Drivers buying used cars which will avoid daily fees from the planned expansion of London’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) are being hit by a “price penalty”, according to new analysis.more
Producers at Selling Sunset might need to consider swapping Los Angeles for a series in London – as the capital is one of the best places in the world to watch the sun go down. Apparently.
You might not see the sun disappear behind mountains or from a beach around these parts but there is something beautiful about how it lingers in the sky – if it ever comes out at all.more
Forget about Saint-Tropez and go instead to Sopot, where there is the same glitz and splendor for a fraction of the price, encourages the British daily "Daily Mail" on its website.more
Britain has lost 6,000 storefronts in five years, new figures show, with financial pressures forcing shop owners to close their stores and leave cities with undesirable “gap-toothed high streets”.more
Tents could be used to house up to 2,000 migrants on disused military sites next month, under plans drawn up by the home secretary, Suella Braverman, in an effort to avoid accommodating asylum seekers in hotels.more
The British Ministry of Defense has launched an investigation after a typo in the address resulted in a number of e-mails containing confidential information being sent to Mali - a country that is now a Russian ally - instead of to the US military.more
The UK government is allowing Russian oligarchs to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars despite freezing their accounts, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing obtained documents and people familiar with the matter.more
Record numbers of police officers are quitting their jobs at forces in England and Wales, figures show. In the year to March, 4,668 officers left after a voluntary resignation.more
Almost two thirds of London renters (62 per cent) believe they do not earn enough to be able to save for a deposit to buy a home, according to exclusive research from homebuying and investment platform Allbricks.more
The latest travel casualty of the UK being outside the European Union’s Schengen area: flights to Catania in Sicily.
The airport, which is the main gateway to the island, closed on 16 July because of fire damage to a terminal building.more
The Co-op has reported that crime, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour in its stores have increased by over a third in the past year.
The company revealed there were more than 175,000 incidents in the first six months of this year – almost 1,000 every day.more
Record high temperatures that hit the UK in 2022 will be the norm in 40 years and will be below average by the end of this century, the Met Office has warned in its annual report released today.more
New rules ‘will be deferred a year from October 2024 to 2025’ in a bid to avoid supermarket price rises, officials confirmed after i revealed the delay.more
Sinead O'Connor's body was found yesterday morning at her home in London. She was pronounced dead at the scene and the circumstances of her death are not being treated as suspicious, the London Metropolitan Police said today.more
A record number of families are being forced to live in temporary accommodation, figures show – with experts blaming a “shameful” lack of social housing.
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Britain's medicines regulator is reviewing diabetes and weight loss products after some patients reported suicidal thoughts or self-harm, Reuters reported. Two weeks ago, the European Union took similar action.more
U.S. actor Kevin Spacey was cleared yesterday of all nine counts of sexual misconduct allegedly committed against four men in the United Kingdom between 2001 and 2013, according to prosecutors.more
The British government has shown an "appalling lack of understanding" of the threat posed by the activities of Russia's mercenary Wagner Group, especially in Africa, MPs on the foreign affairs committee assessed in a report released today.more
