Five decades on from Britain’s rapid shift away from an economy based on heavy industry, the toxins it left behind continued to blight the country’s towns and cities, data seen by i shows.more

The Church of England is considering whether to stop referring to God as “he” after priests asked to be allowed to use gender-neutral terms instead. The Church said it would launch a new project on the matter in the spring to decide whether to propose changes or not.more

The British post office today presented the first stamps with the image of King Charles III. They will go on sale on April 4, but those with the portrait of the late Elizabeth II will continue to be used until their stocks run out.more

Former London Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick, who turned out to be a serial rapist, will spend at least 30 years and 239 days in prison, a London court has decided. In 18 years on the police force, Carrick committed 24 rapes.more

The Welsh Government has officially announced that it wants legislation to facilitate legal gender reassignment, similar to those recently passed by the Scottish Parliament and then blocked by the government in London.more

The latest charts are showing a massive wall of snow heading straight for the capital. According to forecaster WX Charts, Sunday, February 19, will see the capital potentially hit with the blast of snow, with temperatures set to plummet.more

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be questioned as part of a US defamation case brought by Meghan's half-sister. Samantha Markle is suing Meghan for "defamation and injurious falsehoods" following the couple's interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021. more

One in five households with pre-payment meters have not cashed in their energy vouchers issued to help pay bills. more

UK benefit reforms in recent decades have followed a consistent pattern of resulting in higher employment than the system they replaced – but usually in part-time, low-paid work which rarely leads to career progression. more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is on a visit to the UK today to meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and deliver a speech to Parliament, Downing Street reported.more

Spending by shoppers at British retailers grew less quickly in January but the overall picture looked a bit brighter as consumers treated themselves to cinema trips and booked holidays, surveys showed on Tuesday.more

The cost of applying for a new British passport has risen from £75.50 to £82.50.more

The true owners of nearly 52,000 properties in England and Wales held by foreign companies are still unknown, although a law passed after the outbreak of war in Ukraine was supposed to ensure that the ownership structure was disclosed, BBC News and Transparency International reported yesterday.more

The UK is not immune to earthquakes – the most recent occurred in September 2020.more

A state-backed digital pound is likely to be launched later this decade, according to the Treasury and the Bank of England.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today made the first reconstruction of his government - just on its 105th day. The most significant change is the splitting off of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Department into a separate Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.more

Oil giant BP has more than doubled its 2022 profit to nearly $28 billion, the British company announced today. This is the best result in the company's 114-year history.more

The UK Defense Ministry yesterday announced the arrival in the country of a group of Ukrainian soldiers who will be trained in the handling of the transferred AS90 self-propelled howitzers.more

Ludwik Jaszczur, a veteran of the 2nd Polish Corps and participant in the Battle of Monte Cassino, died yesterday in Edinburgh at the age of 95. His story was covered by the Scottish media in 2021, when he closed the small leather goods repair shop he had run for 50 years and retired.more

Some 80,000 medical appointments and 11,000 scheduled treatments were canceled yesterday in England due to a strike by medical staff, which media reports indicate is the largest ever in the public health service during the current wave of strikes.more

Early frost and freezing fog have caused travel disruption across London, with commuters waking to cancelled flights and ferry services, and chaos on the roads.more

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss asserted yesterday that she does not regret her time in Downing Street, but does not intend to seek a return to the post. She explained that she now wants to promote her agenda for economic growth.more

The City is defying predictions of a post Brexit jobs cull with last year seeing a record-breaking year for financial services jobs in England and Wales.more

The European Union has made progress in talks with the United Kingdom on the Northern Ireland Protocol, but difficulties remain, said European Commission Vice-President Marosz Szefczovicz.more

If you live in the UK right now, you'll know that we're all collectively having a bit of a rough time - unless you're the CEO of an energy company. Food prices are skyrocketing, energy bills are astronomical and a lot of people feel trapped in the rental market - like this renter, who's just revealed the insane rules laid out by their landlord.more