A Polish high street chain has been granted planning permission to open its first UK branch in Shipley. more

U.K. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said he will not be the next NATO secretary-general. “It’s not going to happen,” Wallace told The Economist in an interview published Wednesday night. more

A man has been arrested after two people were stabbed following a pickaxe attack at Central Middlesex hospital hospital, and one of the victims is in a life-threatening condition, police have said.more

In May this year - for the first time in 62 years - the UK's public debt exceeded 100% of GDP. GDP, the UK statistics office (ONS) announced today. This means that the implementation of another of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's five priorities this year is in doubt.more

On 19th January 2023, Abdul Wahab (aged 35), the child’s stepfather, pleaded guilty to murder and received an automatic life sentence and also pleaded guilty to two counts of Grievous Bodily Harm with Intent. He admitted carrying out multiple serious assaults on Nadia between July and December 2019.more

Ryanair passengers have said 'about time' after the airline gave an update surrounding duty-free on board their planes.more

A new initiative to help recycle plastic payment cards belonging to HSBC UK customers has been introduced into selected branches.more

WH Smith, Marks & Spencer and Argos are among a string of companies named for failing to pay the minimum wage.more

Małgorzata Wnuczek from Inowrocław, who disappeared 17 years ago in Great Britain, could have been murdered - these are the new findings of Bydgoszcz investigators. The search for her remains in the Soar River is underway in Leicester. The British arrested the 39-year-old. He could help cover up the traces of the crime.more

The National Lottery has launched a search for a winner who has scooped £10,000-a-month for 30 years. more

More than six million people with disabilities in the UK will start to receive a £150 payment from Tuesday, to help with the cost of living. more

Permission to question one's own identity, including biological sex, means that more and more children in British schools identify themselves as animals and schools do not cope with such situations, the right-wing Daily Telegraph reported.more

A major meat supplier to UK supermarkets is sourcing chickens dosed with antibiotics linked to the spread of deadly superbugs, raising the risk of future outbreaks of life-threatening disease, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism can reveal. more

Some of the most intense marine heat increases on Earth have developed in seas around the UK and Ireland, the European Space Agency (Esa) says.more

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The North East in particular is judged to have huge potential to develop industrial clusters relating to renewable energy generation.more

A species of birds from the orders of the Cortinas appeared in Great Britain for another year in a row, ornithologists report. Birds that naturally settle in warmer places have been spotted again in Norfolk County.more

The average UK tenant now spends more than 28% of their pay before tax on rent, figures shared with the BBC show.more

Shoppers have allegedly been buying weaker alcohol and paying the same for months, enabling brewers to save money without passing it on to consumers. more

Owners of the most polluting cars may soon have to pay more to park as councils across England are expected to roll out new charges based on a vehicle’s CO2 emissions. more

The British government wants to preserve the ability to open new coal mines by removing an amendment from the current energy bill that would ban them from opening, BBC News reported today.more

Sadiq Khan has insisted London Underground's air is safe despite acknowledging he has asked Transport for London to find ways to clean it up, while a scientific report shows pollution levels exceed limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO). more

Police are treating the death of a woman found dead alongside her partner and two children as murder. Monika Wlodarczyk, 35, died from multiple sharp-force wounds, the Metropolitan Police said.more

The Met Office warned there will be disruption to transport, difficult driving conditions and some road closures as up to 40mm of rain will fall in two hours more

The UK House of Commons overwhelmingly backed a report by the Privileges Committee late last night which found that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson had knowingly misled Parliament by giving explanations about Downing Street events during the Covid lockdown.more