Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has told Conservative Party conference that government will cancel the rest of HS2, will overhaul the education system for 16-18 year olds by scrapping A-levels and phase out smoking by gradually raising the legal age.more

Firms have told the BBC they were not aware of a ban in England on single-use plastic cutlery, plates and polystyrene trays that comes into force on Sunday. more

Yesterday, Duchess Kate visited the town of Bracknell in southeast England to meet Ukrainians living there who fled the war.more

Train drivers belonging to Aslef walked out at 16 rail companies on Wednesday resulting in no services on major London commuter routes.more

Only about one in eight UK fisheries have been awarded “green” status for sustainability in the latest edition of the Good Fish Guide.more

A 14-year-old alive today will never be able to buy a cigarette under the new plans.more

The RAC said the average price of fuel at UK service stations rose from 154.8p at the beginning of September to 163.1p at the end of the month.more

Female motorists driving through Richmond Park are being abused and harassed by irate male cyclists, the Met Police has said.more

‘Ryanair is a very simple business. We operate with very simple policies’ – CEO Michael O’Leary.more

Tesco is trying to "lower prices wherever we can" as customers continue to grapple with cost-of-living pressures, its boss has said. Ken Murphy said the pace of rising food prices would continue to slow this year, easing the pressure on shoppers.more

A new trial at Heathrow Airport that allows passengers to fast-track the security queue will start on Tuesday. Heathrow is trying to change the travel experience for passengers with a new system that allows people to pre-book security slots through their website.more

Transgender women will be banned from being treated in female hospital wards in England, the health secretary has announced today. Steve Barclay told the Tory Party conference of plans to push back against what he calls ‘wokery’ in the NHS.more

A handful of London Wilko stores are set to reopen under a new name to the delight of shoppers. After the chain went into administration branches across London and the rest of the UK shut up shop.more

British business and trade minister Kemi Badenoch has admitted there is "zero" chance of a free trade deal with the United States under President Joe Biden because of his approach to such agreements.more

The world is facing an impending hurricane of mass immigration, warned British Home Secretary Suella Braverman in a speech delivered at the annual conference of the ruling Conservative Party in Manchester.more

It comes as a survey commissioned by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) reveals how nearly one in five employees believe they have been monitored by their employer.more

While debate rages about Outer London’s TfL services after the ULEZ expansion, several are among the best places to raise a family, according to a study.more

Planned strikes on the London Underground have been called off following "significant progress" in talks over jobs and conditions. About 3,000 Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union members were due to strike on Wednesday and Friday.more

Parts of the UK will be as hot as Ibiza later this week as temperatures are expected to soar to 27C.more

Robert Jenrick says he wants to cut care visas for migrant workers and criticises Johnson’s immigration policy.more

Travellers face a week of disruption as rail services are hit by a fresh round of walkouts by train drivers and London Underground workers in a long-running dispute over jobs and pay.more

Fierce competition between supermarkets has led to the first monthly drop in food prices for more than two years, an industry body has said.more

If the UK's ruling Conservative Party was hoping that the ongoing annual conference in Manchester would help it turn around its dismal ratings, it is completely failing so far. The dominant theme is what won't get done: tax cuts and the construction of the HS2 high-speed rail line.more

Duchess Sarah Ferguson has passed along information that her one-time assistant, Jenean Chapman, was murdered in Texas. The aristocrat wants to help the woman's family transport her body from Dallas - where the crime was committed - to New York.more

Families are eating less healthily and turning to ready meals and processed foods due to the cost of living crisis, a study has found. More than two-thirds of people (69%) said they considered themselves to be healthy eaters but 28% said they were eating less nutritious food because it is too expensive, according to the BBC Good Food Nation survey.more