Daily Inshorts - 13 February 2026

Daily Inshorts - 13 February 2026

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Weston wins emphatic skeleton gold for first GB medal

Matt Weston cements his status as the best skeleton racer in the world as he makes history by winning Olympic gold in emphatic fashion in Cortina, securing Team GB’s first medal of the 2026 Winter Games.

Two jailed over plot to attack Jewish community

Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein planned to carry out an "Isis-inspired plot", a court hears.

Watch: How Andrew's BBC interview compares to what Epstein emails tell us now

Following the latest release of the Epstein files, claims made by the then Prince Andrew in 2019 are under fresh scrutiny.

Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful but group remains proscribed for now

Three judges rule against the Home Office in a massive blow to the government, but say the ban must remain until a further hearing.

Two Britons among three dead in French Alps avalanche

The Britons had been part of a group of five people accompanied by an instructor, skiing off-piste in Val d'Isère.

Expanding export-driven manufacturing sector helps in stabilising rupee: Chief Economic Advisor

Bengal teacher arrested in false organ trafficking case for honouring his mother’s wish to donate her eyes

The teacher got bail and resumed his duties as a Booth Level Officer in the ongoing SIR work

West Bengal elections: CPI(M) MA Baby calls for ‘secular alliance’ with Congress

This comes days after Congress announced that it will contest independently in all the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal

TMC MP Abhishek meets family of Bengal migrant worker killed in Pune

The visit by Abhishek Banerjee to the residence of the deceased migrant worker comes a day after West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee termed the killing of Sukhen Mahato in Maharashtra a “hate crime”

Two arrested for allegedly raping and blackmailing minor in Bhopal

Shahjahanabad ACP Anil Bajpai says that the alleged assault took place between May and June last year after the prime accused, Ausaf Ali Khan, befriended the girl through mutual friends