Britain

Britain is suspending the previously planned introduction of extra border checks on live animal imports from the European Union to ease trade ahead of the implementation of a deal agreed ...

Britain’s King Charles on Friday released a message commemorating the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, which marks the Allied victory over Japan and the end of World War Two, ...

The Bank of England has lowered slightly to 115 billion pounds ($155 billion) its estimate of the net loss that Britain’s finance ministry will have to pay to cover the central ...

Britain is seeing more violent threats to kill or harm young women and girls aged 16-25, with incidents of strangulation and suffocation also increasing, leading domestic abuse charity Refuge said ...

Britain’s jobs market has weakened again, official data showed, with payrolls falling for a sixth month and vacancies dropping further, but wage growth stayed strong, underscoring why the Bank ...

British consumers raised their spending in July as unusually warm weather at the start of the month boosted clothing sales but demand cooled along as temperatures dropped and some of ...

Hiring intentions by British businesses fell to their weakest since the COVID-19 pandemic and recruiters said starting pay was rising at the slowest pace in over four years, according to ...

Activity in Britain’s construction sector fell by the most in more than five years last month, according to a survey that raises questions about whether the government will achieve ...

The National Federation of Cypriots in the United Kingdom on Friday called for the immediate removal of the UK’s trade envoy to Turkey Afzal Khan after he travelled to ...

Britain and the United States may disagree about how to address the crisis in Gaza but they share common goals in the region, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said ...

Britain’s near-daily surveillance flights over Gaza, flown from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, have prompted fresh questions about how the intelligence gathered is used and whether it is being passed ...

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said consumers have been more cautious than policymakers had expected, speaking after the bank cut interest rates to 4 per cent from 4.25 per cent on ...

The Bank of England cut interest rates on Thursday but four of its nine policymakers – worried about high inflation – sought to keep borrowing costs on hold. Difficulty reaching an agreement ...

Birmingham Airport reopened its only runway on Wednesday, more than six hours after a small aircraft made an emergency landing due to landing gear failure, leaving one person with minor ...

Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey appeared in a London court on Tuesday, charged with raping two women while he was a player for the English Premier League football club. Partey, ...

The Bank of England is widely expected to reduce its benchmark interest rate from 4.25 per cent to 4 per cent on Thursday. A further rate cut is anticipated before the end ...

Britain’s manufacturers – hit in recent months by trade wars and higher taxes – moved closer to a return to growth in July and executives were their most optimistic in five ...

A downturn in British retail sales extended into its 10th month in July as rising prices weighed on consumers, although the pace of the fall was less severe than in ...

The United Kingdom’s top court on Friday overturned a landmark ruling on car finance commissions in a decision that is likely to ease fears among banks about a redress ...

At least 1,000 weapons have been surrendered under a British government amnesty launched last month to combat knife crime, the interior ministry announced on Friday, as a new ban on ninja ...

Bishop Cherry Vann has been elected as archbishop of the Church in Wales, becoming the first woman and LGBTQ+ cleric appointed to lead any of Britain’s Anglican churches. While ...

At least 16 flights to and from London’s Heathrow Airport were cancelled on Thursday, a day after technical problems with Britain’s air traffic control system caused widespread disruption across ...

Thousands of heavy metal fans lined the streets of Birmingham on Wednesday for the funeral procession of Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, who died earlier this month at the age ...

Britain’s air traffic controllers reported a technical issue that disrupted flights at major airports in London and elsewhere in the country on Wednesday, though later said the issue had ...