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• 'What happened here was not human': Israel marks three years since 7 October attacks - BBC7 October 2026, 1:59 pm
  'What happened here was not human': Israel marks three years since 7 October attacks  BBC7 October commemorations and French student protests: photos of the day – Wednesday  The GuardianHow three years of Israel’s genocidal war have changed Gaza  Al JazeeraThree Years After October 7, I Moved Back to Nahal Oz  The AtlanticMamdani Oct. 7 statement accuses Israel of ‘ongoing genocide’ and ‘apartheid’  The Times of Israel
  
• Boots sold for £7bn to family behind Primark - The Telegraph7 October 2026, 1:49 pm
  Boots sold for £7bn to family behind Primark  The TelegraphBoots sold in .9bn deal to Canadian billionaire family  BBC£6.7bn deal announced to buy Boots' 1,800 UK and Ireland stores  Sky NewsBillionaire Weston family to buy Boots in .9bn deal  Financial TimesEx-Selfridges owners buy Boots in return to British retail  The Independent
  
• Cristiano Ronaldo: the extraordinary eight points he says Jorge Jesus agreed to make - The Guardian7 October 2026, 1:47 pm
  Cristiano Ronaldo: the extraordinary eight points he says Jorge Jesus agreed to make  The GuardianCristiano Ronaldo: Portugal forward not retiring but says he wants to be punished for walking out  BBCCristiano Ronaldo: Portugal star breaks silence over national team walkout in statement  Sky Sports​Cristiano Ronaldo eviscerates Portugal head coach in 2000-word statement  The TelegraphCristiano Ronaldo won't return to Portugal team while Jesus remains coach - sources  ESPN
  
• Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch delivering speech on final day of party's conference - BBC7 October 2026, 1:30 pm
  Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch delivering speech on final day of party's conference  BBCTories accused of prioritising rich voters as Badenoch lays out inheritance tax cut plan  The GuardianBattle of ideas looming in British politics, Badenoch to say  BBCTory conference live: Kemi Badenoch pledges to scrap inheritance tax on family homes  Financial TimesListen up, Kemi. Here are the dazzling policies that will win you the next election  The Telegraph
  
• Reform clears its own officials of breaking party funding laws despite police investigation - The Guardian7 October 2026, 1:30 pm
  Reform clears its own officials of breaking party funding laws despite police investigation  The GuardianReform internal inquiry says party did not break law over donations sting  BBCReform UK internal inquiry clears own advisers over donations sting  Sky NewsReform UK internal probe clears senior officials of breaking law over donor sting  Financial TimesExclusive: Reform inquiry clears staff over undercover donations sting  The Telegraph
  
• Five arrested for inciting racial hatred outside Jewish group's headquarters, says Met - BBC7 October 2026, 1:28 pm
  Five arrested for inciting racial hatred outside Jewish group's headquarters, says Met  BBCPolice forces fail to ask pro-Palestine activists to move October 7 protests  The TelegraphProtesters clash and five arrests made as London demos held on October 7 anniversary  London Evening StandardAnti-Israel mob demonstrate outside Board of Deputies office on October 7  The Jewish ChroniclePolice cannot ban pro-Palestine march on anniversary of 7 October attacks, Met says  Sky News
  
• Forensics student stabbed sex worker 78 times in Dexter-style ‘kill room’ | ITV News - ITVX7 October 2026, 1:27 pm
  Forensics student stabbed sex worker 78 times in Dexter-style ‘kill room’ | ITV News  ITVXFootage shows Dexter 'kill room' murderer's arrest  BBCWatch: police arrest teen murderer who copied TV show Dexter  The TimesBloodied Dexter-obsessed killer told police he had been attacked by fox  The TelegraphForensics student admits 'Dexter-style' murder in 'kill room'  Sky News
  
• The generation raised on sugar rations – and what their health reveals 70 years later - The Guardian7 October 2026, 1:20 pm
  The generation raised on sugar rations – and what their health reveals 70 years later  The GuardianLimiting sugar in childhood linked to lower diabetes risk — The Guardian  UA.NEWSEarly-life sugar restriction tied to better mental health in adulthood  PsyPostCould early-life sugar shape anxiety risk later in life?  ConsumerAffairsIs it worth counting how much sugar your child consumes until the age of three? Here's what new research reveals  Слободен печат
  
