A new study at the University of Cambridge has found that a highly antibiotic-resistant strain of the MRSA superbug, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, has emerged in cattle over the past 50 years, likely due to the widespread use of antibiotics in pig farming.more
The Vatican said on Friday it had completed the sale of the luxury London building at the centre of an ongoing corruption trial, taking an estimated hit of about 140 million euros.more
Two paramedics from Podhale (Poland) - Adam Chramiec and Marcin Bagiński - traveled thousands of kilometers and transported a seriously ill child from Ukraine to Great Britain for free. In Manchester, doctors and adoptive parents waited for a little orphan patient.more
Police have issued a warning to dog walkers after locals reported someone mixing “poison” with cereal and spreading it across a south east London high street.more
Politicians have a considerable survival advantage over the members of the public they represent in Parliament, a new study shows. Researchers at the University of Oxford have looked at health data from 11 countries and over 57,500 politicians going back to the early 19th century. more
Only one of the next two - and already four in total - Britons accused of mercenary activities by pro-Russian separatists in Donbass is a volunteer who actually enlisted to fight on the Ukrainian side against Russia, British media point out. The other was a volunteer at a charity organisation.more
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied yesterday that he was planning to hold an early election to the House of Commons, although the day before he himself had somewhat fuelled such speculation.more
Crowds have flocked to the capital to celebrate London Pride, 50 years since the first march in the UK. It is the first time the event has been held since the outbreak of the pandemic and is expected to see over a million people join the march.more
The founder of the WikiLeaks whistleblowing website Julian Assange has appealed to a London court against the British government's decision to allow his extradition to the United States, the BBC reported yesterday.more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been made an honorary citizen of Odessa, the mayor of this Ukrainian city on the Black Sea, Hennadiy Trukhanov, announced last night.more
In the UK, the number of people infected with coronavirus has increased by 500,000, or 32 per cent, over the past week and now stands at 2.3 million, the ONS statistics office reported yesterday.more
Tytus Brzozowski's painting series presents 12 cities around the world where there are material traces of the Polish presence. In his watercolours, the viewer can find as many as 157 Polonica. From today, 2 July, the exhibition "12 Cities. Tytus Brzozowski' will be presented by London's POSK.more
The national insurance thresholds are set to change next week, reducing the tax bill of millions of workers. The government announced the changes in the Spring Statement to help with the cost of living crisis, and it is thought that the average worker will save around £330 a year.more
British bank customers were tricked out of 583 million pounds ($712 million) stolen through sophisticated fraud in 2021, up nearly 40% on the prior year, according to data published by trade body UK Finance.more
A record six police forces are currently judged as failing so badly that they need special help as a furious political row erupted over the placing of Scotland Yard into special measures.more
A Buckingham Palace investigation into the handling of bullying allegations made by staff against the Duchess of Sussex will not be published due to “confidentiality” obligations, a senior palace source has said.more
London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan has called for the party to push for a return to the EU single market, describing Brexit as “the biggest piece of self-inflicted harm ever done to a country”.more
Up to 300,000 people in the UK are testing positive for COVID-19 every day and it isn't clear when the current summer wave will peak, an expert has said.more
