Three prisoners charged with murder of child killer Kyle Bevan

Three men have been charged with the murder of child killer Kyle Bevan at HMP Wakefield on Wednesday, West Yorkshire Police said.

Bevan was jailed for life after murdering his partner’s two-year-old daughter, Lola James, in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, in 2020. He was set to spend at least 28 years in prison after inflicting catastrophic head injuries on the toddler during a six-hour attack.

Prisoners Mark Fellows, 45, Lee Newell, 56, and David Taylor, 63, are due to appear at Leeds Magistrates Court on Friday morning. Officers were called to category A HMP Wakefield at 8.25am on Wednesday after Bevan was found dead in his cell.

A Prison Service spokesperson said previously: “HMP Wakefield prisoner Kyle Bevan’s death was confirmed on 5 November. We are unable to comment further while the police investigate.”

Lola was found to have sustained more than 100 bruises and scratches to her body and damage to both her eyes. Bevan denied murdering his stepdaughter and claimed that she had fallen down the stairs after being jumped on by the pet dog.

Medical experts said the trauma suffered by the two-year-old was similar to that seen in car crash victims.

Bevan, who was a prolific drug user, moved into Lola’s home within days of connecting with her mother, Sinead James, on Facebook. He murdered the toddler months later.

James was sentenced to six years in prison for causing or allowing her daughter’s death.

Bevan’s death comes less than a month after Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins died in an attack at the same prison.

An inquest has heard that the paedophile died from a stab wound to the neck. Inmates Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, were charged with his murder, and two more men from the prison have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

He was jailed for 29 years in 2013 with a further six years on licence after admitting a number of sex offences, including the attempted rape of a fan’s baby.

In 2012, he was arrested following the execution of a drugs warrant at his Pontypridd home, when a large number of computers, mobile phones and storage devices were seized.

The big problem with Meghan’s acting comeback – and it’s not Harry or the royals

Eight years after announcing her retirement from Hollywood to become a working royal, Meghan Markle is reportedly reviving her acting career to make a return to screens – as herself.

The Duchess of Sussex – who stepped back from royal duties in 2020 and returned to the safety of California citing exhaustion and desire for peace – is believed to be filming scenes for a forthcoming film, Close Personal Friends, alongside Lily Collins, Brie Larson and Jack Quaid, according to The Sun.

A studio source claimed the duchess was on set of the Amazon MGM Studios production shooting scenes in Pasadena this week. They added the film, which follows two couples – one famous and one not – who become friends, was a “massive moment” for Markle and “signifies a return to doing what she truly loves”.

According to the source, Markle has been “swamped with offers” to get back in front of the camera but this one – perhaps the easiest role of all time – “felt right”. “It is Meghan’s way of gently putting her toe back in the water and seeing how she enjoys being back on set,” they explained, adding everyone was “super excited” and had been “sworn to secrecy”.

Markle’s decision to play herself in her career-reviving role is decidedly strange. She has spent the last year being beguiled by bees and making cakes with B-list celebrities on her lifestyle series With Love, Meghan, which was widely lampooned. Could playing herself fix a floundering reputation? Somehow it seems unlikely.

The 44-year-old former Suits star, who played paralegal Rachel Zane for seven seasons of the show, was a solid actor before she packed it all in to shake hands and wave from balconies when she agreed to marry Prince Harry in 2017.

“I never had to worry about a scene she was going to be in. I knew that she’d bring a performance that was just right,” The West Wing star Tim Matheson told Fox of his time directing Markle during season one of Suits last year, adding the duchess’s choice to quit acting “was a bold move on her part”.

For Markle to play herself now feels more than a little overly safe and misguided. There’s always something decidedly cringe about an A-lister who cameos as their own famous face in a film: Donald Trump in Home Alone, Al Pacino in Jack and Jill, Katy Perry in Zoolander 2, to give a few examples. Markle returned to screens amid her Hollywood hiatus with the tell-all Harry & Meghan documentary that aired in 2022, followed by two seasons of With Love, Meghan in March and August 2025, which saw her cook and craft alongside stars including Mindy Kahling and Queer Eye’s Tan France to try and make good on her deal with the streaming platform – thought to be worth over $100m (£74m).

