The RAF - the UK's Royal Air Force - has virtually stopped making job offers to white men, instead recruiting women and people from ethnic minorities to meet its diversity targets, Sky News reported, citing military sources.more

The candidates to succeed Boris Johnson as UK Prime Minister - diplomacy chief Liz Truss and former finance minister Rishi Sunak - last night clearly ruled out agreeing to a new independence referendum in Scotland.more

The UK's annual inflation rate rose to 10.1 per cent in July. - reported the Office for National Statistics (ONS) yesterday. This is another month when it is at its highest level in 40 years, but the first time since February 1982 that it has reached double digits.more

The vast majority of the 40 new hospitals promised by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson before the last House of Commons election have not yet started construction, and some of them do not even have planning permission, according to Sky News findings.more

The UK yesterday denied Russian claims that an RAF jet had entered Russian airspace in the Arctic Circle. Russia called it a "deliberate provocation".more

Supermarket bills in Great Britain will soar by £533, or more than £10 a week, as grocery price inflation hits its highest level since at least 2008.more

Unemployment in Wales continues to be low but it has become the only UK area where the number of people employed fell in the three months to June. more

The UK's largest gas storage facility, which has not been used for this purpose since 2017, has been re-approved for use by security inspectors, which will allow it to begin stockpiling for the winter, the Daily Telegraph reported.more

The number of European Union citizens moving to the UK has fallen by up to 90 per cent since Brexit, according to Office for National Statistics estimates.more

Pay has fallen further behind the rising cost of living, according the latest official data.more

A zero-interest loans scheme aimed at helping thousands of people who are struggling to put food on the table is being rolled out across the UK.more

London Heathrow Airport has extended the limit of 100,000. departing passengers daily until October 29. According to the original plans, it was supposed to last until September 11.more

Growing numbers of Britons are parting with their pets – from cats and dogs to snakes and lizards – as the cost-of-living crunch keeps biting.more

Uber is to put up its London fares for the second time in nine months with an average five per cent rise coming into force on Tuesday.more

Torrential rain and thunderstorms are forecast for England and Wales with warnings of sudden flooding. The Met Office has issued two yellow warnings for thunderstorms on Tuesday and Wednesday with possible travel disruption, power cuts, hail and lightning strikes. more

Nearly two-thirds of British workers say they are more productive working from home - but their bosses don’t agree.more

Regulated train fares in England will rise below the rate of inflation next year to help people with the cost of living crisis, the government has said. more

Scotland has made public health history by making it the law for public settings to provide period products. more

UK workers are going into the office an average of 1.5 days a week, with only 13% coming in on a Friday, a survey suggests. more

The UK has become the first country to approve a dual vaccine which tackles both the original Covid virus and the newer Omicron variant. more

A hosepipe ban is being introduced to Cornwall and parts of Devon from Tuesday next week, South West Water has announced. more

Every child aged one to nine in London will be offered a polio vaccine after the virus was repeatedly detected in sewage during routine inspections. more

The 'History and Culture' class included in a French course contains content that may cause discomfort, the University of Aberdeen has warned students. This mainly concerns information on the Second World War and colonialism.more

Thunderstorms have started to hit the UK as a spell of extreme hot weather draws to a close. more

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will visit the UK next month to attend charity events, a spokesperson for the couple said.more