andrew-jeffrey-epstein-dies-by-suicide-aged-41/">who died by suicide<\/a> in April earlier this year, says she was forced by Epstein and his partner, Ghislaine Maxwell, to perform multiple sexual encounters with Andrew, against her will.<\/p>\n<p>Mountbatten-Windsor was also <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//09//27//elon-musk-and-prince-andrew-named-in-latest-files-related-to-convicted-sex-offender-jeffre/">personally named<\/a> in new evidence made public late in September, where a flight log was recorded in one of the books Epstein and Maxwell kept, where he was scheduled to visit New York, Epstein and Maxwell\u2019s city of residence, in May 2000.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, he was also asked by lawmakers in the United States to appear before Congress to testify over his ties with Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>At least 16 Democratic lawmakers signed a letter addressed to Mr Mountbatten-Windsor to participate in a \"transcribed interview\" with the House of Representatives oversight committee's investigation into Epstein.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762973152,"updatedAt":1762978150,"publishedAt":1762978123,"firstPublishedAt":1762978123,"lastPublishedAt":1762978123,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/65\/12\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c452b3b2-405e-5fc7-9d29-55e279fa5fb8-9546512.jpg","altText":"Prince Andrew leaves Westminster Abbey following the coronation ceremony of King Charles and Queen Camilla, 6 May, 2023","caption":"Prince Andrew leaves Westminster Abbey following the coronation ceremony of King Charles and Queen Camilla, 6 May, 2023","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":291,"urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United 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health secretary denies plot to oust embattled PM Keir Starmer","titleListing2":"UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting denies plotting to oust embattled PM Keir Starmer","leadin":"Since taking office, Starmer has struggled to deliver his flagship promise of economic growth, with figures released on Tuesday showing that unemployment had risen from 4.8% to 5%.","summary":"Since taking office, Starmer has struggled to deliver his flagship promise of economic growth, with figures released on Tuesday showing that unemployment had risen from 4.8% to 5%.","keySentence":"","url":"uk-health-secretary-wes-streeting-denies-plotting-to-oust-embattled-pm-keir-starmer","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/11\/12\/uk-health-secretary-wes-streeting-denies-plotting-to-oust-embattled-pm-keir-starmer","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A senior British cabinet minister has denied that he is plotting against Prime Minister Keir Starmer, describing the rumours from inside No 10 Downing Street as \"self-defeating and self-destructive.\"\n\nHealth Secretary Wes Streeting responded to recent media briefings from Starmer allies on Wednesday that he could soon launch a leadership challenge against the prime minister, who has struggled since being elected in July last year.\n\nClose supporters of the British leader had warned that such a move would be \"reckless,\" and would have consequences for the country's economy and international standing.\n\nStarmer, whose centre-left Labour party is trailing far behind the anti-immigration Reform UK in the polls, would fight off any attempt to oust him, the British media was told.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC on Wednesday, Streeting, a 42-year-old widely tipped as a future Labour Party leader, said that Starmer should fire those responsible for the briefings.\n\nStreeting described the culture in No 10 as \"toxic,\" saying that some of the people around Starmer \"do not follow his model and style of leadership.\"\n\n\"I don't understand how anyone thinks it's helpful to the prime minister\u2026to suggest that he's fighting for his job,\" Streeting told Sky News.\n\nOther politicians who have been mentioned as potential leaders by the British press include the former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, the new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and the Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.\n\nAmid the speculation of a possible leadership challenge, the cost of British government borrowing increased as UK gilts dropped in value.\n\nSince taking office, Starmer has struggled to deliver his flagship promise of economic growth, with figures released on Tuesday showing that unemployment had risen from 4.8% to 5%.\n\nUnder party rules, a Labour politician can challenge the current leader if they have the support of at least one in five of their colleagues.\n\nAs Labour won a landslide election victory last year, a would-be challenger would currently need the backing of 81 MPs to take on Starmer.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A senior British cabinet minister has denied that he is plotting against Prime Minister Keir Starmer, describing the rumours from inside No 10 Downing Street as \"self-defeating and self-destructive.\"<\/p>\n<p>Health Secretary Wes Streeting responded to recent media briefings from Starmer allies on Wednesday that he could soon launch a leadership challenge against the prime minister, who has struggled since being elected in July last year. <\/p>\n<p>Close supporters of the British leader had warned that such a move would be \"reckless,\" and would have consequences for the country's economy and international standing. <\/p>\n<p>Starmer, whose centre-left Labour party is trailing far behind the anti-immigration Reform UK in the polls, would fight off any attempt to oust him, the British media was told. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the BBC on Wednesday, Streeting, a 42-year-old widely tipped as a future Labour Party leader, said that Starmer should fire those responsible for the briefings. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//54//57//00//808x539_cmsv2_5e04a907-5620-5770-b030-db305a9f1915-9545700.jpg/" alt=\"Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, 12 November, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/57\/00\/384x256_cmsv2_5e04a907-5620-5770-b030-db305a9f1915-9545700.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/57\/00\/640x427_cmsv2_5e04a907-5620-5770-b030-db305a9f1915-9545700.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/57\/00\/750x500_cmsv2_5e04a907-5620-5770-b030-db305a9f1915-9545700.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/57\/00\/828x552_cmsv2_5e04a907-5620-5770-b030-db305a9f1915-9545700.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/57\/00\/1080x720_cmsv2_5e04a907-5620-5770-b030-db305a9f1915-9545700.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/57\/00\/1200x800_cmsv2_5e04a907-5620-5770-b030-db305a9f1915-9545700.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/57\/00\/1920x1280_cmsv2_5e04a907-5620-5770-b030-db305a9f1915-9545700.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, 12 November, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Streeting described the culture in No 10 as \"toxic,\" saying that some of the people around Starmer \"do not follow his model and style of leadership.\" <\/p>\n<p>\"I don't understand how anyone thinks it's helpful to the prime minister\u2026to suggest that he's fighting for his job,\" Streeting told Sky News.<\/p>\n<p>Other politicians who have been mentioned as potential leaders by the British press include the former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, the new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and the Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the speculation of a possible leadership challenge, the cost of British government borrowing increased as UK gilts dropped in value. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//27//turkey-and-the-united-kingdom-sign-9-billion-deal-to-purchase-20-eurofighter-jets/">Turkey and the United Kingdom sign \u20ac9 billion deal to purchase 20 Eurofighter jets<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//09//30//britains-pm-keir-starmer-accuses-nigel-farage-of-trying-to-divide-uk-at-labour-conference/">Britain's PM Keir Starmer accuses Nigel Farage of trying to divide UK at Labour conference<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Since taking office, Starmer has struggled to deliver his flagship promise of economic growth, with figures released on Tuesday showing that unemployment had risen from 4.8% to 5%. <\/p>\n<p>Under party rules, a Labour politician can challenge the current leader if they have the support of at least one in five of their colleagues. <\/p>\n<p>As Labour won a landslide election victory last year, a would-be challenger would currently need the backing of 81 MPs to take on Starmer. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762943683,"updatedAt":1762971128,"publishedAt":1762949443,"firstPublishedAt":1762949443,"lastPublishedAt":1762949443,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/57\/00\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f1b98b80-401f-5113-ac27-12993b88028f-9545700.jpg","altText":"Britain's Heath Secretary Wes Streeting gestures as he speaks during the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, 30 September, 2025","caption":"Britain's Heath Secretary Wes Streeting gestures as he speaks during the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, 30 September, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. 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2022","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"UK pledges \u00a3850 million to boost global health, down 15% from 2022","titleListing2":"UK pledges \u00a3850 million to fight malaria, tuberculosis, and AIDS, down 15% from 2022","leadin":"The UK\u2019s diminished pledge comes amid cuts to global health from other major donors.","summary":"The UK\u2019s diminished pledge comes amid cuts to global health from other major donors.","keySentence":"","url":"uk-pledges-850-million-to-fight-malaria-tuberculosis-and-aids-down-15-from-2022","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2025\/11\/12\/uk-pledges-850-million-to-fight-malaria-tuberculosis-and-aids-down-15-from-2022","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The United Kingdom said it will invest \u00a3850 million (\u20ac966 million) in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria \u2013 15 per cent less than its last pledge amid broader cuts to global health funding.\n\nOver the next three years, the money will help fund the work of the 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And it comes as major donors across the globe, including the United States and wealthy European countries, slash global health funding.\n\nAdvocacy groups had expected cuts of up to \u00a3200 million (\u20ac227 million), or 20 per cent, from the UK, and said they welcomed the \u00a3850 million pledge.\n\nBut they warned that the UK\u2019s cuts will have serious consequences in countries that rely on the Global Fund\u2019s programmes, which have been credited with reducing the combined death rate from AIDS, TB, and malaria by 63 per cent since 2002.\u00a0\n\n\u201cAs with other cuts, this impact will quickly be felt on the ground through lives lost, millions of new infections and weakened health defences,\u201d said Katie Husselby, network director for the UK-based Action for Global Health.\n\nGideon Rabinowitz, policy and advocacy director at the UK nonprofit umbrella group Bond, said the cuts will also risk people\u2019s health closer to home.\n\n\u201cOur ability to respond to future health threats, including pandemics, will also be weakened,\u201d Rabinowitz said.\n\nThe UK\u2019s announcement comes at an awkward time. Later this month, it will co-host a meeting with South Africa to replenish the Global Fund\u2019s coffers through 2028. Bond said this is the first time a host country has ever reduced its pledge.\n\nThe Global Fund aims to raise $18 billion, which it says could save an estimated 23 million lives between 2027 and 2029.\n\nThe UK\u2019s investment could save up to 1.3 million lives, according to UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper.\n\n\u201cThe UK's new support for the Global Fund is an investment in our shared security and prosperity,\u201d Cooper said, adding that \u201cno nation can tackle global health threats alone\u201d.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The United Kingdom said it will invest \u00a3850 million (\u20ac966 million) in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria \u2013 15 per cent less than its last pledge amid broader cuts to global health funding.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next three years, the money will help fund the work of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, known as the Global Fund, which is one of the biggest organisations working to eliminate these deadly diseases worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The commitment is down from \u00a31 billion (\u20ac1.1 billion) in 2022 and \u00a31.46 billion (\u20ac1.67 billion) in 2019, as the UK shifts its priorities away from foreign aid and toward defence. And it comes as major donors across the globe, including the United States and wealthy European countries, slash global health funding.