The World News

Friday Oct 16th
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The day in 12 stories

408 stories across 16 desks in the paper of Friday Oct 16th

  1. Fast blood test detects hidden infections in critically ill children

    A new metagenomics method enables rapid identification of infections in intensive care patients.

  2. Banking sector braces for potential profit tax increase in upcoming Budget

    Senior bank executives have indicated to the BBC that they expect their industry to face new taxation in the chancellor's forthcoming Budget announcement.

  3. Celebrity Traitors contestants clash at table before grueling death march challenge

    Tensions escalate among celebrity contestants at the round table before they face a mission to outrun death marchers.

  4. Jeffrey Donaldson sentenced to 15 years for childhood sexual abuse

    Donaldson received the lengthy prison term for committing sex abuse offences, including rape, against two women when they were children.

  5. UK government bans pornographic content depicting choking and incest

    The prohibition takes effect in November following a regulatory review conducted by Conservative peer Baroness Gabby Bertin.

  6. Delhi youth movement plans renewed protest after arrests

    The activist group will stage another demonstration despite police detentions last week and imprisonment of two protest leaders.

  7. Reform UK tightens candidate vetting after undercover investigation

    Reform UK announced improved candidate vetting procedures following undercover filming that raised questions about the party's selection process.

  8. Bus collides with train at Channel Tunnel entrance; 19 injured

    Two people were airlifted to hospital following the accident on the French side of the Channel Tunnel, though no deaths were reported.

  9. Coulsdon housing project receives major architecture award

    Lion Green Road in Coulsdon has been recognized for its sensitive design integration with the local area.

  10. Banks and Brand dominate newspaper front pages after chancellor's tax proposal

    A potential tax on banks and developments in a rape trial involving Russell Brand lead Friday's newspaper coverage.

  11. Accuser describes Brand's alleged behaviour before assault

    The 51-year-old actor faces three rape counts, three sexual assault charges and one indecent assault charge.

  12. NHS England directs trans patients to wards matching biological sex

    New guidance requires trans patients to receive care on single-sex hospital wards or bays aligned with their biological sex.

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