The proportion of people aged 16 or older in England and Wales who are married or in a civil partnership has fallen below 50% for the first time. The figure dropped to 49.7% in 2021 and then to 49.4% in 2022, according to the latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).more

New minimum wage thresholds for foreign worker visas will come into force "within weeks", the Home Secretary announced on Tuesday. The Government said in December that there would be a wave of new restrictions on people coming to Britain, and their family members, in a bid to bring down legal immigration. more

Broadband and mobile phone firms should ditch plans for "grossly unfair" bill increases this spring, argues Which?. Consumers are still facing price rises linked to inflation plus an extra charge, the consumer group says. That is despite new rules that are expected to come into force later this year that will ban this approach.more

Unemployed young people are having to turn down jobs because they cannot afford associated costs such as clothes and transport, a Prince’s Trust study has found.more

London's outstanding school system is under threat as an exodus of families from the capital is forcing increasing numbers of schools to close, stark new data reveals.more

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the main unionist party in Northern Ireland, has endorsed a deal to return to power-sharing government, its leader has said.more

Yesterday, the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs imposed sanctions on seven people and entities associated with Iran, including those involved in the attempted murder in Great Britain of two journalists from the Iran International TV channel, which opposes the regime.more

King Charles has left hospital after treatment for an enlarged prostate. The King walked out the London Clinic private hospital with his wife, Queen Camilla, after spending three nights there.more

Disposable vapes are set to be banned as part of plans to tackle the rising number of young people taking up vaping, the government says. Measures will also be introduced to prevent vapes being marketed at children and to target under-age sales. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suggested adult smokers trying to quit would still have access to alternatives like vapes under the proposals.more

Half-built homes abandoned at a time of severe housing shortages across capital, writes Standard.co.uk.more

Off-peak Tube and train fares all day on Fridays will be trialled by Transport for London (TfL) in a bid to boost passenger numbers and support the capital's economy.more

Rail users in England are facing disruption this week, as members of train drivers' union Aslef hold an overtime ban and strikes. The walkouts are the latest in a long-running row over pay and conditions. Passengers should check before they travel as disruption is expected across the network.more

The Met Office has warned a huge Saharan dust cloud could be heading towards the United Kingdom.more

Catherine, Princess of Wales, has left hospital almost two weeks after having abdominal surgery. A statement from Kensington Palace said the princess has now returned to her home in Windsor and that she is "making good progress".more

As many as 32 locations in the UK played host to the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity on Saturday and Sunday. This is - as in previous years - the most of any country outside Poland.more

Yesterday, the temperature in the Scottish highlands reached 19.6 degrees Celsius, which was the highest January temperature ever recorded in the whole of Great Britain and the highest winter temperature ever recorded in Scotland, the Met Office reported.more

In the archives of the London Underground Poland Study, documents were found about the would-be mission of Krystyna Skarbek (Christine Granville), a Polish agent of the British secret services. The mission was to be carried out in Poland at the end of World War II.more

Sky News understands there will be a "period of recuperation" for the King, who will be available for state matters while in hospital.more

Yemen's Houthi rebels again attacked the British ship HMS Diamond using a drone, but their attack was successfully repelled, the British Ministry of Defense said yesterday. This was the third attack on this ship in a month and a half.more

Beauty giant Avon has come under fire for maintaining links with Russia despite the ongoing war in Ukraine. The BBC has discovered the firm is still recruiting new sales agents in the country and continuing production in a huge plant in the Moscow region. Avon, which has its headquarters in the UK, started doing business in Russia 30 years ago.more

Chair of society urges people to add grilled pineapple to their breakfast ‘and eat like a 17th-century lord’.more

Nicola Sturgeon called Boris Johnson a "clown" in an expletive-laden text conversation with her chief of staff, the UK Covid Inquiry has heard. The inquiry was shown messages in which the former first minister described as "excruciating" a Downing Street announcement about a second Covid lockdown in England.more

Last year, the number of anti-Semitic incidents relating to the Holocaust more than doubled in Great Britain compared to 2022, according to data from the Jewish charity Community Security Trust (CST), quoted by Sky News.more

Food distribution charity The Felix Project revealed in a new survey that almost nine in 10 community organisations they support are concerned about increasing demand in 2024.more

The owner of a famous house with a shark sticking out of its roof has criticised a council refusing him permission to rent it out on Airbnb. Magnus Hanson-Heine said the Headington Shark house was shown off by Oxford City Council in its local plan for the area but treated as "just any other place" when the decision was made.more