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• Teenager becomes first person to have testicular tissue transplant in UK - The Guardian8 October 2026, 4:00 am
  Teenager becomes first person to have testicular tissue transplant in UK  The Guardian'Pioneering' surgery means young cancer patient may have children  Sky NewsUK first as frozen testicular tissue transplanted to help restore fertility | ITV News  ITVXRebranded Jaguar unveils its first electric sportscar: The Type 01EV  Inbox.euFirst Brit to have part of his testicles removed and frozen so he can become a dad  Daily Mirror
  
• Nana Patekar: Bollywood actor dies at 75 in Goa home - BBC8 October 2026, 3:41 am
  Nana Patekar: Bollywood actor dies at 75 in Goa home  BBCVeteran Bollywood actor Nana Patekar passes away at 75  The Times of India'Don't Know If I'll Be Here Tomorrow': Nana Patekar In Last Public Appearance 4 Days Ago  NDTV‘Renowned shot’: How Nana Patekar became a national-level shooter, won medals in his 50s  Hindustan TimesNana Patekar was prepared for his death, had kept 12 maunds of wood for cremation  India Today
  
• Bringing local models and sandboxed tools to Windows and GitHub Copilot - Microsoft8 October 2026, 2:17 am
  Bringing local models and sandboxed tools to Windows and GitHub Copilot  MicrosoftDiscover local models in GitHub Copilot CLI  The GitHub BlogDevelopers will soon be able to leverage local AI models in GitHub Copilot  NeowinMicrosoft Lets Developers Run MAI-Code-1.1-Flash Locally, but It Needs 120GB of RAM  Windows ReportMicrosoft to Integrate MAI Code 1.1 Flash into Windows 11 with 130 Billion Parameters  KuCoin
  
• Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90 - The Guardian8 October 2026, 1:23 am
  Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90  The GuardianMargaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the moon, dies at 90  BBCMargaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90  MIT NewsMargaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo astronauts on the moon, has died  CNNMargaret Hamilton, Who Developed Software for First Moon Landing, Dies at 90  WSJ
  
• 'Kemi's family home pledge' and 'Badenoch invokes core Tory values' - BBC8 October 2026, 1:06 am
  'Kemi's family home pledge' and 'Badenoch invokes core Tory values'  BBC‘People are scared of her, to be honest’: Kemi Badenoch remakes Tories in her image  The GuardianTories united behind Badenoch - but party still needs to win over voters  BBCBadenoch’s UK Conservatives are a work in progress  Financial TimesBadenoch pledges to fight for Tory values  The Telegraph
  
• Democrats sue to stop Trump from using taxpayer funds for self-promoting ads - The Guardian8 October 2026, 12:03 am
  Democrats sue to stop Trump from using taxpayer funds for self-promoting ads  The GuardianDemocrats sue US President Trump over taxpayer-funded ad campaign  Al JazeeraTrump says he will stop using taxpayer funds for ads after bipartisan pushback  BBCAmericans deeply skeptical of taxpayer-funded election ads, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  ReutersTrump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads  The New York Times
  
• Fuel prices added to Google Maps as petrol and diesel costs soar - BBC7 October 2026, 11:50 pm
  Fuel prices added to Google Maps as petrol and diesel costs soar  BBCUK motorists can now see live fuel prices on Google Maps  The GuardianBoost for drivers as live petrol prices to be shown on Google Maps  The IndependentThis winter, use Google Maps and Waze to find the best fuel prices in the UK.  blog.googleGoogle Maps to show live petrol prices as rising costs squeeze motorists  The Times
  
• Family launch fresh appeal after mum, 56, goes missing for two years - 'darkness clouds every moment' - The Sun7 October 2026, 11:10 pm
  Family launch fresh appeal after mum, 56, goes missing for two years - 'darkness clouds every moment'  The SunMy mum vanished from South London 2 years ago - I just need to know where she is  My LondonNazire Koreli: £20k Reward to Solve South East London Woman's Disappearance?  The Daily Dazzling Dawn£20,000 reward offered as police renew appeal two years after Nazire Koreli vanished  london999.co.ukMet Police offer £20k reward to find mum who vanished two years ago  London Evening Standard
  
• Bank of England reveals the four animals to feature on banknotes - BBC7 October 2026, 11:01 pm
  Bank of England reveals the four animals to feature on banknotes  BBCSee more headlines and perspectives on Google News
  
• Microsoft is about to let Copilot loose on your file system - The Register7 October 2026, 9:54 pm
  Microsoft is about to let Copilot loose on your file system  The RegisterPre-order our most powerful Surface devices ever  Windows BlogWindows and Surface October 2026 news  Microsoft SourceMicrosoft to sell [223],599 Surface Laptop Ultra containing Nvidia AI chip  CNBCHow Microsoft built its MacBook Pro competitor  The Verge
  
• The 87-year-old woman evicted from her home in Spain has died - Sky News7 October 2026, 9:40 pm
  The 87-year-old woman evicted from her home in Spain has died  Sky NewsSpanish pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests dies, union says  BBC87-year-old Maricarmen dies in hospital after infamous eviction ordeal  Euronews.comMaría del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87  The GuardianMaricarmen: Evicted 87-year-old who became a symbol of Spain’s housing crisis has died  CNN
  
• US death row inmate Christa Pike 'angry and confused' after failed execution, her lawyer says - BBC7 October 2026, 9:35 pm
  US death row inmate Christa Pike 'angry and confused' after failed execution, her lawyer says  BBCFollow live: Christa Pike 'angry and confused' after failed execution, her lawyer says  BBCChrista Pike latest: First words of woman who survived botched execution revealed - as lawyer says she was 'brain dead'  Sky NewsDeath row inmate Christa Pike ‘angry and confused’ after botched execution  The TimesChrista Pike ‘angry, confused’ and unable to move arms after failed execution, lawyers say  The Guardian
  
• WHO says it does not have ‘full picture’ from Russia following suspected plague death - The Guardian7 October 2026, 9:22 pm
  WHO says it does not have ‘full picture’ from Russia following suspected plague death  The GuardianTrump to speak to Putin about plague lab worker's death in Russia  BBCRussian Plague Scare: CDC Monitoring Travelers From Siberia  ForbesWhy a global outbreak of pneumonic plague is unlikely  BBCRussia dismisses reports of second plague case as ‘false information’  Al Jazeera
  
• Protesters clash and arrests made as London demos held on October 7 anniversary - London Evening Standard7 October 2026, 8:09 pm
  Protesters clash and arrests made as London demos held on October 7 anniversary  London Evening StandardEleven arrested at pro-Palestinian marches in London on 7 October  BBCPolice forces fail to ask pro-Palestine activists to move October 7 protests  The TelegraphMet Police urge students to move 7 October protest  BBCPolice cannot ban pro-Palestine march on anniversary of 7 October attacks, Met says  Sky News
  
• Iran war blows near-£12bn hole in Britain’s public finances - Financial Times7 October 2026, 8:00 pm
  Iran war blows near-£12bn hole in Britain’s public finances  Financial TimesEY says headroom has halved to £11bn and may become £7bn deficit  The TimesHitting the buffers  Resolution FoundationExplores solutions for U.K. chancellor’s fiscal gap, Robert Peston notes  Traders UnionThe Iran war has blown a near GBP 12bln hole in UK public finances, according to FT estimates, slashing chancellor Healey’s headroom in half and forcing him to lean on Budget tax rises and spending cuts to fund efforts to ease the cost of living  Newsquawk