Britain

A coalition of British retail industry groups and shopworkers union USDAW has written to police leaders in England and Wales calling on them to back a plan to counter a “...

Britain should only hold people in immigration detention for a maximum of 28 days, a public inquiry concluded on Tuesday, after finding some detainees had been subjected to inhumane treatment, including ...

The British government said on Tuesday that 174 schools in England had so far been found to have buildings with potentially unsafe old and crumbling concrete, up from 147 at the end ...

The British government said on Tuesday it was looking to force some healthcare staff to work during industrial action, as senior and junior doctors in England prepared to take coordinated ...

Turkish Cypriot Famagusta mayor Suleyman Ulucay met with the mayor of the London Borough of Bexley, Ahmet Dourmoush on Monday. The pair discussed the possibility of cooperation between the Famagusta ...

Britain’s BBC said it was “urgently looking into the issues” raised by allegations of sexual assault made against the broadcaster’s former employee, British comedian and actor Russell Brand, ...

British opposition leader Keir Starmer has promised to improve the country’s trading relationship with the European Union in 2025 if his Labour Party wins the next election. Starmer told the ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday American XL bully dogs would be banned by the end of the year after a man was killed in another suspected attack ...

Three people appeared in court on Friday charged with the murder of Sara Sharif, who was found dead at her home last month,including the 10-year-old girl’s father and ...

British train drivers will stage two more says of strikes, their trade union said on Friday, the latest walkouts in a long-running industrial dispute and which will coincide with the ...

British opposition leader Keir Starmer said on Thursday a Labour government would set up a new police unit to tackle illegal migration and suggested he was open to a returns ...

The Cyprus issue was among the topics discussed in Ankara by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his British counterpart James Cleverly. According to a post by the Turkish foreign ...

London’s police force has apologised and paid “substantial damages” to two women detained at a vigil held in memory of Sarah Everard who was raped and murdered by a ...

A “national conversation” is needed to assuage public fears that a digital version of the pound would allow the government to spy on them, Bank of England deputy governor designate ...

Britain’s economy contracted in July at an unexpectedly sharp rate after strikes in hospitals and schools as well as unusually rainy weather weighed on output, according to official figures ...

Britain’s labour market showed more signs of cooling in the three months to July despite another month of strong pay growth, according to data that leave the Bank of ...

Britain is seeing an “epidemic” of shoplifting, the boss of retailer John Lewis said on Tuesday, as the owner of the Primark fashion chain joined industry calls for the authorities ...

Failed retailer Wilko will disappear from British high streets next month, as its entire chain of homeware stores are expected to close with the loss of at least 9,100 jobs, its ...

British scientist Ian Wilmut, whose research was central to the creation of the cloned animal, Dolly the Sheep, has died at the age of 79, the University of Edinburgh said on ...

A man British media have reported was arrested on suspicion of spying for China while working as a parliamentary researcher said via his lawyers on Monday he was “completely innocent” ...

A former British soldier, who has been accused of offences relating to terrorism and the Official Secrets Act, appeared in court on Monday charged with breaking out of prison last ...

BMW (BMWG.DE) said on Monday it will invest 600 million pounds ($750 million) at its UK plants to take its iconic Mini brand all-electric by 2030, a fresh boost for Britain’s ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he had raised his concern over any Chinese interference in Britain’s parliamentary democracy during a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at a ...

A former British soldier suspected of terrorism offences who escaped from prison earlier this week was recaptured in London on Saturday, police said. Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, absconded from London’s ...