A Nigerian politician who brought a man to the UK to harvest a kidney from him has been found guilty of conspiracy to obtain organs for transplant. This is the first such sentence under the new modern slavery laws, the AP reported on Thursday.more

Councils across the UK are giving out £500 of free food vouchers to people who apply. There are over £420m worth of vouchers which have been funded through the Household Support Fund, however, it's worth applying now if you hope to get the support.more

Tube and bus fares are expected to rise by around four per cent next year, London’s transport commissioner has revealed. This will potentially be followed by above-inflation increases in subsequent years as Transport for London seeks to rebuild its finances post-pandemic.more

Teacher vacancies in England have virtually doubled since before Covid, with school leaders increasingly forced to use non-specialist teachers, which threatens to drive down pupil attainment, according to research.more

In a residence called Steventon House, the author of books describing the life of the English upper class at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, she lived from birth (in 1775) to 1801. Here she created, among others: "Pride and Prejudice", "Northanger Abbey" and " Sensible and romantic.” Now this place is available for purchase for 8.5 million pounds, or about 45 million zlotys.more

Annual house price growth has slowed but rental prices have increased at their fastest rate since records started in 2016, according to official figures.more

The Bank of England raised the main interest rate by 25 bps to 4.25 percent. - informed the bank in a communiqué after the meeting. The decision was in line with the expectations of analysts polled by Bloomberg. interest rates in the UK are the highest since 2008.more

The Royal Family are reportedly preparing for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to turn down the King’s invite to his upcoming Coronation, with a plan B being created in case.more

London primary-school pupils not fully vaccinated against polio are to be offered catch-up jabs after Easter. The disease, common in the UK in the 1950s, was eliminated by 2003. But poliovirus traces were found in north and east London sewage in early 2022.more

Heathrow Airport passengers have been evacuated from Terminal 3 following an apparent fire alarm this morning (March 23). Travellers have slammed the evacuation as a "total fiasco" with "nobody knowing what they were doing".more

Planned rail strikes in March and April have been called off. RMT union members, including train guards, who work at 14 train companies were set to walk out on 30 March and 1 April.more

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, testifying under oath before the House of Commons Committee on Privileges, denied that he had lied about "Partygate", i.e. illegal parties at Downing Street during Covid-19 restrictions.more

Discount chain Lidl has published an official apology after two customers complained that they had been "humiliated by the behavior of the cashier". About the incident that happened in Wells in the county Somerset was reported last weekend by the local press.more

A Croydon used car salesman said people are trading in vehicles they bought from the dealership two years ago, making a huge loss.more

Many everyday groceries have more than doubled in price over the last year as the cost of own-brand items continues to rise, according to consumer group, Which? more

Sanctions imposed on Russian citizens after the attack on Ukraine are rather effective, as they freeze their assets, but insufficient, and legal mechanisms should be created to seize these assets, according to experts who track corruption.more

The cost of living rose more than expected last month as salad and vegetable shortages helped push up food prices at the fastest rate in 45 years. more

A number of people were injured and 15 were hospitalized after a ship capsized today in a dry dock in the Leith district of Scotland's capital Edinburgh, the Scottish Ambulance Service reported.more

Depleted uranium missiles are not nuclear weapons, the British Defense Ministry said yesterday in response to Putin's comment that Britain's transfer of such missiles to Ukraine would amount to an escalation because "the West has begun to use nuclear weapons."more

Part of London's West End was decked out for the first time tonight with lights to celebrate the start of Ramadan.more

Nearly half of all specialist doctors in England and Wales were born outside the UK, along with two in five GPs, census data shows. Non-UK-born nationals also make up a quarter of care workers and one in five social workers.more

Takeaway delivery firm Just Eat is to cut 1,870 jobs in the UK after a slowdown in sales. more

The Tube has the most expensive fares of any metro in the world, according to Transport for London’s own research. A study that benchmarks TfL against 39 other global cities found the price paid by passengers per kilometre travelled was highest in the capital. more

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has admitted he misled MPs about illegal parties held in his office during Covid-19 restrictions, but said he did not intend to defraud members of the House of Commons.more

104-year-old Nancy Gifford, from Somerset in the south-west of England, is selling the house where she lived for over a century. It was bought for £200 and is now set to sell for £170,000.more