Changes to the way bins are collected in England will come into force – after the government announced new rules on recycling. more

Wilko will return to the High Street, with the brand's new owner opening up to five shops before Christmas. The owner of the Range, which also bought Wilko's website after its collapse, will launch the first two Wilko shops in Plymouth and Exeter.more

The British opposition Labour Party is increasingly divided over its leader Keir Starmer's pro-Israel stance on the ongoing war in the Middle East. The dispute threatens Labour that it may not win an absolute majority in next year's election.more

'Hundreds' of emergency services have rushed to an explosion near a Central London railway station this morning (Friday, October 27). City of London Police confirmed there was an explosion in a manhole cover on Mark Lane.more

In the UK, the controversial Internet Security Act came into force yesterday, which is expected to force technology companies to take more responsibility for the content on their platforms. However, critics have raised concerns about the privacy implications.more

Prominent MP for the UK's ruling Conservative Party Crispin Blunt confirmed last night that he had been arrested the day before in connection with allegations of rape and possession of a restricted substance.more

Artificial intelligence (AI) will bring as much change as the industrial revolution, but it also comes with new risks and new fears, in the extreme, such that humanity will lose control of it, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced yesterday.more

The first of 3 new electric ferries has been launched on the River Thames in London. A hybrid system allows the new ships to transport commuters and tourists solely using battery power.more

A think tank has proposed that the state pension age should rise to 75 as they issue a huge financial warning. more

The system for issuing visas for people drawn from abroad to work as carers in the UK is being massively abused, with some agencies involved even being set up by criminals, Sky News reports today.more

The UK government is today starting to bring in eligible Afghans from Pakistan for resettlement, who could not be evacuated after the Taliban took over in Afghanistan. According to government estimates, there are around 3,250 such people living in Pakistan.more

Fried chicken favourite KFC is ending its relationship with Deliveroo in a blow to the London-listed delivery outfit’s customer offering. more

The number of cars built in the UK increased by almost 40% last month, driven by a rise in exports, figures show. more

Yesterday, the Parliament of Wales adopted a statement recognizing the Great Famine of 1932-33 in Ukraine as a genocide of the Ukrainian people, the Ukrainian Embassy in the UK reported.more

Antisocial behavior has dropped by up to 36 percent in some high-risk areas as a result of increased police presence, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced yesterday.more

Britain sent the first humanitarian aid plane to Gaza residents yesterday, the Defense Ministry said. Since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel, the British government has announced a £30 million increase in financial aid to the Palestinians.more

Three activists from the Just Stop Oil group, which claims to be fighting climate change, yesterday sprayed orange paint on Wellington Arch, a nearly 200-year-old triumphal arch located near Buckingham Palace in London.more

Over 6.4 million adults in the UK are now behind on their energy bills, a rise of 824,000 since April, according to new research.more

Four UK astronauts could soon be heading into orbit on an all-British mission. An American company that organises visits to the International Space Station (ISS) is developing the plan.more

Brexit should not have been allowed to happen with the backing of only 52 per cent of voters, a former Tory Brexit minister has said. In a devastating admission, leading Brexiteer Steve Baker has admitted that the historic vote to leave the EU should have required a “super-majority” of 60 per cent.more

The decision to deprive Shamima Begum of her British citizenship was unlawful, the Court of Appeal has heard. Ms Begum travelled to Syria in 2015 – at the age of 15 – before her British citizenship was revoked on national security grounds shortly after she was found in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019.more

The UK immigration minister, Robert Jenrick, has suggested that visitors to the country will be removed if they incite antisemitism, even if their conduct falls “below the criminal standard”.more

The one-day Travelcard has been saved, Transport for London announced on Tuesday. TfL has struck a deal with train firms to retain the ticket, which is used more than 14 million times a year by people visiting the capital.more

The so-called long Covid caused suffering for a significant group of patients - according to a study conducted on over 250,000 people. British. Across the UK, 70% of people have had Covid-19. inhabitants. The study results were published in Nature Communications.more

British authorities failed to act on multiple official warnings about a website promoting suicide that has been connected to at least 50 UK deaths, the BBC has found. more