<\/p>\n<p>Advocacy groups had expected cuts of up to \u00a3200 million (\u20ac227 million), or 20 per cent, from the UK, and said they welcomed the \u00a3850 million pledge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//03//07//utterly-devastating-global-health-groups-left-reeling-as-european-countries-slash-foreign-/">/u2018Utterly devastating\u2019: Global health groups left reeling as European countries slash foreign aid<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>But they warned that the UK\u2019s cuts will have serious consequences in countries that rely on the Global Fund\u2019s programmes, which have been credited with reducing the combined death rate from AIDS, TB, and malaria by 63 per cent since 2002. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs with other cuts, this impact will quickly be felt on the ground through lives lost, millions of new infections and weakened health defences,\u201d said Katie Husselby, network director for the UK-based Action for Global Health.<\/p>\n<p>Gideon Rabinowitz, policy and advocacy director at the UK nonprofit umbrella group Bond, said the cuts will also risk people\u2019s health closer to home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur ability to respond to future health threats, including pandemics, will also be weakened,\u201d Rabinowitz said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//09//10//eu-health-agenda-goes-global-in-von-der-leyens-address/">EU health agenda goes global in von der Leyen\u2019s address <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The UK\u2019s announcement comes at an awkward time. Later this month, it will co-host a meeting with South Africa to replenish the Global Fund\u2019s coffers through 2028. Bond said this is the first time a host country has ever reduced its pledge.<\/p>\n<p>The Global Fund aims to raise $18 billion, which it says could save an estimated 23 million lives between 2027 and 2029.<\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s investment could save up to 1.3 million lives, according to UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UK's new support for the Global Fund is an investment in our shared security and prosperity,\u201d Cooper said, adding that \u201cno nation can tackle global health threats alone\u201d.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762944577,"updatedAt":1762963895,"publishedAt":1762945462,"firstPublishedAt":1762945462,"lastPublishedAt":1762963893,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/57\/06\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_25ec161b-168f-5531-bb70-e60ffd089c2a-9545706.jpg","altText":"A health worker shows a bottle of the malaria vaccine at a health centre in Yenagoa, Nigeria, on Dec. 9, 2024.","caption":"A health worker 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scam","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Chinese fraudster jailed in the UK over multi-billion crypto scam","titleListing2":"Chinese fugitive fraudster jailed in the UK over multi-billion crypto scam","leadin":"Zhimin Qian, 47, defrauded more than 128,000 victims in China before trying to launder the illegal cryptocurrency proceeds by buying property in the UK.","summary":"Zhimin Qian, 47, defrauded more than 128,000 victims in China before trying to launder the illegal cryptocurrency proceeds by buying property in the UK.","keySentence":"","url":"chinese-fugitive-fraudster-jailed-in-the-uk-over-multi-billion-crypto-scam","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/11\/11\/chinese-fugitive-fraudster-jailed-in-the-uk-over-multi-billion-crypto-scam","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A Chinese woman was jailed in the UK on Tuesday for more than 11 years for masterminding a bitcoin scam worth more than 5 billion pounds (\u20ac5.6 billion).\n\nZhimin Qian, also known as Yadi Zhang, pleaded guilty in September to illegally acquiring and possessing the cryptocurrency.\n\nHer guilty plea followed a seven-year probe into global money laundering. The 47-year-old orchestrated a large-scale fraud in China between 2014 and 2017 by deceiving more than 128,000 victims and storing the stolen funds in bitcoin assets.\n\nQian then fled China, using false documents, and entered the UK, where she attempted to launder the illegal proceeds by purchasing property in late 2018. She was arrested last year after spending nearly six years on the run, according to British authorities.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police seized a total of 61,000 bitcoins from Qian, which it has described as the single largest confirmed cryptocurrency seizure in the world.\n\nWhen she was convicted in September, the bitcoin stash was worth \u20ac6.3 billion. It is now valued at about \u20ac5.6 billion.\n\nOn Tuesday, Qian was sentenced to 11 years and eight months in prison at London's Southwark Crown Court.\n\n\"You were the architect of this offending from its inception to its conclusion,\" said Judge Sally-Ann Hales. \"The scale of your money laundering is unprecedented. Your motive was one of pure greed.\"\n\nQian's accomplice, 47-year-old Malaysian national Seng Hok Ling, was jailed for four years and 11 months after pleading guilty to transferring criminal property.\n\nAnother Chinese woman, 43-year-old Jian Wen, was convicted last year for her role in the bitcoin fraud. Wen was jailed for six years and eight months.\n\n\"There is no doubt this is one of the largest and most complex economic crime investigations we have ever undertaken,\" said Will Lyne, the Metropolitan Police's head of economic and cybercrime command.\n\n\"Organised crime groups are using cryptocurrency to move, hide, and invest the profits of serious crime \u2014 but every crypto transaction leaves a trace,\" he added. \"Our message is clear \u2014 criminal assets are not safe in the UK.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A Chinese woman was jailed in the UK on Tuesday for more than 11 years for masterminding a bitcoin scam worth more than 5 billion pounds (\u20ac5.6 billion).<\/p>\n<p>Zhimin Qian, also known as Yadi Zhang, pleaded guilty in September to illegally acquiring and possessing the cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>Her guilty plea followed a seven-year probe into global money laundering. The 47-year-old orchestrated a large-scale fraud in China between 2014 and 2017 by deceiving more than 128,000 victims and storing the stolen funds in bitcoin assets.<\/p>\n<p>Qian then fled China, using false documents, and entered the UK, where she attempted to launder the illegal proceeds by purchasing property in late 2018. She was arrested last year after spending nearly six years on the run, according to British authorities. <\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Police seized a total of 61,000 bitcoins from Qian, which it has described as the single largest confirmed cryptocurrency seizure in the world. <\/p>\n<p>When she was convicted in September, the bitcoin stash was worth \u20ac6.3 billion. It is now valued at about \u20ac5.6 billion. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//10//31//kazakhstan-closes-130-crypto-platforms-in-shadow-economy-crackdown/">Kazakhstan closes 130 crypto platforms in shadow economy crackdown<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//05//27//french-police-detain-twenty-suspects-over-cryptocurrency-kidnappings/">French police detain twenty suspects over cryptocurrency kidnappings<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>On Tuesday, Qian was sentenced to 11 years and eight months in prison at London's Southwark Crown Court.<\/p>\n<p>\"You were the architect of this offending from its inception to its conclusion,\" said Judge Sally-Ann Hales. \"The scale of your money laundering is unprecedented. Your motive was one of pure greed.\"<\/p>\n<p>Qian's accomplice, 47-year-old Malaysian national Seng Hok Ling, was jailed for four years and 11 months after pleading guilty to transferring criminal property.<\/p>\n<p>Another Chinese woman, 43-year-old Jian Wen, was convicted last year for her role in the bitcoin fraud. Wen was jailed for six years and eight months.<\/p>\n<p>\"There is no doubt this is one of the largest and most complex economic crime investigations we have ever undertaken,\" said Will Lyne, the Metropolitan Police's head of economic and cybercrime command.<\/p>\n<p>\"Organised crime groups are using cryptocurrency to move, hide, and invest the profits of serious crime \u2014 but every crypto transaction leaves a trace,\" he added. \"Our message is clear \u2014 criminal assets are not safe in the UK.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762876335,"updatedAt":1762879244,"publishedAt":1762879218,"firstPublishedAt":1762879218,"lastPublishedAt":1762879218,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/48\/64\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d5268980-882b-5e8f-bc74-ce5bb733f512-9544864.jpg","altText":"Zhimin Qian aka Yadi Zhang ","caption":"Zhimin Qian aka Yadi Zhang ","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Metropolitan Police","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1365,"height":768}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3238,"urlSafeValue":"guilbert","title":"Kieran Guilbert","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":12679,"slug":"bitcoin","urlSafeValue":"bitcoin","title":"Bitcoin","titleRaw":"Bitcoin"},{"id":7800,"slug":"united-kingdom","urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United Kingdom","titleRaw":"United Kingdom"},{"id":12415,"slug":"fraud","urlSafeValue":"fraud","title":"Fraud","titleRaw":"Fraud"},{"id":12203,"slug":"prison-sentence","urlSafeValue":"prison-sentence","title":"Prison Sentence","titleRaw":"Prison Sentence"},{"id":311,"slug":"china","urlSafeValue":"china","title":"China","titleRaw":"China"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2817595},{"id":2845970}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"Europe"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"},{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":291,"urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United Kingdom","url":"\/news\/europe\/united-kingdom"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/11\/11\/chinese-fugitive-fraudster-jailed-in-the-uk-over-multi-billion-crypto-scam","lastModified":1762879218},{"id":2840350,"cid":9521218,"versionId":3,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":1,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"FO - 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Event Director Chris Carter-Chapman highlighted rising demand for slow, experiential travel.\u00a0\n\nGreece promoted its \u201cslow living\u201d lifestyle, while France unveiled plans for the 2027 \u201cYear of the Normans.\u201d Egypt showcased the Grand Egyptian Museum, and Japan emphasised value and culinary diversity.\u00a0\n\nSustainability was central, with destinations aiming to attract respectful, year-round travellers while ensuring lasting economic and environmental balance.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>World Travel Market London 2025 gathered over 5,000 exhibitors and 45,000 visitors at ExCel London. Event Director Chris Carter-Chapman highlighted rising demand for slow, experiential travel. <\/p>\n<p>Greece promoted its \u201cslow living\u201d lifestyle, while France unveiled plans for the 2027 \u201cYear of the Normans.\u201d Egypt showcased the Grand Egyptian Museum, and Japan emphasised value and culinary diversity. <\/p>\n<p>Sustainability was central, with destinations aiming to attract respectful, year-round travellers while ensuring lasting economic and environmental balance.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1761054347,"updatedAt":1765995053,"publishedAt":1762800627,"firstPublishedAt":1762800627,"lastPublishedAt":1765995052,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/29\/75\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_9c1f1f34-e681-5653-b0f2-b8851647cf41-9542975.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Euronews","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[{"id":2188,"urlSafeValue":"brown-h","title":"Hannah Brown","twitter":"@hannahdingbrown"}],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":4221,"slug":"tourism","urlSafeValue":"tourism","title":"Tourism","titleRaw":"Tourism"},{"id":12639,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel","titleRaw":"Travel"},{"id":8721,"slug":"show","urlSafeValue":"show","title":"Show","titleRaw":"Show"},{"id":481,"slug":"london","urlSafeValue":"london","title":"London","titleRaw":"London"}],"widgets":[],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"EJy_qRp9WJo","dailymotionId":"x9vwmhy"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/ED\/31\/97\/08\/09\/ED_PYR_3197089_20251217175848.mp4","editor":"","duration":300000,"filesizeBytes":42456545,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/31\/97\/08\/09\/SHD_PYR_3197089_20251217175848.mp4","editor":"","duration":300000,"filesizeBytes":65382886,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/FHD\/31\/97\/08\/09\/FHD_PYR_3197089_20251217175848.mp4","editor":"","duration":300000,"filesizeBytes":230411760,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"focus","urlSafeValue":"focus","title":"Focus","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/focus"},"season":"FOCUS_S06","episode":"S06E21 - WORLD_TRAVEL_MARKET","episodeId":"1036","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":291,"urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United Kingdom","url":"\/news\/europe\/united-kingdom"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/11\/10\/wtm-london-2025-highlights-global-travel-trends-from-slow-tourism-and-culture-to-sustainab","lastModified":1765995052},{"id":2845455,"cid":9543289,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"TRUMP THREATENS SUE BBC","daletPyramidId":3259605,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"BBC receives letter from Donald Trump threatening legal action over edited speech","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"BBC receives Trump letter threatening legal action over edited speech","titleListing2":"BBC receives letter from US President Donald Trump threatening legal action over edited speech","leadin":"The controversy surrounding what the BBC has called an \"error of judgement\" led Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness to resign on Sunday.","summary":"The controversy surrounding what the BBC has called an \"error of judgement\" led Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness to resign on Sunday.","keySentence":"","url":"bbc-receives-letter-from-donald-trump-threatening-legal-action-over-edited-speech","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/11\/10\/bbc-receives-letter-from-donald-trump-threatening-legal-action-over-edited-speech","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The BBC confirmed on Monday that it has received a letter from US President Donald Trump threatening legal action after the broadcaster aired an edited speech in which he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol riots in January 2021.