A new collectable coin celebrating The Snowman has been launched by the Royal Mint. The design retells Raymond Briggs' classic children's book about James, a young boy who builds a snowman that comes to life.more
A Hamas chief is living in a London council house despite allegedly running violent operations in the West Bank, a report has revealed.
Muhammad Qassem Sawalha, 62, was given a £112,300 discount on the £320,700 two-storey home by Barnet Council.more
Up to 100 cars are set to be removed from the top of a car park destroyed in a major blaze at Luton Airport. The fire broke out on level three of Car Park Terminal 2 and is thought to have started in a diesel car before spreading rapidly.more
Flooding from Storm Babet could last for days, the Environment Agency has warned, after the UK was lashed with rain and wind over the weekend. Across England 116 flood warnings remain in place - including in the East Midlands and along the River Severn.more
Within four years, we will digitize 7 million herbarium plant specimens and make them available for free on the Internet. We hope that it will work like a spiral and other countries will also want to follow our lead. Creating databases with free access is crucial for the development of science, said Dr. Alan Paton, keeper of the herbarium plant collection at the Royal Kew Gardens in London.more
Rishi Sunak is considering a tax cut for the 5 million highest earners and reducing stamp duty in an attempt to ease the pressure on his leadership after two historic byelection defeats, it has been reported.more
A series of special tests have been taking place to ensure that the Tyne and Wear Metro’s new trains perform correctly at their full customer capacity.more
About 100,000 people took part in yesterday's pro-Palestinian demonstration in central London. They demanded an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Reuters reported.more
Suction technology installed in roads could help clean up Britain’s dirty air, a study has revealed.
Researchers at Swansea University found that Roadvent technology could help to reduce human exposure to road-based air pollution by 91 percent. more
The government has announced a plan to change the definition of wine, scrapping old EU regulations and allowing producers to lower the alcohol content.
Current laws state wine must be at least 8.5% alcohol with most bottles on shelves between 11% to 13.5%.more
More than a third of adult Londoners are not doing the recommended levels of exercise, a study revealed on Thursday, as a charity urged Sadiq Khan to tackle the capital’s inactivity crisis.more
Cost of living pressures and NHS backlogs are creating a two-tier health service in England, where people who cannot afford to pay wait longer for care, warns a watchdog. more
There are four flood alerts in place in different parts of the city including around South Ruislip and one that covers parts of Lewisham, Bromley, Greenwich and Croydon.more
Train passengers are facing another six months of potential strikes, after members of the RMT union voted for further industrial action.
The dispute with rail companies has been going on for nearly 18 months more
A 480-year-old sweet chestnut that has withstood storms, firewood collectors and, increasingly, parties and picnics beneath its boughs has been crowned tree of the year.
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The UK is home to the top three most overpriced tourist attractions in the world, according to new research.
Coming in at number one is a place dedicated to one of the UK’s biggest cultural exports.
The Warner Bros Studio Tour - The Making of Harry Potter lets fans indulge in the wizarding world and see all the biggest sets from all the films.more
Acid attacks have risen in London by 45% in a year, Met Police data revealed. The force recorded 107 of such attacks in 2022, up from 74 in 2021, a Freedom of Information request stated.more
