Parents in England are being urged to keep children off school if they are unwell and have a fever, amid high levels of flu and Covid-19 cases. The same applies for nurseries, according to advice from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).more

Millions of households on low incomes will receive fresh cost-of-living support from this spring, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), which has announced further details on the payments schedule.more

There are more than 3,000 unclaimed estates in London and some people could be owed a small fortune from a long-lost relative.more

British railway workers, who are affiliated with the RMT trade union, went on strike today, which will last until tomorrow, then resume on Friday and continue until Saturday. This means most UK rail services will be closed on these days. Train drivers from the ASLEF trade union are also organizing a separate strike on Thursday.more

Prince Harry has said "I would like to get my father back, I would like to have my brother back" in an interview ahead of the release of his book Spare. He also says "they've shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile," although it is not clear who he is referring to.more

Parts of hospital emergency departments in the UK are in a state of total crisis, putting patients' lives and health at risk, according to Ian Higginson, vice-president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), quoted by the BBC website today.more

The governments of the UK and Mauritius have begun talks on the sovereignty of the disputed Chagos Archipelago, Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth announced yesterday.more

From January 1, 2023, the UK, as announced, will completely stop imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), the British Foreign Office reminded on Twitter.more

Lawyer Geoffrey Nice, who was the prosecutor in the trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, told the BBC that Vladimir Putin should be held accountable for war crimes, i.e. attacking civilian targets in Ukraine by his Russian army.more

Monarchy still plays an important role in modern Britain and the change of throne that took place with the death of Elizabeth II should not weaken its importance, experts believe. In particular, they point to the political neutrality of the monarch and the stability it provides.more

The Russian attack on Ukraine made the very good Polish-British relations even closer, which was helped by the fact that the British understood from the beginning that it was a threat to the whole of Europe - noted the Polish ambassador to the UK, Prof. Piotr Wilczek.more

Next year looks set to be just as "horrendous" for many families' living standards as this year, as they are hit with falling pay and soaring energy, tax and mortgage bills, a think tank has warned.more

Designated spaces will be provided for women and girls who feel unsafe on New Year’s Eve celebrations in London, before the mayor’s fireworks display at the London Eye, the Metropolitan police has said.more

Battersea Dogs and Cats home has been swarmed with “ridiculously cute” kittens with nearly double being born at the shelter in the past year.more

Property prices in the UK fell for the fourth month in a row in December, the longest run of declines since 2008, according to Nationwide.more

A woman has been fined £1,500 after a cigarette was thrown out of her car window, in a clampdown on so-called “grime crime”. Council enforcement officers caught a driver dropping the butt out of the window of Maurine Bateesa's Nissan Duke through east London.more

Almost one in three Leave voters want the UK to have a closer post-Brexit relationship with the EU, new polling has found. In a sign of “Brexit regret”, 30 per cent of Leave voters said Britain should now forge closer ties with Brussels, while only 13 per cent want the country to be more distant.more

NHS officials and Government scientists are putting pressure on Downing Street to put in place preventative measures to mitigate against a new wave of Covid-19 coming in from China. more

At least 30 children have died in the UK from invasive strep A since 19 September, new figures reveal. In total, 122 people have died in England from the invasive form of the bacterial infection, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data shows. Of these, 25 of the deaths were under-18s. There have been a further three deaths of children in Northern Ireland and Wales combined.more

The UK will allocate £2.3bn (around £12.1bn) in 2023 for aid to Ukraine, British Defence Minister Ben Wallace announced yesterday, as quoted by Reuters.more

Tributes to Dame Vivienne Westwood have poured in following the death of the "undisputed Queen of British fashion". She died "peacefully and surrounded by her family" in London, her fashion house said in a statement.more

Two-thirds of UK consumers are planning to cut their discretionary spending in 2023 amid concerns about the cost of living crisis, according to a survey.more

The man was suspected of immigration offences in an embarrassing revelation for the agency, which is tasked with stopping migrants arriving in the UK illegally. The Home Office suspended the official, who is believed to be in his late 30s, when concerns about him came to light. more

The Met Office has said 2022 will be the warmest year on record for the UK with experts attributing the rise to climate change. more

More people could be spending the time between Christmas and new year in hospital in parts of England this year than at any time in the past decade, as NHS trusts struggle to find social care places for patients medically fit for discharge.more