Four UK astronauts could soon be heading into orbit on an all-British mission. An American company that organises visits to the International Space Station (ISS) is developing the plan.more
Brexit should not have been allowed to happen with the backing of only 52 per cent of voters, a former Tory Brexit minister has said. In a devastating admission, leading Brexiteer Steve Baker has admitted that the historic vote to leave the EU should have required a “super-majority” of 60 per cent.more
The decision to deprive Shamima Begum of her British citizenship was unlawful, the Court of Appeal has heard.
Ms Begum travelled to Syria in 2015 – at the age of 15 – before her British citizenship was revoked on national security grounds shortly after she was found in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019.more
The UK immigration minister, Robert Jenrick, has suggested that visitors to the country will be removed if they incite antisemitism, even if their conduct falls “below the criminal standard”.more
The one-day Travelcard has been saved, Transport for London announced on Tuesday.
TfL has struck a deal with train firms to retain the ticket, which is used more than 14 million times a year by people visiting the capital.more
The so-called long Covid caused suffering for a significant group of patients - according to a study conducted on over 250,000 people. British. Across the UK, 70% of people have had Covid-19. inhabitants. The study results were published in Nature Communications.more
British authorities failed to act on multiple official warnings about a website promoting suicide that has been connected to at least 50 UK deaths, the BBC has found.
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The cap on bankers' bonuses is being removed as part of a post-Brexit shake-up of UK financial rules, it has been confirmed.
The plan was announced by former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng last year as a way of making London a more attractive place to do business.more
Today marks exactly one year since Rishi Sunak took office as Prime Minister of Great Britain. The new prime minister avoided the mishaps that ruined his two predecessors and provided a lot of stability, but he did not make it possible for the Conservative Party to think about maintaining power after the next elections to the House of Commons, which is what his supporters were counting on.more
The owners of the first sushi bar in Inverness, Sushi Inverness, have opened a brand new Polish takeaway called the Pizza Baguette in Grant Street.
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Almost half a million workers in the UK whose employers are signed up to pay the voluntary real living wage are in line for a pay rise to at least £12 an hour, taking their annual wage to £3,000 a year above the government’s minimum wage.
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At least seven people have died in the UK as a result of flooding resulting from Storm Babet, which has passed through the country in recent days. The flood threat is still in force today.more
More than one million children in the UK experienced the most extreme form of poverty last year - that is, their families could not afford to feed, clothe, keep themselves hygienic or keep warm - according to a report published today by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).more
A new collectable coin celebrating The Snowman has been launched by the Royal Mint. The design retells Raymond Briggs' classic children's book about James, a young boy who builds a snowman that comes to life.more
A Hamas chief is living in a London council house despite allegedly running violent operations in the West Bank, a report has revealed.
Muhammad Qassem Sawalha, 62, was given a £112,300 discount on the £320,700 two-storey home by Barnet Council.more
Up to 100 cars are set to be removed from the top of a car park destroyed in a major blaze at Luton Airport. The fire broke out on level three of Car Park Terminal 2 and is thought to have started in a diesel car before spreading rapidly.more