• Rob Burrow would be proud of knighthood - Sinfield - BBC7 October 2026, 1:06 pm
  Rob Burrow would be proud of knighthood - Sinfield  BBCI ran an ultramarathon with Sir Kevin Sinfield. It changed my life  The IndependentKevin Sinfield knighted days after Warrington crowds backed MND challenge  Warrington GuardianKevin Sinfield given knighthood as Rob Burrow's wife in heartbreaking admission  Wales OnlineKevin Sinfield makes heartwarming promise to Rob Burrow's family as he lets his team go  Daily Express
  
• Ex-Barclays traders’ rate-rigging convictions quashed - Financial Times7 October 2026, 1:03 pm
  Ex-Barclays traders’ rate-rigging convictions quashed  Financial TimesEx-bankers jailed for rigging rates have convictions quashed  BBCFormer City traders’ fraud convictions overturned  City AMEx-Barclays Traders Have Rate-Rigging Convictions Quashed by London Court  Bloomberg.comFive more UK rate-rigging convictions quashed as SFO prosecutions unravel  Reuters
  
• Eva Marie Saint – a life in pictures - The Guardian7 October 2026, 12:57 pm
  Eva Marie Saint – a life in pictures  The GuardianOscar-winning actress Eva Marie Saint dies aged 102  BBCEva Marie Saint: the Hitchcock Blonde who outgrew the persona  The GuardianEva Marie Saint, who set the blueprint for the Bond girl, dies aged 102  The TelegraphEva Marie Saint, one of the immortals, radiated old-school Hollywood glamour  The Irish Times
  
• What we know about the suspected plague case in Russia - Financial Times7 October 2026, 12:34 pm
  What we know about the suspected plague case in Russia  Financial TimesTrump to speak to Putin about plague lab worker's death in Russia  BBCRussia claims there is no epidemic risk after death of plague institute worker  Sky NewsRussian Plague Scare: WHO Seeks Details About Reported Second Illness As Trump Plans Putin Call  ForbesThe plague may have escaped from a lab in Siberia  The Economist
  
• Mikel Arteta contract: Arsenal boss signs new deal to extend stay at Premier League champions - Sky Sports7 October 2026, 12:24 pm
  Mikel Arteta contract: Arsenal boss signs new deal to extend stay at Premier League champions  Sky SportsMikel Arteta: Arsenal boss signs new contract until 2030  BBCFour winners (and two losers) as Mikel Arteta signs his long-awaited Arsenal contract  LiveScore‘This is only the beginning,’ vows Mikel Arteta after signing new Arsenal deal  The GuardianMikel Arteta handed bumper pay rise with new £25m-a-year deal  The Times
  
• SpaceX's Crew-12 astronauts undock from ISS to return to Earth after nearly 10 months in space - Space7 October 2026, 12:07 pm
  SpaceX's Crew-12 astronauts undock from ISS to return to Earth after nearly 10 months in space  SpaceNASA to Stream SpaceX Crew-12 Return, Splashdown Live  NASA (.gov)Watch Sophie Adenot return to Earth  European Space Agency (ESA)Space station crew heads home as replacements settle in for 6-month tour of duty  CBS NewsSpaceX Dragon Departs Space Station to Return to Earth  marketscreener.com
  
• Widdecombe murder suspect Joshua Kerry appears in court over Farage terror charge - Sky News7 October 2026, 11:35 am
  Widdecombe murder suspect Joshua Kerry appears in court over Farage terror charge  Sky NewsWiddecombe suspect accused of trying to break into Farage's home  BBCMan accused of murdering UK politician charged with preparing terror acts against Nigel Farage  CNNMan appears in UK court accused of trying to break into Reform leader Farage's home  ReutersAnn Widdecombe murder suspect accused of trying to break into Nigel Farage’s home  Financial Times