Britain

British actress Maggie Smith, an award winning Shakespearian actressand double Oscar winner who later appeared in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 89, the BBC reported on Friday. One of ...

Donald Trump will meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday, according to a source with knowledge of the matter as foreign leaders scramble for face time with the ...

British band The Cure released their first new music in 16 years on Thursday, the single “Alone”, and confirmed their long-awaited album would come out on Nov. 1. The melancholic song, almost ...

British police called on Thursday for anyone with allegations against former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed to come forwardand said it would look to prosecute others after multiple women accused ...

British police said on Thursday they had launched an investigation into a cyberattack after passengers at the country’s major railway stations saw an Islamophobic message when they tried to ...

Members of Britain’s Labour party narrowly voted against the government’s decision to limit winter fuel payments to the elderly on Wednesday, a symbolic move piling pressure on Prime ...

AFC Wimbledon’s managing director thought he was looking at AI-created images when he saw pictures of flooding at their Plough Lane home that led to more than 100,000 litres of ...

Britain is moving troops to Cyprus to help its nationals leave Lebanon, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned that the escalation in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah was pushing the ...

British businesses reported a slowdown in growth this month as some firms feared higher taxes, according to a survey that also showed waning price pressures, potentially encouraging the Bank of ...

British employers plan to scale back pay increases next year, according to a survey that is likely to encourage the Bank of England as it seeks further signs that inflation ...

British Chancellor Rachel Reeves ruled out a “return to austerity” on Monday, trying to brighten the gloomy tone her party has adopted since its landslide election victory in July. Labour ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was under pressure on Sunday over his decision to limit winter fuel payments to the elderly and use donations for clothing and hospitality, far from ...

Britain will keep under review possible new sanctions against Israeli settlers in the West Bank and will act if it has to, foreign minister David Lammy said on Sunday, adding ...

Reform UK leader and Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage took aim at Britain’s governing Labour Party on Friday, telling supporters his right-wing party was gaining voters disaffected with the government ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s warnings about the state of the British economy and the likely need for tax increases in next month’s budget have caused consumer confidence to ...

The Bank of England held interest rates at 5.0 per cent on Thursday and voted to run down its stock of British government bonds by another 100 billion pounds over the coming 12 ...

British inflation held steady in August but sped up in the services sector which is closely watched by the Bank of England, data showed on Wednesday, adding to bets that ...

Britain’s housing market recovered momentum in September, as the Bank of England’s first interest rate cut in more than three years and greater political certainty after July 4’s ...

London’s Oxford Street, home to some of the British capital’s most famous shops from Selfridges to Marks & Spencer, could be pedestrianised to attract more shoppers under a ...

British businesses are worried that greater protections for employees planned by the newly elected Labour government will make it more risky to hire new staff, according to the Confederation of ...

Former British TV news presenter Huw Edwards, the long-time face of the BBC’s flagship news programme, was given a suspended sentence at a London court on Monday after admitting ...

Britain’s approval of its first new deep coal mine in decades was unlawful, London’s High Court ruled on Friday following a legal challenge brought by environmental campaigners. Friends ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised on Thursday to deliver a 10-year plan to fix the National Health Service, saying there would be no more money without reform to a ...

Britain’s economy stagnated for a second month running in July as manufacturing output dropped sharply, an inauspicious start for the new government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer who wants ...