The real cost of the Royal Family to taxpayers is £510m a year - nearly six times more than the £86m of state funding from the annual Sovereign Grant - anti-monarchy campaigners claim. The Republic group says its higher total includes other factors such as security, not counted in the Sovereign Grant, which it estimates as £150m.more

Poland has a convergent outlook with the UK on many issues, including security, but we hope that the Labour government's announced reset in relations with the European Union will further improve bilateral Polish-British relations, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Szejna announced.more

Fake news websites registered in the UK and made to resemble trusted British outlets are allegedly spreading disinformation about western companies operating in Ukraine. The suspected Russian propaganda operation has prompted calls by parliamentarians for a change in the law to force UK-registered news websites to reveal their ownership, as happens in the EU.more

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves yesterday warned that the budget deficit left by the previous government would require her to make tough decisions, but assured that this did not mean a return to the austerity policies of the early part of the previous decade.more

More than a hundred flood warnings and alerts were in force over the past 24 hours in England due to heavy downpours. In some areas of the country, as much rain fell in 24 hours as normally falls in two months. So far there are no reports of fatalities.more

London is a noisy city, to massively oversimplify it. Silence in London is really only hearing a dull drum of the cars going down the local road at night as you try to sleep. You can also live near a railway station and hear the terrible sounds of the trains grinding on the tracks, which is a major part of many Londoners' lives. more

The Low Pay Commission has released a consultation document suggesting that the minimum wage could see a significant boost to as much as £12.18 an hour, potentially increasing the earnings of some of the lowest-paid workers in the UK.more

Dozens of Tesco food products contain lower proportions of key ingredients than “price-matched” equivalents at Aldi, according to a report that raises questions over value for money at the UK’s largest supermarket chain.more

The Polish Bicycle Group and radio NOTEwith the United Eagles Cycling Club are organizing a unique bicycle rally from London to Slough under the slogan HEART FOR FALLOWERS. The aim of the campaign is to raise funds to help those affected by the flooding in southern Poland. The rally will take place on Sunday, September 29.more

The UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, has indicated that delicate negotiations with the White House to allow Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles inside Russia are ongoing, arguing it was a time for “nerve and guts”.more

Although Labour's annual conference, which began yesterday in Liverpool, is the first time Labour has been in power for 15 years, they have little to be pleased about. The start of the conference has been overshadowed by issues, of which there have been an unexpectedly large number in recent times.more

St Albans has been named the most expensive city to rent outside of London, with average advertised rents of £2,307 per month. Oxford came in second, with rents averaging £2,237 per calendar month (pcm), while Cambridge is the third most expensive, with average advertised rents of £2,072 pcm, according to figures from property site Rightmove.more

UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) admitted today that it had twice in the past failed to charge Mohamed al-Fayed, the late former owner of London's luxury department store Harrods, although it had received material from police about his sex crimes.more

Severe weather warnings for rain across most of England and Wales on Sunday and Monday are bringing an abrupt end to the summer, with intense thunderstorms sweeping the UK.more

In less than three weeks, a biography of King Charles III's daughter-in-law will debut on the publishing market. In the pages of the book ‘Catherine, The Princess of Wales’, Robert Jobson describes the love story of Kate and William, which is full of ups and downs. In it, the author of the forthcoming publication recounts the backstory of the couple's once-unfolding break-up and the circumstances more

Vladimir Putin cannot win the war in Ukraine, because only his defeat will open up the possibility of building a new democratic Russia, but both the opposition and the West must not squander this opportunity again, as happened in the 1990s, according to recently released Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza.more

The management of London's famous luxury department store Harrods yesterday apologised for inappropriate sexual behaviour by its former owner, Egyptian billionaire Mohamed al-Fayed, who allegedly raped and sexually assaulted several female employees years ago, according to the BBC.more

Retailer says some shops may become unviable despite annual profits nearing £1bn amid international expansion.more

Mass immigration and woke culture are leading England into a national identity crisis, Robert Jenrick has claimed.more

Renationalising the railways does not go far enough – Labour should spur a rail renaissance by allowing people around the UK unlimited train travel for a flat fee, campaigners have said.more

Families are increasingly turning down requests to donate a relative's organs, sometimes because their loved one's wishes were unknown. With the transplant waiting list at a 10-year high, the NHS is urging people to talk about what they would want.more

Domestic abuse specialists will be embedded in 999 control rooms in England and Wales as part of the government's pledge to halve violence against women and girls in a decade. The measure is part of "Raneem's Law" in memory of Raneem Oudeh, 22, and her mother Khaola Saleem who were murdered by Ms Oudeh's estranged husband in 2018.more

Some prisoners released early as part of efforts to ease overcrowding have not been fitted with electronic tracking devices, despite it being a condition of their release, the BBC has been told. Several offenders released on licence said they had not been fitted with an ankle tag - with one describing it as "a disaster waiting to happen".more

The UK is enjoying “summer’s last hurrah” before heavy rainfall is expected to drench the country over the weekend, the Met Office has said.more

Butterfly Conservation slams "obsession with tidiness" in British gardens and green spaces that is "just really bad for nature", after the public counted record low butterfly numbers this summer. But that's not the only reason the insects are declining, it said.more