\n\nThe controversy surrounding what the BBC has called an \"error of judgement\" led Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness to resign on Sunday.\n\nThe episode of the flagship current affairs programme \"Panorama\" showed a spliced-together clip from a January 2021 speech in which Trump claimed the 2020 presidential election had been rigged.\n\nTrump is shown saying, \"We're going to walk down to the Capitol and I'll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell.\"\n\nTrump used the phrase \"fight like hell\" toward the end of the speech, but without referring to the Capitol.\n\n\"We fight like hell. And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore,\" Trump said.\n\nThe hour-long documentary, entitled Trump: A Second Chance?, was broadcast days before the 2024 US presidential election.\n\nIt spliced together three quotes from two sections of the 2021 speech, delivered almost an hour apart, into what appeared to be one quote.\n\nAmong the parts cut out was a section where Trump said he wanted supporters to demonstrate peacefully.\n\nIn a letter to the UK parliament's culture, media and sport committee, BBC chairman Samir Shah said the purpose of editing Trump's words was \"to convey the message of the speech\" so viewers could understand how Trump's supporters received it and what was happening on the ground.\n\nHe said the programme had not attracted \"significant audience feedback\" when it first aired but had drawn more than 500 complaints since a dossier on standards and guidelines was made public.\n\nShah said the BBC has received communication from Trump and is \"considering how to reply.\"\n\nIn a resignation letter to staff, Davie said: \"There have been some mistakes made and as director-general I have to take ultimate responsibility.\"\n\nTurness said the controversy was damaging the BBC and she quit \"because the buck stops with me.\"\n\nTurness defended the organisation's journalists against allegations of bias.\n\n\"Our journalists are hardworking people who strive for impartiality, and I will stand by their journalism,\" she said Monday. \"There is no institutional bias. Mistakes are made but there\u2019s no institutional bias.\"\n\nTrump posted a link to a Daily Telegraph story about the speech-editing on his Truth Social network, thanking the newspaper \"for exposing these corrupt 'journalists'. These are very dishonest people who tried to step on the scales of a presidential election.\"\n\nNational institution\n\nThe 103-year-old BBC faces greater scrutiny than other broadcasters and criticism from its commercial rivals because of its status as a national public service funded through an annual licence fee of \u00a3174.50 (\u20ac198.72) paid by all households that watch live TV or any BBC content.\n\nThe broadcaster is bound by the terms of its charter to be impartial and critics are quick to point out when they think it has failed.\n\nIt is frequently a political football, with conservatives seeing a leftist slant in its news output and some liberals accusing it of having a conservative bias.\n\nIt has also been criticised from all angles over its coverage of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.\n\nIn February, the BBC removed a\u00a0documentary about the Strip\u00a0from its streaming service after it emerged that the child narrator was the son of an official in the Hamas-led government.\n\nGovernments of both left and right have long been accused of meddling with the broadcaster, which is overseen by a board that includes both BBC nominees and government appointees.\n\nSome defenders of the BBC allege that members of the board appointed under previous Conservative governments have been undermining the corporation from within.\n\nUK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokesperson Tom Wells said the centre-left Labour Party government supports \"a strong, independent BBC\" and does not think the broadcaster is biased.\n\n\"But it is important that the BBC acts to maintain trust and corrects mistakes quickly when they occur,\" he said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The BBC confirmed on Monday that it has received a letter from US President Donald Trump threatening legal action after the broadcaster aired an edited speech in which he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol riots in January 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy surrounding what the BBC has called an \"error of judgement\" led Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness to resign on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The episode of the flagship current affairs programme \"Panorama\" showed a spliced-together clip from a January 2021 speech in which Trump claimed the 2020 presidential election had been rigged.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is shown saying, \"We're going to walk down to the Capitol and I'll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell.\"<\/p>\n<p>Trump used the phrase \"fight like hell\" toward the end of the speech, but without referring to the Capitol.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//54//32//89//808x539_cmsv2_9d4b88b8-26e1-5abd-84de-decace7da8a6-9543289.jpg/" alt=\"US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the Electoral College certification of Joe Biden's win in Washington, 6 January, 2021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/384x256_cmsv2_9d4b88b8-26e1-5abd-84de-decace7da8a6-9543289.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/640x426_cmsv2_9d4b88b8-26e1-5abd-84de-decace7da8a6-9543289.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/750x500_cmsv2_9d4b88b8-26e1-5abd-84de-decace7da8a6-9543289.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/828x551_cmsv2_9d4b88b8-26e1-5abd-84de-decace7da8a6-9543289.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/1080x719_cmsv2_9d4b88b8-26e1-5abd-84de-decace7da8a6-9543289.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/1200x799_cmsv2_9d4b88b8-26e1-5abd-84de-decace7da8a6-9543289.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/1920x1279_cmsv2_9d4b88b8-26e1-5abd-84de-decace7da8a6-9543289.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the Electoral College certification of Joe Biden's win in Washington, 6 January, 2021<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"We fight like hell. And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore,\" Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>The hour-long documentary, entitled Trump: A Second Chance?, was broadcast days before the 2024 US presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>It spliced together three quotes from two sections of the 2021 speech, delivered almost an hour apart, into what appeared to be one quote.<\/p>\n<p>Among the parts cut out was a section where Trump said he wanted supporters to demonstrate peacefully.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to the UK parliament's culture, media and sport committee, BBC chairman Samir Shah said the purpose of editing Trump's words was \"to convey the message of the speech\" so viewers could understand how Trump's supporters received it and what was happening on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>He said the programme had not attracted \"significant audience feedback\" when it first aired but had drawn more than 500 complaints since a dossier on standards and guidelines was made public.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1987623529177838045\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Shah said the BBC has received communication from Trump and is \"considering how to reply.\"<\/p>\n<p>In a resignation letter to staff, Davie said: \"There have been some mistakes made and as director-general I have to take ultimate responsibility.\"<\/p>\n<p>Turness said the controversy was damaging the BBC and she quit \"because the buck stops with me.\"<\/p>\n<p>Turness defended the organisation's journalists against allegations of bias.<\/p>\n<p>\"Our journalists are hardworking people who strive for impartiality, and I will stand by their journalism,\" she said Monday. \"There is no institutional bias. Mistakes are made but there\u2019s no institutional bias.\"<\/p>\n<p>Trump posted a link to a Daily Telegraph story about the speech-editing on his Truth Social network, thanking the newspaper \"for exposing these corrupt 'journalists'. These are very dishonest people who tried to step on the scales of a presidential election.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//54//32//89//808x539_cmsv2_d73ba926-243c-5b03-bb85-1ce9cf32a4cd-9543289.jpg/" alt=\"Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the US. Capitol in Washington, 6 January, 2021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/384x256_cmsv2_d73ba926-243c-5b03-bb85-1ce9cf32a4cd-9543289.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/640x427_cmsv2_d73ba926-243c-5b03-bb85-1ce9cf32a4cd-9543289.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/750x500_cmsv2_d73ba926-243c-5b03-bb85-1ce9cf32a4cd-9543289.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/828x552_cmsv2_d73ba926-243c-5b03-bb85-1ce9cf32a4cd-9543289.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/1080x720_cmsv2_d73ba926-243c-5b03-bb85-1ce9cf32a4cd-9543289.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/1200x800_cmsv2_d73ba926-243c-5b03-bb85-1ce9cf32a4cd-9543289.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/1920x1280_cmsv2_d73ba926-243c-5b03-bb85-1ce9cf32a4cd-9543289.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the US. Capitol in Washington, 6 January, 2021<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2><strong>National institution<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The 103-year-old BBC faces greater scrutiny than other broadcasters and criticism from its commercial rivals because of its status as a national public service funded through an annual licence fee of \u00a3174.50 (\u20ac198.72) paid by all households that watch live TV or any BBC content.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcaster is bound by the terms of its charter to be impartial and critics are quick to point out when they think it has failed.<\/p>\n<p>It is frequently a political football, with conservatives seeing a leftist slant in its news output and some liberals accusing it of having a conservative bias.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//54//32//89//808x539_cmsv2_b4d63bde-f248-5047-a4ab-45a0faa3c87e-9543289.jpg/" alt=\"People walk outside the BBC Headquarters in London, 10 November, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/384x256_cmsv2_b4d63bde-f248-5047-a4ab-45a0faa3c87e-9543289.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/640x427_cmsv2_b4d63bde-f248-5047-a4ab-45a0faa3c87e-9543289.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/750x500_cmsv2_b4d63bde-f248-5047-a4ab-45a0faa3c87e-9543289.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/828x552_cmsv2_b4d63bde-f248-5047-a4ab-45a0faa3c87e-9543289.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/1080x720_cmsv2_b4d63bde-f248-5047-a4ab-45a0faa3c87e-9543289.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/1200x800_cmsv2_b4d63bde-f248-5047-a4ab-45a0faa3c87e-9543289.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/32\/89\/1920x1280_cmsv2_b4d63bde-f248-5047-a4ab-45a0faa3c87e-9543289.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People walk outside the BBC Headquarters in London, 10 November, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>It has also been criticised from all angles over its coverage of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>In February, the BBC removed a documentary about the Strip from its streaming service after it emerged that the child narrator was the son of an official in the Hamas-led government.<\/p>\n<p>Governments of both left and right have long been accused of meddling with the broadcaster, which is overseen by a board that includes both BBC nominees and government appointees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//02//27//celebrities-and-media-figures-criticise-bbc-for-pulling-documentary-gaza-how-to-survive-a-/">Celebrities and media figures criticise BBC for pulling documentary 'Gaza: How to Survive a War'<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//12//20//why-is-the-bbc-refusing-to-play-chart-topping-anti-starmer-christmas-song/">Why is the BBC refusing to play chart-topping anti-Starmer Christmas song?