The majority of Wilko stores are expected to shut with the loss of thousands of jobs after a white knight failed to step forward to rescue the collapsed retailer. The family-owned household and garden products retailer, which has about 400 stores and employs almost 12,500 people, will leave big gaps on high streets after the failure of talks with interested parties forced it to call in administramore

Virgin Media has been accused of unfairly increasing broadband prices for millions of customers in a move that has been condemned as “potentially unlawful”. The consumer rights group Which? has accused the telecoms company of applying “aggressive” inflation-linked mid-contract price increases while making it difficult for customers to cancel their deal without paying high exit fees.more

A single Chinese spy has created a powerful network of fake profiles, companies and contacts on LinkedIn, through which he tries to extract information from thousands of British officials, security practitioners and scientists, The Times has revealed.more

Asian hornets have been confirmed in London for the first time - as record numbers of the invasive species are recorded in the UK.more

Sadiq Khan has warned that the capital’s housing crisis is causing vital public sector workers - such as nurses, teachers and police constables - to quit their roles in favour of better paid work.more

Pubs are calling for more flexible licensing laws during national events, such as Sunday's Women's World Cup final. more

A hot spell which is set to sweep the country could be the last of this year, forecasters have said. Sunny, warm conditions are forecast for much of the UK from today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office. Temperatures will peak in the late 20s in some areas.more

Britain’s post-Brexit immigration system has helped make the country even more attractive to foreign workers than the European Union, according to job site Indeed. Interest in British job postings from international candidates has soared since the post-Brexit immigration overhaul in 2021, Indeed said.more

It is now cheaper to rent a home than to buy one for the first time since 2010 because of the rise in mortgage rates. more

Surgeons in Oxford have carried out the first womb transplant in the UK. more

UK will provide £192 million in loan guarantees to Ukraine's state-owned company Enerhoatom to strengthen Ukraine's energy security, the British government announced today after a visit to Kiev by Energy Security Minister Grant Shapps.more

Even if the plan to send illegal immigrants to Rwanda works, the cost of keeping others in Britain will rise to more than £5 billion a year over the next five years, warned the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think tank.more

A solemn mass bid farewell to General Ludwik Kmicic-Skrzynski in Manchester yesterday. The coffin with the body of the veteran of the struggle for freedom and independence, who died in 1972, was taken to Poland and will be buried in a cemetery in Bialystok on Saturday.more

A graduate earning £35,000 a year pays almost double the average tax of someone with the same income from rent on property, according to a study of inequality in the UK tax system.more

Baggage mishandling rates last year hit the highest in a decade globally as the airline industry scrambled to recover after the pandemic, a report shows. Some 26 million pieces of luggage were lost, delayed or damaged in 2022 - nearly eight bags in every 1,000.more

Transport for London (TfL) is yet to install more than 800 Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) cameras ahead of the scheme’s expansion later this month, reports have stated. more

Drivers are being warned of traffic chaos over the bank holiday weekend next weekend, with more than 14 million journeys expected.more

Bosses at Britain's biggest companies saw their pay rise by almost 16% on average last year as most workers' wages were squeezed by rising prices. The High Pay Centre said the median pay of a FTSE 100 chief executive was £3.91m in 2022, up from £3.38m in 2021.more

Between 1,500 and 2,000 items worth many millions of pounds have been lost from the British Museum in London as a result of the activities of its former curator, who for years removed the exhibits and then sold them, the Daily Telegraph reported.more

Peter Wilby, former editor of the British newspapers The Independent on Sunday and the New Statesman, has been sentenced to 10 months in prison, suspended for two years, for taking sexual pictures of children.more

Whether you have bought someone the watch or their dreams for a special birthday or you have been saving up for months, the time-telling device can become a person’s most prized possession. more

A third of working tenants in England do not have enough savings to pay rent if they lose their job, putting them at risk of losing their home, according to research by the housing charity Shelter.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has hinted that he may not be able to stop boats with illegal immigrants in the English Channel not only until the end of the year - as he promised - but even until the next House of Commons elections, which will probably take place next year.more

London's Metropolitan Police said yesterday that it would take no further action following an investigation into media reports that a foundation set up by King Charles III when he was still heir to the throne was offering honours in return for donations.more

The NHS has teamed up with Morrisons supermarket to put extra labels in underwear reminding people to see their GP if they spot potential symptoms of breast or testicular cancer. more