8 new horror movies on Prime Video, Shudder, HBO Max and more in October 2025 Here are the best new horror movies worth streaming in October 2025. TechRadar · Oct 1, 2025
Scotch whisky firm blames 'unfair' taxes and slams Keir Starmer as profits decline A MAJOR Scottish whisky firm has slammed the “unfairness” of the current UK duty policy after it reported a drop in profits last year ... The National (Scotland) · Oct 1, 2025
Long Lane: the UK’s first sober country members’ club with plans to take on Soho House Just an hour from London, this exclusive longevity-focused club is pitching itself as ‘Soho Farmhouse without the hangover’. So can it take on the stalwarts? Hayley Spencer meets the founders Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025
Tariffs may bring a US$50 billion monthly boost to the US government. But ordinary Americans won’t feel the benefit Donald Trump’s recent state visit to the UK ended without the removal of steel tariffs, which the host nation had been hoping for. For months, the US president’s array of “liberation day” tariffs have sparked controversy and caused chaos for America’s trading partners. The Conversation · Oct 1, 2025
Labour to revive maintenance grants and further education – but can it improve skills and social mobility at the same time? Keir Starmer’s recent speech at the Labour conference placed the UK at a “fork in the road”, telling the audience that there is a choice between “renewal or decline”. The Conversation · Oct 1, 2025
Norton Is Updating Its UK Facility, Preparing For All New Motorcycles Norton’s owner, India’s TVS Motor Company, has injected $245 million to update its Solihull manufacturing facility. RideApart · Oct 1, 2025
Selfridges blames slump in tourists shopping for luxury goods as sales fall Losses narrow to nearly £16m for 48 weeks to 4 January 2025 but group has not made pre-tax profit since 2019 The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025
Engineer used ‘secret’ toilet after trans colleague encounter, tribunal told Maria Kelly is taking legal action against Leonardo UK. Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025
Rare Harvest supermoon to appear over UK in October for first time in 38 years The full Moon in October is not only a Harvest Moon but a supermoon, meaning it will be the biggest and brightest of 2025. Here is how to spot it. The National (Scotland) · Oct 1, 2025
FXIFY Partners With Alchemy Markets to Enable Users to Trade on the TradingView Platform London, UK, October 1st, 2025, Chainwire International Business Times · Oct 1, 2025
Europe mulls using frozen Russian assets to fund loan to Ukraine The EU has already poured in €174 billion since the war started in February 2022 The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025
Verge Motorcycles Is Taking Its EV Bikes On Tour, Wants You To Try Them Out The Verge TS Pro will be going on tour around the UK, in the hopes that more riders will swing a leg over it and get a feel for Verge’s cutting-edge tech. RideApart · Oct 1, 2025
UK Economic Growth Stalls at 0.3% — Tough Choices Loom for November Budget UK GDP grew just 0.3% in Q2 2025, raising pressure on Chancellor Reeves ahead of the November Budget as tough tax and spending choices loom. International Business Times UK · Oct 1, 2025
UK fracking ban to be brought forward as Labour counters Reform promise Ed Miliband announces government will speed up plans to ban controversial practice supported by Nigel Farage The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025
International Business Times · Oct 1, 2025 $6.75bn Bitcoin Heist Busted: Chinese Fraudster Zhimin Qian Confesses in UK – World's Largest Crypto Seizure Shocks Zhimin Qian pleaded guilty in UK court over a £5bn Bitcoin scam that defrauded 128,000 victims. Police seized 61,000 BTC in world's largest crypto bust, exposing money laundering risks. Sentencing due 10 November 2025.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025 Weather warnings as Storm Amy to batter UK this weekend First named storm of season expected to bring heavy rain and winds over 80mph to northern and western regions
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025 UK can ‘reap the benefits’ of stablecoins in finance, says Bank governor Andrew Bailey said it would be ‘wrong to be against stablecoins as a matter of principle’.
Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025 Miliband vows to permanently ban ‘dangerous and deeply harmful’ fracking The Energy Secretary used the announcement to attack Reform UK, which has called for more extraction of oil and gas.
The National (Scotland) · Oct 1, 2025 Reform UK are 'waging war' on Scottish cable factory workers, Ed Miliband says ED Miliband has accused Reform UK of “waging war” on workers at a new cable factory in Scotland ...
The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025 Big pharma is at war with the UK, and the government can’t back down now The industry has always wanted the NHS to pay more for its drugs; now it is pulling research and investment out of Britain, says director of Global Justice Now Nick Dearden
The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025 ‘I don’t miss the clamour of people’s adulation’: Transvision Vamp’s Wendy James on scandals, reunions and her beef with Elvis Costello She became an 80s pop icon – and a media hate figure. Now, reforming her group after more than 30 years, James recalls her painful path through through the music business, surviving ‘Harvey Weinstein-type’ situations, and working with punk’s finest
Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025 Storm Amy to batter UK with 80mph winds at the end of the week First named storm of season will see gusts reaching up to 70-80mph in northern Britain
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025 UK to be battered by 80mph winds as first named storm of season approaches The Met Office has issued a number of weather warnings ahead of Storm Amy.
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025 House prices on the rise again – but one property type is bucking the trend Houses prices increase while cost of flats fall – as Budget uncertainty forces buyers to put moving plans on hold
International Business Times UK · Oct 1, 2025 Starmer Slams Reform as 'Racist' Over 'Immoral' Deportation Plan – Warning It Could Tear Britain Apart Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls out Reform UK's 'immoral' plan to deport legal migrants as racist, amid surging 2025 polls threatening Labour's unity