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A convicted sex offender who was released from prison by mistake a week ago is back in custody.Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, from Algeria, was accidentally freed on 29 October from Wandsworth prison in south London. He was arrested in Finsbury Park on Friday after police said they had received a call from a member of the public.The erroneous release, and that of another prisoner who was mistakenly freed, has led to mounting political pressure on David Lammy, the UK justice secretary, days after he introduced stringent checks for jails.Lammy had refused several times to say whether any more prisoners had been…

ToplineExpedia shares surged more than 18% Friday after the Seattle-based travel tech firm reported a blowout third quarter, fueled by double-digit growth in bookings, rising revenue and profits as CEO Ariane Gorin touted AI-driven gains and steady travel demand.The Expedia travel application are seen on an iPhone in this photo illustration on June 18, 2018. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty ImagesKey FactsExpedia’s stock traded 18% higher shortly after opening and was at around 17% at 2 p.m. Friday following its third quarter earnings, the company’s strongest earnings in more than two years.On Thursday, Expedia reported $4.4…

Tiffany Wertheimer and Alys DaviesGetty ImagesElon Musk became the first person ever to achieve a net worth of more than $500bn (£370.9bn) in OctoberTesla boss Elon Musk has been one of the world’s richest people for several years now, and that wealth recently went stratospheric when he became the first half-trillionaire.Despite this, Musk has insisted he leads a largely unglamorous lifestyle. He said in 2021 that he lived in a Texas home valued at $50,000 (£38,000).His former partner Grimes, with whom he has two children, told Vanity Fair in 2022 that he does not live the extravagant life of excess…

The Weeknd made a triumphant return to the Grammys stage earlier this year after a public feud with the Recording Academy, in which he boycotted the awards organization after a 2021 snub that led to him calling the Grammys “corrupt” and urging “transparency.” Introducing The Weeknd’s performance, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. addressed his “vocal criticism.” “Over the past few years, we’ve listened, we’ve acted, and we’ve changed,” he said, pointing to Recording Academy membership changes, saying the group now “reflects the entire music community for now and for future generations.” “There’s still work to be done, but I…

November 7, 20252 min readEarly Arctic Cold Blast Will Sweep Across the U.S., Potentially Breaking RecordsAn early cold snap will chill much of the U.S., potentially breaking records in the SoutheastBy Meghan Bartels edited by Andrea ThompsonTemperatures will drop across country as a cold snap moves first into the central U.S. and then eastward. A blast of frigid air will plunge into the central U.S. and move eastward over the next few days, potentially breaking records in a notably early cold snap. The most extreme cold will occur around November 10.The event will be particularly notable in the southeastern U.S.,…

new video loaded: Protest Disrupts Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra Concert in ParisFour people were arrested after a protest at an Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra Concert in Paris on Thursday. Audience members shouted and set off flares during the show, according to French officials.By Bethlehem FelekeNovember 7, 2025

Martin Lewis explains Help to Save, which is open to some people on universal credit.

It’s cold and flu season, which means germs are easily spread in public spaces, including schools. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2022, almost 6% of students aged 5 to 17 were constantly absent from school due to illness, injury or disability. Some may miss a day or two because they catch a bug in the classroom. Dr. Markyia Nichols, practicing physician and chief medical officer at Ciba Health, says there are more than 200 different cold viruses, and they mutate constantly. Fortunately, we spoke with doctors and there are some things parents can do to…

Huw Green is correct that psychotherapy “occupies an increasingly central place in our culture” (So you want to try psychotherapy. But what does it actually do?, 2 November). However, in my own experience as a clinical psychologist, most people referred to secondary mental health services are really desperate and not merely pondering being “somehow stuck” like Sam, the example therapy patient in Green’s article. Nor, in my experience, are most too bothered about whatever the therapy is called, as long as somebody can help them.In describing various ways of practising psychological therapies, Green focuses entirely on the individual, their internal…

The Duffer brothers, Matt and Ross, call the upcoming theatrical release of “Stranger Things” is “dream” come true. As previously reported, the two-hour series finale of the series – the last episode titled “The Rightside Up” — will premiere on Netflix and in more than 350 movie theaters on Dec. 31, starting at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET, playing through Jan. 1. This marks the first time an episode of a Netflix series will also be exhibited theatrically. “This has been a dream of ours for a while,” Ross told me Thursday night at the world premiere of the series’…