Lady Louise Windsor, the 18-year-old granddaughter of the British Queen Elizabeth II, took a summer job in one of the garden centers in June after her matriculation exams, where she earned the minimum hourly wage - the Sun newspaper revealed yesterday.more

Families are looking ahead to a grim winter as experts predict the cap on energy bills will hit close to £3,600 per year from October - before rising again in April next year.more

The UK government announced yesterday that it wants fully-self-driving cars to be on the country's roads by 2025. To make this possible, it will contribute £100m to the development of the technology.more

Since Princess Diana died in a car accident in 1997, there have been many conspiracy theories about it. The most popular claim that the accident was planned, so Lady Di was in fact murdered. A four-part documentary on the Duchess sheds new light on the issue. We learn from it that Diana suspected towards the end of her life that she may have been the victim of an assassination attempt.more

People under 30 are facing a growing cost-of-renting crisis, new figures seen by the BBC suggest. more

South-west Wales has today become another part of the UK where drought has been officially declared. The drought has now lasted for a week across more than half of England.more

Government plans to boost staff numbers with more foreign workers, with NHS managers sent abroad to recruit more

Ambulance services are using taxis to take thousands of patients to hospital following calls initially categorised as urgent. more

Calls for immediate government intervention are becoming urgent, as more and more UK businesses are having to shut down over the cost of living crisis. more

A 24-hour strike by London Underground workers and some city bus drivers, which began this morning, is causing major disruption in the British capital. The reason for the protest is a dispute over pay rises.more

The administration of new booster doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will begin in England on 5 September, the NHS announced yesterday. Around 26 million people will be eligible to receive them.more

We’ve all been ensconsed in a boring commute on the Victoria Line on the London Underground, with our faces in another customer’s armpit, but not all of us have been serenaded by a hilarious Tube driver to make the journey more bearable. more

Bees have become increasingly stressed by climate change over the past 100 years, museum collections indicate.more

The average spending on utility bills rose 43.9 per cent year-on-year in Julymore

The high street building society is the latest employer to offer its workers a cost of living support payment as families struggle with high bills.more

British diplomacy chief Liz Truss's advantage over former finance minister Rishi Sunak in the election of the Conservative party leader has slightly diminished, but is still enough to be sure of a win, according to a poll published today.more

GMB London, which represents some water workers, called on Thames Water and the Government to implement Victorian-era plans to move water from Welsh lakes to London and the south east to help combat drought.more

"Dumplings should almost always be spoken in the plural, because one pierogi is simply never enough", informs the British daily "Financial Times" in its review of the book "Pierogi: Over 50 Recipes to Create Perfect Polish Dumplings".more

Commuters and other travellers are facing further disruption over three days from Thursday on rail, tube and bus services, as tens of thousands of workers begin the latest round of strike action.more

A group of MPs from Birmingham have asked Queen Elizabeth II to honor the city's band Black Sabbath for their contributions to music.more

The suggestion of the minister of transport regarding the introduction of registration plates for cyclists was met with considerable criticism in the UK. Grant Shapps allegedly suggested such a solution in an interview with the Daily Mail.more

The UK could become a leading producer of red wine due to rising temperatures from climate change, a new study claims. more

Young people now watch almost seven times less broadcast television than people aged over 65, according to a report from regulator Ofcom. more

Conservative leadership candidate Liz Truss said British workers needed "more graft" in leaked comments. more

Thames Water has announced a hosepipe ban for 15 million customers across the south of England. more