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Published: 08 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The highly anticipated line-up for I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! 2025 has reportedly been unveiled, with Jack Osbourne, Kelly Brook, and Ruby Wax among the celebrities set to enter the Australian jungle. The news comes just a week before the new series is scheduled to launch on ITV, hosted as always by Ant and Dec....

Published: 07 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A distraught couple in north London are urgently appealing to the Home Office to expedite a visa decision that would allow their eight-year-old daughter, Lati-Yana Stephanie Brown, to join them in the UK after Hurricane Melissa devastated her home in Jamaica. The category 5 storm, which struck the island on 28 October, left tens of thousands homeless and...

Published: 07 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A British grandmother who faced a death sentence in Bali for smuggling a large quantity of cocaine is set to return to the UK, bringing an end to more than a decade of imprisonment and legal uncertainty. Lindsay Sandiford, 69, has spent over 13 years in Kerobokan prison, one of the world’s most notorious correctional facilities, following her...

Published: 07 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. There has never been a football match quite like this — not in tone, not in atmosphere, and certainly not in the emotions it stirred on the streets of Birmingham. The Europa League fixture between Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday night was less a sporting occasion and more a political event, charged with the energy...

Published: 06 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Britain’s military has officially received the first batch of Ajax armoured vehicles, marking the conclusion of an eight-year delay that has long cast a shadow over the country’s defence procurement programme. The announcement comes amid debates over the relevance of traditional armoured vehicles on modern battlefields, particularly in the context of the Ukraine conflict, where inexpensive unmanned drones...

Published: 06 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A growing number of UK academics whose research is critical of China are reporting significant pressure from Beijing, prompting concerns over academic freedom and the financial dependence of UK universities on Chinese students. Scholars have described targeted harassment, threats, and institutional constraints that they say compromise their ability to conduct research freely, raising questions about the broader implications...

Published: 06 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has officially announced the formation of his transition team as he prepares to assume office on 1 January, revealing an all-female leadership slate aimed at guiding the city through what he calls the most ambitious policy agenda in a generation. The 34-year-old democratic socialist outlined the team at a press conference in...

Published: 05 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Six Just Stop Oil (JSO) protesters have been convicted after they were denied the opportunity to present climate facts or a “reasonable excuse” defence in court, raising questions about consistency in the UK’s handling of environmental demonstrations. The activists were found guilty of public nuisance following a high-profile protest on the M25 motorway in 2022, which saw them...

Published: 05 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Democratic nominee Mikie Sherrill has been elected the 57th governor of New Jersey, defeating Republican Jack Ciattarelli in a race that drew national attention and underscored the Democratic Party’s resilience amid Donald Trump’s return to political prominence. The Associated Press projected Sherrill’s victory just two hours after polls closed on Tuesday. “I hear you, Jersey,” Sherrill said to...

Published: 05 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Democrat Abigail Spanberger has made history by becoming Virginia’s first female governor, marking a major victory for her party in a night of strong Democratic performances across the southern state. Spanberger, a former CIA officer and federal law enforcement agent who served three terms in the US House of Representatives, won convincingly over Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears,...