British teenagers among world’s unhappiest

British teenagers are among the most dissatisfied in the world, according to a global report. The UK ranks near the bottom of a league table for child wellbeing and teenage happiness, the Unicef study revealed.more

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa signed three agreements in London yesterday, including on security and trade. This is the first EU-UK summit since Brexit in 2020.more

Thousands of high street jobs are at risk in a Poundland rescue deal that could trigger sweeping store closures. Bidders for the beleaguered retailer have identified as many as 200 loss-making stores that could be ditched as they put the finishing touches to takeover proposals this weekend.more

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The government has announced new rules aiming to protect shoppers using buy now, pay later services, saying it wants to end the "wild west" of unregulated borrowing. Under the legislation, lenders will have to carry out affordability checks to stop people taking on too much debt and shoppers will have faster access to refunds.more

The Government appears to be “oblivious” to the true scale of harm caused by violence against women and girls – and is being outpaced in its efforts to tackle it, MPs have warned. Whitehall departments also lack an understanding of the level of support operating at a local level, the cross-party Public Accounts Committee said.more

The electorates of the candidates for the President of the Republic of Poland are not Legia's building blocks, but they are characterized by significant diversity - commented on the exit poll results in the Guardian, political scientist Prof. Ben Stanley. The British press predicts a fight for the votes of voters of Konfederacja and the Razem Party.more

EU leaders will meet today in London with UK Chief Executive Keir Starmer for their first summit since Brexit. The meeting is expected to include the signing of a defence agreement. However, the conclusion of a deal was not a foregone conclusion until the final hours before the summit.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed the Ukraine-Russia war with the leaders of the US, Italy, France and Germany yesterday, a representative of the Prime Minister's office told Downing Street. Among other things, they discussed the need for an unconditional ceasefire, he added.more

Millions of people are walking a financial tightrope, with one in 10 UK adults saving no money at all, a major report has concluded. This leaves many exposed to economic shocks and vulnerable to rising bills, according to the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Financial Lives survey.more

The post-pandemic shift to greater home working among highly skilled professionals has failed to level up Britain’s economy and help struggling regions as many had predicted it would, according to academic research.more

Rising train fares require travellers to plan creatively to manage their budget. Polish travel enthusiasts may be inspired by the story of a TikToker who saved over £70 on a trip from Manchester to London by taking a direct train via Iceland instead.more

A second man has been arrested in connection with alleged arson attacks in north London at properties connected to Sir Keir Starmer. The 26-year-old was arrested on Saturday at London Luton Airport on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.more

More than 135,000 Poles in the UK have registered to vote in the presidential election, which is over 5,000 more than in the previous vote in 2020. This is a record number of Polish voters abroad worldwide.more

Have you ever wondered at what point you can claim the title 'Londoner'? Maybe it's when you work out how to get to your destination using the Tube without needing to use a map, or when you can name a pub near every Tube station.more

The UK’s richest people in 2025 have been revealed as many of the country’s wealthiest billionaires remain in place despite a changing landscape. For the fourth year running, the billionaire Hinduja family has retained their position at the top of the Sunday Times Rich List, despite experiencing a decrease in their overall wealth.more

Three Iranians, part of a group of eight men detained in the UK in early May, were today charged with acting for foreign intelligence services, British police said.more

A man who started a job at Waitrose at the age of 80 is still working there aged 94 - and said he has no plans to retire. John Shipton has been described as a "local legend" and a "national treasure" by colleagues at the Exeter branch of the supermarket.more

The UK is brimming with beautiful beaches and tranquil towns, providing an ideal day trip or staycation for Londoners seeking a break from city life. Just a little over two hours' drive from the capital, you'll find the coastal town of Greatstone in Kent.more

About 1.5 million foreign workers who have moved to Britain since 2020 may have to wait a further five years to apply for permanent settlement. Under changes set out in the immigration white paper, automatic settlement and citizenship rights will be granted after 10 years instead of five.more

A leading UK business lobbying group is calling for a major reset of relations with the European Union, urging both sides to "build bridges" and move beyond Brexit divisions.more

More than a thousand inmates will be released early to free up spaces in prisons in England and Wales, the justice secretary has announced, as the government grapples with an overcrowding crisis. Under the move, offenders serving one to four years who are recalled to prison for breaching their licences, will be released after 28 days.more

Thousands of people in a mental health crisis are enduring waits of up to three days in A&E before they get a bed, with conditions “close to torture” for those in such a distressed state.more

The UK is in talks with several countries on opening centres for failed asylum seekers, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced in Tirana yesterday. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama rejected the possibility of opening such a centre in his country.more

Water and sewerage company Scottish Water has appealed to Scots to take shorter showers and use watering cans rather than hoses to water gardens, Sky News reported yesterday. Scotland is experiencing its worst drought since 1964.more

Russia is the only country standing in the way of peace in Ukraine, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said yesterday, commenting on news that Russian leader Vladimir Putin will not attend peace negotiations scheduled for the day in Istanbul.more

New mapping of England’s peatlands has revealed that 80% of the habitats are dry and degraded. Scientists mapped England’s peatlands and peaty soils for the first time using satellite imagery, artificial intelligence and in-depth data analysis to create the most complete map to date, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.more

An issue of the Magna Carta, which was wrongly catalogued as a copy in the 1940s, has been identified as original. Harvard Law School Library bought what it thought was a stained and faded copy of the document from London book dealers Sweet & Maxwell in 1946 for 27 dollars and 50 cents.more

Millions of Britons will be better off as the economy picks up, says the Government after GDP growth hit 0.7% in the first three months of the year. Welcoming the figures, Sir Keir Starmer stressed: "The UK now has the fastest growth in the G7.more

Labour will not hold back the rise of Reform UK if it fails to tackle poverty, the Big Issue co-founder John Bird has warned as he tables an amendment to the schools bill that would force governments to meet legally binding child poverty reduction targets.more

A Thames Water boss has sent a worrying message to Londoners warning he is "not confident" there will not have to be water usage restrictions put in place this summer amid a looming risk of drought. Appearing before MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee on Tuesday (May 13), Thames Water chief executive Chris Weston said preparations are being made for potential water shortages.more

It has stood empty for more than three years, since mayor Sir Sadiq Khan decided to move the Greater London Authority to the East End to save cash. But, despite the granting of planning permission for a radical overhaul six months ago, little progress on converting London’s former City Hall appears to have been made.more

People from minority ethnic backgrounds in the most deprived areas of England are up to three times more likely to need emergency treatment for asthma than their white counterparts, analysis has found.more

Britain and Germany will jointly develop a new "deep precision strike" weapon with a range exceeding 2,000 kilometres (1,242 miles), the British government said on Thursday, as Europe's two largest economies step up their defence cooperation. more

Four more refurbished Central line trains are expected to enter service within a year, Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed. The renewed Tube trains come as part of the transport authority's £500 million improvement programme to the ageing London Underground line.more

An area of the Pennine Mountains near the city of Bradford in central Britain was officially declared a nature reserve on Tuesday, the Guardian reported. The protected hills, moors and wetlands were the inspiration for Charlotte's sisters, Emily Jane and Anne Brontë, 19th century novelists.more