Christmas shoppers ordering cheap gifts from Temu risk buying items made using forced labour, an MP has warned. The Chinese app, popular for its huge range of clothing, toys and gadgets at ultra low prices, was downloaded 19 million times in the UK in 2023. The company has addressed the allegations.more

The British Ministry of Home Affairs withdrew from the - announced at the beginning of December - and causing great controversy - raising by more than one hundred percent the income threshold required for Britons to be able to bring a foreign family member.more

London's drug poisoning death rate is at its highest in more than 20 years, with 56.6 deaths recorded per million people in the capital last year.more

Friday is set to be the busiest day of 2023 for cash machine withdrawals, cash access and ATM network Link predicts. Link said that, with a four-day break ahead, comprised of the two weekend days followed by two bank holidays, ATM use is expected to peak on Friday – the last working day before Christmas for many people.more

Officials from the government's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have officially banned one of Rimmel London's advertisements. The reason was the cosmetics manufacturer's suggestions that young girls need makeup to be successful.more

Brits heading home for Christmas have been warned to brace for strong winds, as Storm Pia sweeps in today (Thursday, December 21) with 80mph gusts.more

Russia is a constant threat, not only now, but also in the future, warned the leader of the British opposition Labor Party, Keir Starmer, while visiting British soldiers stationed in Estonia. He assured his future government's unwavering commitment to NATO and aid to Ukraine.more

Drivers have been warned to be “very cautious” on Britain’s roads after forecasts of strong winds and rain that threaten to cause long delays at the start of the Christmas getaway.more

"The cabinet of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has started depoliticizing public media," reports the BBC. He also notes that under the rule of the previous government, Poland dropped in the media freedom ranking - World Press Freedom Index - from 18th to 57th place - reminds the British broadcaster.more

Transport for London is considering introducing fares that change according to demand, similar to the system used to set prices for some concert tickets on Ticketmaster. more

British intelligence officers have raised security concerns about a Russian-owned London flat from whose windows MI6 headquarters can be observed, the British daily i revealed.more

Scotland's climate is changing faster than expected, scientists have warned. A study by the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen says February in some areas is already 2.5C warmer while rainfall is at levels forecast for 2050. They are concerned that the changes could affect food production and efforts to protect peatlands which store carbon. more

Chris and Julie Ramsey have completed a journey from the North Pole to the South Pole. They covered the distance of more than 30,000 km in an electric Nissan ariya powered by solar and wind energy. The couple from Scotland are the first people ever to travel from the Arctic to Antarctica by car.more

Bing Crosby may have been dreaming of a white Christmas, but it seems such nostalgia might end up becoming a thing of the past in the UK. Not only do records reveal that some parts of the UK have at times gone decades without a yuletide flurry, but experts say the chances of a white Christmas are becoming ever smaller as a result of the climate crisis.more

The UK's annual inflation rate fell to 3.9 per cent in November, the lowest level since September 2021, the ONS statistics office said today.more

With a week to go until Christmas, forecasters have told parts of the UK to expect "wintry outbreaks" over the next few weeks, with snow and ice expected in some regions. more

A US computer scientist has lost a case in the UK Supreme Court concerning the registration of patents on inventions created by his artificial intelligence system. This is the first case in the UK relating to whether artificial intelligence can have patent rights.more

Footage of a woman walking a camel through an east London street has been met with bewilderment on social media.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced yesterday that there is no "concrete date" for fulfilling his promise to stop boats with illegal immigrants crossing the Channel, although he made this one of his five priorities for the year in early January.more

According to the census conducted on 21 March 2021, there were 287,360 Jews living in England and Wales on census day and they accounted for 0.5 per cent of the permanent population of these parts of the UK, the UK statistics agency ONS reported.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in a telephone conversation with the head of the Polish government Donald Tusk, expressed hope for a deepening relationship between the two countries, including on security in Europe, a Downing Street release said yesterday.more

Four out of five dentists in England are not taking on new NHS patients, new research shows. The stark reminder of the acute difficulty facing people seeking treatment for their teeth comes amid a warning from health experts that “universal dental care has likely gone for good”.more

Heavy rainfall that battered Scotland over the weekend will today begin to lessen and make its way south, the Met Office has said. Much of the UK will see clouds, with some wetter weather in the west and brighter spells in southeast England. Scotland and Northern Ireland meanwhile will have the occasional shower with patches of sunny spells.more

A new EU digital border system that will require fingerprints and facial scans to be taken from British travellers on first use is expected to launch next autumn, according to reports. The entry/exit system (EES) is earmarked to start on 6 October 2024, according to the i and Times newspapers, citing Getlink, the owner of Eurotunnel. The Guardian has contacted Getlink for comment.more

Teachers in England do not have to comply with requests from students who claim to be of a different gender than their biological gender, and parents must generally be informed by schools if their children question their gender identity, according to guidance published today.more