The first of 3 new electric ferries has been launched on the River Thames in London. A hybrid system allows the new ships to transport commuters and tourists solely using battery power.more

A think tank has proposed that the state pension age should rise to 75 as they issue a huge financial warning. more

The system for issuing visas for people drawn from abroad to work as carers in the UK is being massively abused, with some agencies involved even being set up by criminals, Sky News reports today.more

The UK government is today starting to bring in eligible Afghans from Pakistan for resettlement, who could not be evacuated after the Taliban took over in Afghanistan. According to government estimates, there are around 3,250 such people living in Pakistan.more

Fried chicken favourite KFC is ending its relationship with Deliveroo in a blow to the London-listed delivery outfit’s customer offering. more

The number of cars built in the UK increased by almost 40% last month, driven by a rise in exports, figures show. more

Yesterday, the Parliament of Wales adopted a statement recognizing the Great Famine of 1932-33 in Ukraine as a genocide of the Ukrainian people, the Ukrainian Embassy in the UK reported.more

Antisocial behavior has dropped by up to 36 percent in some high-risk areas as a result of increased police presence, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced yesterday.more

Britain sent the first humanitarian aid plane to Gaza residents yesterday, the Defense Ministry said. Since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel, the British government has announced a £30 million increase in financial aid to the Palestinians.more

Three activists from the Just Stop Oil group, which claims to be fighting climate change, yesterday sprayed orange paint on Wellington Arch, a nearly 200-year-old triumphal arch located near Buckingham Palace in London.more

Over 6.4 million adults in the UK are now behind on their energy bills, a rise of 824,000 since April, according to new research.more

Four UK astronauts could soon be heading into orbit on an all-British mission. An American company that organises visits to the International Space Station (ISS) is developing the plan.more

Brexit should not have been allowed to happen with the backing of only 52 per cent of voters, a former Tory Brexit minister has said. In a devastating admission, leading Brexiteer Steve Baker has admitted that the historic vote to leave the EU should have required a “super-majority” of 60 per cent.more

The decision to deprive Shamima Begum of her British citizenship was unlawful, the Court of Appeal has heard. Ms Begum travelled to Syria in 2015 – at the age of 15 – before her British citizenship was revoked on national security grounds shortly after she was found in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019.more

The UK immigration minister, Robert Jenrick, has suggested that visitors to the country will be removed if they incite antisemitism, even if their conduct falls “below the criminal standard”.more

The one-day Travelcard has been saved, Transport for London announced on Tuesday. TfL has struck a deal with train firms to retain the ticket, which is used more than 14 million times a year by people visiting the capital.more

The so-called long Covid caused suffering for a significant group of patients - according to a study conducted on over 250,000 people. British. Across the UK, 70% of people have had Covid-19. inhabitants. The study results were published in Nature Communications.more

British authorities failed to act on multiple official warnings about a website promoting suicide that has been connected to at least 50 UK deaths, the BBC has found. more

The cap on bankers' bonuses is being removed as part of a post-Brexit shake-up of UK financial rules, it has been confirmed. The plan was announced by former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng last year as a way of making London a more attractive place to do business.more

Today marks exactly one year since Rishi Sunak took office as Prime Minister of Great Britain. The new prime minister avoided the mishaps that ruined his two predecessors and provided a lot of stability, but he did not make it possible for the Conservative Party to think about maintaining power after the next elections to the House of Commons, which is what his supporters were counting on.more

The owners of the first sushi bar in Inverness, Sushi Inverness, have opened a brand new Polish takeaway called the Pizza Baguette in Grant Street. more

Almost half a million workers in the UK whose employers are signed up to pay the voluntary real living wage are in line for a pay rise to at least £12 an hour, taking their annual wage to £3,000 a year above the government’s minimum wage. more

Exclusive: Concerns grow that post-Brexit trade deals could lead to further decline in quality as battery farm eggs are reintroduced. more

London’s ultra-low emissions zone (ULEZ) appears to be creating issues even miles away from the British capital. more

The government is set to confirm plans to end the use of 50 hotels to house migrants by January. more