Volcano Shuts Indonesian Airports, JLR Job Cuts Loom

Anak Krakatau erupted overnight, sending ash across the Sunda Strait and forcing Indonesia to shut six airports, including Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta. More than 150,000 passengers were stranded and 467 flights to Singapore, Sydney and Doha were cancelled. Meanwhile in Britain, Jaguar Land Rover confirmed a voluntary redundancy scheme that could cut up to 4,000 mostly white-collar jobs, squeezed by tariffs and slowing sales; Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds meets company bosses next week. Against that backdrop came a rare bright spot for European industry: Bavarian startup Isar Aerospace launched its Spectrum rocket from Norway and reached orbit, the first privately built European rocket to do so. Back home, residents and shopkeepers in Birmingham's Kings Heath say police have abandoned them after months of theft, vandalism and abuse from a gang linked to over 100 incidents, with staff at Subway and Greggs among those targeted. In sport, Irish boxing great Katie Taylor closed a 30-year career in style, beating Flora Pili before 83,000 fans at Dublin's Croke Park to retire a three-time two-weight undisputed champion. And in Wales, student Elle Black, 21, who nearly died after mistaking sepsis for a hangover, now urges young people to take severe symptoms seriously.