Londoners have been warned to check their journeys before they travel as huge crowds are expected to descend on the capital for the four-day Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.more
Greggs is giving away free sausage rolls in celebration of the Queen’s platinum jubilee. The monarch is set to celebrate 70 years on the throne – the longest reign in British history – with a four-day bank holiday this weekend.more
Bus services in central London could be cut by up to 20%, Transport for London (TfL) has warned. A consultation as part of TfL's bus action plan threatens to remove 250 buses and 16 routes in what would be the biggest bus cuts for decades.more
In a recently published photo, a Ukrainian refugee in the UK recognized items from her house that were being taken away on a Russian tank, including a boiler that had not yet been installed, BBC News reported.more
Airlines and operators have "seriously oversold flights and holidays" relative to their capacity to deliver, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said. Mr Shapps said it had been "very distressing" to see people facing more disruption at airports with "holidays cancelled and plans left in disarray".more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was asked by his own ministerial standards advisor to explain why he believes that punishing him with a covid mandate is not a violation of the ministerial code.more
The main celebrations for the 70th anniversary of Elizabeth II's reign are fast approaching. Just before the start of the lavish celebration, the queen was honored at the legendary Stonehenge. Eight portraits of the ruler from different periods of her reign were displayed on the stones that make up this mysterious structure.more
A shortage of GPs has left some areas of England having to cope with half the number of doctors than other areas, an analysis for the BBC has found.
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The British Queen intends to lease a Victorian building located one mile from her private residence in Norfolk County and turn it into a pub. It would be her first such establishment.more
Sadiq Khan will on Monday night warn of the dangers of “anti-London populism” and highlight the Elizabeth line as a great example of how investing in the capital helps other parts of the UK.more
Supermarket giant Tesco has announced a major change happening in every single supermarket in the UK. The retailer says the change could potentially save tens-of-thousands of shoppers' lives.
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British pub chain Greene King was giving away beer for free yesterday after it found it could not sell it - as it had intended - at the 1952 prices when Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne, or six pence a pint.more
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told Britain's Sky News today that we would like to see Russian President Vladimir Putin removed from power, but if Ukraine survives as a sovereign state, that would already be our victory.more
Already 27 MPs of the UK's ruling Conservative Party have publicly declared that they want a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson as leader. That's half the required number for such a vote to take place.more
The bank holiday to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne may tip the UK economy into contraction but growth into subsequent months will save it from a recession.more
Labour has demanded that the Prime Minister account for his “whereabouts” on his 56th birthday after reports emerged that he might have attended a second “potentially illegal” gathering that day.more