Captioning the video, a Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: “The suspect refused to show his hands, was violent and continued to pose a clear threat. Using only their training, courage and tasers, they detained him while he continued to try to attack and stab them. This took true courage.”

EastEnders spoilers follow for Thursday’s (April 30) episode, which is now available to stream on BBC iPlayer.

Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) made it his mission to fulfil Nigel Bates’ (Paul Bradley) wish for him to live life, making a series of actions that his best mate would’ve been proud of.

Nigel passed away in a care home following a battle with dementia. His friends and family gathered to say their farewells in the hours beforehand, with wife Julie (Karen Henthorn) believing that he was hanging on to see Phil one last time.

Phil had not visited Nige since he went into the care home. But after some persuasion from his loved ones – particularly brother Grant (Ross Kemp) – he arrived just in the nick of time to say his goodbyes.

In Nigel’s head, he was on a beach with Phil, and the reason he didn’t ‘let go’ was because he wanted to know that his best friend would be okay when he’d gone.

Phil, as viewers will recall, previously struggled with his mental health. Nigel, who returned to the Square in 2024, proved instrumental in helping him get the help and support he needed, promising to be there for Phil, who vowed to return the favour by supporting him through his dementia journey.

In emotional scenes at the end, Phil promised Nigel that he’d be okay without him, telling him it was okay to let go now.

Nigel subsequently died. At peace, knowing his mate would be fine.

Thursday’s offering of the BBC One soap picked up just seconds after his death, with devastated Julie giving her sweetheart one last kiss goodbye before leaving the care home hand-in-hand with Phil, who has been her rock over the past year.

As word of Nigel’s death reached the Square, the Slaters planned to honour his memory with a special get-together, where they would screen the film he made at Christmas.

Julie was overwhelmed by the effort everyone had gone to and, in emotional scenes, she reflected on Nige’s decision to return to Walford after all those years, commenting that she gets it now because the Square was ‘in his bones’.

She thanked a heartbroken Phil, whose wellbeing was the subject of much concern for his loved ones, with Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) worried about how he’s going to cope without his best mate.

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Phil took himself back to No. 55, where he sat in silence in the living room’s signature armchair, fighting tears. But after looking at a picture of himself and Nigel, the former mechanic grabbed a lighter from the shelf and smiled to himself.

In a bid to honour his friend’s wishes of not sitting in the dark all day and letting life pass him by, Phil dragged the armchair in question out onto the Square and set fire to it, much to the concern of his loved ones.

But Phil was smiling as he told everyone that this is what Nigel would have wanted. Inviting them all inside, he and Grant regaled them with stories and memories of their beloved Nige, putting on some music and encouraging everyone to ‘dance like Nigel’.

As the Walford residents got to their feet and emulated Nigel’s signature dance style, Phil took the the photo of himself and Nige in hand and, placing the skimming stone he’d given to his best pal on top of it, he smiled fondly.

‘Thanks mate’, he said. ‘Thanks’.

No, you’re crying.

Phil joined his friends and family, who were all enjoying a boogie, as the credits rolled atop the photograph of the legendary show icon and his best friend Nigel, their unique friendship captured perfectly in the picture.

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Sir David Attenborough captured an extraordinary moment in nature television back in 1978 when a young gorilla climbed on top of him in the Rwandan jungle. However, the TV presenter has revealed that the footage almost never made it out of Africa – with his crew being stopped and interrogated by local police.

Attenborough looks back on his stellar career in a new BBC documentary ahead of his 100th birthday on 8 May, with Making Life of Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure revisiting the award-winning 1979 docuseries.

Reading from his diaries in the special, Attenborough reveals that the production crew had “no idea” that they were going to capture the now-iconic gorilla moment in Rwanda – “or how close we would come to losing everything”.

While heading back to the airport, the crew was stopped by a group of army soldiers, who began firing guns over their heads.

“I thought: ‘What’s happening?’” Attenborough told the documentary. “And we turned round the corner and there was an armed guard.

“We were taken to police headquarters and interrogated as to what we’d been doing,” he tells the documentary. “We’d got all the permissions that were needed so it was absolutely ok.

“Martin Saunders, the cameraman, was realising what was happening and realising too that there was a danger that the film we had shot, with which we were obviously thrilled to death about, was going to be confiscated.”

Acting quickly, Saunders swapped the labels on the film cans to make it appear as if those containing the gorilla footage hadn’t been used.

They were held in a hotel overnight, with Attenborough and Saunders being taken to an army compound the next morning. “David and I told to stand in the middle of this compound in the sun. We weren’t even allowed to go into the shade,” Saunders told the documentary. “I thought, ‘I don’t know. They’re going to put us against the wall and shoot us or something.’ At this stage, we just couldn’t understand what the problem was.”

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They were finally let go and allowed to fly back to the UK.

In Life on Earth, Attenborough and his crew join Dian Fossey, a primatologist who spent years living alongside and studying gorillas, in the Virunga mountains.

