The emergence of a new coronavirus variant - known as BA.2.86 - has led to an acceleration of the UK's flu and Covid-19 vaccination programme. The UKHSA wants all people at risk to be protected before the wave of infections arrives, which usually occurs in winter.more

British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace this morning informed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of his resignation from the post. Wallace had already announced in mid-July that he would leave the government at the next government reconstitution and would not seek an MP's seat at the next election. Wallace's successor will be current Energy Secretary Grant Shapps.more

Offenders who refuse to appear in the courtroom to hear victims' statements and have their sentence read out will get an extra two years in prison, the British government announced yesterday.more

More than 20,000 illegal migrants have already entered the UK since the beginning of this year, crossing the English Channel in small boats or dinghies, according to figures released yesterday by the UK Home Office.more

EU-era water pollution restrictions for housing developments are to be scrapped in a bid to build more homes, the government has announced. Up to 100,000 new homes could be built by 2030 if rules around building houses near waterways in protected areas are loosened, the government said.more

Campaigners fear thousands more people face benefit deductions because of tax credit debts they didn't know about. In excess of 800,000 households on universal credit received less money last year because they were previously awarded too much in tax credits, the BBC has found. More people will go on to the scheme from September. more

Patients in England will be the first in the world to be able to receive an anti-cancer injection that will take seven minutes to administer, three-quarters shorter than its intravenous administration, the NHS public health service announced.more

Taiwan is already an independent country, with all the attributes of statehood except international recognition, the British House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee assessed in a report released today. It was published on the day that diplomatic chief James Cleverly began his visit to China.more

Large sections of the London Underground network lack toilet provision, according to a new report. The research has shown fewer than a quarter of stations in zones 1-3 have toilets. The longest "loo desert" are the 12 stops between Morden and Elephant and Castle on the Northern line, the report says.more

Self-employed drivers will be able to claim tax relief on the daily Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) charge.more

The number of people in Scotland whose death was caused by alcohol has risen again to the highest level in 14 years.more

British voters trust the opposition Labor Party more than the ruling Conservatives even on such flagship issues as taxes, immigration and law and order, according to a poll by the YouGov center for the "Times" daily published yesterday.more

The NHS is expanding its offer of free blood-pressure checks in the community in England to include some barber shops and mosques as well as pharmacies. more

In a bid to supercharge the local economy, Havering Council in north-east London is exploring the possibility of a new tram network. The ambitious plans aim to connect the northern and southern ends of the borough, opening up fresh avenues for commuters and businesses. more

Thousands of people across the country are still eligible to apply for a £400 grant to help with the cost of living. The Household Support Fund was announced by the UK Government on September 30, 2021 with more money added to the fund this April.more

Passengers may still feel the effects of Monday's failure of the UK's air traffic control system for a few more days, airlines and airport authorities have warned despite earlier information that the situation was under control. The disruptions also apply to flights from and to Poland.more

The ITAKA Foundation - Center for the Search for Missing People, at the request of the family and in cooperation with the police, is searching for a missing Pole living in London. Lesław Hala was last seen on July 7 this year. near Sudbury Hill tube station.more

Lieutenant Edmund A. Szymczak, one of the last soldiers of the Anders Army living in Great Britain, died at the age of 100, the Polish association from Worcestershire reported on social media.more

Eight people were stabbed, one in critical condition, and 275 arrested during this year's Notting Hill Carnival, London's Caribbean culture festival, London Metropolitan Police said today.more

With the capacity to hold illegal migrants waiting to be deported from the UK dwindling, the UK government is considering putting them on electronic GPS bracelets to prevent them from escaping and disappearing without a trace.more

Sentences to life without parole will become almost automatic for sexually motivated or particularly cruel murders, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told the Sunday Express.more

More than 500 flights to or from the UK were canceled yesterday due to a major failure in the air traffic control system. The fault was fixed, but the resulting delays were up to 12 hours.more

Around 95pc of staff at HM Revenue and Customs staff work remotely at least one day in the working week, The Telegraph can disclose. That is higher than in the first national pandemic lockdown, when the proportion of HMRC staff working away from the office rose to 92pc, up from around a third in 2019, according to data obtained through a Freedom of Information request.more

The search for the legendary Loch Ness monster conducted throughout the past weekend has not conclusively settled the question of its existence or not. A group of volunteers heard four unexplained sounds, only to find that their sound recorder was not plugged in.more

There is no doubt that lockdowns, social distancing and wearing masks have limited the impact of the pandemic before vaccinations were introduced, a report by British specialists has shown. They point out that these are important conclusions also for the future.more