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It has not yet been two weeks since James Eden, the founder of the Manchester men’s clothier Private White VC, saw one of his best-known customers move in to No 10 Downing Street.In any sane world the man who makes the prime minister’s jackets would be popping open the champagne. His garments have been seen by millions of people and described by journalists all over the world writing about Burnham’s buttoned-down style.Instead, Eden, a proud advocate of British manufacturing, has found himself defending his company in the face of a media onslaught.“‘Man of the people’ Andy Burnham’s down-to-earth outfits are…

*Security Summit: FG to establish regional database, deploy drones, CCTV, in southeast*2027: Fears mount as political thuggery resurfaces amid alleged recruitment, arming of groups *Stakeholders say cross-border collaboration key to ending kidnapping, sit-at-home enforcement Linus Aleke in Abuja and Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano and Boniface Okoro in Umuahia Troops of the Nigerian Armed Forces neutralised over 102 terrorists and criminal elements across various theatres of operation in July, as part of ongoing efforts to tackle insecurity and restore peace across the country, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said.The development comes as the federal government announced plans to establish a shared…

The Enugu State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening the fight against HIV/AIDS through strategic partnerships, inclusive policies, and evidence-based interventions aimed at improving health outcomes for residents. The Commissioner for Health, George Ugwu, said this on Friday while receiving executive members of the Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), Enugu Chapter. Mr Ugwu, a professor, said Governor Peter Mbah’s administration placed high priority on the health and well-being of residents, assuring that no one would be excluded from accessing essential healthcare services. He highlighted ongoing reforms in the health sector, including the construction…

On the Eurostar platform at St Pancras International station in London, Great Britain, on 1 November 2025.Stephane Mouchmouche | Afp | Getty ImagesGripped by drought, raging wildfires and a summer of weather extremes, countries across Europe are scrambling to address the widely underestimated climate challenge of extreme heat.Supercharged by the climate crisis, a series of record-breaking heat waves in recent months has wreaked havoc across large swaths of the world’s fastest-warming continent. Severe infrastructure stress brought on by the searing heat has forced companies and policymakers to respond.Eurostar, for example, recently announced that it is preparing to for unprecedented heat…

As an eternally optimistic charity shop fan, I hold on to the fantasy that one day I’ll walk into my local Oxfam and find a pristine copy of the Sega Saturn shooter Burning Rangers for £1.50. Or perhaps a box full of old Neo Geo carts for a quid each. Sadly, this is now unlikely. Charity shops have caught on to the fact that old video games – like old vinyl albums – are highly collectible, and so they’re putting the good stuff on eBay. That’s fine, it’s their job to raise money, not to provide opportunist swine like me…

The BBC’s David Wallace Lockhart asks if Scotland’s largest city should have its own elected mayor.

The concrete walls of Ibara prison rise grey and absolute against the skyline of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Barbed wire crowns its perimeter fence as armed officers patrol the walkways. But on an evening in early 2026, a man serving time inside those walls opened a TikTok account, tapped a screen, and went live. His name is Elijah Oyebode; He is on death row.  On 22 December 2016, according to a Certified True Copy of court proceedings at the Osun State High Court — Suit No. HIK/6C/2017, Mr Oyebode conspired to kill Rofiat Adebisi, a final-year student of Osun…

“I couldn’t switch off because it’s been a real rollercoaster of a week,” Adam Ramsay-Peaty says with a weary smile on a quiet Thursday morning in Glasgow. He has just endured a rough night in which, after winning his third medal of the Commonwealth Games, he managed less than three hours of sleep. The medals consist of bronze in the 100m and 50m breaststroke and a silver in the men’s 4x100m medley. For most swimmers this would constitute success and satisfaction, but Ramsay-Peaty is different.The fact that none of his three medals are gold, or attached to anything remotely like…

The Sentinels9.50pm, BBC FourThis French counterfactual thriller about lab-grown super-soldiers in the first world war has sustained itself convincingly; as the final two episodes drop, the political intrigue and action sequences dovetail perfectly. The mission to free Mazauric is in jeopardy – which is worrying as it’s clear that everything depends upon it. Phil HarrisonSussex: Jewel of the South Coast7pm, Channel 5Exactly why this show opts for a title that risks alienating viewers from every other county on the south coast is hard to fathom. This instalment of the continuing profile takes in a lifeguard, a Chichester cleric working to…

The first book I read willingly was Bridget Jones’s Diary. I was 19. Up to that point, I hadn’t been much of a reader. I’d been more into football, or Baywatch, or Robin Budd in the year above – anything really. Given the choice between reading a book and staring at a wall, I would have plumped for the latter.After finishing my A-levels, I worked in a barbecue restaurant in Portsmouth – which is where I found Bridget Jones. The book was lying around in the staffroom. I picked it up and read a few pages, and then a few…