The scale of London’s exodus of young families has been laid bare in a new report which shows nine of the 10 local authorities seeing the largest drops in primary school pupil numbers are in the capital.more

Amazon is planning to close its 19 UK grocery stores less than five years after it launched the till-free sites in London. Amazon said five of the stores earmarked for closure would be converted in to Whole Foods stores, a fresh and whole food brand which Amazon owns.more

Wild bird species face an accelerating decline in the UK, figures show, with some species heading for local extinction. Bird numbers have plummeted since the 1970s, and government data shows that trend continuing; between 2019 and 2024 the species index declined in the UK by 4% and England by 7%.more

This period of sunny weather is set to continue into October with the BBC predicting more than a week of straight sunshine. From September 27 until October 4 forecasters say the capital will experience either sunny weather or a mix sun and cloud.more

The UK is set to face one of the highest inflation rates of any major economy in the world in a significant cost of living blow to Britons. The Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) predicts that UK inflation will surge, with Britain experiencing the highest level among the G7 group of advanced economies this year.more

A family of three, including a small child, are the first people to arrive in the UK under the government's "one in, one out" agreement with France. The BBC has been told they have been given three-month visas, with no right to work and no recourse to public funding. They can, however, apply to stay in the UK.more

Violence and abuse by patients against staff in GP clinics is widespread globally and usually triggered by long waiting times and the refusal to prescribe requested drugs, research shows. The findings are based on a 24-country study of the threats and aggression that family doctors, receptionists and other practice staff experience at work.more

The court in London, where the final hearing in the extradition trial of Michał Kuczmierowski, former head of the Government Agency for Strategic Reserves (RARS), was to take place today, has been closed due to a sewerage failure in that part of the city, a court official said.more

A person has been arrested in connection with a cyber-attack which has caused days of disruption at several European airports including Heathrow. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said a man in his forties was arrested in West Sussex "as part of an investigation into a cyber incident impacting Collins Aerospace".more

City Thameslink in London has been named the worst of Britain's busiest railway stations for cancellations in the year to August. About one in 13 of almost 150,000 scheduled stops there were cancelled during that time, according to Office of Rail and Road (ORR) figures analysed by BBC.more

Sadiq Khan has slammed Reform UK proposals to end the rights of migrants to apply for permanent British residency after five years and restrict their access to benefits. The Mayor of London described the move as "unacceptable" and said it would impact "thousands" of people living in the capital who are "contributing hugely to our city". more

Great Britain’s energy system operator says it has significantly improved its monitoring of domestic electricity grids to “future proof” the country’s low-carbon power network. After widespread power cuts across most of Spain and Portugal in April, the National Energy System Operator (Neso) started work to pinpoint dangerous fluctuations that could lead to outages.more

Seven charities have withdrawn Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, as their patron after an email she wrote in 2011 to Jeffrey Epstein, the late American financier and sex offender, was revealed, the BBC reported yesterday.more

Six novelists have been shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize. Among them is Indian-born Kiran Desai, who has previously won the prize in 2006 for "The Burden of Lost Things." Two others, Andrew Miller and David Szalay, were previously shortlisted for the Booker Prize for other titles.more

US President Donald Trump, during his speech at the United Nations yesterday, accused London Mayor Sadiq Khan of introducing "Sharia law" in the British capital. The mayor's office issued a statement calling Trump's comments outrageous and prejudiced.more

Making a claim to an insurance company can be worse than the distress of the original incident, according to Which?, as it launches a rare type of action against the sector.more

Disruptions on the London Underground can stem from numerous causes, from signal breakdowns to passenger emergency alarms. Nevertheless, it appears that burnt toast has been a remarkably frequent offender.more

Much of the law in England is old and complicated – partly because there are so many sources of it – among them are statute, common law, case law and even European conventions and other international laws to which the UK subscribes.more

Top US scientists could be enticed to the UK under proposals to fast-track visa applications and cut administration charges, challenging attempts by Donald Trump to retain homegrown talent.more

The Chelmsford Magistrates' Court in eastern England today sentenced an asylum seeker staying at a hotel in Epping to one year in prison for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. The incident sparked a wave of anti-immigrant protests across the United Kingdom.more

The ITAKA Foundation – Center for the Search for Missing People, at the request of the family and in cooperation with the police, is conducting a search for Wiktoria Klaban.more

Recent testing by analyst MedUx found that London ranked last among major European cities for overall mobile experience (taking in everything from how often 5G is available to how fast data downloads are).more

One in three GPs in England do not work in the NHS, with increasing numbers seeking to move abroad or becoming a private contractor, deepening patients’ difficulties in getting appointments. The proportion of family doctors who, although qualified, do not provide care through the NHS has risen from 27% in 2015 to 34% last year, according to a study published in the BMJ.more

This gorgeous market town is the UK's most dog-friendly town, thanks to its unique Visible Blue Paw Print scheme. Discover a haven for our four-legged friends.more

Nigel Farage has said Reform UK would scrap the main route that migrants take to gain British citizenship, leaving tens of thousands of legally settled people facing deportation unless they met strict rules.more