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Some defenders of the BBC allege that members of the board appointed under previous Conservative governments have been undermining the corporation from within.<\/p>\n<p>UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokesperson Tom Wells said the centre-left Labour Party government supports \"a strong, independent BBC\" and does not think the broadcaster is biased.<\/p>\n<p>\"But it is important that the BBC acts to maintain trust and corrects mistakes quickly when they occur,\" he 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The company said their success indicates the tool could help improve outcomes for stroke patients by making thrombectomies more accessible in remote areas that lack specialists.\n\nSentante said that in Scotland, just 212 patients underwent the procedure last year, representing 2.2 per cent of people who had an ischaemic stroke, which occurs when a blood clot blocks a blood vessel in the brain.\n\nIschaemic strokes are medical emergencies. 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The company said their success indicates the tool could help improve outcomes for stroke patients by making thrombectomies more accessible in remote areas that lack specialists.<\/p>\n<p>Sentante said that in Scotland, just 212 patients underwent the procedure last year, representing 2.2 per cent of people who had an ischaemic stroke, which occurs when a blood clot blocks a blood vessel in the brain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//10//21//uk-woman-plays-clarinet-during-brain-surgery-to-alleviate-parkinsons-symptoms/">UK woman plays clarinet during brain surgery to alleviate Parkinson's symptoms<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Ischaemic strokes are medical emergencies. Globally, they kill an estimated 3.3 million people annually, according to the World Stroke Organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor an ischaemic stroke, the difference between walking out of hospital and a lifetime of disability can be just two to three hours,\u201d Edvardas Satkauskas, the company\u2019s chief executive, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, patients are often transported long distances to reach one of a limited number of thrombectomy centres,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Sentante\u2019s system connects standard laboratory equipment to a device that captures the hand movements of far-away surgeons who \u201coperate\u201d with the aid of X-ray images on highly detailed screens.<\/p>\n<p>The movements are replicated in real time by a robot at the patient\u2019s bedside, the company said.<\/p>\n<p>In Florida, Hanel said the successful demonstration indicates that many more stroke patients could benefit from the potentially life-saving surgery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo operate from the US to Scotland with a 120 millisecond (blink of an eye) lag is truly remarkable,\u201d Hanel said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762773363,"updatedAt":1762785405,"publishedAt":1762776828,"firstPublishedAt":1762776828,"lastPublishedAt":1762785404,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/30\/08\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8bd1b548-e5d8-52cd-9aae-4dcc8d8ac6c2-9543008.jpg","altText":"The procedure is shown.","caption":"The procedure is shown.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"University of Dundee","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3108,"urlSafeValue":"galvin","title":"Gabriela Galvin","twitter":"@mg_galvin"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":12978,"slug":"surgery","urlSafeValue":"surgery","title":"Surgery","titleRaw":"Surgery"},{"id":19904,"slug":"heart-diseases","urlSafeValue":"heart-diseases","title":"heart diseases","titleRaw":"heart diseases"},{"id":139,"slug":"health","urlSafeValue":"health","title":"Health","titleRaw":"Health"},{"id":13346,"slug":"health-care","urlSafeValue":"health-care","title":"healthcare","titleRaw":"healthcare"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2843858}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"healthcare","urlSafeValue":"healthcare","title":"Healthcare","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/healthcare\/healthcare"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"health","verticals":[{"id":12,"slug":"health","urlSafeValue":"health","title":"Health"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":12,"slug":"health","urlSafeValue":"health","title":"Health"},"themes":[{"id":"healthcare","urlSafeValue":"healthcare","title":"Healthcare","url":"\/health\/healthcare"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":78,"urlSafeValue":"healthcare","title":"Healthcare"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":291,"urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United Kingdom","url":"\/news\/europe\/united-kingdom"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/health\/2025\/11\/10\/in-world-first-uk-and-us-surgeons-perform-remote-stroke-operation-from-across-the-atlantic","lastModified":1762785404},{"id":2845378,"cid":9542957,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"NC3 UK REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY","daletPyramidId":3257297,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"King Charles III and Prince William honour war dead in London ceremony","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"King Charles III and Prince William honour war dead in London ceremony","titleListing2":"King Charles III and Prince William honour war dead in London ceremony","leadin":"King Charles III led a remembrance ceremony in London, honouring war dead with a two-minute silence and placing a wreath at the Cenotaph. 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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Commonwealth diplomats followed.<\/p>\n<p>Queen Camilla and the Princess of Wales watched from a balcony as veterans and citizens stood shoulder to shoulder across Britain to honour those who served.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762771445,"updatedAt":1762780765,"publishedAt":1762776507,"firstPublishedAt":1762776507,"lastPublishedAt":1762780764,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/29\/57\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_550ec398-3163-551b-8221-da5ca2d4943f-9542957.jpg","altText":"Britain's King Charles, centre, Britain's Prince William, attend the annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London, Sunday Nov. 9, 2025. ","caption":"Britain's King Charles, centre, Britain's Prince William, attend the annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London, Sunday Nov. 9, 2025. 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As hybrid work takes hold and younger generations reshape office culture, are ties and heels relics of the past?","summary":"Mentions of casual dress in UK job postings surged during the pandemic and have remained high ever since. As hybrid work takes hold and younger generations reshape office culture, are ties and heels relics of the past?","keySentence":"","url":"casual-is-the-new-corporate-uk-offices-redefine-workwear-norms","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/11\/08\/casual-is-the-new-corporate-uk-offices-redefine-workwear-norms","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Workwear is changing across many parts of the world. Such a shift was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, as many of us swapped our office attire for tracksuits and slippers.\n\nData from global hiring platform Indeed shows that the UK isn't immune to this shift in attitudes. The traditional suit and tie are no longer in style, as many employers move towards more relaxed dress codes. Aside from COVID-19, driving factors include the increasing share of Gen Z and millennials in the workforce, as well as the influence of the tech industry on other occupations.\n\nIn July 2025, 3.3% of UK job postings referenced casual dress, more than ten times higher than pre-pandemic figures.\u00a0Commonly used phrases include 'smart casual' or 'dress for your day'. Mentions rose sharply early in the pandemic, eventually peaking at around 4.0% in early 2023.\n\nBefore the pandemic, references to casual dress were present in less than 1% of job listings, and in the first half of 2019, it remained at just 0.2%. Since May 2021, however, it has never fallen below 3%.\n\n\u201cThe pandemic triggered widespread changes in how people in the UK work, impacting expectations around where and how we work, but also what we wear,\u201d noted a blog post written by Indeed economists Callam Pickering and Jack Kennedy.\n\n\u201cFor employers, a relaxed dress policy can say a lot about workplace culture. And in a competitive hiring landscape, offering flexibility, even in attire, can help attract top talent,\u201d they continued.\n\nDr. Abbey Bartosiak-Ison, consumer science & analytics professional, emphasised that before the pandemic, many companies were more heavily focused on profit, often putting wellbeing second.\n\n\u201cDuring the pandemic, the focus shifted dramatically; it had to. With widespread uncertainty and heightened anxiety, employees working from home prioritised health, family, and productivity over appearance,\u201d she told Euronews Business.\n\nA longer-lasting trend\n\nCallam Pickering and Jack Kennedy suggested that while the pandemic helped drive this shift in workplace dress standards, it continues to be supported by wider social and cultural changes.\n\nFor instance, millennials and Gen Z are soon to be the two largest generations in the workforce, and many of them now hold positions of power or influence. Compared to their older colleagues, they are more likely to favour a relaxed dress code. Added to this, tech culture, long resistant to traditional office norms, is influencing other industries. Silicon Valley has long been known for its hoodies and trainers \u2014 prioritising creativity and a comfortable work environment over tradition.\n\nCasual dress most common in care, marketing and media roles\n\nFrom 2020 to 2023, job postings that offered at least 20% remote work were more likely to mention casual dress.\n\nAnd in 2025, expectations around professional attire are still heavily influenced by profession. Personal care and home health, marketing, media and communications, and education and training are all sectors that have high rates of postings mentioning casual dress.\n\nAttitudes around workwear are also influenced by region.\n\nNorthern Ireland recorded the highest share of job postings mentioning casual dress, followed by North West England and the East Midlands. London had the lowest share at just 2.3%, with Scotland slightly higher.\n\nIndeed economists noted that London\u2019s lower rate may reflect its job mix. Many roles are in financial services, where formal dress is still expected. In tech, casual dress is so common that it\u2019s rarely mentioned in postings.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Workwear is changing across many parts of the world. Such a shift was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, as many of us swapped our office attire for tracksuits and slippers.<\/p>\n<p>Data from global hiring platform Indeed shows that the UK isn't immune to this shift in attitudes. The traditional suit and tie are no longer in style, as many employers move towards more relaxed dress codes. Aside from COVID-19, driving factors include the increasing share of Gen Z and millennials in the workforce, as well as the influence of the tech industry on other occupations.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2025, 3.3% of UK job postings referenced casual dress, more than ten times higher than pre-pandemic figures. Commonly used phrases include 'smart casual' or 'dress for your day'. Mentions rose sharply early in the pandemic, eventually peaking at around 4.0% in early 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Before the pandemic, references to casual dress were present in less than 1% of job listings, and in the first half of 2019, it remained at just 0.2%. Since May 2021, however, it has never fallen below 3%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pandemic triggered widespread changes in how people in the UK work, impacting expectations around where and how we work, but also what we wear,\u201d noted a blog post written by Indeed economists Callam Pickering and Jack Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor employers, a relaxed dress policy can say a lot about workplace culture. And in a competitive hiring landscape, offering flexibility, even in attire, can help attract top talent,\u201d they continued.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-flourish widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart u-min-height-375\" data-src=\"visualisation\/25962269?92060\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Dr. Abbey Bartosiak-Ison, consumer science & analytics professional, emphasised that before the pandemic, many companies were more heavily focused on profit, often putting wellbeing second.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the pandemic, the focus shifted dramatically; it had to. With widespread uncertainty and heightened anxiety, employees working from home prioritised health, family, and productivity over appearance,\u201d she told Euronews Business.