Do you love coffee? Do you love it even more when it’s free? Of course, you do, so head down to Costa over the next 7 days to grab yourself a free hot drink. more

Extinction Rebellion and other climate activists have targeted 13 central London businesses and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) building in a string of demonstrations following following Cop27.more

Closures rise by 60% in past year, including 453 in most recent quarter, says advisory firm Mazars.more

Robert Jenrick calls on firms to train local people as the head of the CBI says more immigration is needed to fill jobs and boost growth. more

Temperatures in some areas are set to dip as low as -4°C amid concerns that cold weather will lead to a ‘bleak winter’ for people struggling with fuel bills. more

A plumber could not believe his eyes when he cut a hole in floorboards in an Edinburgh house and found a bottle containing a 135-year-old message.more

A Russian surveillance ship has attempted to spy on the Royal Navy's latest autonomous vessels, sources said. It comes with Moscow still reeling from a Ukrainian attack using this type of sea drone on Sevastopol last month.more

Senior figures in Rishi Sunak's Government are reportedly considering putting the UK on the road to a Swiss-style relationship with the EUmore

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has criticised the police recruitment process, saying “a big proportion” of officers in his force are “not properly deployable” due to health and performance issues. more

London’s Tube service will be affected by strikes again, joining London buses and national train services in industrial action. more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a new air defence package worth $60m as he met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his first trip to Kyiv since becoming prime minister.more

Bond Street officially turned on its spectacular Christmas lights officially marking the start of the Christmas season on the street. A brand new scheme of over 93 thousand LED bulbs light up the sky inspired by the resplendent magnificence of The Crown Jewels and the world-famous jewellery houses that have made Bond Street their home over the centuries.more

Major disruptions are expected over the Christmas and New Year period at UK airports and ports. The civil service strike, which is to be conducted from mid-December for a month, will be attended by, among others, border guards and officials of the Ministry of the Interior.more

Holborn, King’s Cross and the Shoreditch “triangle” were on Tuesday named by cyclists as the most dangerous junctions in London.more

The RAF and industry partners have carried out a world-first 100% sustainable fuel flight using a military aircraft of its size, and the first of any aircraft type in the UK.more

Pubs are under huge pressure following yesterday's Autumn Budget statement as around 50 pubs are closing every month amid soaring costs, business leaders have warned. more

Retail sales in Great Britain slumped in the three months to October as the pressure of inflation hitting a 41-year high and soaring energy prices forced households to cut budgets and rein in spending. more

Sadiq Khan is under fresh pressure to drop his controversial expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) as new polling reveals the majority of Londoners oppose the mayor’s flagship policy. more

After more than two decades of economic stagnation, the average UK worker will still earn less than in 2008, the Resolution Foundation has warned. At the same time, he points out that tax increases will further increase the decline in prosperity in the country.more

The next two years will be difficult for everyone and will be challenging for the UK economy, Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt admitted today. However, he stressed that the plan he announced to stabilise the public finances was necessary.more

Supermarket giant Tesco has announced a major change to its reduced sections. Every day, shoppers rush to Tesco in the hope of finding a yellow sticker bargain. more

Workers at the UK postal service, Royal Mail, will be on strike for six more days before Christmas, including Christmas Eve, the CWU union representing them announced yesterday.more

The Citizens Advice organization - as every year before Christmas - published a list of the worst courier companies in the country. the number of problems and complaints, and the level of customer service they offer.more

Today is set to be a wet and windy day for many in the UK, with some even seeing the first snowfall of the season. more

It was Poland that proved to be Ukraine's truest friend, but we are all indebted to Poland for its persistence in warning of the Russian threat, former British Defence Minister Michael Fallon wrote in the Daily Telegraph yesterday.more