Anti-Semitic slogans at pro-Palestinian demonstrations held in London and other British cities are appalling, but even more dangerous is the silence of thousands of others, former BBC television director Danny Cohen wrote in the Daily Telegraph.more

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has officially abandoned its intention to treat the upcoming elections to the House of Commons as a de facto referendum on Scottish independence. By doing so, it has effectively admitted that the road to the country's separation will be much longer.more

Sadiq Khan made the announcement at an Underground station to mark World Restart A Heart Day. Last year, the London Ambulance Service responded to 13,000 cardiac arrests across the capital. more

Driverless cars could be delivering groceries and transporting passengers on Britain’s roads within four years under plans being considered by the Government. more

A quarter of working parents in London have struggled to afford to feed their families in the last year, a survey has found. One in four also said they had skipped a meal or not bought food to feed themselves more than once to ensure their children could eat.more

Almost one-third of UK workers say they’ve quit a job because of a negative workplace culture, according to a new survey that underlines the risks of managers failing to rein in toxic behaviour.more

Net migration to the UK is likely to fall significantly in the coming years but remain at pre-Brexit levels of about 300,000, analysis by academic experts suggests.more

Pharmacies have warned of a shortage of a cream used to treat bedbug bites amid a surge in demand. more

British clothing and food retailer Marks & Spencer said on Monday it plans to recruit 10,000 temporary workers for the Christmas season, a more than 40% increase on last year.more

A group of 30 charities and non-profit organisations have urged the prime minister to pass a bill to ban "no-fault" evictions. The Renters Reform Bill would remove the right of landlords in England to evict tenants for no reason with only two months' notice.more

The West is helping Ukraine enough that it does not lose, but still not enough for it to win, so I am afraid that the war will drag on for a long time, said James Nixey, an expert at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in London. Today marks 600 days since the Russian attack on Ukraine.more

Tens of thousands of households across Northern Ireland are going to start being moved on to universal credit (UC) from Monday. Universal credit is a single benefit payment for working-age people to replace a range of different benefits in attempt to make the system simpler.more

English councils spent more than £1.7bn on temporary accommodation for homeless people in the past year, new data shows. more

Sadiq Khan is offering all 500 secondary schools in London knife wand metal detectors to screen pupils for weapons in the wake of 15-year-old Elianne Andam’s murder.more

A piece of street art appeared in central London this week, and has sparked rumours it could be a new Banksy. The spraypainted black-and-white work features a robotic arm writing the words “another world is possible”, as three people attempt to drag it away using ropes.more

Poland and other Eastern European countries were right to warn against Russia from the beginning; if the West had listened to those warnings we probably wouldn't be in the situation we are in, believes James Nixey, an expert at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in London.more

Burger King has revealed plans to open more than 60 new restaurants across the UK over the next two years. It came as the fast-food chain, which currently runs 553 UK restaurants, revealed higher sales but a slump in profits for the past year.more

Voting in the elections to the Polish Sejm and Senate and in the national referendum began today in a record number of 77 districts across the UK. More than 160,000 Poles have registered to vote, which is also a record.more

Thousands of people took part in demonstrations in support of the Palestinians yesterday in several British cities, including London and Manchester. Seven people were arrested in London.more

There has been a "huge increase" in anti-Semitic incidents and offenses in London over the past two weeks, London's Metropolitan Police said yesterday. Hamas's surprise attack on Israel has increased social tensions across the country.more

Hospital and school caterers are not doing enough to stop farmers from overusing antibiotics in their animals, according to campaign groups. more

Biologists from the Scottish Plant Institute have managed to breed genetically modified chickens that have increased resistance to bird flu. Scientists predict that within three years it will be possible to develop modifications that will provide birds with full immunity to this extremely contagious disease.more

People travelling from the UK to popular Spanish destinations Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, and/or Fuerteventura are being warned as their plans could be heavily disrupted. more

Yorkshire’s smallest city is nigh-on perfect: medieval cathedral, large market place, wonky narrow streets, independent shops, an architectural mix, courteous traffic, and three rivers looping around its edges. more

Tuberculosis cases in London have reached the highest level in years, data shows, as experts warned that the world is “losing the battle” to eliminate the virus.more