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
Shoppers have allegedly been buying weaker alcohol and paying the same for months, enabling brewers to save money without passing it on to consumers.
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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.
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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).
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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
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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
The arrest of Nicola Sturgeon, former First Minister of Scotland and former leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), and the ongoing investigation into financial irregularities within the party have had a major impact on her ratings, but not on support for independence, according to polls.more
The deepest hotel in the world has opened in a former slate mine in north-west Wales. The rooms in this establishment are located more than 400 meters underground.more
More than a quarter of patients on antidepressants in England - about two million people - have been taking them for five years, the BBC has found.
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The British heir to the throne, Prince William, confessed yesterday that in due course he will want to tame his children with the problem of homelessness - just like years ago, when he himself was a child, his mother, Princess Diana, did.more
The British government will present a bill today prohibiting all public bodies from conducting their own campaigns to boycott or discourage investment in other countries and territories, including Israel, the Minister for Equal Opportunities and Communities Michael Gove announced on Sunday.more
One of the three injured in the Tuesday attack in Nottingham, whose perpetrator tried to run over with a stolen van, is a 40-year-old Pole, the Daily Mail reported yesterday. The man suffered only minor injuries and was released from the hospital the next day.more
The British daily "Daily Mirror" published on its website a video from an event at the headquarters of the ruling Conservative Party in December 2020, during the ongoing covid restrictions, in which participants dance, drink alcohol and openly joke about the restrictions.more
UK businesses have improved female representation on their boards, research shows, but two-fifths of FTSE 100 firms still do not have a woman in one of their top four executive roles.more
The fossilised remains of a dinosaur found on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England are a separate, previously unknown species, according to British scientists whose discovery was published in the latest issue of the 'Journal of Systematic Palaeontology'.more
According to a report by the National Grid body, which is responsible for managing the country's electricity grid, the UK will "be less exposed to energy loss than a year ago" during the next winter period.more
