Online motor sales sites have tracked huge spikes in electric car interest in recent days, with panic buying of petrol potentially triggering the 'most influential switching event ever'.more

Spaceports from Cornwall to Shetland will launch rockets into orbit next year as Boris Johnson promises to create “galactic Britain”.more

Southeastern trains will be taken over by Government after a probe discovered that millions of pounds of taxpayers’ cash had gone undeclared.more

Dangerously high levels of Class A drugs have been found in the river running through the Glastonbury Festival site, according to scientists. Researchers found that during the five-day festival levels of MDMA and cocaine were so high it was damaging the local wildlife.more

Up to 150 military tanker drivers are expected to help deliver fuel to UK gas stations to alleviate the crisis resulting from supply problems and panicked purchases, the BBC said.more

Half of children and young people aged nine to 18 are willing or eager to be vaccinated against Covid, a large survey in England suggests.more

Ambulance workers are among a pile of key workers who are facing problems due to the continued HGV driver shortagemore

Commuters are abandoning cars amid the petrol crisis and getting back on board trains, buses and the Tube instead. Passenger data yesterday showed a seven per cent increase in London Underground travel and a two per cent jump on bus trips in one week - both hitting a post-pandemic high. more

A man has been charged with the murder of primary school teacher Sabina Nessa, who was killed as she walked to meet a friend in south-east Londonmore

The Army is ready to help ease fuel supply problems after a fourth day of long queues and pump closures. Up to 150 military tanker drivers will prepare to deliver to forecourts which have run dry because of panic buying.more

Chemists wait for details of measures to ensure driver shortages do not adversely affect deliveries of prescription drugsmore

London boroughs gave out £53.4million in emergency payments to residents in financial crisis during the pandemic, new data has revealed. more

EU citizens who for some reason still have not applied for settled status will not be automatically deported, British Immigration Minister Kevin Foster told Londonek.net. He explained that the right to apply to legalize your status for EU citizens is and will remain inalienable.more

The British-Dutch petrochemical company Royal Dutch Shell announced a higher than usual demand for fuels and the resulting shortage of certain types of fuel in parts of Great Britain.more

Rain and thunderstorms are expected to batter the UK on Monday bringing a gloomy end to September.more

People are being offered £30 an hour to pick broccoli at a Lincolnshire farm as part of a major recruitment drive. more

Joint TalkTalk and government scheme to tackle digital exclusion gives no-contract uncapped usage. more

Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan appeared at a star-studded concert Saturday to draw attention to making COVID-19 vaccines accessible to everyone around the world.more

China strongly condemned Britain on Monday for sailing awarship through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, saying it was behaviour that "harboured evil intentions" and that the Chinese military followed the vessel and warned it away.more

Labour says it would cap the amount of property overseas investors can purchase in new developments, in a bid to help first-time buyers.more

Aldi is set to create 2,000 new jobs next year in addition to 7,000 created in the last two years, as part of a £1.3 billion investment drive.more

Hundreds of soldiers could be scrambled to deliver fuel to petrol stations running dry across the country due to panic buying and a shortage of drivers under an emergency plan expected to be considered by Boris Johnson on Monday.more

Up to 10,500 lorry drivers and poultry workers can receive temporary UK visas as the government seeks to limit disruption in the run-up to Christmas.more

The government will introduce digital driving licences as part of a bid to make the UK transport network “fairer, greener and more efficient,” secretary of state for transport Grant Shapps has said.more

A 38-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning on suspicion of murdering teacher Sabina Nessa. Scotland Yard branded the move a ‘significant development’.more