We honestly had no idea what Liverpool was like, before setting it as Gotham City, the most crime-ridden city in Yankeeland, the producer of the next Batman film told Newsbiscuit.
Standing next to the Batmobile perched on bricks, while the crew waited for replacement wheels to arrive, he went on to say “We’ve only been in town a couple of days, but I’m already liking Liverpool. Such a wonderful sense of humour the people here have.”
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May 2025
Back in May 2025. the Reform Party won 677 council seats out of around 1,600 up for grabs. Sound familiar? And a Chinese player beat the British player in the World Snooker final. Déjà vu?
And Council Tax went up by 5% and inflation went up. Is 2026 just 2025 on repeat? And the Bank of England cut interest rates. OK. Maybe not.
In the UK, the government announced 1,400 early prisoner releases so that we could punish more recent crimes, and Keir Starmer made one of his famous U-turns, this time on winter fuel payments. The government was under pressure on the two child benefit cap, but artfully delayed any action until November. And Britain signed a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. That went well.
In international news, Europe (and a few Americans) celebrated the 80th Anniversary of VE Day. And the UK agreed a ‘transformational’ trade deal with India – remember that? We’ve all certainly noticed the difference.
Here is a selection of our favourite NewsBiscuit stories from May 2025. Click through to read the stories and see the author credits. Scroll down to see some of the month’s best headlines.
Politics
Lifestyle
Entertainment
Other news
And some headlines
Politics
Trump claims crowds still booing Biden
Boris Johnson strongly supports Farage's plan to lift two-child benefit cap
Assisted Dying bill slipping away
Trump blasts corrupt Eurovision as US fails to win yet again
Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped, but third child to be taxed from six months
Digging gets underway to find Tories latest poll rating
Business and the economy
Bistro closes because all its servers are down
Deal to bring back MFI stores falls apart
Four in 10 universities face financial challenges - that's over 75%
Man puts tanning salon plans on the back burner
Struggling blinds company told - 'pay up or it's curtains'
New reservoir plans don't hold water
Other nonsense
Games teacher mistakenly celebrates the 80th Anniversary of P.E. Day
Police concerned over early prisoner release of former colleagues
Undercover officer still in bed
"Call The Midwife" film announcement premature, says BBC
Generous chimney seller tells customer: "It's on the house."
Mexican Navy ship crashes while captain looking for Gulf of Mexico on US map
Posh lady distraught after catching a common cold
Kid who swallowed magnets left in A&E on the fridge door
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Taking their cue from an ugly and embarrassing incident at the British Academy Film and Television Awards (BAFTA), where an audience member shouted a racial slur, producers of several upcoming media awards shows are taking extra precautions to avoid a repeat at their events.
John Amos, a producer for the Skinhead FilmFest, said, ‘As we are always conscious of our image, we will be taking all necessary measures to ensure an incident-free, family-friendly show. Security will be tighter than usual.’
The Independent Documentary Film Awards is aware they face special challenges this year. Their Press Officer said, ‘We have films up for awards about serial exhibitionists, and a first-person POV biopic about compulsive masturbation. We don’t want to detract from the dignity of the ceremony with any untoward behaviour, so for the first time we are considering not having a live audience. Or live presenters or acceptors.’
Asked for a comment about precautions they are taking to avoid possible racist comments during their 2026 Film Hoodie Awards Show, a spokesman for the Ku Klux Klan said they would keep in place their ‘usual standards and practices while defending free speech.’
A spokesman for the neo-Nazi media awards show, The Reich Stuff, said they did not plan any additional security measures. ‘Our crowds always know how to behave themselves when representing their heritage,’ the spokesman said. ‘Good breeding always shows out.’
The BBC said they were reviewing their risk management protocols and were still deciding whether they would air these shows live or on a five second, five minute or five day delay.
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