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Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A controversial natural-health advocate who was permanently prohibited from providing health services in Australia is due to appear at a series of events in the UK and Ireland, prompting renewed criticism from scientists, medical professionals, cancer organisations and academic figures. Barbara O’Neill, 73, describes herself as a naturopath and nutritionist and has built an international following through lectures,...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Britain’s Royal College of Nursing has ended its commercial relationship with Teva UK, bringing to a close the pharmaceutical company’s role as a commercial partner and sponsor of an upcoming professional nursing event. The decision follows pressure from campaign groups over Teva Pharmaceuticals’ links to Israel and concerns surrounding the company’s corporate record. The Royal College of Nursing,...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Almost half of the women who have reported allegations of sexual abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed to the Metropolitan police may have experienced circumstances bearing the hallmarks of human trafficking, according to information presented to a parliamentary group representing survivors of alleged abuse connected to the former Harrods owner. Senior Metropolitan police officers told the all-party parliamentary group...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Staff at the BBC are facing growing uncertainty over the future of two television channels as the corporation prepares to announce another stage of a major cost-cutting programme. Internal changes to the broadcaster’s TV and streaming division have fuelled expectations that BBC Three and BBC Scotland could move to online-only services as the organisation seeks to reduce spending...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Efforts to resolve the long-running Drumcree parading dispute in Northern Ireland have ended without an agreement, leaving the issue to return to the courts after five days of political tension and negotiations. Talks involving representatives of the Orange Order and residents of the Garvaghy Road area concluded late Thursday at Hillsborough Castle, with Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online For generations, the glasshouses at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh have offered rare and vulnerable plants protection from Scotland’s often unforgiving weather. Yet the structures designed to shelter those collections have increasingly become a source of danger themselves, with ageing glass, storm damage and deteriorating infrastructure threatening both plants and the people responsible for caring for them. That...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The second Trump administration is facing a series of legal, political and electoral controversies as the president continues campaigning for Republican candidates ahead of the US midterm elections. Immigration enforcement, the possible presence of federal agents at polling places, restrictions on media access and the use of artificial intelligence in campaign advertising have all emerged as prominent issues,...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online As summer temperatures rise across European cities, residents of Berlin are finding an increasingly simple way to help protect one of the most valuable parts of their urban environment: street trees. Through an open-source digital platform known as Gieß den Kiez, residents can identify trees in need of water, record when they have been watered and coordinate with...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A deeply sensitive religious dispute has become a major feature of Brazil’s final presidential campaign days, after claims surrounding the country’s patron saint, Our Lady of Aparecida, spread rapidly online and triggered concern among Catholics. The controversy has drawn President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his conservative challenger Flávio Bolsonaro into an increasingly intense debate over religion,...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Europe has endured one of its most severe summers on record, with prolonged heatwaves, drought, wildfires and dangerously high temperatures affecting large parts of the continent. A new assessment from the European Union’s Copernicus climate monitoring service shows that western Europe experienced surface air temperatures from June to August that were 2.5C above the recent 10-year average, making...