A CARLISLE area motorist annoyed by being given a ticket by a Polish traffic warden “slapped it” on to the woman’s shoulder and told her: “Go to Specsavers – and back to your own country.” more

Water firms have been encouraged to be more “creative” in how they charge customers to help them cut bills and save supplies. Under new Ofwat rules, Affinity Water, which supplies households across south-east England, will charge around 1,500 pre-selected households a cheaper rate for using a lower amount of water.more

The UK government has received 334 claims for Covid jab deaths, according to new data from the NHS Business Services Authority. Overall, most claims for harm caused by jabs were for AstraZeneca, then Pfizer, then Moderna.more

The terrorism threat level in Northern Ireland has been raised. The move, based on a Security Service (MI5) intelligence assessment, follows a rise in dissident republican activity, including a gun attack last month on a senior police officer.more

At least 10 brands of honey exported from the UK are diluted with ‘illicit, cheap ingredients’, a new report has found.more

In the 10-day period before and during Easter, British Airways will be canceling around 32 daily flights from London Heathrow due to a planned strike by security staff.more

Barclays has announced plans to close 14 more bank branches across England and Wales. It follows an announcement in January that 15 branches would close.more

Scotland's Health Minister Humza Yousaf has won the election to become the new leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP). This means that he will most likely replace Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister (Prime Minister) of Scotland.more

The UK is poorer than it would have been, partly due to the war in Ukraine, but also the pandemic, Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has admitted. more

A simple kitchen renovation in one of the apartments on Micklegate Street in York ended with a sensational discovery. After the plaster was knocked off, they came across wall paintings from the 17th century. They probably depict scenes from Baroque poet Francis Quarles' "Emblems."more

Low-income households will receive the first instalment of the next set of cost-of-living payments between 25 April and 17 May, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) says. more

Brexit has cost the UK economy the same amount as Covid and the war in Ukraine, the head of the government economic watchdog has said.more

Even eight-year-old children were stripped naked during police searches, and in more than half of the cases the searches took place without the legally required presence of a legal guardian or teacher, the English Children's Commissioner said in a report released today.more

The UK government is preparing to announce alternative accommodation for migrants pending asylum applications. According to the media, among the plans there is a project that involves placing them on specially prepared ferries.more

Britain's Prince Harry unexpectedly appeared in a London court today, where proceedings began in a case he and several others brought against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper, among others.more

Only one in seven of the British public are satisfied with social care services, according to analysis of the British Social Attitudes survey by the Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund. more

Ukrainian crews have completed training on Challenger 2 tanks donated by the UK and have returned home to continue the fight against the Russian invasion, the British Defense Ministry reported today.more

The charity Rape Crisis England & Wales said its Breaking Point report highlights a "record high" backlog in the crown courts, with a Freedom of Information request to HM Courts and Tribunal Service revealing 7,859 sexual offence cases and 1,851 adult rape cases are waiting to be heard. more

Anglo-French oil company Perenco's UK unit said on Sunday that a limited oil leak occurred at one of its well sites in Wytch Farm in Dorset, southern England. more

Cambridge University's men's team won this year's edition of the famous rowing eight Boat Race. In the women's competition, the university's athletes also triumphed. A year ago, Oxford's men's team won, breaking a series of three triumphs by their rivals.more

London's Paradise Fields park will be home to beavers in the fall. They will be settled there as part of the UK's just-approved first project to reintroduce these rodents to urban areas. The beavers are expected to prevent flooding near Greenford Station. But the project has another purpose - to allow English people to learn about the habits of these animals and the benefits of their presence in tmore

Customer loyalty cards have long provided a bonus hit for shoppers - from discounts on the weekly shop and special offers to points to spend on treats, stores have almost raced to outdo one another with the best deals.more

Energy giant Ovo has launched its first deal for customers cheaper than the government's cap on household bills. The firm will offer a fixed 12-month tariff of £2,275 for existing customers, at a time when the government is limiting typical household bills to £2,500.more

The sale of laughing gas to the public will be banned as part of a wider crackdown on antisocial behaviour, a Cabinet minister has confirmed. Levelling-Up Secretary Michael Gove said the “scourge” of nitrous oxide was turning public spaces into “drug-taking arenas” and was helping fuel anti-social behaviour that ministers are determined to stamp out.more

London City Hall staff will no longer be allowed to use TikTok on official devices amid security concerns.more