Speeding tickets, like parking fines, have a remarkable ability to turn a regular day bad. But this is often made worse by the uncertainty around what these tickets mean – some people have to pay massive fines, others lose their license completely, but others only have to do a course.more
London is starting to feel more like the “vibrant global capital we know and love”, Sadiq Khan said on Wednesday after a jump in workers heading into the city centre.more
British MPs backed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan on Wednesday evening to raise social security contributions and then introduce a new tax to help finance health and social services.more
Booster vaccines may not be necessary for everyone in Britain and rolling out third doses too quickly would be an “unnecessary burden” on the NHS the head of AstraZeneca has said.more
Private rents outside London are rising at their fastest rate for 13 years, research suggests, as tenants making plans for life post-pandemic compete for properties.more
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted and widened the gap in living standards between northern and southern England. Northern residents were more likely to die from Covid-19, longer in lockdowns, and poorer, according to a report released today.more
British Airways has demanded changes to the covid testing and quarantine system to help the airline industry recover from the impact of the pandemic.more
New fears of a winter lockdown have emerged as Downing Street warned they were willing to take “further steps if necessary” to tackle Covid.
It comes after Boris Johnson planned to extend “draconian” Covid rules for another six months.more
A study conducted in the United Kingdom and Israel - countries with high levels of vaccination of society against SARS-CoV2 - shows that violating the freedom to vaccinate can be counterproductive: from making people reluctant to take the preparation - to loss of confidence in the health service .more
A commemorative plaque dedicated to Halima Nałęcz was unveiled in London on the building where the Polish painter and art collector had run her modern art gallery Drian Galleries for over 40 years.more
The new tax announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to finance health and social services will cause the tax burden in Great Britain to increase to the highest level in years just after World War II, reports the British press.more
A new budget train service will offer one-way tickets from London to Edinburgh for less than £15 in a bid to encourage air passengers to travel by train.more
The Scottish government will resume preparations for a new independence referendum suspended by the coronavirus pandemic, so that it can take place before the end of 2023, Nicola Sturgeon announced, presenting her cabinet's plans for the next year.more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that a new special tax will be introduced from the next financial year in order to subsidize public health and social services.more
British Home Office Secretary Priti Patel has warned that she will block the release of the £ 54m promised to France to strengthen patrols on the English Channel if the country fails to more effectively detain illegal immigrants, The Times reported yesterday.more
In the last 24 hours, the UK recorded 209 deaths from Covid-19, which is the highest number since March 9, and the total balance for the past seven days - 948 - is up 39%. higher than in the previous ones - according to the data published on Tuesday.more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has instructed MPs from his Conservative Party to bring covid certificates with them to an informal meeting with him in Downing Street, the Daily Telegraph reported.more