Storm Floris is forecast to bring unseasonably strong winds to the UK on Monday, the Met Office has said. The strongest winds are expected during the afternoon and night across Scotland, with gusts of up to 85mph possible on exposed coasts and hills.more

Food inflation will rise to 6% by the end of the year in a “significant challenge” to household budgets in the run-up to Christmas, industry leaders have predicted. Retailers warned of rising prices and job losses if the Chancellor hiked taxes in the next budget, with two thirds of chief financial officers expecting further price rises, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said.more

A chaotic attempt to change global trade and an empty, short-lived victory – this is how the British broadcaster BBC describes the introduction of tariffs by US President Donald Trump today.‘The Telegraph’ daily added that the new trade war is taking America back to the 1930s.more

The authorities at London Heathrow Airport, Europe's largest airport, today unveiled a new investment plan that includes the construction of a third runway. The estimated cost will be £49 million. The plan has been met with opposition from conservationists, residents and local politicians.more

The first NHS AI-run physiotherapy clinic has halved the waiting list for back pain and musculoskeletal services, according to the NHS trust where the pilot has taken place. More than 2,500 patients living in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough were able to access Flok Health, a physiotherapy platform run by AI, over a 12-week period starting in February.more

Ofcom, the British media and telecommunications regulator, launched an investigation yesterday into 34 pornographic platforms to check whether they use sufficiently effective age verification methods. According to research, 8% of children aged 8 to 14 regularly visit pornographic websites.more

The national system for sending emergency alerts to mobile phones in the UK will be tested again this September, the government has said. It will see compatible phones vibrate and make a siren sound for 10 seconds while displaying a message at 15:00 BST on 7 September, even if they are set to silent.more

Dom aukcyjny Sotheby's zwrócił Indiom zbiór klejnotów Buddy, wystawiony na sprzedaż wiosną br. Nabył je koncern Godrej Industries Group z siedzibą w Mumbaju. Negocjacje między właścicielem, rządem Indii i nabywcą trwały dwa miesiące - przekazała wczoraj agencja Reutera.more

Carbon passports could be introduced to restrict how frequently Britons are permitted to take overseas holidays, as part of efforts to tackle climate change.more

Britain’s biggest police force is to more than double its use of live facial recognition to up to 10 deployments a week. The move by the Metropolitan police comes as it restructures to cover the loss of 1,400 officers and 300 staff amid budget shortages.more

Haringey has been dubbed England’s “most rotten borough,” as new data reveals it has the highest number of upheld complaints per capita for the second year in a row.more

More than half of councils in the United Kingdom continue to use pesticides in parks, playgrounds, pavements, playing fields and housing estates, research revealed on Wednesday. But increasingly, local authorities are taking action to end or reduce their use of pesticides, according to research by the Pesticide Action Network.more

Palestine Action (PA) can challenge its status as a terror group, a judge had ruled. Huda Ammori, the co-founder of the pro-Palestine group, brought the case after Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, proscribed PA following an alleged attack on two Voyager aircraft at RAF Brize Norton on June 20.more

A planetary scientist whose research revealed the possibility of extraterrestrial life on one of Saturn’s moons has been made the first female astronomer royal. Prof Michele Dougherty, a leading space physicist who was a researcher for the Nasa Cassini mission, has been awarded the 350-year-old honorary title.more

Thousands of fans gathered yesterday in Birmingham, Ozzy Osbourne's hometown, to pay their last respects to the founder and charismatic leader of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, also known as the Prince of Darkness. The renowned musician died on July 22 at the age of 76.more

Airlines are demanding answers from the air traffic control (ATC) provider NATS after a system outage grounded flights across the UK. NATS, which has apologised, said it had taken 20 minutes to resolve the issue by switching to a back-up system. It resulted in more than 150 flights being cancelled and thousands more being grounded on Wednesday.more

Asking rents across Britain have reached new record highs, according to an index. The average rent being asked across Britain, excluding London, has reached a record £1,365 per month, according to figures from Rightmove covering the second quarter of this year.more

Knife crime has surged by 58 per cent in London in three years, a report has revealed. Just 20 streets around Oxford Circus and Regent Street accounted for one in every 15 knife attacks across the capital, Policy Exchange said.more

The Bank of England has received thousands of responses to its appeal for ideas for the first major redesign of banknotes in 50 years. They included a high volume of ideas from young people despite trends showing they are less likely to use cash, instead preferring mobile payments.more

The London Underground is a constantly shifting entity, with new stations opened and defunct ones closed, services and trains upgraded, and lines extended. The Northern line is the most recent line to see change, with the 2021 opening of Battersea Power Station and Nine Elms. These days, the line on everyone's lips is Bakerloo.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's decision to recognize Palestinian sovereignty is a major shift in the country's foreign policy, BBC journalist Jeremy Bowen said. He believes the British government is aware that Israel's agreement to the proposed terms is highly unlikely.more

An epic fable about two young Indian writers. A dark comedy about a loner who gets a job as a chauffeur for the mega-rich. A book about a Ukrainian ecologist studying snails that turns into a metafictional novel about a writer working on a book about a Ukrainian ecologist studying snails at the onset of the ongoing war.more

Thousands of homes across England are being built without urgently needed community infrastructure, say councillors and campaigners, leaving families without access to playgrounds, schools, shops, and even doctors.more

People in Wales who cannot eat gluten will soon be able to use prepaid cards to purchase specialised food, the Welsh government announced today.more

Fort Belvedere is a Royal residence constructed between 1750 and 1755 for Prince William Augustus, situated in Windsor Great Park.more