London workers are starting to attend their offices on Fridays more, new figures suggest, but the return is a “slow crawl back rather than a rush” to pre-pandemic levels.more

A town near London, named one of the UK's prettiest, shares its name with another that's often called one of the worst. The former has been hailed as one of the most beautiful in the UK, but its namesake is regularly dubbed one of the worst.more

Britain’s insecure jobs market and high housing costs are leading to the growth of a precarious middle class struggling to maintain a decent living standard on household incomes as high as £60,000 a year, a report has said.more

Divorces granted in England and Wales reached their lowest level for 50 years, according to the latest statistics. Legal experts have cited the cost of living crisis as a possible reason, with couples holding off due to the financial challenges of legal separation.more

Banknotes featuring the portrait of King Charles will enter circulation in Britain from June 5, the Bank of England said on Wednesday, more than a year after unveiling their design.more

British companies export equipment and machinery - including dual-use goods - worth hundreds of millions of pounds to third countries, from where they almost certainly go on to Russia, Sky News reported yesterday, based on trade figures.more

A decision on whether lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be allowed to appeal the order for his extradition to the US will be made at a later date, no earlier than March 5, a London court said yesterday.more

Britain's nuclear deterrent "remains effective, reliable and powerful," Defense Minister Grant Shapps assured yesterday, referring to information about the failed test of the Trident II missile designed to carry nuclear warheads.more

A couple who won a £61m share of a EuroMillions jackpot have said at first they mistakenly thought they had only won £2.60. Richard and Debbie Nuttall from Colne, Lancashire, scooped £61,708,231 of the £123m prize in the draw on 30 January.more

The UK has frozen the assets of six Russian prison bosses in charge of the Arctic penal colony where opposition leader Alexei Navalny died. The sanctioned individuals will also be banned from travelling to the UK.more

The BT Tower, a well-known landmark in London, is set to be turned into a hotel after it was sold for £275m. Opened in 1965 by then Prime Minister Harold Wilson, the 177-metre (600ft) tower was primarily used by television broadcasters for sending signals.more

After three years of double digit rent rises, the rental market finally appears to be cooling. Rental prices in the UK have dropped for a third consecutive month, according to the HomeLet Rental Index. This index uses tenant referencing data from more than one million renters every year. It shows that in January average rents fell by 0.6 per cent, following a 0.9 per cent fall in December. Sincemore

“High-risk” passengers arriving in Britain on private jets are slipping into the country without security checks via London City Airport, the chief inspector of borders and immigration has warned. In an interview, David Neil warned he had found dangerous failings at the City hub. Home Office data revealed the UK border force had failed to adequately check passengers in hundreds of private jets armore

The test firing of a Trident missile from a Royal Navy submarine has failed, for the second time in a row. The latest test of the UK's nuclear deterrent was from HMS Vanguard and was witnessed by the defence secretary.more

Prince William has made a rare intervention into foreign policy to express his deep concern over the “terrible human cost” of the war in Gaza, calling for an end to the fighting between Israel and Hamas “as soon as possible”.more

British Foreign Minister David Cameron's plan to take over the frozen assets of the Russian central bank and use them to rebuild Ukraine is encountering resistance from bankers from the City of London, the i daily reported.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday announced a package of measures to help farmers, although they believe these are insufficient and there is not really any new money in it beyond what has already been promised before.more

A Pole wanted for 20 years on an arrest warrant was detained in the UK, said Commissioner Aneta Sobieraj, spokeswoman for the Police Headquarters in Lodz. The 47-year-old man had been wanted since 2004 for illegal possession of weapons, extortion, robbery with a dangerous weapon and attempted murder.more

People are more likely to leave work due to a heart condition than any other health issue, according to a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think tank.more

The London Underground lines with the worst air quality have been named. New data from a report by Transport for London analyses air quality across the Tube network and shows how the lines rank.more

The top five areas for low-paid jobs are all in London, a new report has found. The latest study by the Living Wage Foundation (LWF) has found that five London boroughs are the country’s top-ranking local authority areas in terms of the proportion of jobs which do not pay a “real living wage”. more

Nearly all top-tier councils plan to raise council tax by the maximum permitted to avoid financial distress, new analysis shows. Of the 136 authorities which have declared their proposals, 128 (94%) are looking to increase bills in April by 4.99% – the biggest amount allowed by the Government without having to hold a local referendum.more

House prices have continued to drop in London as the post-COVID property boom gradually slows. Analysis from Zoopla revealed in December London prices fell by 1.5 per cent, with the city's outer boroughs particularly experiencing a decline in the value of property.more

An unprecedented number of women are being investigated by police on suspicion of illegally ending a pregnancy, the BBC has been told. Abortion provider MSI says it knows of up to 60 criminal inquiries in England and Wales since 2018, compared with almost zero before.more

Lawyers for Julian Assange have launched what could be his final bid to avoid extradition to the US to face trial over leaking military secrets. The two-day hearing at the High Court in London is hearing his team argue he should be allowed a full appeal.more