As technologically advanced devices become more and more advanced on the market, home devices are beginning to collect more and more data about their users, warns consumer group Which?. Experts indicate that information is collected not only by computers and tablets, but also by televisions and even washing machines.more
The annual cost of funding the state pension risks surging by as much as £45bn within decades if the triple lock pledge is maintained, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned.more
More than 90 per cent of MailOnline readers believe XL bully dogs should be banned, according to a poll, after yet another Briton was savagely attacked by the 'mutant' breed.
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The search for escaped terror suspect Daniel Khalife has entered a fourth day, with police racing to investigate the first confirmed sighting of him.
The ex-soldier was spotted by a member of the public on Wednesday morning, shortly after he left HMP Wandsworth by hiding underneath a delivery truck.more
Royal Mail is seeking to axe Saturday letter deliveries after the regulator promised to review the postal service’s six-day week amid a scramble to cut costs.more
The British royal family and politicians pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died exactly one year ago. Today is also officially the first anniversary of the accession to the throne by her eldest son, Charles III.more
Moving up the social ladder in Britain has become harder than at any point in more than half a century for children born into poor households, according to the country’s foremost economic thinktank.more
Despite the manhunt lasting for the second day, no traces of the former British army soldier accused of terrorism, who escaped from prison in London the day before yesterday, were still found - the police admitted late afternoon.more
The first Tubes stations in London's West End have received high-speed mobile coverage.
4G and 5G is available at Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road ticket halls and on the Central line between the stations. Further sections of the Northern and Central line will be getting coverage in the coming months.more
The British government announced sanctions on 11 members of a Russian hacking group found to be responsible for a number of ransomware attacks, including those targeting hospitals and other critical infrastructure during the Covid-19 pandemic.more
The UK is returning to the EU's Horizon research and innovation funding program and Copernicus Earth observation program, the British government announced yesterday. For the past three years, British scientists have not been able to use them because of British-EU disputes over Brexit.more
Yesterday turned out to be the warmest day this year in Great Britain, as a result of which the current heat wave has become a record, because there have never been four consecutive days in September with temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius - the Met Office said.more
Airlines could face a crackdown on hidden fees, as part of a new government plan to improve transparency for people shopping online. A public consultation will look at ways to clamp down on firms that add necessary charges at checkout, bumping up the final price.more
UK workers’ living standards will flatline next year, leaving them on track to be 4% worse off heading into the next election than they were in 2019, according to a leading thinktank.more
Pressure from budget cuts, inflation and social care has left several town halls struggling to meet costs this year and more could be at risk next year.more
For more than 3,500 hours last year on days when it didn't even rain, England's three leading water and sewage companies discharged untreated wastewater straight into rivers and the sea, which is banned, the BBC revealed yesterday.more
The Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, will be considered a terrorist organization in the UK starting next Wednesday, the Home Office announced yesterday. It will face up to 14 years in prison for belonging to it within the UK.more
A manhunt is underway in Britain for an accused terrorist ex-soldier who escaped from a London prison yesterday morning. Patrols have been stepped up at all the country's airports, including London Heathrow and Gatwick in particular, as well as the port of Dover.more
Wanted over the murder in UK of a Polish-Pakistani 10-year-old - her Pakistani father and his Pakistani partner - released a video yesterday claiming the girl's death was an accident, and they are ready to cooperate with British police.more
Last year, 58 percent food consumed in Great Britain came from this country, while 23% came from European Union countries and 19% from other regions of the world. - according to statistics.more
Wilko is shutting six of its stores in London, with 49 more shutting across the UK. Around 1,016 jobs will be made redundant as a result, though it's not known how many are specifically in London.more
