Britain

Britain urged Iran on Wednesday to stop detaining dual nationals following the arrestof seven people with links to the United Kingdom, saying the practice should not be used to obtain “...

UK retail destinations enjoyed an almost 40% rise in shopper numbers on Monday after the first Christmas in three years with without pandemic restrictions, data compiled by Springboard showed on Tuesday. ...

Iranian authorities rerouted a flight bound for Dubai on Monday and prevented the wife and daughter of former national soccer team captain Ali Daei, who has supported anti-government protests, from ...

Britain will stop publishing the Covid-19 R number that measures how quickly the disease is spreading among the population, saying on Monday it was not needed anymore thanks to vaccines ...

Britain’s King Charles invoked his late mother, Queen Elizabeth, in his first Christmas message to the nation as monarch and spoke of his faith in humanity at a time ...

Britain will increase defence spending by more than 1 billion pounds ($1.21 billion) to avoid a real-terms cut over the next two years, the Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday. Finance minister Jeremy ...

Britain’s finance ministry said on Thursday it expects to conclude a ground-breaking deal with Switzerland on cooperation in financial services by late summer next year, helping the City of ...

British car production rose 5.7 per cent in November from a year earlier, although output levels were still one-fourth lower than pre-pandemic levels, as global chip shortages and supply chain issues ...

Britain’s health workers on Friday announced a fresh round of strikes in January, with their long-running dispute over pay and conditions with the government set to continue into 2023. The ...

The British government’s post-Brexit settlement scheme for EU citizens is unlawful, London’s High Court ruled on Wednesday. The Independent Monitoring Authority, a body funded by the government to ...

British house prices look on track to drop by about 5 per cent next year, as home-buyers face higher interest rates, a squeeze on disposable income and a potential rise in ...

The pound eked out a small gain on Tuesday in thin trading ahead of the Christmas holidays, but was on track for its strongest quarterly gain against the dollar since 2009. ...

Drivers at 15 train companies in Britain will strike on Jan. 5 as part of an ongoing dispute over pay, the ASLEF trade union said on Tuesday. The union said the strike ...

Nurses in Britain went on strike for the second time this month on Tuesday, and their union threatened to escalate a dispute over pay by setting out further strike days ...

Britain‘s government said on Monday that it would freeze taxes on alcohol until August, reversing a decision taken only two months ago by finance minister Jeremy Hunt and partially ...

British television presenter Jeremy Clarkson said on Monday he was “horrified to have caused so much hurt” after a column he wrote in the Sun newspaper about Prince Harry’s ...

In Britain, the damage wrought by rampant inflation can be seen in the fate of the humble egg. With war in Ukraine driving energy and chicken feed costs higher, farmers ...

British retail sales slid unexpectedly in November, despite the men’s soccer World Cup and the Black Friday sales promotions, showing the stress felt by many households as the cost-of-living ...

A 19-year-old man has been charged with abetting illegal immigration after four migrants died trying to cross the Channel into Britain when the inflatable boat they were using started to ...

England manager Gareth Southgate has decided to stay on and lead the campaign for the 2024 European Championship, the Football Association (FA) said on Sunday. The popular 52-year-old led England to ...

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will limit ticket sales for flights to London’s Heathrow Airport during planned strikes by border agents over Christmas and New Year’s Eve to ...

European shares slid on Friday, ending the week sharply lower after major central banks flagged further rate hikes, while economic activity data from the euro zone failed to assuage concerns ...

International rail operator Eurostar on Friday said that it would not operate services on Dec. 26 between Britain and France due to a national rail strike that impacts the British rail ...

German tennis star Boris Becker, 55, has been freed from a British prison, the government said on Thursday, meaning he is now expected to be deported from the country. In April, ...