The most-visited attraction in the UK for the second year in a row was the British Museum, according to official figures. The famous London museum saw 6,479,952 visitors through its doors in 2024, an 11% increase on 2023 numbers.more

Failed asylum seekers could be sent to the Balkans under plans being considered by the government. Home Office officials have discussed proposals to set up overseas "return hubs" to house asylum seekers who have had their claims rejected and all appeals exhausted.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced another meeting of the so-called "coalition of the willing," which will aim to plan the military aspects of a potential peacekeeping contingent in Ukraine, Politico reported.more

Gareth Southgate blamed influencers for corrupting young people at the BBC's annual conference. "As social connections fade, young people are turning to the internet to fill the void," the former England manager said.more

A man has been found guilty at Manchester crown court of murdering his friend and cutting his body into dozens of pieces that were discovered in parks and nature reserves across Greater Manchester. Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, killed Stuart Everett, 67, known as Benny, in a “brutal attack” at the house they shared in Eccles on 27 or 28 March last year, the court heard.more

Oleg Gordievsky, the UK’s most significant cold war double agent inside the KGB, has died at his home in Surrey aged 86. Gordievsky, who would eventually defect to Britain from Moscow under threat of exposure, was considered a key agent operating for the UK’s intelligence services working within the Soviet Union.more

Prince William arrived in Estonia and met with British soldiers serving in NATO allied forces yesterday. The visit to Tapa, a former Soviet air force base about 150 km from the eastern border, is evidence of Britain's commitment to the security of the Baltic countries, commented broadcaster ERR.more

Flights have resumed at Heathrow Airport and a full service is expected on Saturday following an "unprecedented" loss of power caused by a nearby substation fire. About 200,000 passengers were affected as flights were grounded throughout Friday, with inbound planes being diverted to other airports in Europe after flames ripped through the North Hyde plant in Hayes, west London, on Thursday.more

London's Heathrow Airport is closed for a day but disruptions will last at least a week, British aviation expert Julian Bray said. He noted that the substation that supplied power to the airport was not protected in any way.more

British fighter jets will police the skies above Ukraine under proposals being discussed by Sir Keir Starmer’s coalition of the willing.more

A new Western Forest is to be created across a swathe of the west of England from the Cotswolds to the Mendips, the government has said. The project, one of the government’s promised national forests, will create 2,500 hectares (6,200 acres) of woodland by 2030 across five priority areas in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Bristol, with plans to plant 20m trees by 2050.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said yesterday after a meeting with senior military officials from more than 25 countries that a plan for a ceasefire and guarantees for Ukraine repelling the Russian invasion was "taking shape" and the talks were devoted to developing a "political intention" regarding aid for Kiev.more

Yesterday, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski began a four-day visit to the UK. He stressed that Poland and the UK are close allies in the field of security and are establishing further joint initiatives.more

British police yesterday conclusively cleared former Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon of defrauding her of more than £600,000. They also dropped the same charge against the party's former treasurer, Colin Beattie, while the charges against Sturgeon's ex-husband, Peter Murrell, were upheld.more

Heathrow Airport flights are in chaos due to a fire at a nearby electrical substation this morning (Friday, March 21). The fire broke out at North Hyde electrical substation in nearby Hayes at around 11.25pm yesterday night (Thursday, March 20), requiring 70 firefighters spread across 10 fire engines.more

Employees are being urged to step outside to take time to observe one of the wonders of the natural world: the fleeting but lovely spring blossom season. Research commissioned by the National Trust, which operates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, shows that while almost all those polled said they felt better if they took breaks in nature, only one in 10 did so.more

The UK’s high streets are expected to empty out at a faster pace this year as extra costs imposed on businesses by Rachel Reeves are blamed for shops closing and a slowdown in chain store openings.more

British special forces have been put on high alert for potential deployment to Ukraine as part of a UK-led peacekeeping mission, The i Paper reported on March 18, citing military sources. According to two sources referenced by the outlet, British special forces units have been instructed to prepare for possible mobilization to Ukraine.more

Olympic gold medallist Imogen Grant says the row between Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs over selection for this year's Boat Races is "very unfair".more

Wierszowisko 2025 – the largest Polish poetry festival for children and young people in the UK – has returned with a record number of participants. The finale of this event took place on 16 March in Edinburgh, it will come to Manchester on 11 May and will take place in London on 15 June.more

A “truly evil” 19-year-old who murdered his mother and two younger siblings as part of a failed plot to kill 30 children and become the worst mass murderer in British history has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 49 years.more

All Poles planning to travel to the UK after 1 April are required to have a new form of visa. The permission to enter the UK is called Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) and without it, no Polish citizen who does not have a regulated migration status in the UK (e.g. settled status) will be allowed to enter the country.more

Santander has announced it is set to close 95 branches across the UK, putting 750 jobs at risk. The High Street bank said its customers were increasingly shifting to banking online and it was aiming to start closing almost a quarter of its branches from June.more

Russian leader Vladimir Putin once again refused to yield to US President Donald Trump during a telephone conversation on Tuesday and suffered no consequences for it, the British newspaper "Daily Telegraph" assessed.more

A man who was dismembered into 27 pieces was killed with a hammer-type weapon, a murder trial has been told. Stuart Everett's remains were first discovered by a member of the public in an abandoned bunker at a nature reserve in Salford in April last year.more