A special Christmas episode of With Love, Meghan, called Holiday Celebration is now slated to air this December for the festive season. In August this year, Sussex’s multi-million-dollar deal with Netflix became markedly less prestigious when it became a “first look” deal rather than an exclusive contract with the streaming service. Now, Netflix will get to see what content the couple come up with and say “yes” or “no” before anyone else – but they will not be under any obligation to stream it. A huge glaring sign that nothing Markle has released as herself has hit quite the same success reputationally as Suits – her last good performance.

Yet, perhaps the true reason Markle can only play herself is that she has such a domineering personal brand thanks to all this Netflix hullabaloo that it’s too difficult for her to believably play anybody else – without severe amounts of special effects makeup or some kind of elaborate costume.

Still, if we’re to believe what sources say to People, Markle, who has been put through the ringer quite enough in the past decade, is very “relaxed and happy” about her small part. Maybe, after all the criticism and the disparaging reviews, taking a creative risk felt just a little too scary. Sometimes, it’s better the devil you know – even if that is yourself.

Tuchel set to recall Bellingham for final World Cup 2026 qualifiers

England manager Thomas Tuchel has announceed his squad for the final international window of 2025 on Friday, with Jude Bellingham returning for the team’s last two qualifiers ahead of the 2026 World Cup.

Tuchel’s side became the first European side to qualify for next summer’s tournament in October when they beat Latvia in Riga, and attention now turns to preparations as the manager attempts to gel his side while working out his best XI.

Bellingham and Phil Foden were among the notable names to miss out on the squad last time, but both have returned to the group along with Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton. And there was a surprise first call-up for Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott after impressing for the Cherries this season in the Premier League.

England face Serbia at Wembley on 13 November before a trip to face Albania in Tirana on 16 November.

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Passenger set on fire in airport lounge due to freak accident

The Qantas business lounge at Melbourne Airport in Australia had to be evacuated on Thursday after a passenger’s power bank burst into flames and left him with burn injuries.

The man, 50, was waiting in the lounge when the device, powered by a lithium battery, reportedly ignited in his trouser pocket at around 11am local time on Thursday.

Staff promptly directed the man into a shower and rushed around 150 passengers out of the lounge.

Passengers who were in the lounge said that they heard screaming and saw the device explode and send “battery acid flying everywhere”.

“His jacket caught on fire,” a traveller shared on social media. “They evacuated us because the smoke and smell was so strong, but I really just hope the guy is okay.”

The man was taken to hospital with significant burn injuries on his leg and fingers.

Qantas confirmed the incident and said it was reviewing its policies on lithium battery devices.

“The lounge was evacuated as a precaution and emergency services treated the customer on site,” an airline spokesperson told 7NEWS.

“We worked with the Melbourne airport to clean the lounge and it has since reopened.”

Film producer Leanne Tonkes, who was in the lounge at the time, shared an image of the charred device on the floor surrounded by warning signs.

She praised the “quick thinking from the man who jumped in to help and the staff who got him in the shower and everyone else out of the lounge”.

A series of incidents involving lithium battery devices, including overheating power banks, have prompted aviation authorities across the world to tighten rules around carrying them on flights.

Aviation rules generally allow power banks in cabin baggage, but airlines are increasingly banning their use onboard and insisting they must be kept within view to spot any problems.

Lithium batteries in devices like laptops, mobile phones, electronic cigarettes, and power banks can produce smoke, fire or extreme heat when manufacturing faults or damage cause them to short-circuit. They are a growing concern for aviation safety as passengers carry more battery-powered items on flights.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission witnessed a 92 per cent increase in reported incidents involving lithium batteries in 2022, according to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.

Emirates has banned the use of power banks aboard its planes. Virgin Australia has updated its policy asking passengers to keep them within arm’s reach following a fire on a flight from Sydney to Hobart due to a power bank in an overhead locker.

In January this year, South Korea said a spare power bank was the possible cause of a fire that had engulfed a Busan Air flight to Hong Kong.

North Korea launches ballistic missile after US sanctions its bankers

North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards its eastern waters on Friday, the South Korean military said, one day after Pyongyang decried American sanctions on its banking officials accused of laundering money for the country’s nuclear weapons programme.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said they tracked a missile that flew cross-country after it was launched from an inland area in the western county of Taekwan, near the border with China.

The suspected short-range ballistic missile travelled a distance of about 700km.

South Korean and US surveillance systems detected preparations for the launch and tracked the projectile in flight, the military said.

Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi said the missile likely landed in seas outside the country’s exclusive economic zone, but didn’t cause any damage.

