Britain

British authorities have started to detain migrants in preparation for them to be sent to Rwanda in the next nine to 11 weeks, the government said on Wednesday, laying the groundwork ...

The number of mortgages approved by British lenders rose to an 18-month high in March, according to Bank of England data on Tuesday that confirmed a recovery in the housing ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak discussed the matter of migration on Tuesday, amid parallel situations faced on the issue at either end of the European Union. ...

A smiling and healthy-looking King Charles returned to public duties on Tuesday for the first time since he was diagnosed with cancer in February, telling patients at a treatment centre ...

The Scottish government will face a no-confidence vote on Wednesday which it is expected to win after First Minister Humza Yousaf said he would resign. Yousaf’s resignation on Monday ...

A 14-year-old boy was killed and four other people were injured after a stabbing in London on Tuesday involving a man with a sword. Police said they did not believe ...

The value of research and development undertaken in Britain each year could be more than 20 per cent higher than estimates currently show, early findings from a revamped Office for National ...

Scotland‘s leader Humza Yousaf resigned on Monday, further opening the door to the UK opposition Labour Party regaining ground in its former Scottish heartlands in a national election expected ...

Britain’s competition watchdog said this week that it was seeking comments on the AI partnerships between Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Mistral AI, as well as between Amazon (AMZN.O) ...

Britain’s King Charles will return to public duties next week for the first time since being diagnosed with cancer as he makes good progress following treatment and a period ...

Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf said on Friday he intended to fight a vote of no confidence called in him by political opponents following his decision to withdraw from ...

The threat of deportation to Rwanda is causing migrants to head for Ireland instead of staying in Britain, Ireland’s deputy prime minister told a British newspaper on Friday. British ...

London Cypriot football team New Salamis FC have announced that their first team will cease its operations at the end of the current season. The club said that it had ...

British retailers suffered their worst April for sales since 2020, when the country was in its first COVID-19 lockdown, although the timing of the Easter holidays could be to blame, a ...

Britain‘s King Charles has given his assent to legislation central to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Royal assent is the final stage ...

Lloyds Banking Group’s (LLOY.L) pretax profit slid by 28 per cent in the first quarter, as rising costs, peaking interest rates and intensifying competition in the mortgage market hit ...

A number of horses are running amok in London and at least one person has been injured, with the army called in to help locate the animals, authorities in the ...

Investing in defence companies is compatible with long-term sustainable considerations, a joint statement from Britain’s finance ministry and UK asset management industry body said on Tuesday. The government said ...

Four spears taken from Australia by a British explorer more than 250 years ago will be returned by Cambridge University to descendants of the indigenous community which crafted them, in the ...

Israel bombarded northern Gaza overnight in some of the heaviest shelling in weeks, panicking residents and flattening neighbourhoods in an area where the Israeli army had previously drawn down its ...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vowed that nothing would prevent him from sending asylum seekers to Rwanda after parliament finally approved the divisive policy that is designed to deter migrants from ...

At least five migrants died in an attempt to cross the English Channel from an area near the French town of Wimereux on Tuesday, police said. The French coast guard ...

Panzer’s delicatessen in north west London has lost 37 suppliers from the European Union since Britain left the bloc’s single market in 2021, and owner David Josephs fears more will ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged on Monday to start sending asylum seekers to Rwanda within 10 to 12 weeks, telling the upper house of parliament he will force the new legislation ...