Latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that GDP was unchanged during the month, which was marked by weeks of heavy rain that kept shoppers at home and delayed construction work.more
"Tadeusz Kościuszko was admired in Bristol because of his idealism and heroism in the fight against imperial aggression," says Dr. Stefan Cembrowicz from the Anglo-Polish Society. On the initiative of this organization, a plaque dedicated to the Polish hero was unveiled yesterday in Bristol.more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday presented his Conservative Party's program for the House of Commons elections scheduled for July 4, but according to the media, it does not contain any promise significant enough for the party to hope to make up for the massive poll loss to the Labor Party.more
Aldi has revealed five major changes to its operations and stores to mark Great British Green Week.
The supermarket has shared five changes it has made over recent years to reduce its environmental footprint, as it marks the sustainability week.more
As many as 4,515 candidates are vying for 650 parliamentary seats in July's House of Commons elections - the highest number of candidates in the history of voting in the UK and a 35.7 per cent increase on the previous election.more
Animal-rights protesters have attacked a portrait of King Charles, in a London art gallery. Two protesters stuck posters on the glass covering the painting. The painting itself was unharmed, said the Philip Mould Gallery, and there were no arrests.more
Labour has promised to create 100,000 extra dental appointments for children, in a bid to clear backlogs in England. The new appointments will be for urgent and emergency care and on evenings and weekends, according to Labour's plan if they win the general election.more
Nigel Farage appears to have had at least one object thrown at him while on the campaign trail in South Yorkshire. The Reform UK leader posted a video on X, formerly Twitter, which appeared to show objects being thrown at him while he was on top of a bus in Barnsley on Tuesday.more
Heathrow has recorded its highest passenger total for a 12-month period. The west London airport said 81.5m passengers travelled through its terminals in the year to the end of May, up from 71.6m during the previous year.more
One in three Asda staff have been attacked at work, according to research that included reports of workers being stabbed, punched and threatened with syringes.more
Two 12-year-old boys were yesterday found guilty of the murder of a 19-year-old man whom they stabbed with a 42.5cm machete in an unprovoked attack. They are the youngest killers in the UK since 1993.more
The European football championships begin in Germany on Friday 14 June. One of the participating national teams will be the England team. The English will play their first match on Sunday 16 June, against the Serbian national team. ‘The Sons of Albion’ may find it easier to win thanks to the advice given to them by Prince William from his children.more
Activists from the group Palestine Action vandalised 20 Barclays bank branches in the UK on Sunday night, smashing their shop windows, throwing stones at them and spray-painting pro-Palestinian slogans on their facades.more
Social media scammers are impersonating every major airline operating in the UK, according to new analysis.
Consumer group Which? said fraudsters on X – formerly known as Twitter – are responding to messages sent to official accounts.more
Commuters have been warned to think twice before doing their makeup on the Tube after a new study found faecal bacteria on some London Underground lines.more
Hundreds of homeless families were permanently forced out of London by councils last year after many were given 24-hour ultimatums to either accept a private tenancy far away from the capital or be kicked out of temporary accommodation and left on the streets.more
The Conservatives have vowed to reverse the Ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) expansion if they win the general election.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised to push through a “Backing Drivers Bill” in the first parliamentary session after the July 4 election, which would also stop pay-per-mile road taxes and rule out blanket low traffic neighbourhoods.more
Benches across the borough adopted as part of initiative to raise awareness of and tackle loneliness. June 10 to 16 – is Loneliness Awareness Week, an annual event established in 2017 by leading loneliness charity the Marmalade Trust. more
An appeal has been launched for O blood-type donors to book appointments across England after the ransomware attack affecting major London hospitals.
NHS Blood and Transplant is appealing for O blood-type donations as this is safe to use for all patients. The cyber-attack means the affected hospitals cannot match patients’ blood at the same frequency as usual.more
The Civic Coalition clearly won Sunday's European Parliament elections among Poles voting in Great Britain. Almost one-sixth of all foreign district electoral commissions were established in this country.more
Local child poverty rates across the UK correlate very strongly with the percentage of families affected by the two-child benefit cap, research has found, indicating that the controversial policy is a key factor behind children growing up in deprivation.more
Franz Kafka's deep insecurity about his work is the focus of a letter coming to Sotheby's in which he describes his problems with writer's block. In this moving and personal letter, addressed to his friend Austrian poet Albert Ehrenstein, Kafka confesses that he can no longer write.more