A student activist is calling on Transport for London (TfL) to introduce women-only carriages on the London Underground. A petition, which was created by 21-year-old University College London student Camille Brown, has gained more than 7,800 signatures at the time of writing. more

Time Out has ranked one British city above Strasbourg and Vienna in our list of Europe’s best Christmas markets. ‘Tis (nearly) the season! It may only be October, but mince pies are starting to line the shelves, novelty jumpers are beginning to fill up retail rails and dates are officially being set for Christmas countdown celebrations.more

The UK inflation rate has remained stable at 3.8% in September, which was lower than expected, official figures show. Prices for groceries also rose at their slowest rate in more than a year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).more

Almost half a million workers are to receive a pay boost after it was announced that the real living wage paid voluntarily by 16,000 UK companies will rise to £13.45 an hour in April.more

More than seven million UK adults have been hit by a scam in the past year, with 20% of them significantly affected by the financial loss, Citizens Advice has found. Another seven million adults knew of at least one other person who had been deceived by a scam, a survey for the charity suggests.more

Plumbers, electricians and welders will be in huge demand as part of a national plan to train people for an extra 400,000 green jobs in the next five years, Ed Miliband has said.more

More than 30 people have been arrested in the Metropolitan Police’s largest-ever crackdown on shoplifting gangs. Officers carried out raids at 120 shops in the capital suspected of purchasing items stolen from major retailers and reselling them at discounted prices.more

Pizza Hut is to close 68 restaurants and 11 delivery sites in the UK with the loss of 1,210 jobs, after the firm running them fell into administration. DC London Pie Limited, which operates Pizza Hut's UK restaurants, appointed FTI Consulting as administrators on Monday.more

Expedia named this gorgeous spot, home to the most beautiful village in the world, one of the top destinations in the world to get ‘beyond the crowds’, writes 'Time Out'.more

The former home and education secretary David Blunkett has backed calls for skilled migrants to train British workers in an effort to improve public feeling towards immigration.more

The Metropolitan Police says it will no longer investigate non-crime hate incidents to allow officers to "focus on matters that meet the threshold for criminal investigations". The announcement came as the Met confirmed it was dropping a probe into Father Ted creator Graham Linehan after he was arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of inciting violence in posts on X.more

Prince Andrew remains under scrutiny after claims in accuser Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir, which is released today. But the prime minister is reluctant to act without the input of the King.more

A UK supermarket giant is set to close its doors for over 100 stores, cafes, florists and pharmacies in 2025, in a huge blow to customers. more

The United Kingdom is prepared to spend ‘well over’ £100 million on deploying troops as part of an international force in Ukraine if US President Donald Trump brings about peace between that country and Russia, British Defence Secretary John Healey has declared.more

Amazon Web Services (AWS) said late Monday that it had resolved a massive outage that knocked some of the world's largest websites offline for much of the day. More than 1,000 apps and websites - including social media platforms like Snapchat and banks such as Lloyds and Halifax - were impacted by problems that Amazon said were at the heart of the cloud computing giant's operations in the US.more

Birmingham and Manchester could get routes to mainland Europe thanks to Virgin. Richard Branson’s company is one of several European train operators bidding to create a train service to rival the Eurostar and end its monopoly of cross-Channel services. If Virgin gets approved as a competitor, it wants to include Birmingham and Manchester in its planned routes to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. more

The idea was that leaving the bloc would give the U.K. back “control” of its borders and create a fairer system. But the widespread perception is it didn’t turn out that way. Brits voted for Brexit because of immigration. Now they want to turn back the clock.more

London was hit with torrential rain during its Monday morning rush hour as temperatures plummeted overnight. The wet weather is expected to continue throughout the rest of the week with frequent showers and thunder forecast.more

The UK’s housing market is showing signs of slowing down amid speculation that Rachel Reeves could announce tax increases on property in next month’s budget.more

Octopus Energy and OVO Energy have launched separate initiatives targeting customers who struggle with heating costs, particularly those with medical conditions or mobility challenges. The schemes aim to help households reduce energy expenditure significantly, with potential annual savings reaching £300. more

British soldiers will be granted new powers to shoot down drones threatening military bases. The plans, to be unveiled by Defence Secretary John Healey in a speech on Monday, are intended to allow troops to take faster, more decisive action.more

Even for the most seasoned Londoners, navigating the city's transport system can be a bit of a maze, particularly when venturing into uncharted parts of the metropolis.more

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says Britain should shoot down Russian jets if they enter Nato airspace, as he hit back at claims he admired Vladimir Putin. Speaking to Bloomberg news, Farage said he would send British troops to Ukraine as part of a United Nations peacekeeping force if he became prime minister.more

Learner drivers are being warned about fake tests and driving lesson offers after a huge rise was recorded in people losing money to the scams. TSB said it recorded a 211 per cent increase in total losses to this type of fraud, following its analysis of cases related to driving lesson and driving test scams between January and August 2025, compared with the same months in 2024.more

River Island and New Look are among a growing number of high-street fashion brands that have closed retail stores in 2025 — and more may be yet to come.more