South Korea and Japan did not provide further details, with Seoul saying its military was analysing the details of the launch.

This was North Korea’s second missile launch in less than three weeks. The first took place ahead of US president Donald Trump’s visit to South Korea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

It was also the 10th missile test this year. One of the tests involved a new solid-fuel rocket engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile in September that the North’s leader Kim Jong Un described as a “significant change” in the country’s nuclear force projection.

The latest test came after the North warned the US of unspecified countermeasures following Washington’s sanctioning of the bankers saying such “threat and blackmail” would go against the prospect of bilateral dialogue.

The US recently sanctioned eight people and two entities for allegedly laundering money from cybercrime and IT worker fraud schemes to pay for the North Korean nuclear programme.

“By doing so, the US administration showed to the full its stand that it would be hostile towards the DPRK to the last,” Kim Un Chol, vice minister for US affairs at the foreign ministry, said, using the country’s official name of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Hopes rose that Mr Trump would hold a summit with Mr Kim after the US president arrived in the region last month. South Korea’s intelligence agency said North Korea was appearing to prepare for a potential meeting. Mr Trump repeated his willingness to sit down Mr Kim, but no meeting took place. Later Mr Trump said he was willing to return to the region to meet Mr Kim.

North Korea, which usually confirms the success of its missile tests, is yet to report the test launch.

What is tacit knowledge – could your work skills spark a new career?

Whether it’s solving a logistical problem, navigating a tricky client meeting or being able to design, craft or build, we all have certain skills that feel straightforward to us yet can seem out of reach to others. A big part of this is tacit knowledge, the personal ‘know-how’ that individuals possess, built up over time. In a work context, this tacit knowledge can open interesting doors to potential new career paths, in which this real-world experience can be shared with the next generation of workers.

Understanding the concept of tacit knowledge is perhaps easiest when compared to its counterpart: explicit knowledge. “Explicit knowledge is something you can fully articulate linguistically and can be understood without context while tacit knowledge is something that can’t be described in the same way and needs its context to be appreciated,” Dr Neil Gascoigne, Reader in Philosophy at Royal Holloway University of London and co-author of Tacit Knowledge, explains.

Gascoigne gives the example of the famous physics equation of E=mc^2. This formula is considered a piece of explicit knowledge, as words can be used to explain the idea. However, the average person wouldn’t know how to use this formula. This is where tacit knowledge comes in. You would need to have studied physics, put your knowledge into practice and learned first-hand how to use formulas effectively in order to make the most of the explicit knowledge given.

In the workplace, a company handbook might explicitly set out the business’ practice for a certain task. However, you would need some tacit knowledge gained through work experience or time in the company to complete this task most successfully and efficiently.

As tacit knowledge is harder to explain with words, it often has a mysterious quality to it. However, as Gascoigne points out, this is only to the untrained eye. “Tacit knowledge often seems obscure to people unless they possess similar skills themselves. Without them, it doesn’t become apparent what expertise is exactly on display,” he elaborates.

“For instance, say I am watching a Grand Slam tennis match. I know there’s an astonishing kind of athleticism, but if I don’t play tennis or am not a committed tennis fan, I might not be able to tell the difference between a really great shot and a more average shot,” Gascoigne says.

This same idea applies in the workplace. Tacit knowledge is gained through experience and consequently, while we all have tacit knowledge, the areas we have it in differ. What’s more, it can even seem quite mysterious to ourselves. When we have worked in a certain industry for a period of time, we aren’t always aware of the tacit knowledge we have gained. While explicit knowledge relates to aspects of our job that we might have had to sit down and learn, our tacit knowledge is obtained in a practical way over time, by doing tasks again and again and subtly learning and improving as we go along.

After a while, we know exactly how to tackle projects or solve problems, almost without thinking. For instance, in the construction industry, this tacit knowledge would help you judge site safety or develop practical skills like site excavation, land levelling or brick laying. If you work in social care, it is only with time and experience that you can pick up on subtle emotional cues or manage crisis situations effectively. While in engineering, years spent tackling complex technical issues allow you to troubleshoot effectively, and draw on a myriad of possible solutions from projects past.

Whatever sector you work in, the knowledge needed to succeed is always a mixture of explicit and tacit, and the latter – this know-how built from personal experience, intuition, and practice – is incredibly valuable when it comes to judging real-world situations, solving complex problems and having an edge over competitors.

