Home Office officials who disagree with the government's plan to deport illegal immigrants to Rwanda are threatening to go on strike to block it, the Daily Express reported.more

Co-op has started putting empty coffee jars on shelves in a bid to stop shoplifters – after prices rocketed to more than £10. A branch in Walthamstow, north London, took the precaution after the price of 200g of Kenco Smooth instant coffee was put up to £10.50.more

More than 90 English primary schools – many of them in cities and towns – are to close or are at risk of closure because they are more than two-thirds empty, according to Guardian analysis of government data.more

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly expressed the opinion that Ukraine has a "legitimate right" to attack targets on Russian territory in self-defense.more

Parents and grandparents who work in Amazon warehouses will be able to choose to work in term-time only.more

The Bank of England will not get inflation back under control until the end of 2025 because of soaring food prices and a "concerning" rise in wages, according to Goldman Sachs. more

Shoppers have raised alarm bells over barriers in a major supermarket which are 'making everyone's life harder'. Sainsbury's began introducing receipt barriers at a number of stores late last year, with shoppers required to scan their proof of purchase on exit.more

Albanians are clearly the largest group of foreign nationals in British prisons, with one in seven prisoners with non-British nationality already Albanian, the Daily Telegraph writes today, citing Department of Justice statistics.more

Pubs, bars and restaurants' energy bills have risen by 81% over the last year as firms plea to the Government for support.more

Just when you thought the transport misery was over, Aslef and the RMT have announced more train strikes in May and June. more

A loophole allowing retailers to give free vape samples to children is set to be closed under government plans to curb their use among young people.more

A silver-plated pencil believed to have been presented to Adolf Hitler by his long-time mistress Eva Braun and a personally signed photograph of the German dictator will be auctioned in Belfast next week, the PA reported yesterday.more

Mars bars have been given a new look with recyclable paper wrappers instead of plastic. It is part of a pilot, trialling more environmentally friendly materials for Mars Food's chocolate bars.more

Mortgage costs are rising after higher than expected inflation figures this week raised forecasts of how much UK interest rates will go up. A range of lenders have increased the cost of new deals, with Nationwide the most significant with increases of up to 0.45 percentage points on Friday.more

In the UK, there is a debate on introducing a maximum price cap on basic food products. This is supposed to be a response to the fact that although inflation has started to slow down, food prices are still rising at a record pace.more

Emergency services are warning that shifting sand dunes at a Cornwall beach pose an "unprecedented" danger. The dunes at Crantock beach near Newquay have been undermined by the sea in recent years, creating steep sand cliffs at risk of collapse.more

British land forces have more generals than howitzers, according to data from the Ministry of Defence, which is written today by The Times. The newspaper indicates that the number of generals is disproportionately large in relation to the decreasing number of personnel in the army.more

Even if Russia loses in Ukraine, it will remain a threat to the UK and other NATO countries, whether Vladimir Putin stays in power or not, warned the outgoing commander of the Royal Air Force (RAF) in June, Marshal Mike Wigston.more

According to one of the UK's largest banks, more than two-thirds of all online shopping scams affecting UK consumers originate from Facebook or Instagram.more

The government is discussing plans for supermarkets to introduce a cap on the price of basic food items to help tackle the rising cost of living. more

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is urging people at risk of mpox to get vaccinated, following a rise in the number of cases. more

A fragment of the extraordinary story of his parents, mother, whom a passport from the Ładoś group saved from death in a German death camp, and father, an entrepreneur from Lviv, who ended up in the Soviet gulag, is described on Saturday in "The Times" by David Finkelstein, a columnist of this newspaper and a member of the House of Lordsmore

All electronic passport control gates at British airports are back in operation, the Home Office announced early Saturday evening. Due to their failure, those arriving in the UK had to stand in long queues.more

The UK Home Office plans to deport more than 3,000 illegal immigrants a month from the beginning of next year, according to an internal document revealed yesterday by The Guardian newspaper.more

A British couple decided to dismantle their house, on which, to their great surprise, Banksy's painting with a seagull appeared and sell it. They paid 200,000 for a complicated construction operation. pounds, i.e. about PLN 1 million, but they have a chance to recoup it later with a vengeance.more