BPI News

29/10/2025

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on Cuba’s southeast coast with 120mph winds, the NHC says.

It’s one of the strongest storms to hit Cuba since 2017. Jamaica, declared a disaster area after Category 5 landfall, remains under tropical storm warnings.

29/10/2025

Hadush Kebatu, a migrant s*x offender who assaulted a schoolgirl and a woman in Ess*x, has been deported to Ethiopia after his mistaken release from HMP Chelmsford.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she “pulled every lever” to ensure his removal.

28/10/2025

Jamaica’s health authority has warned residents that flooding from Hurricane Melissa could displace crocodiles from rivers and swamps into populated areas.

Locals are urged to avoid floodwaters and not attempt to capture or harm the animals.

28/10/2025

John Ashby, 32, from Stockland Green, has been charged with the r**e of a Punjabi woman in her 20s in Walsall.

He also faces charges of s*xual assault, strangulation, racially-aggravated ABH, and robbery.

He’ll appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court tomorrow.

28/10/2025

Hurricane Melissa’s Eyewall Nears Jamaica as Authorities Warn of “Catastrophic Situation”

Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm with 185mph winds, is making landfall in Jamaica. Officials warn of catastrophic flooding, 13ft storm surges, and widespread outages as the “storm of the century” strikes.

28/10/2025

The US National Hurricane Center says catastrophic winds from Category 5 Hurricane Melissa will hit Jamaica in the next few hours.

The storm, packing 175mph winds, is just 55 miles from the island and expected to make landfall shortly.

28/10/2025

The Red Cross says Hurricane Melissa could affect 1.5 million people in Jamaica as the Category 5 storm nears landfall.

The hurricane is expected to weaken to Category 4 as it moves toward Cuba and then the Bahamas by Wednesday.

28/10/2025

Hurricane Melissa, now the 7th most intense Atlantic storm ever recorded, has killed three people in Jamaica as it nears landfall.

The Category 5 hurricane has 175mph winds and record-low pressure of 901mb.

PM Holness warns no structure can withstand it.

27/10/2025

Hurricane Melissa has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm with 160mph winds.

Jamaica is under full threat as evacuations are ordered across Kingston ahead of landfall tonight.

Forecasters warn of catastrophic flooding and 40 inches of rain.

27/10/2025

A 32-year-old man has been arrested after the racially aggravated r**e of a Sikh woman in Walsall’s Park Hall area.

The arrest follows a weekend appeal after the woman, in her 20s, was attacked and racially abused on Saturday night.

27/10/2025

Police are hunting a man over the r**e of a Sikh woman in Walsall the second racially aggravated r**e of a Sikh woman in the West Midlands in two months.

The suspect allegedly used racist slurs during the attack. Officers have released CCTV of the man.

26/10/2025

British journalist Sami Hamdi has been detained by US immigration officials after criticising Israel’s Gaza war during a speaking tour.

ICE says his visa was revoked; Trump ally Laura Loomer claims credit.

CAIR condemns it as an “affront to free speech.”