Price rises in the UK slowed for a second month in a row but the cost of food including milk, cheese and eggs kept inflation at a 40-year high.more

Tens of thousands of nurses in England went on another strike today demanding pay rises. However, UK Health Minister Steve Barclay warned that meeting the demands would mean cuts in spending on medical services for patients.more

Church of England bishops have refused to back a change in teaching to allow priests to marry same-sex couples, sources have told BBC News. more

A 27-year-old Polish woman and her four-year-old daughter were fatally hit by a car in Leeds in the north of England, West Yorkshire Police said yesterday. The tragedy occurred as the woman was escorting the girl to nursery school.more

Ryanair has announced six new routes from London airports in 2023, with flights to Asturias, Belfast, Cornwall, Edinburgh, Klagenfurt and Leipzig,more

Almost half of the children surveyed by Oxford University Press chose ‘Queen’ as their top word, with ‘happy’ and ‘chaos’ in second and third place more

The UK government's blocking of the Scottish Gender Recognition Bill, which is intended to allow legal gender reassignment on the basis of self-declaration, severely complicates the already difficult relationship between London and Edinburgh. Contrary to London's intentions, it will also give an argument to supporters of Scottish independence.more

The criminal justice system is failing the ever rising number of remand prisoners in England and Wales, which is at its highest level for 50 years, MPs have warned.more

Almost one in 10 UK pet owners are considering giving up their companion to cope with cost-of-living pressures, a report says. Almost a fifth of owners (18 per cent) are already falling into debt to pay for their pets’ care, while 25 per cent said they will not take their pet to the vet due to high costs, online pet marketplace Pets4Homes found.more

Marks & Spencer has said it will create 3,400 jobs across Britain as part of plans to revamp its stores. It plans to open eight "full-line" stores - which stock clothes, food and homeware - in cities such as Liverpool, Birmingham and Leeds in the next year.more

Wages have grown at the fastest rate in more than 20 years, but are still failing to keep up with rising prices. Average pay, including and excluding bonuses, rose by 6.4% between September and November compared to the same time last year, official figures show.more

In a recent interview with the Daily Telegraph, Prince Harry confessed that he had cut out many passages from his book Spare that "showed William and King Charles III in too negative a light". "I didn't want the world to know these stories," he asserted.more

Ethnic segregation in England and Wales is on the wane as more people live alongside neighbours of different backgrounds, creating “rainbow” towns and cities, research reveals.more

More than 1.62 million working days were lost to strikes in the UK in 2022, the highest number since 1990, despite the fact that the figures are only for six months, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.more

After it emerged that one of the London Metropolitan Police officers was a serial rapist, its management said it was re-investigating all 1,633 allegations of sexual and domestic violence involving 1,071 police officers.more

The British government has announced that it has decided to block the controversial Gender Recognition Bill adopted by the Scottish Parliament, which stipulates that legal gender change will only require a declaration by the person concerned, without medical examination.more

The famous British journalist Jeremy Clarkson said he sent an e-mail to Prince Harry and his wife apologizing for a column in the Sun, received with great indignation in the UK, in which he confessed that he sincerely hates Meghan. The former Sussexes, however, denied this information, stating that he sent the message only to Harry himself.more

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has struck a deal to write memoirs from his time in office, HarperCollins has announced, announcing that they will be memoirs unlike any other by his predecessors.more

52 percent Brits want an "immediate" ban on the sale of cigarettes in stores, according to a study commissioned by the MailOnline portal. 71 percent of the inhabitants of the islands, in turn, believe that the country should implement the controversial solution from New Zealand.more

The government is set to announce a new law that will ban all types of so-called conversion therapy, according to a new report.more

Supermarket giant Sainsbury's said people are shopping more in-store, as they want to see what they are buying amid the cost-of-living crisis.more

Money borrowed to pay for Christmas could take years to repay, according to debt advice charity StepChange.more

An officer from London's Metropolitan Police today pleaded guilty to 49 offences, mostly of a sexual nature, committed over 18 years. This is another recent case weighing heavily on the image of London's police force.more

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced today that he had been subject to Russian sanctions. He stated that if this was the price for supporting Ukraine, he was happy to do so.more

The prime minister may be forced to decide whether Prince Harry should be invited to the coronation, following the furore over his autobiography Spare. more