<\/p>\n<h2>A longer-lasting trend<\/h2>\n<p>Callam Pickering and Jack Kennedy suggested that while the pandemic helped drive this shift in workplace dress standards, it continues to be supported by wider social and cultural changes.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, millennials and Gen Z are soon to be the two largest generations in the workforce, and many of them now hold positions of power or influence. Compared to their older colleagues, they are more likely to favour a relaxed dress code. Added to this, tech culture, long resistant to traditional office norms, is influencing other industries. Silicon Valley has long been known for its hoodies and trainers \u2014 prioritising creativity and a comfortable work environment over tradition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-flourish widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart u-min-height-375\" data-src=\"visualisation\/25962350?92060\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Casual dress most common in care, marketing and media roles<\/h2>\n<p>From 2020 to 2023, job postings that offered at least 20% remote work were more likely to mention casual dress.<\/p>\n<p>And in 2025, expectations around professional attire are still heavily influenced by profession. Personal care and home health, marketing, media and communications, and education and training are all sectors that have high rates of postings mentioning casual dress.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-flourish widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart u-min-height-375\" data-src=\"visualisation\/26030099?92060\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Attitudes around workwear are also influenced by region. <\/p>\n<p>Northern Ireland recorded the highest share of job postings mentioning casual dress, followed by North West England and the East Midlands. London had the lowest share at just 2.3%, with Scotland slightly higher.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed economists noted that London\u2019s lower rate may reflect its job mix. Many roles are in financial services, where formal dress is still expected. In tech, casual dress is so common that it\u2019s rarely mentioned in postings.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762271259,"updatedAt":1762593062,"publishedAt":1762581641,"firstPublishedAt":1762581641,"lastPublishedAt":1762581655,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/67\/00\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_644b167d-989b-5f1a-8e43-9550640c48a7-9536700.jpg","altText":" Casual is the new corporate:","caption":" Casual is the new corporate:","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":1644,"urlSafeValue":"yanatma","title":"Servet Yanatma","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":7800,"slug":"united-kingdom","urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United Kingdom","titleRaw":"United Kingdom"},{"id":24504,"slug":"remote-working","urlSafeValue":"remote-working","title":"remote working","titleRaw":"remote 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James Bond fantasist for attempting to spy for Russia","titleListing2":"James Bond fantasist jailed for seven years in UK for trying to spy for Russia","leadin":"Bethan David, head of the Crown Prosecution Service\u2019s Counter Terrorism Division, said the conviction sends \"a clear message to anyone considering spying for or assisting Russia.\"","summary":"Bethan David, head of the Crown Prosecution Service\u2019s Counter Terrorism Division, said the conviction sends \"a clear message to anyone considering spying for or assisting Russia.\"","keySentence":"","url":"uk-court-jails-james-bond-fantasist-for-seven-years-for-attempting-to-spy-for-russia","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/11\/07\/uk-court-jails-james-bond-fantasist-for-seven-years-for-attempting-to-spy-for-russia","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A British man who would \"dream about being like James Bond\" was jailed for seven years on Friday after\u00a0attempting to spy for Russia.\n\nHoward Phillips, 65, was found guilty in July for trying to pass information about former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps to two men whom he believed were Russian intelligence agents.\n\nHowever, the agents were undercover British intelligence operatives.\n\n\"You were prepared to betray your country for money,\" Justice Bobbie Cheema-Grubb told Phillips at his sentencing hearing at Winchester Crown Court.\n\nThe judge said that Phillips had \"a personality with narcissistic tendencies and an overblown sense of his own importance.\"\n\nThe trial heard that Phillips intended to assist Russian agents between the end of 2023 and May 2024.\n\nShapps served as UK defence secretary between August 2023 and July 2024, when his Conservative Party was ousted from power, and he lost his seat in Parliament at the general election.\n\nSpecifically, the trial heard how Phillips had tried to hand over Shapps' contact details as well as the location where he kept his private plane to \"facilitate the Russians in listening on British defence plans.\"\n\nThe defendant's ex-wife told the court that Phillips \"would dream about being like James Bond,\" and watched films about the British secret services because he was \"infatuated with it.\"\n\nIn a victim impact statement read to the court, Shapps expressed his shock at learning of Phillips' activities. He recalled going to dinner at Phillips' home in 2002.\n\n\"What is unacceptable is one individual\u2019s reckless behaviour exposing my entire family to the extremely serious risks that come from a foreign intelligence service\u2019s activities,\" he said.\n\nBethan David, head of the Crown Prosecution Service's Counter Terrorism Division, said the conviction sends \"a clear message to anyone considering spying for or assisting Russia.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A British man who would \"dream about being like James Bond\" was jailed for seven years on Friday after attempting to spy for Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Howard Phillips, 65, was found guilty in July for trying to pass information about former Defence Secretary Grant Shapps to two men whom he believed were Russian intelligence agents.<\/p>\n<p>However, the agents were undercover British intelligence operatives.<\/p>\n<p>\"You were prepared to betray your country for money,\" Justice Bobbie Cheema-Grubb told Phillips at his sentencing hearing at Winchester Crown Court.<\/p>\n<p>The judge said that Phillips had \"a personality with narcissistic tendencies and an overblown sense of his own importance.\"<\/p>\n<p>The trial heard that Phillips intended to assist Russian agents between the end of 2023 and May 2024. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//54//07//63//808x539_cmsv2_090a98c1-f560-5f88-ab7e-3f7e87ba0d7a-9540763.jpg/" alt=\"Britain's Defence Secretary Grant Shapps arrives in Downing Street for a cabinet meeting in London, 6 March, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/07\/63\/384x256_cmsv2_090a98c1-f560-5f88-ab7e-3f7e87ba0d7a-9540763.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/07\/63\/640x427_cmsv2_090a98c1-f560-5f88-ab7e-3f7e87ba0d7a-9540763.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/07\/63\/750x500_cmsv2_090a98c1-f560-5f88-ab7e-3f7e87ba0d7a-9540763.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/07\/63\/828x552_cmsv2_090a98c1-f560-5f88-ab7e-3f7e87ba0d7a-9540763.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/07\/63\/1080x720_cmsv2_090a98c1-f560-5f88-ab7e-3f7e87ba0d7a-9540763.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/07\/63\/1200x800_cmsv2_090a98c1-f560-5f88-ab7e-3f7e87ba0d7a-9540763.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/07\/63\/1920x1280_cmsv2_090a98c1-f560-5f88-ab7e-3f7e87ba0d7a-9540763.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Britain's Defence Secretary Grant Shapps arrives in Downing Street for a cabinet meeting in London, 6 March, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Shapps served as UK defence secretary between August 2023 and July 2024, when his Conservative Party was ousted from power, and he lost his seat in Parliament at the general election.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the trial heard how Phillips had tried to hand over Shapps' contact details as well as the location where he kept his private plane to \"facilitate the Russians in listening on British defence plans.\"<\/p>\n<p>The defendant's ex-wife told the court that Phillips \"would dream about being like James Bond,\" and watched films about the British secret services because he was \"infatuated with it.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//06//lawmakers-accuse-afd-of-spying-on-german-army-on-behalf-of-russia/">Lawmakers accuse AfD of spying on German army on behalf of Russia<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//11//04//ai-chatbots-are-spewing-russian-propaganda-study-finds/">AI chatbots are spewing Russian propaganda, study finds <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In a victim impact statement read to the court, Shapps expressed his shock at learning of Phillips' activities. He recalled going to dinner at Phillips' home in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>\"What is unacceptable is one individual\u2019s reckless behaviour exposing my entire family to the extremely serious risks that come from a foreign intelligence service\u2019s activities,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Bethan David, head of the Crown Prosecution Service's Counter Terrorism Division, said the conviction sends \"a clear message to anyone considering spying for or assisting Russia.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762526268,"updatedAt":1762528228,"publishedAt":1762528199,"firstPublishedAt":1762528199,"lastPublishedAt":1762528199,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/54\/07\/63\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ce174d8b-73af-55e6-9301-2caa5ddb24db-9540763.jpg","altText":"Daniel Craig poses for photographers upon arrival for the World premiere of the new film from the James Bond franchise 'No Time To Die' in London, 28 September, 2021","caption":"Daniel Craig poses for photographers 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needed","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Grand Theft Auto VI release pushed back again till November 2026","titleListing2":"Extra time: Grand Theft Auto 6 delayed again ","leadin":"Gamers of the world will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on Grand Theft Auto VI after its maker Rockstar Games announced another delay in its release with the popular video game now due out in November 2026.","summary":"Gamers of the world will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on Grand Theft Auto VI after its maker Rockstar Games announced another delay in its release with the popular video game now due out in November 2026.","keySentence":"","url":"extra-time-needed-grand-theft-auto-6-delayed-again-as-rockstar-games-upsets-fans","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2025\/11\/07\/extra-time-needed-grand-theft-auto-6-delayed-again-as-rockstar-games-upsets-fans","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The much-hyped and eagerly awaited video game Grand Theft Auto is not going to be available for players this month as previously announced.\n\nIt's the second time its maker Rockstar Games have pushed back its release which was due for May 2026.\n\nThe game is now set to be available on 19 November 2026.\n\nOriginally, GTA 6 was due to hit shelves in the autumn of this year.\n\nIn a statement, Rockstar urged fans to be patient saying it needs more time to complete the game to meet the standards of play people have come to \"expect and deserve.\"\n\nVice, violence and thrills\n\nThe game allows users to drive, ride or roam the streets unencumbered by rules in order to steal cars and fill garages with a wealth of expensive cars, bikes and boats.\n\nAlong the way, there are quite a few police chases, races against the clock, fights, crashes and characters with language so ripe coming out of their lips there's no way they would kiss their mothers with their mouths.\n\nGrand Theft Auto 6 heads to the state of Leonida, home to the neon-soaked streets of the fictional Vice 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convict","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Mistakenly released UK prisoner turns himself to London prison staff","titleListing2":"Mistakenly released UK prisoner turns himself in as search continues for second convict","leadin":"According to government figures, 262 prisoners were released in error in the year ending March 2025, a 128% increase on the previous 12-month period.","summary":"According to government figures, 262 prisoners were released in error in the year ending March 2025, a 128% increase on the previous 12-month period.","keySentence":"","url":"mistakenly-released-uk-prisoner-turns-himself-in-as-search-continues-for-second-convict","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/11\/06\/mistakenly-released-uk-prisoner-turns-himself-in-as-search-continues-for-second-convict","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"One of two inmates who were mistakenly released early from a London prison surrendered on Thursday after waving to reporters and smoking a cigarette on the steps of the Victorian-era jail.