Right to Roam campaigners conducted a mass trespass on private land in Wigan, part of Greater Manchester, calling for broader public access to private estates. The demonstration targeted land within the constituency of Mayor Andy Burnham, urging an expansion of legal access rights across England.
Reform UK has announced a comprehensive plan to reform the national welfare system, projecting savings of £50 billion. The detailed proposals are expected to be unveiled in a 50-page document next week.
Professor Tony Arday, a prominent Black academic, has died at 38, leaving a void in UK higher education where Black professors remain exceptionally rare. His contributions to sociology and race studies were widely recognised.
A body has been located during the extensive search operation for George Smyth, a UK student who went missing while hiking in Romania's Făgăraș Mountains.
