NHS bosses are increasingly paying premium rates for agency staff to plug holes in rotas, the BBC has found. Spending in this area rose by 20% last year to hit £3bn in England.more

Farmers have been left with a 'tsunami' of cabbages, leeks and cauliflowers after an unseasonably warm Autumn and lower than expected demand. The head of Riverford, an organic food delivery company, said orders for vegetable boxes were 20% lower than predicted.more

The UK appears to be heading into recession after the latest official figures showed the economy shrank between July and September. The economy contracted by 0.2% during the three months as soaring prices hit businesses and households.more

A speed camera on the A40 in north west London is Britain’s most prolific - snaring almost 50,000 drivers in 12 months, according to new research.more

Now the nation’s number crunchers have provided evidence that remote working may be partly to blame for the UK’s chronic labour shortage, with tens of thousands of extra people reporting as long-term sick due to lockdown related injuries.more

Farmers take care of their cattle and pigs, but not themselves. In the UK, one farmer commits suicide every week. That's why an early intervention program initiated in Scotland, Farmstrong, is being launched there.more

The number of people in England waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to a new record high, it was revealed on Thursday, as hospital bosses were putting in place plans to “minimise harm” to patients during the nursing strikes. more

Civil servants are another professional group in the UK that will be on strike demanding pay raises. The PCS trade union representing them informed yesterday that in the voting conducted over 100,000 people members backed the protest.more

Almost a third of 11 to 16-year-olds (31%) spent their own money on some form of gambling in the last year, according to a survey.more

London councils are cracking down on drivers as concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) - an air pollutant created mostly from cars -reach their greatest levels since the start of the pandemic.more

Edinburgh's Princes Street has reopened after a bomb alert. A bomb disposal unit was called out after a man acting suspiciously was reported to police at about 17:30 on Thursday.more

Today we can celebrate independence as a modern and dynamic state and I believe that Ukraine will soon be like that too, said Piotr Wilczek, the Polish ambassador to Great Britain, during the party on the occasion of the Independence Day today.more

The boss of retailer Next is urging the government to let more foreign workers into the UK to ease labour shortages. more

National Grid expects there to be “sufficient generation” to avoid rolling power cuts this winter, with Britain’s supplies boosted by the return of a crucial electricity link to France that was hit by fire.more

A man accused of murder told a jury he was standing by claims that he was ill-treated as a child.more

On November 26, the 2009 Jaguar X-Type Estate, which belonged to Elizabeth II, will be available for sale at the historic car auction. The Queen was its first owner and often ran it herself.more

The British government said that since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine it has frozen assets worth a total of £ 18bn belonging to Russian oligarchs, other individuals and entities targeted by the sanctions.more

Christmas adverts have started on TV - and as ever, many conjure up sentimentality, nostalgia and joy. But as the cost of living soars, some retailers have opted for a more muted approach to their campaigns this year.more

Students of schools in London will receive free training in building healthy relationships and recognizing sexism and misogyny. The program will be funded in full by City Hall.more

British consumers are trying to navigate the hit to their finances by spreading out the cost of Christmas, buying gifts early so they do not face a squeeze in December, clothing and food retailer Marks & Spencer (MKS.L) said on Wednesday.more

Northern Irish political parties will be given extra time to form a new government so that no further elections to the local parliament will be held in January, announced British Northern Ireland Minister Chris Heaton-Harris.more

Britain's first statue of Queen Elizabeth II after her death was unveiled yesterday in York in the north of England. Placed in a niche on the west wall of the cathedral there, the statue was unveiled by her son, King Charles III.more

Poll finds only 43% of people think England and Wales should take part, while 39% think they should not.more

The nation’s favourite food brands are back with their festive offerings for 2022. Let’s be honest: Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without the food. When you’re out and about doing your Christmas shopping, there’s no better feeling than stopping off at your favourite food haunt to try their holiday range.more

The sheep farm that Richard Nicholson runs in Barnsley, England, has recently become an Internet sensation. And that's because the animals belonging to it have pink coats. It turned out to be the fault of new feeders that dye the fur.more