\n\nBilly Smith, 35, turned himself in to HMP Wandsworth three days after he was released in the latest administrative blunder to focus attention on an overcrowded and overwhelmed prison system that has become a political liability for the Labour government.\n\nPrison chiefs were summoned to a meeting on Thursday to discuss the errors and efforts were being made to update a system that still uses paper prison records, Justice minister Alex Davies-Jones said.\n\nSmith, 35, was accidentally freed on Monday, the same day he was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for multiple frauds.\n\nPolice were still searching for Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, who was mistakenly released from Wandsworth on 29 October and was serving time for trespass with intent to steal and is a registered sex offender with an indecent exposure conviction.\n\nCherif, an Algerian national, entered the UK legally in 2019 but had overstayed and was in the initial stages of the deportation process.\n\nBoth men were wrongly freed from Wandsworth Prison which was under scrutiny after\u00a0another prisoner escape\u00a0two years ago by clinging to the underside of a food delivery truck.\n\nThe inadvertent releases followed more stringent controls that were supposed to be in place after an asylum-seeker who inspired a rise of anti-immigrant protests\u00a0was mistakenly freed from Chelmsford Prison, east of London, on 24 October.\n\nHadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, who had been sentenced to 12 months in prison for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, was captured after a two-day search and quickly deported to his home country Ethiopia.\n\nAfter the Kebatu search, the government announced stronger security checks in prisons and launched an independent investigation into the blunder that has caused further embarrassment for the Prison Service.\n\nDeputy Prime Minister David Lammy, who is also the justice minister, said he was \"absolutely outraged\" and sought to blame the problems facing the prison system on the previous Conservative government.\n\nAccording to government figures, 262 prisoners were released in error in the year ending March 2025, a 128% increase on the previous 12-month period.\n\nConservative spokespeople said the Labour government has to take the blame as the sharp increase in the numbers is directly linked with its decision to release some prisoners earlier to ensure prisons don't exceed capacity.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>One of two inmates who were mistakenly released early from a London prison surrendered on Thursday after waving to reporters and smoking a cigarette on the steps of the Victorian-era jail.<\/p>\n<p>Billy Smith, 35, turned himself in to HMP Wandsworth three days after he was released in the latest administrative blunder to focus attention on an overcrowded and overwhelmed prison system that has become a political liability for the Labour government.<\/p>\n<p>Prison chiefs were summoned to a meeting on Thursday to discuss the errors and efforts were being made to update a system that still uses paper prison records, Justice minister Alex Davies-Jones said.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, 35, was accidentally freed on Monday, the same day he was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for multiple frauds.<\/p>\n<p>Police were still searching for Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, who was mistakenly released from Wandsworth on 29 October and was serving time for trespass with intent to steal and is a registered sex offender with an indecent exposure conviction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" 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https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/95\/99\/1200x800_cmsv2_a6c4081b-bc7b-5628-93a7-d069125e4f3d-9539599.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/95\/99\/1920x1280_cmsv2_a6c4081b-bc7b-5628-93a7-d069125e4f3d-9539599.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A general view of HMP Wandsworth in southwest London, 6 September, 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Cherif, an Algerian national, entered the UK legally in 2019 but had overstayed and was in the initial stages of the deportation process.<\/p>\n<p>Both men were wrongly freed from Wandsworth Prison which was under scrutiny after another prisoner escape two years ago by clinging to the underside of a food delivery truck.<\/p>\n<p>The inadvertent releases followed more stringent controls that were supposed to be in place after an asylum-seeker who inspired a rise of anti-immigrant protests was mistakenly freed from Chelmsford Prison, east of London, on 24 October.<\/p>\n<p>Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, who had been sentenced to 12 months in prison for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, was captured after a two-day search and quickly deported to his home country Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>After the Kebatu search, the government announced stronger security checks in prisons and launched an independent investigation into the blunder that has caused further embarrassment for the Prison Service.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.562272396212673\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure 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https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/95\/99\/1200x675_cmsv2_8148e885-78b3-5a77-a701-bfb37f44c7ac-9539599.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/95\/99\/1920x1080_cmsv2_8148e885-78b3-5a77-a701-bfb37f44c7ac-9539599.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Police officers patrol in London, 10 August, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, who is also the justice minister, said he was \"absolutely outraged\" and sought to blame the problems facing the prison system on the previous Conservative government.<\/p>\n<p>According to government figures, 262 prisoners were released in error in the year ending March 2025, a 128% increase on the previous 12-month period.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative spokespeople said the Labour government has to take the blame as the sharp increase in the numbers is directly linked with its decision to release some prisoners earlier to ensure prisons don't exceed capacity.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762453423,"updatedAt":1762454220,"publishedAt":1762454188,"firstPublishedAt":1762454188,"lastPublishedAt":1762454188,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/95\/99\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1a79dc46-c4fe-59b1-b6b3-ad047104e91b-9539599.jpg","altText":"In this photo taken from video released by ITV, Billy Smith smiles to reporters outside HMP Wandsworth in southwest London, 6 November, 2025","caption":"In this photo taken from video released by ITV, Billy Smith smiles to reporters outside HMP Wandsworth in southwest London, 6 November, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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title of prince in a formal document affixed with a royal seal.\n\nThe disgraced former royal has also lost the designation \"his royal highness\" after the king issued a Letters Patent, a centuries-old type of document used by monarchs to bestow and remove appointments or titles.\n\nAn announcement published on Wednesday in The Gazette, the UK\u2019s official public record, said \"The King has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 3 November 2025 to declare that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor shall no longer be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of 'Royal Highness' and the titular dignity of \u2018Prince.'\"\n\nThe king also formally removed the title Duke of York from his brother.\n\nThe monarch announced on 31 October\u00a0that he was removing his brother's titles and evicting him from his royal residence over his relationship with the convicted sex offender\u00a0Jeffrey Epstein.\n\nDemand had been growing at the palace to oust the 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It renewed attention on sexual abuse allegations by one of Epstein's victims,\u00a0Virginia Roberts Giuffre, whose posthumous\u00a0memoir\u00a0was published last month.\n\nThe king went even further to punish Mountbatten Windsor for serious lapses of judgement by removing the title of prince that he had held since birth as a child of a monarch, the late Queen Elizabeth II.\n\nMountbatten Windsor is also moving from Royal Lodge, the 30-room mansion near Windsor Castle where he has lived for more than 20 years, into a more remote home privately funded by his brother on the king\u2019s Sandringham Estate\u00a0in eastern England.\n\nThe king's decision was welcomed by the family of Giuffre, who died by suicide in April at the age of 41.\n\nShe said that in the early 2000s, when she was a teenager, she was caught up in Epstein\u2019s sex trafficking ring and exploited by Mountbatten Windsor and other influential men.\n\nMountbatten Windsor denies Giuffre's allegations.\n\nEpstein was found dead in a New York City jail cell in 2019 in what investigators called a suicide.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>King Charles III has formally stripped his brother, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, of the title of prince in a formal document affixed with a royal seal.<\/p>\n<p>The disgraced former royal has also lost the designation \"his royal highness\" after the king issued a Letters Patent, a centuries-old type of document used by monarchs to bestow and remove appointments or titles.<\/p>\n<p>An announcement published on Wednesday in The Gazette, the UK\u2019s official public record, said \"The King has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 3 November 2025 to declare that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor shall no longer be entitled to hold and enjoy the style, title or attribute of 'Royal Highness' and the titular dignity of \u2018Prince.'\"<\/p>\n<p>The king also formally removed the title Duke of York from his brother.<\/p>\n<p>The monarch announced on 31 October that he was removing his brother's titles and evicting him from his royal residence over his relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//53//94//79//808x539_cmsv2_792100c5-2dd0-5af9-83c2-44672e60ee11-9539479.jpg/" alt=\"King Charles meets members of the public after a visit to Chatfield Health Care in Battersea, 5 November, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/94\/79\/384x256_cmsv2_792100c5-2dd0-5af9-83c2-44672e60ee11-9539479.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/94\/79\/640x427_cmsv2_792100c5-2dd0-5af9-83c2-44672e60ee11-9539479.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/94\/79\/750x500_cmsv2_792100c5-2dd0-5af9-83c2-44672e60ee11-9539479.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/94\/79\/828x552_cmsv2_792100c5-2dd0-5af9-83c2-44672e60ee11-9539479.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/94\/79\/1080x720_cmsv2_792100c5-2dd0-5af9-83c2-44672e60ee11-9539479.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/94\/79\/1200x800_cmsv2_792100c5-2dd0-5af9-83c2-44672e60ee11-9539479.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/94\/79\/1920x1280_cmsv2_792100c5-2dd0-5af9-83c2-44672e60ee11-9539479.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">King Charles meets members of the public after a visit to Chatfield Health Care in Battersea, 5 November, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Demand had been growing at the palace to oust the 65-year-old former prince from his Royal Lodge home over new revelations about his friendship with Epstein. It renewed attention on sexual abuse allegations by one of Epstein's victims, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, whose posthumous memoir was published last month.<\/p>\n<p>The king went even further to punish Mountbatten Windsor for serious lapses of judgement by removing the title of prince that he had held since birth as a child of a monarch, the late Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n<p>Mountbatten Windsor is also moving from Royal Lodge, the 30-room mansion near Windsor Castle where he has lived for more than 20 years, into a more remote home privately funded by his brother on the king\u2019s Sandringham Estate in eastern England.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//08//25//epstein-accuser-virginia-giuffres-memoir-nobodys-girl-to-be-published-months-after-her-dea/">Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre's memoir 'Nobody's Girl' to be published months after her death<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//04//26//virginia-giuffre-accuser-of-prince-andrew-jeffrey-epstein-dies-by-suicide-aged-41/">Virginia Giuffre, accuser of Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein, dies aged 41<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The king's decision was welcomed by the family of Giuffre, who died by suicide in April at the age of 41.<\/p>\n<p>She said that in the early 2000s, when she was a teenager, she was caught up in Epstein\u2019s sex trafficking ring and exploited by Mountbatten Windsor and other influential men.<\/p>\n<p>Mountbatten Windsor denies Giuffre's allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein was found dead in a New York City jail cell in 2019 in what investigators called a suicide.