Harrods seeks to recover abuse compensation costs from Mohamed Al Fayed’s estate
Posted on Saturday September 19, 2026

Exclusive: Survivors say luxury store’s attempt to recoup money is at odds with its public acceptance of responsibility

Harrods is seeking to recover the cost of the compensation paid to hundreds of women allegedly sexually abused by Mohamed Al Fayed from his estate, the Guardian understands.

The luxury department store is seeking full indemnity from the late billionaire’s estate for any settlements it is required to pay, according to evidence seen by the Guardian.

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‘Cost of housing’ crunch looms for low-income families, warns Resolution Foundation
Posted on Saturday September 19, 2026

Thinktank calls on chancellor to end housing allowance freeze with typical two-bedroom household facing £158 week shortfall amid rent rises

More than 1.1 million low-income families in rented homes face a “cost of housing” crunch without action from John Healey in next month’s budget, the Resolution Foundation thinktank has warned.

Local housing allowance (LHA) has been frozen in cash terms since autumn 2024.

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Flight chaos for hundreds of thousands was caused in ‘millisecond’ by software error
Posted on Friday September 18, 2026

Error first occurred at 10am but major incident was not declared until 12.30pm, says report

A software defect in part of the UK’s air traffic control system corrupted flight data “in the space of a millisecond”, leading to a six-hour outage and mass airline cancellations and delays across the UK last week, National Air Traffic Services has said.

But ministers said the Nats report into the incident still left questions unanswered, saying they needed “to urgently understand why this issue was not discovered and fixed before it caused chaos”.

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BrewDog creditors owed £190m will not be paid in full, say administrators
Posted on Friday September 18, 2026

There are ‘insufficient funds’ to pay unpaid wages, tax owed to HMRC and overdue bills, accountants say

Accountants picking over the remains of BrewDog, the “punk” beer company that collapsed earlier this year, have said that creditors who are owed about £190m will not be paid back.

In an update on their progress, administrators at AlixPartners warned there were “insufficient funds” to pay debts in full related to unpaid wages, tax owed to HM Revenue and Customs, and overdue bills from other businesses.

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Sensitive UK police data vulnerable to ‘compromise’ by US government and foreign actors
Posted on Friday September 18, 2026

Exclusive: Official UK security assessment found Microsoft cloud platform storing files was at potential risk from hostile hackers

Vast troves of highly sensitive police data are lying on Microsoft cloud platforms which an official UK security assessment deemed to be vulnerable to “compromise” by foreign actors and the US government, a Guardian investigation can reveal.

The files include criminal records, victim statements, internal emails and sensitive information held by more than 40 police forces across the UK.

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Why Europe has been absent from the great AI safety debate
Posted on Friday September 18, 2026

Though Europe has measures that address how consumers might encounter AI, technology will impact them if the worst scenarios bear

Europe’s dilemma over AI was rendered in stark terms this week. The head of the continent’s central bank, Christine Lagarde, said Europeans have two options: shun the technology and lose out on growth; or embrace it and become dependent on tools developed by the US and China.

The great debate over AI safety that has erupted in recent days threatens to make the choice moot. If the worst scenarios come to bear – and experts have differing views on this – then the technology will impact the continent regardless.

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Police on high alert before Millwall v West Ham, Spurs and Villa face crunch clash – matchday live
Posted on Saturday September 19, 2026

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Elsewhere in the Championship, Wrexham host Southampton with the Welsh side looking to bounce back from that harrowing 6-0 shellacking at West Ham eight days ago.

Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac, Wrexham’s co-chairmen, have previewed the game with the Saints with this video …

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Keely Hodgkinson shows off Catwoman style to steal Athlos London event
Posted on Friday September 18, 2026

• Briton destroys 800m field in hooded black bodysuit

• Mill Hill event more like a rave than an athletics meeting

Athlos arrived in London promising that its all-female spin on athletics would provide a radical departure from the status quo. Long before Keely Hodgkinson stepped on to the track dressed in a hooded black bodysuit – part ninja assassin, part Catwoman – it had emphatically made its point.

Throughout the two-hour event, the bassline from the aptly named DJ Trauma carried enough force to make eardrums bleed. The stadium PA’s dial appeared to be permanently stuck on Spinal Tap’s 11. And those who successfully scanned a barcode were then shown dancing and waving on a giant screen.

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