Europe is defenseless against the storm and has only itself to blame - wrote the British daily "Daily Telegraph" yesterday. It emphasizes that no one can say that we were not warned, and US President Donald Trump himself has made no secret of his sympathies towards Vladimir Putin.more

As thousands of protestors arrived at the Russian embassy in west London this afternoon, a slow, mournful Ukrainian folk song drifted through the air. The singers - dressed in traditional Ukrainian attire, blood-red ribbons tied around their heads - sang of loss, resilience, and a country still at war.more

Campaigners have accused short-term let (STL) landlords of “hollowing out our city” after new data found one in 32 London homes were used as one in 2024. Jae Vail, from the London Renters Union, said it was wrong for so many lets to be used as holiday homes while Londoners faced an “unprecedented” housing emergency. more

Electricity and gas suppliers have been warned they will be fined if they continue to send out bills to customers for money they have no right to collect. The energy regulator Ofgem told BBC's Money Box that it is writing to chief executives demanding to know how many people have been sent "back bills". more

Senior nurses at a major London hospital have started wearing body cameras in an attempt to cut violence towards them. The Royal Free London NHS Trust has reported a significant increase in violent and aggressive behaviour from patients towards members of staff.more

St Pancras could run new cross-Channel routes to France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland under expansion plans to triple the number of international passengers. Under a planned redesigned terminal, the international departure area could accommodate up to 5,000 passengers an hour.more

Companies have ramped up hiring in recent weeks while consumer confidence has started to rise, research suggests, in a boost for Rachel Reeves as the government looks for signs of economic growth.more

A Polish woman claiming to be Madeleine McCann has been arrested moments after landing in the UK. Julia Wandelt, 23, was held at Bristol Airport on suspicion of stalking Madeleine’s parents Kate and Gerry McCann, her representative confirmed.more

More and more London boroughs are warning they will face bankruptcy without an huge injection of cash and a long term change in the way they funded. Seven councils in the capital this year applied for emergency Government money to balance the books. This is up from two in 2024.more

The UK is to offer a youth mobility scheme to EU countries, the website of ‘The Times’ newspaper has reported. If adopted, tens of thousands of young workers and students from the EU would be able to stay and work legally in the UK for two to three years.more

Domestic abuse specialists embedded in control rooms receiving 999 emergency calls will help “create force-wide cultural change”, said Jess Phillips as the first phase of “Raneem’s law” was rolled out across England.more

Boris Johnson is charging £121 for a handshake and a photograph before a live event in Edinburgh. The former Conservative prime minister will appear at the Usher Hall on 2 September for an event titled An Evening with Boris Johnson, which will also allow guests to take part in a question and answer session.more

British Defence Minister John Healey yesterday compared Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. In doing so, he commented on US President Donald Trump's words that the Ukrainian leader is a ‘dictator without elections’.more

London is set to enjoy unseasonably warm weather as other parts of the UK is battered by gusts of up to 70mph. Weather warnings have been issued for wind and rain just as temperatures are increasing after a cold spell earlier this month. more

Taxpayers who failed to meet the January 31 self-assessment deadline could soon face escalating penalties and interest. However, there may be some respite, following an interest rate adjustment by HM Revenue & Customs. more

There are a record number of patients in hospital with Norovirus in England. Data from NHS England showed 1,160 patients a day were in hospital with the vomiting bug on average last week – double the level at the same period last year.more

Anti-Muslim hate in the UK surged to record levels last year, an organisation tracking Islamophobia has found. Almost 6,000 reports to Tell Mama were confirmed by it as anti-Muslim incidents, more than double the number two years ago, with men targeted more than women for the first time since the body was founded in 2012.more

The plan for Ukraine after a possible truce with Russia is to deploy up to 30,000 troops from Europe there, overseeing the ceasefire and US protection of the contingent, the UK's Daily Telegraph reported.more

About 500 London Underground passengers were injured last year after falling into the gap between Tube trains and the platform or getting caught in closing doors. A total of 1,893 “passenger-train interface” (PTI) incidents were reported to Transport for London in 2024, in which 522 people suffered injuries.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed his support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday during a conversation between the two politicians, the British head of government's office said in a statement.more

UK households who've financially supported family members with a large cash gift in the past seven years could be hit with an inheritance tax bill. The warning has come as HMRC reveals inheritance tax receipts soared to £5 billion from April to October 2024.more

UK inflation jumped sharply in the year to January, driven by rising food prices, air fares and an increase in private school fees. The higher-than-expected jump to 3% from 2.5% in December, means prices rose at the fastest pace for 10 months.more

Sir Sadiq Khan has given the green light for parking fines in London to increase to up to £160. The mayor has approved a request from the capital’s 33 boroughs to hike the cost of penalty charge notices (PCNs) in a bid to create more of a deterrent to “anti-social and obstructive parking”.more

A landlord has been ordered by a court to pay £37,000 after 18 people were found living in a terraced house in north London. Charles Egbiremolen, 57, was operating eight bedsits without a licence in a converted three-bedroom terraced house in Fairmead Crescent, Edgware.more

Millions of households face a greater than expected increase to their energy bills of about 5% from April after a slump in Europe’s gas storage levels caused market prices to climb, according to analysts.more