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BBC News
Sunday 4 October 2026 · 10:00 BST · 30m · 6 stories · 10 annotated moments · 25 of 30 min on news stories (83%)
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The Prime Minister scrapped plans for some criminal trials in England and Wales to be heard without a jury. The proposal, introduced under Keir Starmer, was meant to tackle a record backlog by letting a judge alone decide Crown Court cases with sentences under three years; critics called it an unjustified erosion of the right to trial by jury and said it would not solve delays. Justice Secretary Alex Norris defended the reform package, while Bar Council chair Kirsty Brimelow KC welcomed the U-turn but warned against shifting more cases to magistrates' courts and cited chronic underinvestment, legal aid shortages, failed technology and late prisoner transfers.
Australian authorities said a counter-terrorism team was investigating the Fly Dubai co-pilot who tried to take control of the plane and his links to Australia. Police did not name him, though media reports identified Omani national Hamam Al Hamami; the ABC said he had an Australian student visa in 2014 and studied at RMIT from 2015 to 2017, and the team would examine whether he was radicalised there. UAE prosecutors described the incident as a terrorist operation and said the co-pilot attacked the captain with an axe before trying to seize control. Brazilians were voting in the first round of a presidential election between incumbent Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, with the campaign focused on US influence, tariffs, organised crime, sovereignty and Brazil's critical minerals.
The president of Cornell University, Michael Kotlikoff, called the alleged gang rape of a woman student in 2024 deeply disturbing and said the university would review fraternities and sororities after backlash; the student is suing Cornell and seven men. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit, saying President Zelensky could count on German support amid intensified Russian attacks, including drone strikes on two key bridges, and that Germany planned to supply 1,000 interceptors. Tickets for Glastonbury 2027 sold out in 40 minutes, crossing the £400 mark for the first time; the first festival in 1970 cost £1 and included a free pint of milk.
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Claim Alex Norris scraps judge-only trials as court backlog set to keep rising
Plans to hear some criminal trials in England and Wales without a jury were scrapped, and the government accepted the court backlog will keep rising.
BBC News, 4 October 2026, 1:04-1:10
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Claim Alex Norris scraps judge-only trials as court backlog set to keep rising
The Crown Court backlog was nearly 81,000 cases and had roughly doubled since 2020.
BBC News, 4 October 2026, 1:50-1:54
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Contested quote Alex Norris scraps judge-only trials as court backlog set to keep rising
You'd expect me as a new Justice Secretary, you'd expect the Prime Minister as a new Prime Minister to look again, especially given some of the public concern. But the package, I believe, adds up to a very significant reform to bring down the backlog and crucially, Laura, the element that we've removed, the Crown Court Bench Division, the
BBC News, 4 October 2026, 2:07-2:11
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Claim Alex Norris scraps judge-only trials as court backlog set to keep rising
The Bar Council chair blamed the court backlog on years of cuts to the Ministry of Justice.
BBC News, 4 October 2026, 4:38-4:43
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Charged quote Brazilians vote in first round of presidential election
The US completely denies those. And on the other end of the spectrum you have Flavio Bolsonaro. So Flavio Bolsonaro is the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro. You'll remember highly controversial populist right-wing figure and very closely allied with Trump. And he claims, as we saw Ione Wells in her report say,
BBC News, 4 October 2026, 12:24-12:27
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Claim Glastonbury 2027 tickets sell out within 40 to 45 minutes at £408
Tickets for next year's Glastonbury Festival sold out in about 40 minutes.
BBC News, 4 October 2026, 25:15-25:20
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Claim Glastonbury 2027 tickets sell out within 40 to 45 minutes at £408
Tickets for next year's Glastonbury Festival sold out in about 40 minutes.
BBC News, 4 October 2026, 25:15-25:20
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Claim Glastonbury 2027 tickets sell out within 40 to 45 minutes at £408
A new online queuing system was introduced for Glastonbury tickets, giving each registered attendee one place in the queue.
BBC News, 4 October 2026, 25:20-25:27
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Claim Glastonbury 2027 tickets sell out within 40 to 45 minutes at £408
A new online queuing system was introduced for Glastonbury tickets, giving each registered attendee one place in the queue.
BBC News, 4 October 2026, 25:20-25:27
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Claim Glastonbury 2027 tickets sell out within 40 to 45 minutes at £408
Glastonbury weekend tickets for next year's festival cost £408, with prices above £400 for the first time and making it the most expensive in the festival's history.
BBC News, 4 October 2026, 25:30-25:34
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