All types of household energy bill are now heading above £3,000 a year this winter, say energy industry sources. more

The British Tory Party intends to elect its new leader, who will also be the country's new Prime Minister, before the beginning of September, the "Financial Times" reported last evening, citing MPs familiar with the plans.more

Strike action by about 700 British Airways check-in staff at Heathrow has been suspended after unions said the airline had made a "vastly improved" pay offer.more

Early next week, the UK's ruling Conservative Party will announce the timetable for the election of a new leader to replace Boris Johnson in that role - and as Prime Minister. The election procedure itself, however, will be the same as before.more

With Covid infection levels increasing and hospitalisations following suit with the rise of the Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5, some experts have called for a reintroduction of mask-wearing in certain settingsmore

The fact that Boris Johnson did not resign with immediate effect, but would act as British Prime Minister until his successor was elected, aroused dissatisfaction with the opposition and even some Conservative MPs, but this is fully in line with the political convention.more

Researchers from the University of Sussex, Mammal Society and the University of Exeter checked whether microplastics could be detected in small mammals living in England and Wales. It turned out that they found particles in four out of seven species studied.more

Boris Johnson resigned as Prime Minister of Great Britain and leader of the Conservative Party, but stated that he would remain in both positions until the appointment of his successor.more

The country is currently in the midst of a cost of living crisis, and Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced measures aimed at relieving some of the pressures that households are facing. more

Law chiefs want the act of taking photos down a woman's top without consent, or "downblousing", to be made illegal in England and Wales.more

The first stage of the Duke of Sussex’s claim against the Home Office over his police protection in the UK will be heard at the High Court.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday replied to Scottish government chief Nicola Sturgeon that now was not the time to hold the second independence referendum she was calling for.more

Illegal levels of toxic air pollution have been recorded in outer London ahead of plans to expand the Ultra-Low Emission Zone next year.more

British Airways has announced that by the end of October they will delete another 10.3 thousand from the schedule by the end of October. short-haul flights. Just the day before, the British carrier announced the cancellation of 1,500 flights, mainly in July.more

Boris Johnson will today announce his resignation from the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain, but he will probably remain in office until the appointment of a successor, which is expected by October at the latest.more

Late yesterday evening the number of MPs who had resigned in the past 30 hours from positions at various levels in the government of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson rose to 44 yesterday. At the same time, he dismissed Michael Gove, the influential minister of equal opportunities, construction and local communities.more

British Defence Minister Ben Wallace has confirmed that the first group of Ukrainian soldiers are undergoing training in the UK under a programme announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to Kiev.more

RAC analysis found the average cost of a litre of the fuel at UK forecourts rose by 16.6p in June, from 174.8p to 191.4p - the highest monthly increase in records dating back to 2000. more

Sometimes the hardest thing to spot is what's right in front of your nose. Such was the case with a new species of water lily discovered by British botanists. The plant has been growing at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew for 177 years, but until now had been mistaken for another species.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared today that he intends to stay in office, despite the fact that a dozen people have already left his government in less than a day. Johnson's resignation was called for by the one who started the wave of resignations, the now former health minister Sajid Javid.more

Sheldon Mills, executive director of consumers and competition at the FCA, told the PA news agency the organisation and lenders have to be proactive. more

More than two million low-income workers will no longer pay National Insurance from now, owing to a change in the way the tax is collected. more

Covid-19 infections in the UK have jumped by more than half a million, with the rise likely to be driven by the latest Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5, figures show. more

In the space of a dozen hours, 15 people have left Boris Johnson's wide-ranging government. Of these, admittedly only two were at ministerial level, but the scale of the resignations is such that the British Prime Minister is unlikely to remain in office.more

Britain could face a summer beer shortage after Stella Artois and Budweiser factory staff agreed to strike over wages, a union warned.more