The BRC said 400 large stores were at risk of closure if they were included in the Government’s new business rates surtax on premises.more

The Duke of Sussex, who celebrates his 41st birthday today, claims his tell-all memoir and Netflix documentary were ‘not about revenge’.more

The trial of a former soldier accused of murdering two people during Bloody Sunday in Londonderry in 1972 began today at the Crown Court in Belfast, Northern Ireland. At that time, the army brutally suppressed civil rights demonstrations in the Northern Irish city.more

Anti-drone systems, autonomous drones based on artificial intelligence, and modular transport trailers from Polish companies attracted the most interest at the national stand at the DSEI defence exhibition in London, according to the Polish Investment and Trade Agency.more

The United Kingdom and the United States announced today plans to sign an agreement on the development of nuclear energy, including the construction of new power plants. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer described it as ‘building a golden age of nuclear energy’ that will secure both countries ‘a place at the forefront of global innovation.’more

Historians consider 15 September 1940 to be a turning point in the Battle of Britain. On that day, during an air raid on Great Britain, the Third Reich lost over 60 aircraft and more than 80 airmen. Polish pilots, alongside the Royal Air Force (RAF), contributed to the victory in the air battle.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer yesterday condemned the violence that took place during Saturday's far-right demonstration in London. The Metropolitan Police reported that 26 officers were injured during the demonstration, which was attended by approximately 150,000 people, and 25 people were arrested.more

Around 100 people who illegally crossed the English Channel in August are to be deported from the UK to France today, the Telegraph newspaper has revealed. They will be the first migrants to be forcibly departed under the bilateral "one for one" agreement.more

Barking and Dagenham has lived up to its name — by recording more complaints about noisy dogs than any other London borough since 2020. Freedom of information data show that the council has received 2,239 complaints in that time, more than two-and-a-half times the total in neighbouring Havering (884) and around 60 times as many as Newham (37).more

They were places of crushing hardship for the poorest people in Britain for centuries but a new report highlights how closely workhouses in England and Wales were linked with slavery and British imperialism. Workhouses, perhaps best known in popular culture through the Charles Dickens story Oliver Twist, were routinely funded and administered by people involved in the slave trade, the study says.more

Doctors have launched a clinical trial of a £100 blood test for Alzheimer’s disease in the hope of transforming diagnosis of the devastating condition in the NHS.more

Twenty-six officers have been injured while policing a protest organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, which saw up to 150,000 people march through central London. Tensions flared at the Unite the Kingdom rally, with some protesters throwing bottles and other projectiles at police, the Metropolitan Police said – leaving four seriously hurt.more

A West London town will soon see the construction of 158 new flats and a new Morrisons supermarket. The existing Morrisons on Yiewsley High Street will be demolished and replaced, with the new homes sitting above the supermarket, which has been closed for a number of years.more

Approximately 5 million wet wipes have finally been removed from the infamous “Wet Wipe Island” on the River Thames. The three-week project was the country’s first mass wet wipe removal project of its kind, which scooped up everything from towels, scarves, trousers, a car’s engine timing belt and even a set of false teeth.more

The David Bowie Centre, with over 90,000 items, opened today in the Victoria & Albert Museum's East Storehouse in east London. Visitors will have the opportunity to see personal memorabilia from the British rock singer who died in 2016.more

US President Donald Trump will visit the tomb of the late Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle next week and lay a wreath as part of his second state visit to the UK. He is due to meet King Charles and Queen Camilla, as well as the Prince and Princess of Wales, with a traditional banquet being staged for him at Windsor.more

Pret will launch its first ever “meal deal” on Tuesday September 16 and the price will vary between £6 and £7, the Standard can reveal. The high street coffee shop and cafe has resisted offering a meal deal until now but has relented in a bid to grow the brand and better compete with competition from supermarkets. more

Millions of people will be under a yellow weather warning this weekend as strong winds and heavy rain are set to hit the UK. There is likely to be some minor damage, as well as disruption to travel - especially to ferry services. Coastal routes, sea fronts and coastal communities could be affected by spray and/or large waves.more

Homes on the market for under £150,000 were once a regular sight across the country - but just 12% of all properties for sale now come with the lower price tag, according to Zoopla.more

More than half of women having a baby in Britain now do so with the help of medical intervention, an audit of NHS maternity care has revealed. Of the 592,594 births that took place in 2023, 50.6% involved either a caesarean section or the use of instruments such as forceps or a ventouse suction cup.more

Non-crime hate incidents should stop being recorded by the police, the policing watchdog has said. Sir Andy Cooke, His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary, said current legislation places police in an "invidious position" with "discretion and common sense" not always prevailing.more

The UK's first "super-university", stretching across an entire region, is to be created through the merger of the universities of Kent and Greenwich, the BBC has learned. Under the proposed name of London and South East University Group, the single institution will have one vice-chancellor from the academic year starting in autumn 2026.more

New Look is set to shut dozens of stores by the end of 2025. The latest will close doors for the final time on September 17 and is based in Scarborough. The North Yorkshire location in Brunswick Centre, Scarborough, will close for good in just a few weeks.more

It's been six months since Birmingham's bin workers walked out on strike. The all-out strike started in March, but waste collections have been disrupted since January, leaving piles of rubbish in black bin bags cluttering the streets and residents complaining of a risk to public health.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed a possible strengthening of Poland's defenses yesterday, the Prime Minister's Downing Street office reported. Starmer announced that the UK is "ready to support the continued deployment of NATO forces in the region."more