And while by definition, not explicit, that doesn’t mean that tacit knowledge can’t be shared. Indeed with time, attention and training, you can drill down on years-honed skills and information, and share it with others through teaching.

In fact, it is at the core of sharing your craft – and that’s far more than a simple list of instructions. “To learn how to do something, you really need to follow the example of somebody who already knows how to do it,” says Gascoigne. “These people have learnt the rules, internalised them and use tacit knowledge to know when they apply and when they don’t.”

Tacit knowledge is particularly valuable when it comes to Further Education teaching (defined as any education for people aged 16 and over who aren’t studying for a degree). This is because the focus is on preparing students for employment, and teachers need to draw on tacit knowledge to share how things really work in their industry. This ensures that students complete their qualifications not only with theoretical competence but also practical and employable skills.

This is why this type of practical learning that further education teachers specialise in can be so valuable. Workshop-style teaching and skills-led mentoring allows for those with experience to share the vital tacit knowledge they have built up over time in real-world scenarios. Meanwhile, those learning from them can see these nuggets of knowledge in action and have a chance to put them in practice as they learn.

If you’re passionate about your industry and interested in sharing your own tacit knowledge,  becoming a Further Education teacher can be a really rewarding and valuable career move. Further Education covers a huge range of industry sectors including construction, law, engineering, digital, hospitality, tourism, beauty and more. This includes BTECs (Business and Technology Education Council qualifications), T Levels, NVQs (National Vocational Qualifications) or City & Guilds Qualifications.

Teaching in a mixture of colleges (often General Further Education Colleges or Sixth Form Colleges) and Adult and Community Learning Centres as well as workplace and apprenticeship settings, Further Education teachers share their years of real world industry  skills with people of all ages and backgrounds from those straight out of school aged sixteen to those making career switches later in life.

You don’t always need an academic degree or prior teaching qualifications to start teaching in Further Education. You can undertake teacher training on the job, often funded by your employer, so you can start earning straight away. Furthermore, it doesn’t have to be an all or nothing option. Further Education offers flexible opportunities – so you could teach part time alongside your other commitments. This means you could have a best of both worlds set-up, where you are still working in your chosen industry and teaching alongside it at a time that suits your schedule.

Whether it’s shifting your career fully or adding teaching into the mix, becoming a Further Education teacher can be a life-changing decision. One that taps into your well of tacit knowledge and creates a sense of fulfillment from helping shape the next generation of workers in your field.

Why not consider sharing your tacit knowledge where it matters most – helping inspire the next generation of workers in the field you love? Visit Further Education to find out more

Eleven arrests after pro-Palestine protest outside Villa-Maccabi match

At least 11 people were arrested as a series of verbal clashes broke out during a pro-Palestine protest outside Aston Villa’s controversial Europa League match against Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Villa Park ahead of Thursday night’s tie, which took place without visiting fans after Birmingham’s Safety Advisory Group raised public safety concerns.

The demonstrators, including members of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, gathered outside the stadium’s Trinity Road Stand, with a stage set up for speakers to lead chants against the IDF and in support of Palestinians.

They demanded Israel’s domestic football teams be excluded from UEFA competitions.

But despite calls for a peaceful protest, just before the game started at 8pm there were several verbal clashes between people outside the stadium and those taking part in the demonstration.

With more than 700 officers on duty as part of the major operation, West Midlands Police quickly intervened in each face-off, moving groups of people along and pushing the protesters away from stadium entrances.

The atmosphere calmed after the game started, but at half-time, with Villa fans coming out into the concourse, some confronted the protesters through a metal fence.

Police again quickly moved the groups apart, before later ensuring supporters and remaining demonstrators, who decided to stay on after the protest was called to an end at 8.30pm, were kept separated at the end of the match.

The force said a 21-year-old man was arrested for failing to comply with an order to remove a face mask, while another 21-year-old was arrested after trying to throw fireworks into the ground. A 17-year-old boy was arrested for failing to comply with a dispersal order and a man was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply drugs.

Five men were arrested for racially aggravated public order offences, one for breach of the peace. A 17-year-old boy was arrested after being issued with a dispersal order but refusing to leave the area.

Protest steward Naveed Sadiq said: “It’s unfortunate there were some skirmishes, but when you have a protest of this size, and so many people attending the game, I’m afraid you get the minority and these things happen.