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762448984,"updatedAt":1762473056,"publishedAt":1762451937,"firstPublishedAt":1762451937,"lastPublishedAt":1762473055,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/94\/79\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_45306179-91eb-5c1f-8c54-bac3073adb39-9539479.jpg","altText":"Britain's Prince Andrew speaks during a television interview at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge in Windsor, 11 April, 2021","caption":"Britain's Prince Andrew speaks during a television interview at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge in Windsor, 11 April, 2021","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":291,"urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United 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at 4% as economy shows signs of slowing","titleListing2":"BoE keeps rates steady at 4% as economy shows signs of slowing","leadin":"The UK's annual rate of consumer price inflation is standing at 3.8%, nearly double the bank\u2019s 2% target.","summary":"The UK's annual rate of consumer price inflation is standing at 3.8%, nearly double the bank\u2019s 2% target.","keySentence":"","url":"boe-keeps-rates-steady-at-4-as-economy-shows-signs-of-slowing","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/11\/06\/boe-keeps-rates-steady-at-4-as-economy-shows-signs-of-slowing","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Bank of England (BoE) held its key interest rate at 4% on Thursday, mainly in line with expectations, as the central bank navigates a backdrop of stubborn inflation and sluggish growth.\n\nCommenting on the final decision, policymakers said the current economic conditions did not warrant a change.\n\nHowever, the decision was a close call, as four out of nine monetary policy committee members voted for a 25-basis-point cut. Governor Andrew Bailey had the casting vote.\n\n\"It is perhaps no surprise he has taken a more cautious approach, particularly given the UK continues to suffer from higher inflation compared to peers,\" said Lindsay James, investment strategist at Quilter.\n\nGovernor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey said in a statement: \"Rather than cutting Bank Rate now, I would prefer to wait and see if the durability in disinflation is confirmed in upcoming economic developments this year.\"\n\nUK consumer price growth was 3.8% in September, still well above the Bank of England\u2019s 2% target. The BoE nonetheless said on Thursday that inflation had peaked and that progress on underlying disinflation was continuing.\n\nAt the same time, figures on wages and employment point to a softening labour market. Analysts say the combination of slower inflation and weaker jobs data has increased expectations that interest rates could be cut in the coming months.\n\nThe Bank also highlighted potential challenges from global uncertainties and upcoming fiscal tightening, suggesting any move on rates would be cautious.\n\nAccording to Quilter's James, the BoE decision comes as a blow to the UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who is expected to outline tax rises in her budget on 26 November.\n\n\"With a fresh set of tax hikes incoming, the Chancellor would have liked to have been in a position where rates were below 4%,\" James said. The government will want to stimulate the economy, she added, but will have to balance this with ambitions for fiscal restraint.\n\nIn light of challenges facing the British economy, analysts expect more rate cuts on the table in the coming months.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Bank of England (BoE) held its key interest rate at 4% on Thursday, mainly in line with expectations, as the central bank navigates a backdrop of stubborn inflation and sluggish growth.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the final decision, policymakers said the current economic conditions did not warrant a change.<\/p>\n<p>However, the decision was a close call, as four out of nine monetary policy committee members voted for a 25-basis-point cut. Governor Andrew Bailey had the casting vote.<\/p>\n<p>_\"_It is perhaps no surprise he has taken a more cautious approach, particularly given the UK continues to suffer from higher inflation compared to peers,\" said Lindsay James, investment strategist at Quilter. <\/p>\n<p>Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey said in a statement: \"Rather than cutting Bank Rate now, I would prefer to wait and see if the durability in disinflation is confirmed in upcoming economic developments this year.\"<\/p>\n<p>UK consumer price growth was 3.8% in September, still well above the Bank of England\u2019s 2% target. The BoE nonetheless said on Thursday that inflation had peaked and that progress on underlying disinflation was continuing.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, figures on wages and employment point to a softening labour market. Analysts say the combination of slower inflation and weaker jobs data has increased expectations that interest rates could be cut in the coming months.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//09//18//bank-of-england-holds-main-uk-interest-rate-at-4-with-inflation-above-target/">Bank of England holds main UK interest rate at 4% with inflation above target<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//10//22//inflation-in-the-uk-remains-high-sitting-at-38-in-september/">Inflation in the UK remains high, sitting at 3.8% in September<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The Bank also highlighted potential challenges from global uncertainties and upcoming fiscal tightening, suggesting any move on rates would be cautious. <\/p>\n<p>According to Quilter's James, the BoE decision comes as a blow to the UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who is expected to outline tax rises in her budget on 26 November. <\/p>\n<p>\"With a fresh set of tax hikes incoming, the Chancellor would have liked to have been in a position where rates were below 4%,\" James said. The government will want to stimulate the economy, she added, but will have to balance this with ambitions for fiscal restraint.<\/p>\n<p>In light of challenges facing the British economy, analysts expect more rate cuts on the table in the coming months. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762427225,"updatedAt":1762434732,"publishedAt":1762432936,"firstPublishedAt":1762432936,"lastPublishedAt":1762432936,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/87\/89\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_548bccb2-390e-5934-82d3-90dc17aff5a5-9538789.jpg","altText":"FILE. Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, attends the financial stability report press conference at the Bank of England, London. 7 Aug. 2025.","caption":"FILE. Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, attends the financial stability report press conference at the Bank of England, London. 7 Aug. 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Jordan Pettitt\/Pool Photo via AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":582,"urlSafeValue":"katanich","title":"Doloresz Katanich","twitter":"@doloreskatanich"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":20,"slug":"bank-of-england","urlSafeValue":"bank-of-england","title":"Bank of England","titleRaw":"Bank of England"},{"id":7967,"slug":"interest-rates","urlSafeValue":"interest-rates","title":"Interest rates","titleRaw":"Interest rates"},{"id":150,"slug":"inflation","urlSafeValue":"inflation","title":"Inflation","titleRaw":"Inflation"},{"id":10685,"slug":"british-economy","urlSafeValue":"british-economy","title":"British economy","titleRaw":"British 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for two more men wrongly released from prison","titleListing2":"UK police hunt for two more wrongly released prisoners days after new measures brought in","leadin":"The inadvertent releases heap further embarrassment on the Prison Service, which has been starved of resources for many years.","summary":"The inadvertent releases heap further embarrassment on the Prison Service, which has been starved of resources for many years.","keySentence":"","url":"uk-police-hunt-for-two-more-wrongly-released-prisoners-days-after-new-measures-brought-in","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/11\/05\/uk-police-hunt-for-two-more-wrongly-released-prisoners-days-after-new-measures-brought-in","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"British police were undertaking two more searches on Wednesday, following the news that two prisoners had been mistakenly released from prison over the past week, just days after the government brought in more stringent checks.\n\nPolice said the two were wrongly freed from Wandsworth Prison in southwest London and which last year was put into special measures after\u00a0another prisoner escaped\u00a0by clinging to the underside of a food delivery truck.\n\nLondon's Metropolitan Police said Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was wrongly freed on 29 October while Surrey Police said it is hunting for William Smith, 35, who was also accidentally released on Monday.\n\nThe Met said that it was only informed of Kaddour-Cherif's release on Tuesday, six days after the\u00a0mistaken release of a man\u00a0who had entered the UK legally in 2019 but had overstayed and was in the initial stages of the deportation process.\n\nIt said Kaddour-Cherif, an Algerian national who was serving a sentence for trespass with intent to steal, is also known to use other variations of his name, including Ibrahim.\n\nIt also confirmed that he is a registered sex offender, having been convicted a year ago for indecent exposure.\n\n\"Cherif has had a six-day head start but we are working urgently to close the gap and establish his whereabouts,\" said Commander Paul Trevers, who is overseeing the investigation.\n\nMeanwhile, Surrey Police said Smith was sentenced on Monday to 45 months for multiple fraud offences and was accidentally freed the same day.\n\nThe inadvertent releases heap further embarrassment on the Prison Service, which has been starved of resources for many years and the new Labour government, which returned to power last July after 14 years, replacing the previous Conservative administration.\n\nThe releases come barely two weeks after the asylum-seeker at the heart of a rise of\u00a0anti-immigration protests\u00a0during the summer had been mistakenly let out of Chelmsford Prison on 24 October, east of London.\n\nEthiopian national\u00a0Hadish Gerberslasie Kebatu, who had been sentenced to 12 months in prison for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, was captured after a two-day search and has now been deported to Ethiopia.\n\nAfter the Kebatu search, the government announced stronger security checks in prisons and launched an independent investigation into the blunder.\n\nDeputy Prime Minister David Lammy, who is also the justice minister, said he was \"absolutely outraged\" and sought to blame the woes facing the prison estate on the previous government.\n\nShortly before news of the latest incident broke, Lammy repeatedly refused to confirm during questioning in the House of Commons whether any more asylum-seekers had been wrongly released since Kebatu had been accidentally let out of prison.\n\nAccording to government figures, 262 prisoners were released in error in the year ending in March 2025, a 128% increase on the previous 12-month period.\n\nConservative spokespeople said the Labour government has to take the blame as the sharp increase in the numbers is directly linked with its decision to release some prisoners earlier to ensure prisons don't hit their capacity.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>British police were undertaking two more searches on Wednesday, following the news that two prisoners had been mistakenly released from prison over the past week, just days after the government brought in more stringent checks.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the two were wrongly freed from Wandsworth Prison in southwest London and which last year was put into special measures after another prisoner escaped by clinging to the underside of a food delivery truck.<\/p>\n<p>London's Metropolitan Police said Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was wrongly freed on 29 October while Surrey Police said it is hunting for William Smith, 35, who was also accidentally released on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Met said that it was only informed of Kaddour-Cherif's release on Tuesday, six days after the mistaken release of a man who had entered the UK legally in 2019 but had overstayed and was in the initial stages of the deportation process.<\/p>\n<p>It said Kaddour-Cherif, an Algerian national who was serving a sentence for trespass with intent to steal, is also known to use other variations of his name, including Ibrahim.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//53//82//27//808x539_cmsv2_7f73aca1-ad4a-5dbe-8ee0-37a0d1b40b7f-9538227.jpg/" alt=\"The New Scotland Yard sign outside the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police, 25 September, 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/82\/27\/384x256_cmsv2_7f73aca1-ad4a-5dbe-8ee0-37a0d1b40b7f-9538227.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/82\/27\/640x427_cmsv2_7f73aca1-ad4a-5dbe-8ee0-37a0d1b40b7f-9538227.jpg 640w, 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2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>It also confirmed that he is a registered sex offender, having been convicted a year ago for indecent exposure.