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Walter Koenig, actor best known as Chekov on Star Trek, dies aged 90
<p>The actor appeared in the cult 1960s show as well as many of the films but also worked as a writer</p><p>Walter Koenig, the actor known for playing Pavel Chekov throughout the Star Trek franchise, has died, his representative confirmed to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/walter-koenig-dead-chekov-star-trek-russian-1236740088/">the Hollywood Reporter</a>. He was 90.</p><p>Koenig died at his home in north Hollywood surrounded by his daughter and niece, according to a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GalacticProds/posts/pfbid02hfVCP4dLWz4Zs1qxzoA9Q8Q7ar62VBhggPVpFRVB7LiYV76Fyn7KWHdn61ovja9Wl">Facebook post</a> by Zachery McGinnis, the founder of Galactic Productions, an appearance agency that counted the actor as one of its clients. His death was attributed to “old age”, with no other details provided.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/26/walter-koenig-actor-star-trek-dies">Continue reading...</a>
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Kansas coach tributes six-year-old son killed in soccer field crash: ‘Love like Cole’
<p>At funeral service Chris Adrian remembers son Cole as ‘capturing the heart’ of everyone, after tragedy killing two</p><p>The father of Cole Adrian, a six-year-old boy killed when a woman <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/kansas-deaths-soccer-game-vehicle-latest">drove through a soccer game</a> at a park in Wichita, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/kansas">Kansas</a>, on 17 October, paid an emotional tribute to his son at his funeral service on Monday.</p><p>Chris Adrian, of McPherson, Kansas, spoke through tears while he remembered Cole as an energetic, fun-loving child who loved life and “captured the heart” of everyone he met.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/cole-adrian-tribute-kansas-soccer">Continue reading...</a>
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Shabana Mahmood launches review into murder of student Henry Nowak
<p>Move comes after claims there were warning signs killer had history of threatening behaviour and obsession with weapons</p><p>Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, has launched a review to examine whether opportunities were missed to prevent the murder of the student Henry Nowak.</p><p>It follows claims that there were several warning signs that the perpetrator, Vickrum Digwa, had a history of threatening behaviour and an obsession with weapons.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/26/shabana-mahmood-launches-review-into-of-student-henry-nowak">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 26, 2026The Guardian World