It's that time of year again! After being delayed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the London Marathon is back, with the same commitment to raising millions of pounds for charity as well as offering the streets of London an elite athletic offering.more
A coach company is selling tickets to London on Coronation day for £2 in a bid to boost the attractiveness of long-distance bus travel. FlixBus, which celebrates its second UK anniversary today, is offering the cut-price tickets on new routes from Peterborough and Stevenage and on its Bristol to London route, which is being increased from four to seven buses a day.more
Households across the UK are continuing to struggle with their weekly food shops as millions face double-digit inflation.
Rising costs are largely being driven by stubbornly high food and drink costs, which have risen at their fastest rate in 45 years, according to figures released this week by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).more
Even 50,000 10,000 activists and supporters of Extinction Rebellion (XR) and related groups can take part in London's four-day protest against climate change, from today to Monday.more
The UK has imposed sanctions on five people responsible for the attempted poisoning, arrest and conviction of Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, who also has British citizenship. Earlier this week, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.more
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice of the United Kingdom, Dominic Raab, resigned in connection with the investigation report, according to which he actually intimidated subordinates in two cases.more
Nearly five million patients each month in England wait more than a fortnight for a GP appointment, NHS figures show, which Labour is calling "unacceptable". more
Yesterday evening, at the JW3 Jewish Cultural Center in London, a unique event, co-organized by the Polish Embassy in Great Britain and the Warsaw Ghetto Museum, commemorated the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.more
The recording, which will be watched by passengers on long-haul routes from May 1, lasts as long as 5 minutes. Among other things, so that all the stars that were hired for this project fit in it. Among them are "Sex Education" actor Ncuti Gatwa and US Open winner Emma Raducanu. The clip is witty and full of references to the British way of life.more
The heads of a bunch of messaging apps, including WhatsApp and Signal, have written an open letter imploring the UK government to urgently rethink its proposed new internet law.
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Private landlords in England are earning £1.6bn a year in housing benefit in return for providing “non-decent” homes, in what Sadiq Khan has described as a scandal.
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The UK has a fairly limited capability to deter Russian spy ships in the North Sea, former Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff General Simon Mayall assessed today. However, he added that such actions by Russia are nothing new.more
The European Union and the United Kingdom equally want the Russian aggression against Ukraine to fail and for its territorial integrity to be restored, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed in Belfast yesterday.more
A trio of telecoms firms have been accused of overcharging hundreds of thousands of landline-only customers by almost £200m, according to research. Economists at Fideres argue that almost 600,000 UK landline-only customers have been charged “excessive” prices since 2009.more
Travellers arriving in London in the period around the coronation of King Charles III will face "unavoidable disruption", trade union Unite warned yesterday as it announced another strike by security screening staff at Heathrow Airport.more
The Good Friday Agreement will always be remembered as one of the most remarkable political achievements of our lifetime and, despite its imperfections, is the best and only basis for peace and prosperity in Northern Ireland, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced yesterday.more
China seeks not technological parity with the West, but technological supremacy to achieve a dominant role in all global affairs, head of the UK's National Cybersecurity Center (NSCS) Lindy Cameron has warnedmore
Donated by Pope Francis, two small fragments from the cross on which Jesus was crucified have been placed in the new Cross of Wales to lead the coronation procession of Charles III at Westminster Abbey, it has been announced.more
On Sunday 23 April, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, invites Londoners and visitors to the capital to enjoy an afternoon of free, family-friendly entertainment in Trafalgar Square to mark St George’s Day.more
More than two million children in England are living in overcrowded accommodation with little or no personal space, while some 300,000 share beds with family members, new analysis suggests. The BBC has spoken to two families struggling to cope because they do not have enough space. more