While he originally filmed the sequence to talk about the importance of the thumb and forefinger, Attenborough ended up among the silverbacks.

“I turned to look back at the camera, I felt a weight on my feet and I looked down, and there was little Pablo,” Attenborough told Netflix’s David Attenborough: A Gorilla Story earlier in April.

“I couldn’t talk about the evolution of the thumb and forefinger, I just sit back and let it happen. Look at this lovely little creature. Absolutely engaging, you want to hug him. Just sheer bliss, really. Many people would think it was the most important sequence in that series, if not in my filmed life.”

Making Life on Earth: Attenborough ‘s Greatest Adventure airs on Sunday 3 May at 8pm on BBC One

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Drive comes from a single front-mounted electric motor with 161bhp, but there’s a choice of three battery packs. Things kick off with a standard-range 51.5kWh unit offering up to 184 miles, for those needing only urban delivery mileage. And at the top of the line-up, there’s a larger long-range 71.2kWh pack capable of taking the PV5 Cargo up to 258 miles. Those mileage figures will be hard to replicate in colder winter months unless you pay more for the optional heat pump.

This vehicle comes with Kia’s Plug & Charge app, which is designed to make finding charging points when you’re out and about that much easier. It includes a route planner showing public chargers around the owner’s depot. Performance is adequate, the standard range 51.5kWh version making 62mph in 16.2s, a figure the long range 71.2kWh model improves to 12.4s. Maximum speed for both versions though, is limited to just 84mph.

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The L2/H1 body shape most customers will choose is 4.7-metres long – similar to a Volkswagen ID.Buzz Cargo or the lengthiest versions of more compact EV vans like Citroen’s e-Berlingo. But at 1.92-metres tall, the PV5 looks larger than both such rivals. A digital key makes it easier for multiple drivers to share the van. And there’s vehicle-to-load capability that allows external appliances to be powered by the vans drive battery.

Inside, as expected, are two screens – for an Android Automotive operating system never previously used in a Kia. This uses a 7.5-inch instrument display and a 12.9-inch central touchscreen. The central monitor comes with an app store, from which business-orientated applications can be installed.

The PV5 Cargo van, offered with standard range or long-range batteries, is also offered with either base ‘Essential’ or plusher ‘Plus’ trim levels. The PV5 Cargo will shortly be additionally available in Crew and Chassis cab forms. There’s also a PV5 Passenger MPV version, offered with five seats. Plus, a dedicated WAV (Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle) variant offering step-free access via a side door is also in the pipeline. All of these variants will come primarily in L2/H1 long wheelbase/standard roof form, but with this PV5 Cargo, you can also consider a smaller L1/H1 version or a larger high-roof L2/H2 variant.

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Across the current PV5 Cargo line-up, payloads are from 665-790kg.

The EV van market needed a shake-up. This Kia PV5 Cargo model provides just that. Competitors will be dismayed by its value proposition – and the load stats look competitive too. Plus the futuristic looks will give your deliveries a trendier vibe.

For more details or to book a test drive visit kia.com.

Farage went on to say that, ‘People who keep on tweeting after a glass of wine make some blooming silly mistakes’. The post was still up as of publication of this article

Nigel Farage has called on a prominent Reform member to apologise after a social media post which caused a huge backlash.

On Monday, April 27, Plaid Cymru shared a campaign on X which included a video featuring Bashy, a black man who describes himself as a community organiser from Butetown in Cardiff. Read the biggest stories in Wales first by signing up to our daily newsletter here.

In the footage posted by Plaid Cymru, Bashy is standing outside Cardiff Castle telling voters that the Senedd election is a “straight up fight” between Plaid and Reform.

“This is a choice between hope or division, substance or noise, ambition or chaos”, he states in the party video.

The footage was shared by businessman and Reform UK member Arron Banks on Monday afternoon with the caption: “Welsh lad?”

Mr Banks, who was also the co-founder of the Leave.EU campaign and has previously stood for election for Reform, hadn’t removed the post as of Thursday morning April 30.

On Wednesday, April 29, Reform leader Nigel Farage told BBC Wales that the post was in “poor taste”. He said of Banks: “People who keep on tweeting after a glass of wine make some blooming silly mistakes”.

Banks previously said his comments in the post were a “joke”. Asked whether Banks should apologise, Farage said: “Yeah, he won’t – he’s Arron Banks.”

Meanwhile, Reform’s leader in Wales Dan Thomas declined to condemn Banks’ comment when given the opportunity to do so this week.

The remark was raised during the BBC Wales’ Your Voice debate which featured the leaders of the six biggest parties in a 90-minute discussion ahead of the Senedd election on May 7.

During the debate, host Bethan Rhys Roberts asked Mr Thomas: “Do you distance yourself from those contacts?”

Mr Thomas answered: “I’ve had my Welshness questioned by supporters of Plaid Cymru today. They’ve called me a plastic Taffy because I happened to live in England.

