More than 3 million low-income UK households cannot afford to heat their homes, according to research, as a “dangerously cold” weather front arrived from the Arctic.more

Someone in the UK has won a life-changing fortune…and are seemingly completely unaware of their success.more

The British government has finally approved the construction of the controversial, first deep-sea coal mine in 35 years - even though a year ago the UK, as the host of the COP26 climate summit, called on other countries to "return coal to history".more

Another scandal has erupted in the UK over personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts during the Covid-19 pandemic, with Baroness Michelle Mone at the centre of it, who was alleged to have made £30m from public money as a result.more

Free universal preschool childcare and more funding for after-school clubs could increase government revenues and save a family with young children between £620 and £6,175 a year, a joint report welcomed by the Labour party has revealed.more

Getting a bus in London can sometimes be an agonising experience. Long queues, packed buses, and heavy traffic can all make London’s most used form of public transport a bit of a nightmare.more

Emergency cold weather measures were activated by Sadiq Khan on Wednesday amid concern that plummeting temperatures posed a risk to life.more

Ambulance staff across most of England and Wales will go on strike on 21 December in a dispute over pay. more

The UK government has announced the relaxation of the de facto near-total ban on new onshore wind farms in England and announced a public consultation on the issue.more

The aired trailers for the Netflix series 'Harry & Meghan', in which the younger son of Charles III accuses the rest of the royal family of 'playing dirty' and manipulating the media, themselves contain at least five manipulations, British media point out.more

There is evidence that "rocket and feather" fuel pricing happened in 2022, a competition watchdog has said. more

Apple is to allow customers in the UK and seven other European countries to purchase genuine Apple parts and tools to carry out self-repairs for the first time.more

An advert for beer company BrewDog has been banned over a “tongue-in-cheek” claim that its fruit-flavoured beers constitute “one of your five a day”.more

Lockdowns and quarantines were introduced during the pandemic to isolate people infected with SARS-CoV-2 from outsiders. However, they did not protect the families of those infected from infection. How many people 'caught' the virus in their own home? Professor Rebecca Tunstall of the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York set out to answer this question.more

ROBOTS designed to deliver groceries to shoppers’ homes are being foiled — by pedestrian crossings. The self-driving six-wheeled vehicles are being used by the Co-op in a pilot scheme, but are having to ask humans for help to press the button to trigger the green man at junctions.more

Beauty salons and tattoo parlours have prospered on High Streets while the number of banks and department stores has fallen, BBC analysis shows. Places to eat and drink have also increased - despite social distancing.more

The UK's Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) today approved the Covid-19 vaccine, which was developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, for use in children between six months and four years of age.more

The Met Office has warned severe cold weather is set to hit the UK this week, with overnight temperatures plummeting to -6C (21F) in places.more

Primary schoolchildren at risk from a severe form of strep A could be given preventive antibiotics as a blanket measure, in a move described as “rare” by health officials.more

The 13-year-old Jaguar used by Elizabeth II around the Windsor estate has sold at auction for £43,000. pounds. That's seven times the normal market price.more

The number of homeless Ukrainian refugees in England has increased by almost 30%. in the last month, because due to the rising cost of living, some of the people who host them give up, The Times reported.more

A young man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after throwing an egg at King Charles III while the British monarch was visiting Luton north of London, local police said.more

EU-funded survey of people aged 16-19 finds one in four have trolled someone – while UK least ‘cyberdeviant’ of nine countries.more

Fresh rail strikes have been announced for Christmas Eve with the walkout threatening to hit celebrations and travel over the festive weekend.more

The latest new coin design featuring the late Queen Elizabeth II is a 50p coin as part of a collector's series celebrating the 25th anniversary of the publication of the first Harry Potter book, the Royal Mint has announced.more