Production work may begin on Britain's largest unexploited oil and gas field, the regulatory authority NSTA announced today. It is estimated that the Rosebank field in the North Sea holds 500 million barrels of crude oil.more
From long walks to cultural hotspots Guildford apparently has what it takes to be the best place to retire in the UK. Retirement Villages, a provider of retirement living options, found that Guildford's mix of relative safety, good public transport and National Trust properties made it the perfect place to be a pensioner.more
Festering piles of rotting rubbish were lining the streets of the East End on Tuesday in the second week of a month-long strike by refuse collectors.more
Fearing persecution over being gay or a woman is not enough to claim asylum Suella Braverman will argue in a keynote speech on Tuesday – using her US visit to call on world leaders to change the UN Refugee Convention.more
Cost-of-living payments only provide temporary respite from the use of food banks, it has been claimed.
The UK's largest food bank provider, the Trussell Trust, said there was only a short-term dip in demand for their services after payments are made.more
London's Metropolitan Police said on Monday that it no longer needed the army's support, as some officers who, fearing possible criminal liability for their actions on duty, had surrendered their firearms, had already ended their protest.more
Within 12 months, almost 400 thousand people waited for more than 24 hours to be admitted to hospital emergency departments (A&E) in England, the emergency medicine physicians organization RCEM reported. She warned that it could be similar this year.more
Record numbers of people in their 50s and older are in part-time work, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics, with one quarter of workers in their 50s working part-time.more
Britain’s slowing economy has cost families £1,400 a year, the Resolution Foundation has said. The think tank said households have borne the brunt of Britain’s economic decline over the past 15 years, whicmore
The number of NHS appointments cancelled because of strikes in England is expected to surpass one million, with health bosses warning of the “distress” caused to patients.more
Car drivers could be charged up to £4 to use the Blackwall tunnel or Silvertown tunnel, according to official documents.
Transport Secretary Mark Harper has approved an updated request from Transport for London to erect road signs informing drivers that they will need to pay to use the tunnels from 2025.more
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in London on Saturday to protest against the Government’s proposed ban on the XL bully.
Protesters held signs in Trafalgar Square saying “don’t bully our bullies” and “muzzle Rishi” – just hours after a man was bitten by a dog believed to be an XL bully in a south London park.more
In the warehouses of the Tate Britain museum in London there is a forgotten painting depicting Fryderyk Chopin as a child. Efforts are underway to make the painting, which has probably never been exhibited, available to the public.more
More than 100 London Metropolitan Police officers have laid down their weapons, refusing to conduct firearms patrols, after a police sniper who shot a 24-year-old black man during an operation was charged with murder.more
Consumer group Which? warned that the same food product can cost up to 9 times more if it is branded. Supermarkets have therefore been urged to ensure that budget lines are available at all points of sale - and in sufficient quantities.more
British Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who has a three-day trip to the US scheduled, today questioned whether international migration rules and conventions established decades ago still serve their purpose.more
Reverend Paulina Hławiczka-Trotman was elected bishop of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain (LCiGB). As reported by the ekumenizm.pl portal, she is the first Polish woman in the world to be elected Lutheran bishop and the first Polish female Protestant bishop in general.more
