More than 11,000 officers have embarked on a war against drugs in Britain, with hundreds of cannabis farms shut down.more

An eight-year-old girl has died from injuries when a car hit the building of the primary school she attended in Wimbledon, south-west London, local police confirmed yesterday.more

Water companies are likely to seek higher bills from 2025 to cover the cost of improving services, the boss of regulator Ofwat has said. more

Great white sharks may start appearing off the UK coast as the migrate from the Mediterranean, research has said. more

Train operators have announced plans for a mass closure of railway station ticket offices. Here the PA news agency answers 11 key questions on why this is happening and what the consequences will be.more

The mayor of London has "express power" to expand the capital's Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) into outer London, the High Court has heard. more

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace's candidacy for the post of NATO secretary-general has been blocked by U.S. President Joe Biden, who didn't like that London announced a program to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 aircraft without consulting Washington, the Daily Telegraph reported.more

Ryanair has sent an alert to customers on Wednesday after it was forced to cancel thousands of flights.more

On Tuesday - on the 80th anniversary of the plane crash in Gibraltar - a monument to General Władysław Sikorski was solemnly unveiled at the Newark-on-Trent cemetery in central England, where many Polish World War II pilots are buried. This is the second statue of the general in Great Britain.more

Seven children and two adults were injured after a car hit an elementary school building in Wimbledon, southwest London, police said.more

Health officials are investigating after a case of tuberculosis was identified at a school in Wales. One person had tested positive for the deadly infection at The John Frost School in Newport, according to authorities.more

Poland and the UK signed a joint declaration in London yesterday on a strategic partnership until 2030, the foreign and defense ministers of the two countries announced at a joint press conference.more

More than 50 rail stations across the South-East will be converted to Pay As You Go ticketing by the end of the year, the Government announced on Tuesday. This will deliver cheaper and simpler journeys for thousands of London commuters and is hoped will attract more passengers back to the railways.more

"Shark, lion, tiger, bear? Although each of them is a dangerous predator, none can match the species that is most ruthless in murdering representatives of other species" - informs the British press. And he adds that scientists from the British Center for Ecology and Hydrology in Wallingford have determined that the biggest predator is man.more

The British public health service - NHS celebrates its 75th anniversary in far from optimistic moods. Although the British invariably consider it a key element of their identity, they assess the level of medical services provided less and less.more

Aldi has yet again been named the cheapest supermarket in the UK, with an average household basket full of groceries and other essentials coming in at £75.25 on average in June.more

Nigel Farage has pushed back against reports his account at private bank Coutts was closed because he fell below the wealth level required to keep it.more

Councilors of the Scottish archipelago of Orkney officially approved yesterday a motion to explore alternative forms of government, which is supposed to be a response to frustration associated with their underfunding and the inability to use the potential of the islands.more

Around 70 diners and residents fled a west London restaurant after a fire broke out on Tuesday night.more

London's Metropolitan Police announced the reopening of an investigation into alleged breaches of Covid restrictions at a party at Conservative Party headquarters, and the opening of another in connection with a party hosted by a Conservative Party MP.more

The NHS is “frozen in time” and has left Britons sicker than those in many other western countries, Sajid Javid has warned.more

Energy suppliers have been warned they should retain profits rather than pay out returns to shareholders, to ensure firms can weather future price shocks. more

The UK faces the prospect of thunderstorms this weekend but must first endure several days of heavy rainfall.more

The European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) will be implemented in 2024 - here are more details about the permit. People travelling to Europe will soon need a new document to enter countries such as Spain, Italy, France and Portugal.more

Thousands of adverts for rental homes posted by private landlords and lettings agents say children or pets are not welcome, BBC analysis shows. more