Sunak to pledge accelerated renewables plan at COP27
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will promise to speed up the UK’s transition to renewable energy when he addresses the U.N. COP27 summit on climate change on Monday.
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Britain given extra bank holiday for coronation of King Charles
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the crowning of King Charles III will be celebrated with an extra bank holiday across the country on Monday May 8, shortly after the coronation ...
British police say immigration centre attack was terrorist incident
British police said on Saturday evidence showed an extreme right-wing terrorist ideology had motivated a petrol bomb attack on an immigration centre in the southern English port town of Dover ...
UK new car sales up by nearly a quarter in October
British new car registrations rose for the third consecutive month in October, up by around a quarter, according to preliminary industry data released on Friday.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers ...
UK union suspends November rail strikes to hold pay talks
Three days of strikes by tens of thousands of British rail workers over the next week have been suspended while “intensive negotiations” are held in a long-running dispute over pay ...
UK services slump at fastest pace since early 2021
The biggest downturn since January 2021 hit British services companies last month, although it was not as severe as first estimated, according to a business survey that underlined the tough times ...
Bank of England makes historic rate hike despite ‘very challenging’ outlook
The Bank of England raised interest rates to 3 per cent on Thursday from 2.25 per cent, its biggest rate rise since 1989 as it warned of a “very challenging” outlook for the ...
Bank of England readies for biggest rate rise since 1989
The Bank of England looks on track to raise interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point to 3 per cent later on Thursday, its biggest rate rise since 1989 as ...
In Britain’s inflation crisis, healthy diets are a casualty
By Richa Naidu
Fresh vegetables and fish are falling off the menu. Packaged pizzas and processed meat are the dishes of the day.
Many British households are turning away from ...
‘I haven’t lost my marbles,’ says ex-minister heading for reality TV show
Former British health secretaty Matt Hancock defended his decision to join “I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here” on Wednesday, saying that appearing on the reality TV show ...
UK Cypriot jailed for killing man to avoid paying a drugs debt
UK Cypriot Raphael Kokkinos was sentenced to nine years in prison at the Old Bailey for the murder of Jean Loeike Guei, it emerged on Wednesday.
Kokkinos, aged 35, pleaded guilty ...
Russia to summon British ambassador over Black Sea Fleet drone strike
Russia will summon Britain’s ambassador to Moscow over what it said was the involvement of British specialists in a Ukrainian drone strike on its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, ...
Royal Mail workers’ union to strike in the run-up to Christmas
Britain’s Royal Mail said on Tuesday that members of its largest labour union, the Communication Workers Union (CWU), will strike in November and December in the run up to ...
UK breaching Brexit agreement on EU citizens’ rights, London court told
The British government is breaching the withdrawal agreement with the European Union by requiring EU citizens to reapply for the right to live and work in the United Kingdom, an ...
UK counter-terrorism police lead probe into Dover bomb incident
Britain’s counter-terrorism police are now leading the investigation into an incident in which petrol bombs were thrown at an immigration centre in the southern English port of Dover, police ...
UK interior minister denounced for asylum seeker ‘invasion’ comments
British Home Secretary Suella Braverman faced heavy criticism on Tuesday for describing the arrival of asylum seekers as an invasion, with lawmakers across the political spectrum warning of the risk ...
UK home secretary complains of asylum seeker ‘invasion’
British Home Secretary Suella Braverman said the country faces an “invasion” from people travelling in small boats crossing the English Channel as she fought back against mounting pressure over her ...
Did Russia hack Truss’s phone? Kremlin dismisses media reports
The Kremlin on Monday dismissed a British media report that Liz Truss’s mobile telephone was hacked by Russian agents.
The Daily Mail reported on Saturday that Russian spies gained ...
U.N. chief delays travel to try to bring Russia back into Black Sea grain deal
The United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine pressed ahead to implement a Black Sea grain deal and agreed on a transit plan for Monday for 16 vessels to move forward, despite Russia’...
Busking Brit crosses Iraq on his way to COP27 without flying
With a violin on his back and maps in his bag, Dan Hodd left Spain a month ago and was cycling through busy Baghdad as he heads to the COP27 ...
Russia says it recovers drones used in Black Sea fleet attack in Crimea
Russia’s defence ministry on Sunday said it had recovered and analysed the wreckage of drones used to attack ships of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Crimea the day ...
Man attacks UK border force centre, kills himself (Update)
A man threw petrol bombs attached with fireworks at a centre for processing migrants in the southern English port of Dover on Sunday and then killed himself, a Reuters photographer ...
Britain proposes regulation of all cryptoassets
Britain would have the power to regulate all cryptoassets under a proposal the UK financial services minister has added to a draft law before parliament that will almost certainly pass.
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UK to call Northern Ireland election within next 12 weeks
The British government on Friday promised to call a fresh election to Northern Ireland’s devolved parliament within the next 12 weeks in a bid to break a political stalemate that ...