The famous British convenience food brand Charlie Bigham's has just launched a line of ready-made meals for supermarkets. Priced under £30, they promise to offer a substitute for dining out, which is becoming increasingly affordable for British consumers, Sky News reports. more

A major legal claim has been filed in the UK against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, accusing the firm of knowingly selling baby powder contaminated with asbestos. The claim involves 3,000 people and focuses on internal memos and scientific reports, which have been seen by the BBC.more

Cross Country has announced two days of strike action, which will impact all services to and from the airport.more

Britain is targeting Russia's largest oil companies and the country's "shadow fleet" of oil tankers in a bid to cut off Vladimir Putin's ability to fund the war in Ukraine. The UK government is also pursuing a major Indian oil refinery and four Chinese oil terminals in a package of 90 new sanctions.more

Britain must prepare for at least 2C of warming within just 25 years, the government has been advised by its top climate advisers. That limit is hotter and sooner than most of the previous official advice, and is worse than the 1.5C level most of the world has been trying to stick to.more

Driverless taxis from Waymo will be available for hire on London’s roads next year, the US company has announced. The UK capital will become the first European city to have an autonomous taxi service of the kind now familiar in San Francisco and four other US cities using Waymo’s technology.more

Wage growth in the UK cooled slightly over the summer, as unemployment ticked up marginally. Average wage growth was 4.7% in the three months to August, down from 4.8% over the three months to July, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).more

Some migrants coming to the UK will need to speak English to an A-level standard under tougher new rules set to be introduced by the government. The changes, which will come into force from 8 January 2026, will affect some graduates and those applying for skilled worker or scale-up visas, which are for people employed by fast-growing businesses.more

Failures in migration policy undermine trust in the government, but also the credibility of the country itself, said British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood. In her view, the UK has lost control of its borders.more

Vets should be forced to publish price lists so pet owners can see costs up front and shop around for the best deal, the competition watchdog has said. Owners are often unaware of prices or not given estimates for treatments that can run into thousands of pounds, its investigation into soaring vet costs found.more

Royal Mail has been fined £21m after almost a quarter of first-class post arrived late, Ofcom has announced. It is the third-largest fine the communications watchdog has ever issued and follows its investigation after Royal Mail missed its targets for both first and second-class post in 2024/25.more

A campaign has been launched to encourage Londoners to “become a friend” to fellow passengers being harassed on the capital’s public transport network. A hard-hitting film showing real-life examples of people being targeted on the bus, Tube and train platform is being shown from Monday in cinemas and on TV.more

The Royal Air Force's (RAF) participation in NATO's Eastern Sentry mission will be extended until the end of 2025, British Defense Secretary John Healey announced yesterday. Typhoon fighter jets have been patrolling Polish airspace in recent weeks following the Russian drone invasion.more

Unemployment has risen to its highest level since the pandemic with more than 1.7 million people looking for work, latest official figure show today. The total of 1.737 million unemployed recorded in the June to August quarter was a jump of more than 60,000 since the previous three month period. more

A man who came to the UK on a small boat and threatened to kill Nigel Farage has been jailed for five years. Fayaz Khan, 26, made a gun gesture with his hand, pointed to an AK-47 tattoo on his face and named the Reform UK leader in a TikTok post in October 2024.more

Transport for London (TfL) has brought just four prosecutions against passengers for loud phone conversations or playing audio on their devices since 2020, it has emerged.svmore

Vodafone says it has resolved an outage on Monday across its network that left thousands of people across the UK without internet access. More than 130,000 reports were flagged to web outage monitor Downdetector on Monday afternoon, as customers complained their Vodafone broadband or mobile data had stopped working.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who attended the summit in Egypt yesterday where a peace plan for the Gaza Strip was signed, stressed in an interview with journalists that Britain can play a key role in the demilitarization of the Hamas terrorist group.more

One in three UK workers have called in sick after drinking at a work event or after hours with colleagues, research has found. Many staff feel under pressure to drink in work-related settings against their wishes, despite a big shift among younger adults away from consuming as much alcohol as their predecessors.more

NATO is closely monitoring a limping Putin submarine sailing on the surface through the English Channel and the North Sea. The diesel-electric Black Sea Fleet submarine Novorossiysk is reported to have suffered a fuel leakage into the hold, creating an "explosive hazard".more

Hammersmith and Fulham Council claims the scheme would release land for development while improving the quality of the town centre by removing high levels of noise and pollution.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer today welcomed the release of Israeli hostages kidnapped two years ago by Hamas. He is currently in Egypt for the signing of a US-brokered peace agreement for the Gaza Strip.more

Many buses in London are infested with cockroaches according to drivers, who want the issue resolved immediately. Drivers say a number of buses and their rest areas are infested with cockroaches and say the insects need eradicating.more

An estimated 1.4 million adults in Britain have a gambling problem, according to landmark figures released days after the chancellor hinted at plans to increase taxes on the £11.5bn betting and gaming industry. more

The drones cruise at 232ft, carrying burgers and chips, fresh meat and eggs, with the packages dropped on a biodegradable string, but locals call the noise "very stressful" and compare it to helicopters.more