Ukraine could lose the war with Russia this year, former head of the UK's Joint Forces Command Gen Richard Barrons warns in an interview with the BBC. The portal does not rule out that Moscow's strategic goal this year may be to quash the fighting spirit and discourage the West from helping Kiev.more

US space agency NASA has been asked to help in the next search for the Loch Ness Monster, which will begin on 30 May, Sky News reported yesterday. This year marks the 90th anniversary of the first organised expedition to unravel the mystery.more

Nuclear deterrence is fundamental to the UK's security and a future Labour government will increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP as soon as the fiscal situation allows, Keir Starmer, leader of Labour's clear lead in the polls, declared yesterday.more

The world's first commercial-scale factory turning human waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has been announced. Biofuel company Firefly plans to develop the plant in Harwich, Essex, and hopes to deliver fuel by 2028.more

The UK economy grew slightly in February increasing hopes it is on its way out of recession. The economy grew by 0.1%, official figures show, boosted by production and manufacturing in areas such as the car industry. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that construction was dampened by wet weather though.more

The Education Policy Institute (EPI) think tank has warned that schools could lose over £1 billion in funding by 2030 because of falling pupil numbers.more

In a wide-ranging interview, the outgoing MP also told Sky News that Britain needs to be better prepared for war at a time of growing threats, including by reinvigorating a large "strategic reserve" force of thousands of veterans.more

The game 'Cyberpunk 2077', developed by the Polish studio CD Projekt Red, received one of the awards - for best continuous developer support - at yesterday's British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) gaming awards ceremony.more

The prime minister has said there should be "extreme caution" about gender treatments as a new report said children are being failed by gender services.more

China is flooding the UK with hundreds of thousands of fake postage stamps, the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail reported. Experts and MPs quoted by them describe this as an "act of economic warfare" similar to counterfeiting money.more

A museum dedicated to Polish airmen in the UK will open next weekend at the former RAF Ingham airbase in Lincolnshire in the north of England, where three Polish bomber squadrons were based during the Second World War.more

From today (11 April), higher minimum earnings levels apply in the UK to apply for a work visa and to bring family members into the country. This also applies to citizens of European Union countries.more

Almost £54 million from the UK benefits system was defrauded by five Bulgarian nationals over four and a half years. According to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), this is the biggest case of its kind ever to come to court in the UK.more

The price of a UK passport will rise on Thursday, for the second time in just over 14 months. The cost of applying online to get a new or renewed adult passport will go up from £82.50 to £88.50 from midnight. This 7% rise follows a 9% rise in February 2023. Consumer group Which? said travellers due to renew would "likely be shocked" by the hike.more

More than half of the UK Home Office's asylum refusals are later overturned by judges, and most of those who fail to successfully appeal remain in the UK anyway, but the authorities do almost nothing to deport them, Sky News revealed.more

The addition of the deadly xylazine in THC oil vaporisers and in counterfeit, illegally distributed tranquillisers like diazepam and codeine is being detected in the UK, researchers from London's King's College University found, the Guardian reported yesterday.more

Tesco has said price pressures on grocers have eased as it reported bumper sales and profits for the past year. The UK's biggest supermarket chain said pre-tax profits hit £2.3bn, up from £882m, while sales rose by 4.4% to £68.2bn in the year to 24 February.more

From next year, the UK will hold regular joint military exercises with the United States and Japan in the Indo-Pacific region, with the aim of increasing security there, the UK Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.more

About 15 Ted Baker stores in the UK will be shut down, including shops in London Bridge and Milton Keynes, leading to nearly 250 job losses, joint administrators of the collapsed British fashion retailer said on Monday.more

Sadiq Khan has made a direct plea to the one million EU citizens living in London to support him in May's mayoral election - the last time they could be allowed to vote before new Brexit rules come into force. more

A large food market is being planned for Oxford Street as part of the ongoing mission to stamp out American-style candy shops and "tacky" souvenir stores blighting the area. Some 19 restaurants will set up over two floors in a new food court next to Marble Arch if the project wins planning permission next week. more

A special letter has been issued by Polsih Federation in the UK to Sir Keir Starmer on granting UK citizenship to Settled Status EU citizens.more

Starting salaries for permanent staff grew at the slowest rate in over three years last month and spending on temporary workers fell by the most since July 2020, recruiters said on Monday, adding to signs of a slowdown in Britain's job market.more

Assaulting a shop worker will be made a separate criminal offence in England and Wales as part of a government response to a wave of retail crime. more

A Russian disinformation network has made a series of false claims about the British royal family in its ongoing information war with Ukraine. Among the incorrect allegations being made by pro-Kremlin campaigners is the suggestion circulating on fake news sites that King Charles has sold his royal residence Highgrove House to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky for £20m.more