Failures in migration policy undermine trust in the government, but also the credibility of the country itself, said British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood. In her view, the UK has lost control of its borders.more

Vets should be forced to publish price lists so pet owners can see costs up front and shop around for the best deal, the competition watchdog has said. Owners are often unaware of prices or not given estimates for treatments that can run into thousands of pounds, its investigation into soaring vet costs found.more

Royal Mail has been fined £21m after almost a quarter of first-class post arrived late, Ofcom has announced. It is the third-largest fine the communications watchdog has ever issued and follows its investigation after Royal Mail missed its targets for both first and second-class post in 2024/25.more

A campaign has been launched to encourage Londoners to “become a friend” to fellow passengers being harassed on the capital’s public transport network. A hard-hitting film showing real-life examples of people being targeted on the bus, Tube and train platform is being shown from Monday in cinemas and on TV.more

The Royal Air Force's (RAF) participation in NATO's Eastern Sentry mission will be extended until the end of 2025, British Defense Secretary John Healey announced yesterday. Typhoon fighter jets have been patrolling Polish airspace in recent weeks following the Russian drone invasion.more

Unemployment has risen to its highest level since the pandemic with more than 1.7 million people looking for work, latest official figure show today. The total of 1.737 million unemployed recorded in the June to August quarter was a jump of more than 60,000 since the previous three month period. more

A man who came to the UK on a small boat and threatened to kill Nigel Farage has been jailed for five years. Fayaz Khan, 26, made a gun gesture with his hand, pointed to an AK-47 tattoo on his face and named the Reform UK leader in a TikTok post in October 2024.more

Transport for London (TfL) has brought just four prosecutions against passengers for loud phone conversations or playing audio on their devices since 2020, it has emerged.svmore

Vodafone says it has resolved an outage on Monday across its network that left thousands of people across the UK without internet access. More than 130,000 reports were flagged to web outage monitor Downdetector on Monday afternoon, as customers complained their Vodafone broadband or mobile data had stopped working.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who attended the summit in Egypt yesterday where a peace plan for the Gaza Strip was signed, stressed in an interview with journalists that Britain can play a key role in the demilitarization of the Hamas terrorist group.more

One in three UK workers have called in sick after drinking at a work event or after hours with colleagues, research has found. Many staff feel under pressure to drink in work-related settings against their wishes, despite a big shift among younger adults away from consuming as much alcohol as their predecessors.more

NATO is closely monitoring a limping Putin submarine sailing on the surface through the English Channel and the North Sea. The diesel-electric Black Sea Fleet submarine Novorossiysk is reported to have suffered a fuel leakage into the hold, creating an "explosive hazard".more

Hammersmith and Fulham Council claims the scheme would release land for development while improving the quality of the town centre by removing high levels of noise and pollution.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer today welcomed the release of Israeli hostages kidnapped two years ago by Hamas. He is currently in Egypt for the signing of a US-brokered peace agreement for the Gaza Strip.more

Many buses in London are infested with cockroaches according to drivers, who want the issue resolved immediately. Drivers say a number of buses and their rest areas are infested with cockroaches and say the insects need eradicating.more

An estimated 1.4 million adults in Britain have a gambling problem, according to landmark figures released days after the chancellor hinted at plans to increase taxes on the £11.5bn betting and gaming industry. more

The drones cruise at 232ft, carrying burgers and chips, fresh meat and eggs, with the packages dropped on a biodegradable string, but locals call the noise "very stressful" and compare it to helicopters.more

Two of the Royal Air Force’s most advanced surveillance planes have completed a 12-hour mission patrolling the Russian border. A pair of spy planes flew nearly 10,000 miles along the Russian border past Belarus and Ukraine on Thursday, along NATO’s eastern flank, to “boost operational awareness” in the area.more

The oral microbiome of King Richard III of England has been assembled by investigating the plaque on his teeth, and suggests he had a disease that can destroy the jaw. In 2012, skeletal remains were discovered beneath a car park in Leicester, UK, on the grounds of the former Greyfriars church. more

Rishi Sunak has taken up advisory roles at tech giant Microsoft and artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic. The former prime minister - who remains the MP for Richmond and Northallerton - said he was "delighted" to be working "with two of the world's leading tech firms" and planned to donate his earnings to a charity he founded.more

Corrupt Taliban officials are writing fake death threat letters for less than £40 a time to dupe the Home Office over asylum applications, an investigation has claimed.more

More private than a Catholic confessional and more intimate than a peep show, the analogue photo booth turns 100 this year. And to celebrate, The Photographers’ Gallery in London is hosting a four-month survey with a small, special archival display that turns the camera on the mini-studios where billions have sat, whether for fun or function.more

Google may have to make changes in the UK so people have more choice over which search engine they use, following a landmark decision from the regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has designated Google with "strategic market status" under a law which came into force in January.more

The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed the start date for new eligibility verification and bank account checks which will be rolled out from April 2026.more

Sir Sadiq Khan has urged the Government to pause the introduction of new visa rules that could result in between 200 and 300 Transport for London staff being deported.more