The British government today announced a threefold increase in fines for companies employing illegal immigrants and a several-fold increase in fines for landlords who rent to them.more

Mel Stride says economically inactive older people should ‘seek new opportunities’ to boost finances.more

Through the use of new imaging technology, the British Library has been able to uncover hidden text in William Camden’s Annals, the first official account of Elizabeth’s reign, providing new perspectives on the Queen’s life.more

Visiting a cute English town brings to mind quaint buildings, cosy pubs, historic landmarks, and serene independent shops nestled amidst picturesque countryside walks. If this sounds like your ideal escape, then there are numerous towns across the UK that can fill your desires, including some hidden gems that may have slipped under the radar.more

A Polish couple whose home was attacked by masked men in Newtownabbey on Wednesday have said they just want to live in peace. The attack happened at about 20:30 BST, when up to five men smashed windows at the property with a hammer.more

The piano, manuscripts and jewelry of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury will be sold at an auction organized by Sotheby's in London. Since yesterday, the exhibition at the auction house includes the crown and royal coat of the musician who died in 1991, used during the last concert tour, manuscripts of works and a silver mustache comb.more

39-year-old Przemysław Półtorak, who fled his homeland and used his brother's identity documents to get a job, among others Harrogate District Hospital, he was sentenced to almost two years in prison.more

Stansted Airport has ranked fourth on a list of the worst international airports in the UK, following feedback from customers. more

A new Covid variant codenamed Eris is spreading across the UK, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). One in seven Covid cases in the country is now down to the new Eris variant, as cases continue to rise.more

A British seaside town is being tormented by hostile seagulls that have stolen an ice-cream from a child in a pram. A £20,000 project to cut down the number of the birds in Rhyl has been called off, after it was opposed by animal rights campaigners.more

Tesco worker Slawomir Turek, 43, was still living with his ex-partner when he suffered a fatal head inquiry at their terraced house. more

The use of the private sector to tackle the NHS backlog in England is to be expanded, the government says. Ministers say they want to unlock spare capacity to get more people the treatment and operations they need.more

Eligibility for a scrappage scheme has been extended to more people ahead of the expansion the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) to all of London. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said all Londoners will be able to access up to £2,000 to replace non-compliant cars.more

Aldi will eject shoppers who refuse to bow to a new rule. Shoppers who fail to follow a new rule at the budget supermarket will be refused service, Aldi has said. more

Holidaymakers are being charged up to four times more for airport parking if they pay on arrival rather than in advance, according to new research. Consumer group Which? said its analysis of prices at 16 UK airport car parks revealed the “serious financial sting”.more

UK homeware retailer Wilko has warned that it is on the brink of collapse, putting some 12,000 jobs at risk. The privately owned company said it had filed a "notice of intention" to appoint administrators after failing to find enough emergency investment.more

A future pandemic and extreme weather caused by climate change are among the key risks facing the UK, according to a new government register. more

The Bank of England (BoE) raised the main interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point. percentage, to 5.25 per cent, which means that the cost of credit in the UK is now at its highest in 15 years. The bank has signaled that it will maintain the policy of raising rates until inflation is lowered to the set target of 2%.more

Rents in London may soar to more than £2,700 a month on average next year, new figures have revealed.more

British sculptor Hywel Brân Pratley has made public his design for a monument to Elizabeth II. It will be the first official monument to the queen erected in Britain after her death. It is unusual in that the monarch will have a corgi dog at her feet, a breed of which she was a fan. The sculpture is nearing completion and will stand in the town of Oakham in central England.more

There’s a horrible imbalance in the rental market right now. Landlords have been persuaded out of the business in droves, by rising mortgage costs, increased legislation and punitive tax rules.more

Murders in London have become increasingly more “ferocious”, Scotland Yard’s top homicide detective has said.more

Greenpeace activists climbed onto the roof of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's house today and covered it with an "oil-black" kirem from the chimneys to the sill in protest of the decision to grant new licenses for North Sea oil and gas extraction, the organization announced on its channel on platform X (Twitter).more

One in 50 Londoners are now homeless and the capital’s housing crisis is becoming “unmanageable”, it was warned on Thursday.more

Traditional TV viewing in the UK has seen its sharpest ever decline over the past year, according to Ofcom. more