The first Tubes stations in London's West End have received high-speed mobile coverage.
4G and 5G is available at Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road ticket halls and on the Central line between the stations. Further sections of the Northern and Central line will be getting coverage in the coming months.more
The British government announced sanctions on 11 members of a Russian hacking group found to be responsible for a number of ransomware attacks, including those targeting hospitals and other critical infrastructure during the Covid-19 pandemic.more
The UK is returning to the EU's Horizon research and innovation funding program and Copernicus Earth observation program, the British government announced yesterday. For the past three years, British scientists have not been able to use them because of British-EU disputes over Brexit.more
Yesterday turned out to be the warmest day this year in Great Britain, as a result of which the current heat wave has become a record, because there have never been four consecutive days in September with temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius - the Met Office said.more
Airlines could face a crackdown on hidden fees, as part of a new government plan to improve transparency for people shopping online. A public consultation will look at ways to clamp down on firms that add necessary charges at checkout, bumping up the final price.more
UK workers’ living standards will flatline next year, leaving them on track to be 4% worse off heading into the next election than they were in 2019, according to a leading thinktank.more
Pressure from budget cuts, inflation and social care has left several town halls struggling to meet costs this year and more could be at risk next year.more
For more than 3,500 hours last year on days when it didn't even rain, England's three leading water and sewage companies discharged untreated wastewater straight into rivers and the sea, which is banned, the BBC revealed yesterday.more
The Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, will be considered a terrorist organization in the UK starting next Wednesday, the Home Office announced yesterday. It will face up to 14 years in prison for belonging to it within the UK.more
A manhunt is underway in Britain for an accused terrorist ex-soldier who escaped from a London prison yesterday morning. Patrols have been stepped up at all the country's airports, including London Heathrow and Gatwick in particular, as well as the port of Dover.more
Wanted over the murder in UK of a Polish-Pakistani 10-year-old - her Pakistani father and his Pakistani partner - released a video yesterday claiming the girl's death was an accident, and they are ready to cooperate with British police.more
Last year, 58 percent food consumed in Great Britain came from this country, while 23% came from European Union countries and 19% from other regions of the world. - according to statistics.more
Wilko is shutting six of its stores in London, with 49 more shutting across the UK. Around 1,016 jobs will be made redundant as a result, though it's not known how many are specifically in London.more
The astonishing scale of the housing affordability deficit for renters in London is revealed in new analysis showing the chasm between renters’ budgets and average asking rent in each borough.more
The UK air traffic system failure that resulted in more than 2,000 flights being cancelled has been blamed on “an extremely rare set of circumstances”, as the aviation regulator opened an inquiry into the meltdown that caused chaos for passengers.more
The Government’s employment support system is failing both jobseekers and businesses and needs to be substantially reformed, a think tank has said.more
For £35 million you can buy the Edwardian-style townhouse where the late Barbara Cartland wrote most of her more than 720 novels. The home of the "queen of romance" is located in the prestigious Mayfair area.more
Nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, will be classified as a narcotic and made illegal by the end of the year, the British government announced. In the UK, it is the second most commonly used drug by people aged 16-24, after marijuana.more
When the future author of "A Christmas Story" turned 11, his family fell into debt and urgently needed money. Charles's father then took him out of school and sent him to work in a shoe polish factory, where Charles toiled from 1823 to 1825.Little is known about this experience, because the writer also hid it out of shame. It was only two years after the writer's death that his biographer mentionemore