“Overall, I’m pleased with how the protest has gone. I feel like we got our show of support for Palestine across tonight, while pushing our point that Maccabi Tel Aviv should not be in this competition, given what’s happened in Gaza.”

Ali Abbas, of the West Midlands Palestine Solidarity group, said: “The game should have been cancelled to begin with, and then there would not have been this situation. You have seen here the strength of feeling against it here locally tonight.”

Many people attending the protest waved Palestine flags and brandished placards, some saying “stop arming Israel” and “stop starving Gaza”.

Among those speaking was Perry Barr independent MP Ayoub Khan, who claimed Israeli teams should face a similar ban in European competitions to the one handed down by Uefa to Russian clubs following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

“When you see the images of children being massacred, when you understand that more than 800 athletes have been killed in Gaza… then you will understand the moral argument,” he told protesters.

Five flatbed vehicles were driven past the ground prior to kick-off, carrying electronic billboards showing messages opposing antisemitism.

One of the messages, beside a Star of David, read “Ban hatred not fans”, while another carried a quote from Thierry Henry saying football is not about goals but about bringing people together.

Around 40 protesters, one carrying an Israeli flag, and others carrying posters saying “Keep antisemitism out of football”, gathered on a basketball court on Witton Lane, close to the Doug Ellis Stand, to hear various speakers oppose the ban on Maccabi fans.

One Villa supporter, Adam Selway, said while he was not making any political statement, he felt sympathy with fans unable to attend and simply wanted to watch a football match.

“It’s not about politics, it’s about football,” he said. “It’s not the Villa fans that don’t want anyone here – the Villa fans want the away fans here.”

Maccabi announced it would decline any away tickets for the match after the government said it was “working around the clock” to ensure fans from both sides could attend.

Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer had called for the ban on away fans to be overturned, saying it was “the wrong decision”.

Belgian airport halts flights for second time this week due to drones

Belgium’s Liege airport has temporarily halted flights for the second time in a week due to a drone sighting, the country’s air traffic control service has said.

The disruption comes just three days after drone sightings in the capital, Brussels, and in Liege forced the diversion of many incoming planes and the grounding of some due to depart.

Sightings of drones over airports and military bases have caused major disruptions across Europe in recent months. Authorities in some countries have linked Russia to the incidents, saying they form part of Moscow’s “hybrid warfare” campaign against Europe. Moscow has denied any connection to the incidents.

The Skeyes air traffic control service said it received a report of a drone being spotted over the airport around 6.30am GMT, leading to a closure of the airport for about 30 minutes.

“We have to take every report seriously,” Kurt Verwilligen, a spokesperson for the service, said. He added that flights had resumed.

Flights bound for Brussels airport were also held or diverted late Thursday, according to flight tracking site Flightradar24. The Belgian government called an emergency meeting of key government ministers and security chiefs on Thursday to address what the defence minister called a coordinated attack.

Belgium’s defence minister, Theo Francken, on Tuesday told public broadcaster RTBF that the incident appeared to be carried out by professionals intent on destabilising the country.

He also voiced alarm following a series of unidentified drone flights over the weekend near a military base housing US nuclear weapons and suggested that the incidents appear to be part of a “spying operation”.

The drones penetrated the airspace around the Kleine Brogel air base in northeast Belgium across two distinct phases on Saturday and Sunday nights, he said.

He lamented on Monday that Belgium “is chasing after the threat” posed by such drone flights, adding: “We should have bought air defence systems five or 10 years ago” that can deal with drones.

Germany decided on Thursday that the Bundeswehr would provide Belgium with short-notice support in counter-drone capabilities, the defence ministry said.

Separately, one or more drones were observed at the Gothenburg-Landvetter airport on Sweden’s west coast just before 5pm GMT on Thursday, authorities said, forcing more than a dozen flights to be rerouted or cancelled.

Russia has been blamed for a number of airspace violations, notably in Estonia and Poland, in recent months. But the perpetrators of a series of mysterious drone flights in Denmark and Germany have been harder to pin down.

In neighbouring Denmark, several airports, including Copenhagen, also closed temporarily in September due to reported drone sightings.

On Thursday, Poland and Romania announced they would deploy a new American weapons system, Merops, to defend against Russian drones.

The American-made Merops system, compact enough for a mid-sized pickup truck, identifies and intercepts drones. It uses artificial intelligence to navigate even when satellite and electronic communications are jammed.

Last month, several drones were spotted above another Belgian military base near the German border. The operators were not identified.