More online TV channels could face regulation

More online TV channels could be regulated under plans to protect young viewers from harmful content. more

Consumer group Which? warned that the same food product can cost up to 9 times more if it is branded. Supermarkets have therefore been urged to ensure that budget lines are available at all points of sale - and in sufficient quantities.more

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who has a three-day trip to the US scheduled, today questioned whether international migration rules and conventions established decades ago still serve their purpose.more

Reverend Paulina Hławiczka-Trotman was elected bishop of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain (LCiGB). As reported by the ekumenizm.pl portal, she is the first Polish woman in the world to be elected Lutheran bishop and the first Polish female Protestant bishop in general.more

Work to start installing 675 new bike hangars in Hackney will begin in October - giving local residents more secure hangar space than any other borough in London.more

Last year - which was the warmest on record in terms of measurements - 4,507 people died in England due to the heat, the highest number since such data has been collected, the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported yesterday.more

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich amassed a collection of 367 paintings worth $963 million, with his ex-wife Dasha Zhukova as its majority beneficiary just before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the British newspaper 'The Guardian' revealed yesterday, based on leaked documents.more

It is still only until Monday 25 September that you can apply to be a candidate to work on electoral committees in the UK.more

From attitudes to gay sex and single parenting to views on abortion and the role of women in the home, Britain has evolved into a dramatically more liberal-minded country over the past four decades, a leading study has found. more

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been responding to questions after making a speech about his net zero plans on Wednesday. more

The Lloyds Banking Group high street bank says rwo thirds of children want to run their own business when they grow up.more

A disease which became prominent in Victorian times is making a comeback in Britain. Specialists have revealed as many as one million Brits in the UK might have gout.more

Tesco has issued a message to shoppers visiting their stores between 12 noon and 1pm this Saturday (September 23). more

NatWest has said an issue with its cash deposit machines has been resolved, after some customers reported money missing from their accounts. more

Britain's King Charles III, in a speech to French parliamentarians in the Senate yesterday on the second day of a state visit to Paris, advocated closer ties between France and the UK.more

Peers have passed a controversial new law aimed at making social media firms more responsible for users' safety on their platforms. The Online Safety Bill has taken years to agree and will force firms to remove illegal content and protect children from some legal but harmful material.more

A clear majority of Britons agree household chores should be shared - but women generally do them, an annual survey of public views suggests.more

Low-income tenants will face higher energy bills as a result of the government’s decision to scrap plans to force private landlords to upgrade their properties to make them more energy efficient, experts have said.more

Five Bulgarian citizens who were detained in Great Britain on suspicion of spying for Russia have been formally charged and will appear in court next Tuesday, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced today.more

The number of 18-year-olds in the UK accepted into university has fallen for the first time in five years. Applications also fell, after demand rose in the pandemic, and about 85% of applicants were accepted in both years. more

The Bank of England (BoE) decided to leave the main interest rate at the current level of 5.25%. It was its first meeting since November 2021 without increasing the interest rate.more

Yesterday evening, for a dinner in honor of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, at the Palace of Versailles, at the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte, came, among others: singers, fashion designers, politicians and actors, among others Hugh Grant, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Mick Jagger.more

British public support for the country having its own nuclear weapons has returned to levels not seen since the tensest moments of the Cold War, according to a poll published today.more

Thousands of London Underground station staff are to strike next month in a long-running dispute over jobs and conditions. The stoppages by members of the RMT will take place on 4 and 6 October, and, according to the union, will shut down tube services in the capital.more

The cost of housing illegal immigrants in British government-rented hotels has risen to £8 million a day, according to a financial report published by the Home Office on Tuesday. Previously, a figure of £6 million a day had been reported in the media.more

A huge change for takeaways as everyday fast food items are banned within days. Takeaways will no longer be able to serve food with certain items including plastic cutlery and polystyrene cups. more

Rishi Sunak appears set to water down some of the government's net zero pledges to ensure they are "proportionate", in a move that has sparked backlash from across the political spectrum and campaigners.more

France and Germany are pushing forward plans to offer Britain and other European countries "associate EU membership", which could rebuild Britain's ties with the bloc.more

The Onet portal revealed a new version of the visa scandal, pointing to the practice of trading places in queues to consulates. The practice was detected in India, but in April this year. we reported that it is also happening in the UK.more

Millions of low-income households will receive the next instalment of cost-of-living payments between 31 October and 19 November. more