Several thousand people attended a rally in London yesterday in solidarity with Israel to mark 100 days since the 7 October attack by the Palestinian organisation Hamas on the country and to call for the release of all hostages held by the organisation.more
A 41-year-old Polish man, who has lived in Edinburgh for many years, was severely beaten by two men aged around 18-20, he says, for calling his dog in Polish, Scottish media reported yesterday.more
Six people have been arrested on suspicion of a plot to disrupt the London Stock Exchange. The Met Police said information suggested activists from the Palestine Action group were intending to target the exchange on Monday.more
State-of-the-art anti-shoplifting devices installed at some Morrisons stores are dividing customers. The four-legged pods, which could be rolled out nationwide, watch shoppers through a 360-degree array of CCTV cameras which feed back to a control room.more
A new fleet of London buses has been brought into service and the flooring is so nice Londoners are saying it's better than they've got in their own homes.more
Ryanair has started the year by recruiting for new cabin crew at London Stansted airport and Edinburgh Airport. While the job may be a dream for some travel-lovers, the criteria may exclude a lot of people for no fault of their own.more
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully, in her sleep, without experiencing any pain, her private secretary Edward Young wrote in a note quoted by the "Daily Mail".more
The UK is ready to strike at Huti rebel positions in Yemen again if they continue to attack merchant ships crossing the Red Sea, foreign secretary David Cameron announced today.more
A pub has been crowned best in the country for the second time in a row. The Tamworth Tap scooped the National Pub of the Year 2023 award by the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) - the organisation's top honour.more
It is already the most in-demand spot on the London transport network, but plans to install stickers and cardboard steering wheels in driverless Docklands Light Railway (DLR) trains could intensify the scramble for its front seats.more
Although Donald Tusk has adopted tactics that the European Union has previously condemned, pro-EU fanatics are silent on Poland's new illiberal turn, writes Alan Sked, emeritus professor of international history at the London School of Economics, in the Daily Telegraph.more
The first people seen crossing the English Channel in a small boats in 2024 have arrived on Kent shores, nearly a month after the last arrivals. A group believed to be migrants were seen arriving in Dover after being picked up in a Border Force vessel on Saturday morning.more
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is likely to delay ruling on orders halting deportation flights from the UK to Rwanda and may be "tempted" to drag this out until after the House of Commons elections, the Daily Telegraph wrote yesterday.more
British pupils will be able to learn British Sign Language (BSL) in schools from the start of the 2025/26 school year. According to Euronews, the classes will be optional, available to students in the final years of secondary school, or 15- and 16-year-olds.more
Brexit has cost the UK £140bn so far, a figure that could rise to £311bn by the middle of the next decade, according to an analysis published yesterday by Cambridge Econometrics.more
Not a single boat with illegal immigrants has entered the UK across the Channel for the past 25 days, the longest such period since February/March 2020, according to Home Office figures released yesterday.more
The Scottish Government will follow in the footsteps of England and Wales and also ban the breeding, sale and ownership of American XL Bully dogs, Scotland's First Minister (First Minister) Humza Yousaf announced yesterday. Dogs of this breed have bitten at least 14 people to death in the UK in the last two years.more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak travelled to Kiev today with assurances of increased military aid to the Ukrainian military, the British government has reported. London will allocate £2.5 billion in the new fiscal year 2024/25, 200 million more than in previous years, it added.more
When it comes to children's health, we want to be a 'nanny state' - announced yesterday the leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Keir Starmer, as he announced a series of measures his incoming government would take to improve the health of the youngest.more
Greggs has revealed plans to open up to another 160 stores in the year ahead as it cheered a strong end to 2023.
The high street bakery chain opened a record 220 new shops over 2023, taking its total estate to 2,473.more
A robot which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to identify potential potholes is to be tested on public roads in Hertfordshire. The Autonomous Road Repair System (ARRES) robot identifies cracks or holes and fills them to stop surface water getting in.more
The London to Birmingham stretch of the HS2 railway could cost more than £65bn in current prices, the boss of the company building it has said.
Sir Jonathan Thompson said a rise in the cost of materials such as concrete and steel over the past few years have added £8bn to £10bn.
In October the government cancelled the sections between the West Midlands, Manchester, and the East Midlands.more
Some people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are entitled to cold weather payments after prolonged periods of below-zero temperatures. In Scotland, those on low incomes and benefits may receive a winter heating payment, which does not depend on how low the temperature falls.more