<\/p>\n<p>\"Cherif has had a six-day head start but we are working urgently to close the gap and establish his whereabouts,\" said Commander Paul Trevers, who is overseeing the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Surrey Police said Smith was sentenced on Monday to 45 months for multiple fraud offences and was accidentally freed the same day.<\/p>\n<p>The inadvertent releases heap further embarrassment on the Prison Service, which has been starved of resources for many years and the new Labour government, which returned to power last July after 14 years, replacing the previous Conservative administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//03//uk-police-charge-man-with-attempted-murder-after-injuring-11-in-train-stabbing/">UK police charge man with attempted murder after injuring 11 in train stabbing<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//09//30//britains-pm-keir-starmer-accuses-nigel-farage-of-trying-to-divide-uk-at-labour-conference/">Britain's PM Keir Starmer accuses Nigel Farage of trying to divide UK at Labour conference<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The releases come barely two weeks after the asylum-seeker at the heart of a rise of anti-immigration protests during the summer had been mistakenly let out of Chelmsford Prison on 24 October, east of London.<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopian national Hadish Gerberslasie Kebatu, who had been sentenced to 12 months in prison for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, was captured after a two-day search and has now been deported to Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>After the Kebatu search, the government announced stronger security checks in prisons and launched an independent investigation into the blunder.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, who is also the justice minister, said he was \"absolutely outraged\" and sought to blame the woes facing the prison estate on the previous government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//53//82//27//808x539_cmsv2_97a5b0f8-732a-5740-969c-1c1766061708-9538227.jpg/" alt=\"Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy speaks during the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, 29 September, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/82\/27\/384x256_cmsv2_97a5b0f8-732a-5740-969c-1c1766061708-9538227.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/82\/27\/640x427_cmsv2_97a5b0f8-732a-5740-969c-1c1766061708-9538227.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/82\/27\/750x500_cmsv2_97a5b0f8-732a-5740-969c-1c1766061708-9538227.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/82\/27\/828x552_cmsv2_97a5b0f8-732a-5740-969c-1c1766061708-9538227.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/82\/27\/1080x720_cmsv2_97a5b0f8-732a-5740-969c-1c1766061708-9538227.jpg 1080w, 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prison.<\/p>\n<p>According to government figures, 262 prisoners were released in error in the year ending in March 2025, a 128% increase on the previous 12-month period.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative spokespeople said the Labour government has to take the blame as the sharp increase in the numbers is directly linked with its decision to release some prisoners earlier to ensure prisons don't hit their capacity.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762367931,"updatedAt":1762370524,"publishedAt":1762370489,"firstPublishedAt":1762370489,"lastPublishedAt":1762370489,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/82\/27\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_47b0937d-1116-5226-8b37-ab27c15a5251-9538227.jpg","altText":"Police officers in London, 10 August, 2024","caption":"Police officers in London, 10 August, 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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half","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Cyberattack on Marks & Spencer slices profits by more than a half","titleListing2":"","leadin":"The hack cost M&S over \u00a3300 million in lost sales but the firm said it was able to recover around a third of this through an insurance payout.","summary":"The hack cost M&S over \u00a3300 million in lost sales but the firm said it was able to recover around a third of this through an insurance payout.","keySentence":"","url":"cyberattack-on-marks-spencer-slices-profits-by-more-than-a-half","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/11\/05\/cyberattack-on-marks-spencer-slices-profits-by-more-than-a-half","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"British retailer Marks and Spencer saw its half-year profits more than halved as a result of a cyberattack that brought its online business to a grinding halt.\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, M&S said its underlying pre-tax profits tumbled 55.4% to \u00a3184.1 million (\u20ac208.89mn) in the six months to 27 September largely on the back of a 40% collapse in online home and fashion sales after it was forced to halt online orders. Firm food sales helped cushion the blow.\n\nM&S had to stop all online sales for around six weeks and suffered empty shelves due to disruption to its logistics systems after hackers targeted the business around the Easter weekend. The company has said the attack was due to \u201chuman error\u201d.\n\nThe hack cost it \u00a3324mn (\u20ac282.14mn) in lost sales but that it was able to recover \u00a3100mn through an insurance payout.\n\nIt added that the attack is set to impact profits by around \u00a3136mn (\u20ac154.28mn), including about another \u00a334mn (\u20ac38.58mn) in the final six months of the year.\n\nThe main business to suffer was M&S's fashion arm which saw overall sales down 16.4% in the first half of the year, with online sales down 42.9%.\n\nThe hack, one of the most disruptive in British corporate history, also saw customers' personal data, which could have included names, email addresses, postal addresses, and dates of birth, taken by hackers.\n\n\u201cThe first half of this year was an extraordinary moment in time for M&S,\" said Stuart Machin, chief executive of M&S. \"We are now getting back on track.\u201d\n\nM&S resumed home deliveries in June after the hack, but did not restart click and collect orders until August.\n\nThe company said online sales have been improving and the group expects overall trading to be fully recovered by the end of its financial year. However, it said the \u201crecovery\u201d has been slower in fashion, home, and beauty than it has been in food.\n\nDan Coatsworth, head of markets at AJ Bell, said M&S's \u201ccatastrophic summer\u201d could well have long-term implications for the company.\n\n\u201cIts rivals made hay while the sun shone, with Next among the names luring customers away from M&S during the lengthy period of disruption,\" he said. \u201cM&S says the recovery in trading for clothing has been slower than food, suggesting that some people who tasted the flavours of rival retailers might not necessarily come back quickly.\u201d\n\nM&S has not been the only British retailer to suffer disruption to its business as a result of a cyberattack. Harrods, the luxury London department store, and the Co-op have also been targets. It remains unclear if the three attacks are linked, and police investigations are ongoing.\n\nExperts, including those from the UK's National Cyber Security Centre are saying that generative artificial intelligence is accelerating the threat landscape, and that firms and individuals have to stay on top of developments and shore up their defences against cyberattacks.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>British retailer Marks and Spencer saw its half-year profits more than halved as a result of a cyberattack that brought its online business to a grinding halt.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Wednesday, M&S said its underlying pre-tax profits tumbled 55.4% to \u00a3184.1 million (\u20ac208.89mn) in the six months to 27 September largely on the back of a 40% collapse in online home and fashion sales after it was forced to halt online orders. Firm food sales helped cushion the blow.<\/p>\n<p>M&S had to stop all online sales for around six weeks and suffered empty shelves due to disruption to its logistics systems after hackers targeted the business around the Easter weekend. The company has said the attack was due to \u201chuman error\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The hack cost it \u00a3324mn (\u20ac282.14mn) in lost sales but that it was able to recover \u00a3100mn through an insurance payout.<\/p>\n<p>It added that the attack is set to impact profits by around \u00a3136mn (\u20ac154.28mn), including about another \u00a334mn (\u20ac38.58mn) in the final six months of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The main business to suffer was M&S's fashion arm which saw overall sales down 16.4% in the first half of the year, with online sales down 42.9%.<\/p>\n<p>The hack, one of the most disruptive in British corporate history, also saw customers' personal data, which could have included names, email addresses, postal addresses, and dates of birth, taken by hackers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first half of this year was an extraordinary moment in time for M&S,\" said Stuart Machin, chief executive of M&S. \"We are now getting back on track.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//11//05//is-europes-spending-boom-fuelling-a-new-dangerous-debt-spiral/">Is Europe\u2019s spending boom fuelling a new dangerous debt spiral?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//11//01//entrepreneurship-in-europe-where-are-firms-thriving-and-barely-surviving/">Entrepreneurship in Europe: Where are firms thriving and barely surviving?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>M&S resumed home deliveries in June after the hack, but did not restart click and collect orders until August.<\/p>\n<p>The company said online sales have been improving and the group expects overall trading to be fully recovered by the end of its financial year. However, it said the \u201crecovery\u201d has been slower in fashion, home, and beauty than it has been in food.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Coatsworth, head of markets at AJ Bell, said M&S's \u201ccatastrophic summer\u201d could well have long-term implications for the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts rivals made hay while the sun shone, with Next among the names luring customers away from M&S during the lengthy period of disruption,\" he said. \u201cM&S says the recovery in trading for clothing has been slower than food, suggesting that some people who tasted the flavours of rival retailers might not necessarily come back quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>M&S has not been the only British retailer to suffer disruption to its business as a result of a cyberattack. Harrods, the luxury London department store, and the Co-op have also been targets. It remains unclear if the three attacks are linked, and police investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Experts, including those from the UK's National Cyber Security Centre are saying that generative artificial intelligence is accelerating the threat landscape, and that firms and individuals have to stay on top of developments and shore up their defences against cyberattacks.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1762350977,"updatedAt":1762363941,"publishedAt":1762354088,"firstPublishedAt":1762354088,"lastPublishedAt":1762354088,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/53\/78\/64\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5dffb994-484e-5211-a1cf-505d32864b92-9537864.jpg","altText":"People walk past a branch of British clothing and food store Marks and Spencer in London. 23 May 2018.","caption":"People walk past a branch of British clothing and food store Marks and Spencer in London. 23 May 2018.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP\/Alastair Grant","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1027}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":7334,"slug":"profits","urlSafeValue":"profits","title":"Profits","titleRaw":"Profits"},{"id":10775,"slug":"cyber-attack","urlSafeValue":"cyber-attack","title":"Cyber attack","titleRaw":"Cyber attack"},{"id":7800,"slug":"united-kingdom","urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United Kingdom","titleRaw":"United Kingdom"},{"id":26458,"slug":"company","urlSafeValue":"company","title":"Company","titleRaw":"Company"},{"id":4595,"slug":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business","titleRaw":"Business"},{"id":11396,"slug":"food","urlSafeValue":"food","title":"Food","titleRaw":"Food"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"AP with Eleanor Butler","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/business\/business"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"business","verticals":[{"id":11,"slug":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":11,"slug":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"},"themes":[{"id":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business","url":"\/business\/business"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":7,"urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":291,"urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United Kingdom","url":"\/news\/europe\/united-kingdom"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/business\/2025\/11\/05\/cyberattack-on-marks-spencer-slices-profits-by-more-than-a-half","lastModified":1762354088}]">
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