The British Foreign Office imposed sanctions on seven more Russian companies, including six that produce military equipment or deal with logistics, and another eight individuals associated with Vladimir Putin's regime.more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stated yesterday that nothing is ruled out in terms of military aid to Ukraine, and combat aircraft are part of the talks. He reported that Challenger 2 tanks, which he announced would be given to Ukraine, would be sent by March.more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, addressing both houses of the British parliament yesterday, thanked the United Kingdom for its support from the very beginning of the war. He assured that freedom would prevail, but emphasized that his country needed Western planes to do so.more
Fans of Viking movies and TV series may be surprised by a discovery made during a survey of a Derbyshire cemetery. After all, analysis of the cremated remains made it possible to determine that when the great Viking army arrived in England in 865, in addition to warriors from the North, their horses and dogs arrived on boats.more
Five decades on from Britain’s rapid shift away from an economy based on heavy industry, the toxins it left behind continued to blight the country’s towns and cities, data seen by i shows.more
The Church of England is considering whether to stop referring to God as “he” after priests asked to be allowed to use gender-neutral terms instead. The Church said it would launch a new project on the matter in the spring to decide whether to propose changes or not.more
The British post office today presented the first stamps with the image of King Charles III. They will go on sale on April 4, but those with the portrait of the late Elizabeth II will continue to be used until their stocks run out.more
Former London Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick, who turned out to be a serial rapist, will spend at least 30 years and 239 days in prison, a London court has decided. In 18 years on the police force, Carrick committed 24 rapes.more
The Welsh Government has officially announced that it wants legislation to facilitate legal gender reassignment, similar to those recently passed by the Scottish Parliament and then blocked by the government in London.more
The latest charts are showing a massive wall of snow heading straight for the capital. According to forecaster WX Charts, Sunday, February 19, will see the capital potentially hit with the blast of snow, with temperatures set to plummet.more
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be questioned as part of a US defamation case brought by Meghan's half-sister. Samantha Markle is suing Meghan for "defamation and injurious falsehoods" following the couple's interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021. more
UK benefit reforms in recent decades have followed a consistent pattern of resulting in higher employment than the system they replaced – but usually in part-time, low-paid work which rarely leads to career progression.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is on a visit to the UK today to meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and deliver a speech to Parliament, Downing Street reported.more
Spending by shoppers at British retailers grew less quickly in January but the overall picture looked a bit brighter as consumers treated themselves to cinema trips and booked holidays, surveys showed on Tuesday.more
The true owners of nearly 52,000 properties in England and Wales held by foreign companies are still unknown, although a law passed after the outbreak of war in Ukraine was supposed to ensure that the ownership structure was disclosed, BBC News and Transparency International reported yesterday.more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today made the first reconstruction of his government - just on its 105th day. The most significant change is the splitting off of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Department into a separate Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.more
Oil giant BP has more than doubled its 2022 profit to nearly $28 billion, the British company announced today. This is the best result in the company's 114-year history.more
The UK Defense Ministry yesterday announced the arrival in the country of a group of Ukrainian soldiers who will be trained in the handling of the transferred AS90 self-propelled howitzers.more
Ludwik Jaszczur, a veteran of the 2nd Polish Corps and participant in the Battle of Monte Cassino, died yesterday in Edinburgh at the age of 95. His story was covered by the Scottish media in 2021, when he closed the small leather goods repair shop he had run for 50 years and retired.more
Some 80,000 medical appointments and 11,000 scheduled treatments were canceled yesterday in England due to a strike by medical staff, which media reports indicate is the largest ever in the public health service during the current wave of strikes.more