Up to 300,000 people with side hustles ranging from selling clothes online to dog walking are to be freed from the chore of having to do a self-assessment tax return. The government said this week it wanted “to make it easier for Britons to make the very most of their entrepreneurial spirit”.more

A new daily pill that could transform the way endometriosis is treated has been approved for use on the NHS across England, the medicines watchdog has announced.more

We must be ready to defend the peace agreement in Ukraine, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared today ahead of a video conference with representatives of 25 countries dedicated to the war in Ukraine.more

Russian Vladimir Motin, the captain of a container ship that collided with a US tanker carrying aviation fuel in the North Sea on Monday, has been charged with manslaughter and gross negligence, British police announced last night.more

Tesco is giving away food about to expire in a bid to cut waste and hit net-zero targets, the supermarket said. Items with yellow stickers are available for free after 9.30pm in some of its Express stores as part of a trial which is already under way.more

Every McDonald's in Britain has been warned its owners could face legal action if they fail to take steps to protect staff from sexual abuse. The equality watchdog has written to all 1,400 branches telling them they must comply with their legal duties, or risk enforcement action, after a BBC investigation uncovered claims of a toxic culture of sexual assault and harassment.more

Mobile phones are being stolen in London at a rate of one every seven-and-a-half minutes, as the number of handsets snatched more than tripled in four years.more

Tributes have been paid to a father-of-two killed at a motocross circuit on Sunday. Wojtek Rozmus, 43, from London, had been riding the course at West Row, near Mildenhall in Suffolk. Mr Rozmus' friend, Kyle Creevey, said he was "not just one of my best friends but a role model to how to be the perfect man".more

Deliveroo has made an annual profit for the first time, after a bumpy few years since a disastrous stock market listing that earned the takeaway delivery company the nickname “flopperoo”.more

Teachers in England are abandoning the classroom over worsening pupil behaviour, stagnant pay and inflexible working practices, leaving vacancies at their highest rate on record, according to a report.more

Beatles star John Lennon has been immortalised on a new coin to coincide with the year he would have celebrated his 85th birthday. It has been issued by The Royal Mint to honour Lennon's life and record-breaking career.more

Nearly a quarter of Britons have witnessed shoplifting in the past year and seen physical or verbal abuse of shop workers as criminals become “bolder and more aggressive”.more

Further action is needed to encourage the roll-out of full-fibre internet connectivity across London, City Hall was told on Tuesday. While significant progress has been made in boosting high-speed coverage in the capital over recent years, parts of the city are still blighted by ‘not-spots’ where Londoners struggle with slow internet.more

The lowest 10% of earners in the UK - roughly three million households - are more than £3,000 a year worse off than the poorest households in Germany and France, ITV News Business and Economics Editor Joel Hills reports.more

British prosecutors today demanded a life sentence for the killers of 10-year-old Sara Sharif, the daughter of a Polish-Pakistani couple. The investigation found that the girl had been brutally abused and tortured before the murder took place.more

New visa rules for care providers, workers and students have been confirmed by the Government. Employers will have to prioritise hiring foreign carers already living in England before recruiting from overseas, under the measures laid in Parliament on Wednesday.more

Keir Starmer has brought the health service back under the control of ministers by abolishing NHS England. The prime minister said the NHS should be overseen by politicians rather than an arm’s-length body.more

More than 60 per cent of people in the UK have mould in their homes, according to Uswitch’s latest Mouldy Nation Report, an increase from 58 percent last year.more

Environment Secretary Steve Reed has pledged to work towards ensuring that "only rainwater" enters England's largest lake. Speaking on a visit to Windermere, Reed said the government would work with the water company, local authorities in Cumbria and environmental groups to draft a feasibility study to eliminate all discharges into the lake.more

Half a million people in the UK with dangerously high blood pressure – a “silent killer” that causes tens of thousands of deaths a year – could be cured by a new treatment. Doctors have developed a technique to burn away nodules that lead to a large amount of salt building up in the body, which increases the risk of a stroke or heart attack.more

Russia is attempting to have the UK embassy in Moscow closed, the British Foreign Office said yesterday. The diplomatic ministry summoned the Russian ambassador to London and revoked the accreditation of one Russian diplomat and his wife.more

Boys in England have opened a wide gap over girls in maths and science, based on analysis by researchers using an authoritative international assessment, overturning recent claims that boys are falling behind girls at school.more

A latest weather forecast is showing there is a possibility of snow falling in London very soon, which really makes the glorious sunshine we had at the weekend already feel like a lifetime away. According to WX Charts we could be hit by a flurry of snow between 6am and 9am tomorrow (Thursday, March 13).more

More than 12 million customers of Nationwide will each receive a payment of £50 following the takeover of Virgin Money. The Nationwide, the UK's largest building society, described the money as a "thank you" to its members, at a cost of £600m.more

Undercover footage from a dairy farm providing milk to the UK’s largest producer has revealed staff abusing cows, slapping new-born calves and allegedly denying the animals veterinary care.more