“I’ve been called an English nationalist because I happen to be a member of Reform. I’m Welsh through and through. I have also had my Welsh identity questioned. I’ll take no lessons from Plaid Cymru and their Welsh nationalist extremist.”

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Oil prices have soared to their highest level since 2022 as President Donald Trump appears to be preparing for an escalation of the Iran war.

The cost of benchmark Brent crude soared past £94 a barrel, up nearly 7%, reaching a high not seen since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Hopes of a resolution to the war and the reopening of the crucial Strait of Hormuz shipping route have been dashed as peace talks between the US and Iran break down.

Trump has rejected Iran’s proposals to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and is preparing to launch a series of strikes on Iran, which would bring an end to a fragile ceasefire.

The surge in oil prices will lead to further fears over price rises at petrol pumps, with worries that the global energy shock will lead to a sharp increase in UK inflation.

Could this lead to a recession in the UK?

In March, Larry Fink told the BBC that if the conflict isn’t settled, there could be ‘years’ of high prices and a ‘stark and steep recession’.

‘Rising energy prices are a very regressive tax. It affects the poor more than the wealthy,’ he said.

Thomas Sampson, associate professor of Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE), told Metro that while it is possible for a recession to occur, it will depend on the severity and duration of the oil shock.

Weeks of intensifying attacks in the Middle East, disruption to energy production, and shipping delays in the Strait of Hormuz are all likely to have significant impacts on the global economy.

In early March, when oil surged in price, motorists were urged to stop ‘non-essential journeys’ to save money.

President of the AA, Edmund King, is urging Brits to make fewer journeys to save money, and suggested motorists should change their driving style to be more fuel efficient.

King said: ‘The longer this conflict goes on, the more effect it will have on the cost of oil. Any time Brent Crude passes 100 dollars per barrel raises concern across the markets, for the haulage industry and drivers.

‘There will be gradual increases in pump prices, but this shouldn’t happen overnight as fuel has been purchased at previous prices.’

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England captain Leah Williamson has signed a new contract with Women’s Super League side Arsenal.

BBC Sport understands the 29-year-old defender has signed a two-year deal.

Williamson, who joined Arsenal’s academy aged nine, has spent her entire senior career with the club, chalking up more than 250 appearances in all competitions since making her debut in 2014.

“Everyone at the club looks forward to Leah’s continued leadership and performances here at Arsenal,” said the club, via a statement.

She has helped Arsenal win the WSL, two FA Cups, and four League Cups as well as the 2024-25 Champions League, when she was named in the team of the season, and the inaugural Women’s Champions Cup in 2026.

Williamson made her international debut in 2018 and has won 67 caps for England, captaining the Lionesses to back-to-back Women’s Euros crowns in 2022 and 2025.

A knee injury picked up during the 2025 tournament is one of a number of leg injuries to plague Williamson throughout this season, restricting her to just four league appearances.

Williamson is the fourth player to commit her future to the club in recent weeks, with Kim Little, Stina Blackstenius, and Steph Catley all signing new deals.

More than 1,000 homes have been evacuated and schools have been closed in Plymouth after a suspected World War Two device was discovered at a building site.

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The George and Dragon in Hudswell has welcomed new operators Sam Harrison and Becky Westgarth, who also run The Green Dragon in Exelby.

Mr Sunak, MP for Richmond and Northallerton, visited the community-owned pub on opening day to meet the team and hear about their plans to refresh the food offering, maintain the pub’s reputation for cask ales, and carry out minor interior upgrades.

Rishi Sunak with Becky and villagers (Image: Supplied)

He said: “It was a pleasure to join everyone in Hudswell for the reopening of the George and Dragon and to welcome Sam and Becky as they take on this much-loved pub.

“This pub has an outstanding story behind it, with local people stepping forward to save their pub and I wish Sam and Becky much success.”

The pub was saved by residents in 2010 after a period of closure and relaunched as a community-owned venue under Hudswell Community Pub Ltd, a co-operative and community benefit society.

Since then, it has earned multiple awards and become a recognised example of how communities can protect valued village assets.

Rishi Sunak with Becky and villagers (Image: Supplied)

Mr Sunak has consistently supported community-owned pubs across his constituency and highlighted their role as social hubs in rural villages.

The new proprietors said the visit was a morale boost on their first day.

They said: “It was great to welcome Rishi, especially on our opening day and it gave everyone a boost.

“Our plans for the pub are to build on everything that people already value about the pub.

“We’ll be making some small improvements to the interior, but making sure we keep the character and charm that make the pub so special.”

Mr Harrison and Ms Westgarth bring experience of running successful rural pubs through their work at Exelby’s Green Dragon.

Their arrival has been warmly welcomed by the community, who are eager to see the George and Dragon continue to thrive.

The pub recently served as a filming location for the upcoming TV episode Our Yorkshire Pub, which is expected to air later this year.