UK must choose between EU and Trump

The UK may be forced to choose between future US President Donald Trump and the planned rebuilding of relations with the European Union after Brexit, the ‘New York Times’ noted yesterday, recalling that Trump has been a staunch supporter of Britain's exit from the EU.more

Met Police today carried out a controlled explosion of a ‘suspicious package’ found at Euston railway station in London, which had been evacuated earlier, Sky News TV reported. London's Gatwick Airport was evacuated yesterday due to a ‘security incident’.more

An additional 50,000 pensioners will be living in relative poverty next year as a result of cuts to the winter fuel payment, the government's own estimates have revealed. more

A South London borough with some of the highest rents in England has called on estate agents to stop pitting tenants against each other in bidding wars for rental properties. more

The busiest UK train stations have been named – and one station has retained its top spot with most passenger rail journeys. Whether you love it or hate it, train travel remains popular judging by the number of passengers going through UK stations each year. more

More freezing temperatures are expected across the UK before Storm Bert hits this weekend, bringing high winds and potential flooding. Bert's arrival on Saturday is set to bring much milder temperatures but disruption is expected with gusts of 40-60mph (65-96km/h) forecast in Scotland, Northern Ireland, north Wales and northern England.more

On November 19, 2019, a meeting of the POSK Council was held in the Multimedia Room of the Polish Social and Cultural Center. It was the first meeting of the newly elected Council after the General Meeting on November 9, 2019, during which the new president of POSK, Marcin Kalinowski, was elected. more

Rob Magowan told MPs the British Army ‘would fight tonight’ if asked amid rising tensions with Russia.more

The UK will save £500m by scrapping old military equipment early, the defence secretary has announced, despite a warning that the UK faces "increasing global threats". Ships, drones and helicopters - some more than 50 years old - will be decommissioned ahead of schedule, John Healey told the Commons.more

A large section of one of Gatwick Airport's two terminals has been evacuated after a suspected prohibited item was found in a piece of luggage. Passengers have been unable to enter the South Terminal since 10:55 GMT.more

Experts say UK ‘lags behind’ as OECD finds poor outcomes for many diagnosed with colon and lung cancers, writes "The Guardian".more

The number of hotels being used to house asylum seekers has risen by seven since the general election, the government has disclosed. Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle told MPs that 220 hotels were now in use, with 14 opened and seven closed since the July poll.more

The coronation of King Charles in May 2023 cost taxpayers at least £72 million (€86 million), official figures have revealed. The cost of policing the ceremony was £21.7 million with a further £50.3 million in costs racked up by Britain’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).more

Hyde Park Winter Wonderland is back for 2024/25! The festive fair with rides, bratwurst, ice sculpting and much more is set to be full of visitors getting in the Christmas mood. The London Christmas fair features over 100 rides, live shows, and more food and drink stalls than you can imagine.more

Wage subsidy programmes have been used in previous times of crisis to drive up the numbers of young people entering the workplace.more

Almost 100,000 E.On customers with pre-payment metres will receive an average of £144 each because of an billing error by the energy supplier, the regulator Ofgem has said.more

The rate at which primary school pupils are being suspended from state schools in England has more than doubled in a decade, BBC analysis suggests.more

Britain and Moldova signed a defense and security agreement yesterday. According to the British Foreign Office, the agreement should, in particular, allow Moldova to “strengthen its resilience” in the face of threats from Russia.more

Ukraine has, for the first time, fired on targets in Russia with British-made longer-range Storm Shadow missiles, the Bloomberg news agency reported yesterday, citing officials from Western countries, who requested anonymity.more

Two-thirds of British drivers don’t know how to drive safely on icy roads, a new survey has found. The study, which aimed to determine how many drivers would pass their theory test if they retook it based on their knowledge of winter driving, found just two per cent of Brits would receive a passing score.more

Born in Prestatyn, Wales, on 31 May 1938, John Prescott, the son of a railwayman, left school aged 15 to work as a trainee chef, then as a steward on the Cunard Line before entering politics in a career that spanned decades.more

The rebranding of the London Overground will start on Wednesday, Transport for London has announced. It said a “small number” of stations would feature the new livery, with the Overground’s orange-coloured network broken down into six lines each with their own name and colour.more

More than one in three children and a quarter of adults are living in poverty in the UK as deprivation levels rise to the highest in the 21st century, according to a landmark report.more

Policymakers have been “left in the dark,” by official jobs figures since the pandemic, which may have “lost” almost a million workers according to the thinktank Resolution Foundation.more

A missing British 18-year-old who was last seen at a Polish airport is a beauty queen finalist who also vanished after a UK festival weeks ago. A massive search operation has been launched after Ania Czopinski disappeared in Poland. She was last seen at around 11pm at the Krakow John Paul II International Airport in Balice, on November 11 and hasn't been sighted since.more

Thousands of people have protested in London over changes to inheritance tax for farmers announced in the Budget. The prime minister said he understood farmers' concerns and "wants to support" them but added "the vast majority" would be unaffected.more

Each year the whispered chant of “holidays are coming” starts the firing gun on the festive season. For many who grew up with the original TV advert, Christmas hasn’t begun until the Coca-Cola trucks have rolled onto our screens.more

Green Park is one of the Royal Parks of London. Just down the road from Piccadilly Circus, the park is known for being a green haven in the centre of London and for its popular Tube stop that serves both the Victoria and Jubilee lines. The park is part of a green belt in London being a chain connected to St James's Park, Hyde Park, and Kensington Gardens, but long ago, it wasn't a park at all.more

Ozempic is only available on the NHS for people with type 2 diabetesmore

On average 20 customers were using the cable car during its first hour - a drop in the ocean compared to the 2,500 passengers it can hold each hour.more

High Street job losses are "inevitable", prices will rise, and shops will close because of tax rises in the Budget and other rising costs, a group of the biggest retailers in the UK is warning.more

Homes worth more than £465bn are empty, according to the Empty Homes Network. Here's how people are making money by identifying and reporting them. more

Universal credit, council tax discounts and child benefit are among the most common financial support identified by the tool so far, the bank said.more

The UK today imposed sanctions on 10 representatives of Russian government and state-linked youth organisations involved in the deportation and indoctrination of Ukrainian children.more

Two drones flew just 50ft above the aircraft in breach of flight rules.more

Following US President Joe Biden's authorisation of Ukraine's use of ATACMS missiles to attack targets inside Russia, a similar decision by the UK authorities is expected for Franco-British Storm Shadow missiles, ‘The Guardian’ daily reported yesterday.more

Motorists and commuters are being warned of disruption with weather warnings for snow and ice in several areas across the UK. Snow started falling across parts of the country on Monday in what BBC Weather says is likely the "first glimpse of the season".more

The study by the Food Farming and Countryside Commission looked at the cost of healthcare, welfare and productivity issues related to what we eat.more

Tripadvisor has revealed the top trending travel destinations in the UK and across the world for the season ahead - and a Scottish town has been named as the top spot in the countrymore