Latest

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A four-hour stage production inspired by the landmark rape trial involving Gisèle Pelicot is set to come to London for a single performance this November, bringing a theatrical reconstruction of one of France’s most closely watched criminal cases to the UK capital. The production, titled “The Pelicot Trial: Tribute to Gisèle Pelicot”, will be staged at London County...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A six-month trial of live facial recognition technology at railway stations in London has ended with a single watchlist alert that proved to be a false identification, while no arrest was made directly as a result of the system’s alerts. The trial cost more than £320,000 in equipment and police staffing and involved the scanning of more than...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Green energy entrepreneur and Labour donor Dale Vince is planning to support the creation of a London-wide news operation as part of a proposed rescue package for a group of established local newspapers facing financial pressure. The plan would involve investment in the organisation behind the Camden New Journal, Islington Tribune and Westminster Extra, with Vince saying he...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Britain’s insurance industry has warned that thousands of homes being built in areas vulnerable to flooding could face serious difficulties obtaining affordable insurance in the future, as the country experiences growing concern over the impact of increasingly severe weather. Amanda Blanc, chief executive of Aviva, one of Britain’s largest insurers, said the threat posed by flooding was “absolutely...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Survivors of sexual abuse allegations involving former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed are calling for an investigation into the General Medical Council over claims that concerns about doctors linked to him were not acted upon when they were first reported almost a decade ago. The survivors say the medical regulator should form part of any public inquiry into...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to announce that his government will move forward with plans to examine major electoral reform, potentially beginning a process that could eventually replace Britain’s first-past-the-post voting system with a form of proportional representation. The announcement is expected during Burnham’s first Labour conference speech as prime minister and would form part of a...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to signal that the government is prepared to reconsider the pension triple lock as part of a wider effort to establish a national care service, opening one of the most sensitive funding debates facing the Labour government. Burnham is due to use his first Labour conference speech as prime minister to argue...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A diplomatic dispute between South Korea and Ukraine has intensified after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy publicly revealed that two North Korean prisoners of war captured while fighting for Russia had been transferred to South Korea. What was expected to be a sensitive humanitarian arrangement has instead developed into an unusual disagreement between two governments that have generally maintained...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered another expansion of the country’s armed forces as the war in Ukraine enters its 1,679th day, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that North Korea is preparing to send thousands more troops to Russia. The developments come amid continued battlefield casualties, repeated Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and growing pressure on...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Prosecutors in New York have reopened an investigation into allegations of a sexual assault involving a Cornell University student at a fraternity house, following renewed public scrutiny over how the case was initially handled and the consequences faced by members of the fraternity who were identified in connection with the allegations. The investigation concerns an October 2024 incident...