Two men and three teenagers were arrested on charges of attempted murder in connection with the shooting of UK Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson, London Metropolitan Police said.more

Eurostar services will remain below pre-pandemic levels for the next four years, costing British taxpayers tens of millions of pounds.more

Violence and abuse against shop workers is on the rise but the perpetrators are rarely prosecuted, new research finds.more

China has overtaken Germany to become the UK's biggest single import market for the first time since records began. Goods imported from China rose 66% from the start of 2018 to £16.9bn ($24bn) in the first quarter of this year, the Office for National Statistics said.more

"Boris Johnson is not the right person to lead the UK through the coronavirus pandemic and thousands of people have died needlessly as a result of government mistakes," said former chief adviser to British Prime Minister Dominic Cummings yesterday.more

More than 3,000 new Covid cases have been reported in the UK for the first time since the start of April. The Government said on Wednesday that there had been a further 3,180 lab-confirmed cases in the countrymore

The 39-year-old, who lives in Quorn, Leicestershire, built her whole life in the UK, but is now at risk of living as a second-class citizen or losing her German citizenship following a Home Office ruling.more

Aviation chief executives have condemned “the continuing demonisation of overseas travel” by the UK government.more

Boris Johnson wanted to be infected with Covid-19 live on TV to ‘show it’s nothing to be scared of’ and said it was like the new swine flu, Dominic Cummings has claimed. more

Ministers have backtracked over travel advice for eight areas worst hit by the Indian virus variant, after a change in guidance led to widespread confusion.more

People aged 30 and 31 in England are being invited to book to have their first dose of Covid vaccine.more

More than a million households are struggling to pay their water bills, a consumer group has said.more

Witold Pilecki is not a figure locked in the history of Poland, because his life is still an up-to-date and universal message - said the participants of the seminar devoted to him, which took place in London yesterday evening.more

Marks & Spencer is to permanently close dozens of stores after huge losses during the coronavirus pandemic.more

Boris Johnson's comments about women wearing the burka have given an impression that the Tories are "insensitive to Muslim communities", an independent review has said.more

The UK does not currently plan to invite other "national participants" to the June summit of G7 leaders, a government spokeswoman said when asked about the French proposal to invite the Belarusian opposition to this meeting.more

Belarusian airlines will not be allowed to enter British airspace unless they have specific authorisation, Britain said on Tuesday after a Ryanair plane was forced to land in Minsk in an incident denounced by Western countries as “state piracy”.more

The second person in the world to get the Pfizer-BioNTech jab has died of an unrelated illness. Bill Shakespeare, 81, received his first Covid vaccine in December at University Hospital Coventry shortly after 91-year-old Margaret Keenan.more

The leading British activist of the Black Lives Matter movement, Sasha Johnson, was shot by four black men who broke into the party and there are no indications that she was the target of the intended attack, police said.more

More than 22 million fully vaccinated Brits may still have to self-isolate for 10 days after coming in close contact with an infected person after June 21, reports say. more

Priti Patel has refused to say whether the government’s overhaul of the immigration system will cause a rise or fall in net migration.more

Emma McClarkin, chief executive of the British Beer and Pub Association, said pubs cannot afford another “hurdle” to entry, and that vaccine certificates may add to tensions between staff and customers.more

Drivers in the UK have been issued an urgent warning about what they wear while behind the wheel. While you may not think too much about what you wear to nip out in the car to head to the supermarket or drop the kids off at school, choosing the wrong clothing or footwear could see you landed with a fine of up to £5000.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for the immediate release of the journalist Raman Pratasiewicz, kidnapped by the Belarusian authorities, and announced that they would suffer the consequences of their actions.more

More than 8,700 patients in England have died from the coronavirus after being infected in hospitals where they ended up for other ailments, the Guardian reports, citing data from the NHS.more