An online petition which urges the Government to ensure everyone in England over 60 can access free bus travel - in line with Scotland - is gaining momentum online with over 15,000 signatures.more

Claims that Nigel Farage may be the biggest problem for Reform breaking the political mould and winning the next election have been supported in a new poll. The findings by Opinium suggest that while voters are tempted to support Reform UK, particularly on immigration, the party leader is the main reason they may not bother.more

Hundreds of migrants have been arrested since the start of this year as part of a UK-wide crackdown on illegal working, the government has said. Enforcement teams raided 828 premises including nail bars, car washes, and restaurants and made 609 arrests - a 73% increase from January 2024 and the highest figure for any January on record.more

All animals live in or seek a set of climate conditions they find tolerable. This “climate envelope” partially determines where animals are found, but the continued existence of many species now rests on the outcome of human-driven climate change.more

In 2025, savvy travellers are turning away from crowded capitals in favour of lesser-known cities — places that still offer the thrill of discovery far from the cruise ship hordes. For now, Lublin is Eastern Europe’s best kept secret but it’s unlikely to stay that way for long., writes 'Independent'.more

Britain’s broken welfare system is fuelling the “greatest unemployment challenge of a generation”, ministers have concluded as they draw up a root-and-branch overhaul designed to counter the spiralling numbers deemed too unwell to work.more

Ahead of Valentine's Day next week, we reveal the true financial cost of being alone - and it's thousands more than living in a couple. But lovebirds haven't got off scot-free, with experts warning the single tax affects us all eventually. more

Most New Year's resolutions tend to have fizzled out by February, but deciding to move house is one aspiration people usually hold on to quite stubbornly. Research shows house hunters often are abuzz with activity in the New Year, especially when planning a fresh start in another town or city. more

British security services have demanded that Apple access encrypted data stored in the cloud by users around the world, the US daily Washington Post reported, citing its sources.more

Three wards at one of London's biggest hospitals have been closed due to an outbreak of the vomiting bug norovirus. St George’s Hospital in Tooting has decided to shut some bays or wards to admissions and transfers to protect new patients from being exposed to the virus.more

Almost eight years after the Grenfell Tower skyscraper fire that killed 72 people, the British government confirmed yesterday that the building, located in west London, will be demolished.more

One of the busiest stations in south London is to close for about six months to replace escalators that have suffered “shocking reliability” problems for at least three years, The Standard can reveal.more

The DWP has confirmed the new April 2025 State Pension rates after MPs voted through the proposals from the autumn budget. New weekly and monthly totals were agreed in parliament after a vote, with a £6.9 billion increase to spending on state pensions and benefits from April supported by MPs.more

The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 4.5%, as it halved its UK growth forecasts for this year and warned households would face renewed pressure from rising prices.more

Workers at a labelling factory say they have been told their site is to close and work moved to Poland. About 180 people work at the MCC factory on the Llantarnam Industrial Estate in Cwmbran, Torfaen, making labels for food and drink products.more

More than £71m of Ulez charges have been paid over the last six years, according to data released by Transport for London (TfL). Statistics published in response to a Freedom of Information request showed that drivers in Croydon paid more (£4.1m) than any other borough since the clean air zone’s introduction in 2019, followed by Hillingdon (£3.8m), Ealing (£3.7m) and Enfield (£3.6m).more

Homebase will close 33 more locations in February after it fell into administration in 2024. All impacted employees will receive at least two weeks' notice of their effective date of redundancy, according to the high street DIY and homeware business.more

Britons will be given a cash incentive to recycle plastic and metal bottles and cans under a new bottle-return scheme set to come into force in 2027. The scheme will mirror successful ones in 50 other countries including Germany and Sweden, where members of the public pay a deposit on drinks bottles, which is then refunded when bottles are turned in for recycling.more

Palmerston, the former resident cat at the Foreign Office, has been brought out of retirement for a new overseas diplomatic posting nearly 3,500 miles away in Bermuda. A post on Palmerston's X account, announced the black and white rescue cat - who served as the chief mouser Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) between 2016-2020 - had moved to the British Overseas Territory.more

London's travel system can be a maze for tourists, with its station names often causing confusion. Contrary to what one might think, the famous Abbey Road is not on the DLR, Clapham Junction isn't in Clapham, and Marylebone station isn't exactly in Marylebone (though it's pretty close).more

Migrants on work visas who claim benefits will be barred from settling indefinitely in the UK, under Kemi Badenoch's first major policy announcement as Tory leader.more

The latest London weather maps show the exact date we can expect snow to fall on the capital. The Met Office has warned we can expect a cooler than average February due to strong easterly winds moving across the Atlantic Ocean. Forecasters say this will "exacerbate the cold feel" between Sunday. February 9 and Tuesday, February 18 as rain and snow showers are also expected.more

Scrapping of non dom status marks the final straw for many of the wealthy people who bring London its dynamism. The reality is that London has been slowly falling out of favour for more than a decade.more

Around one in 10 young adults in the UK identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB), a proportion of the population which has doubled in the past five years, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Just over 10% of 16- to 24-year-olds identified as LGB in 2023 – the most recent window polled – up from 4.4% in 2018, according to data from the Annual Population Survey.more

Nearly 700,000 women are to be recruited to take part in an NHS artificial intelligence (AI) breast cancer screening trial across the UK. Five different AI platforms will be tested across 30 sites from April to see if the technology can speed up diagnosis as well as free up radiologists.more