2023

UK HEADLINES

King Charles III’s coronation (historic ceremony crowns the new monarch) – Wilko collapse & revival (budget chain’s fall and attempted rescue) – Train strikes disrupt (rail chaos from widespread RMT industrial action) – Nottingham attack inquest (city shaken by city‑centre incident and probe) – RAAC crisis hits schools (decaying concrete forces closures across the country) – TikTok banned on ministerial devices (security concerns spur social media ban) – Home drone delivery service launches (Orkney becomes first to get daily drone mail) – Lucy Letby given whole‑life order (children’s nurse convicted of multiple murders)

INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES

Israel–Hamas war erupts (October attack triggers one of region’s deadliest conflicts) – India becomes most populous (overtaking China with 1.43 billion people) – High Seas Treaty is signed (global pact to protect international ocean waters) – Sudan civil war flares (nation descends into intensifying conflict) – Guterres warns of disorder (UN chief voices concern over fractured global order) – Global pandemic recovery gains (death rates fall, life expectancy rises globally) – Space race revs up (new competition intensifies among space powers) – Ukraine war grinds on (Russian aggression persists amid slow counteroffensives)