Employees are being urged to step outside to take time to observe one of the wonders of the natural world: the fleeting but lovely spring blossom season. Research commissioned by the National Trust, which operates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, shows that while almost all those polled said they felt better if they took breaks in nature, only one in 10 did so.more

The UK’s high streets are expected to empty out at a faster pace this year as extra costs imposed on businesses by Rachel Reeves are blamed for shops closing and a slowdown in chain store openings.more

British special forces have been put on high alert for potential deployment to Ukraine as part of a UK-led peacekeeping mission, The i Paper reported on March 18, citing military sources. According to two sources referenced by the outlet, British special forces units have been instructed to prepare for possible mobilization to Ukraine.more

Olympic gold medallist Imogen Grant says the row between Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs over selection for this year's Boat Races is "very unfair".more

Wierszowisko 2025 – the largest Polish poetry festival for children and young people in the UK – has returned with a record number of participants. The finale of this event took place on 16 March in Edinburgh, it will come to Manchester on 11 May and will take place in London on 15 June.more

A “truly evil” 19-year-old who murdered his mother and two younger siblings as part of a failed plot to kill 30 children and become the worst mass murderer in British history has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 49 years.more

All Poles planning to travel to the UK after 1 April are required to have a new form of visa. The permission to enter the UK is called Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) and without it, no Polish citizen who does not have a regulated migration status in the UK (e.g. settled status) will be allowed to enter the country.more

Santander has announced it is set to close 95 branches across the UK, putting 750 jobs at risk. The High Street bank said its customers were increasingly shifting to banking online and it was aiming to start closing almost a quarter of its branches from June.more

Russian leader Vladimir Putin once again refused to yield to US President Donald Trump during a telephone conversation on Tuesday and suffered no consequences for it, the British newspaper "Daily Telegraph" assessed.more

A man who was dismembered into 27 pieces was killed with a hammer-type weapon, a murder trial has been told. Stuart Everett's remains were first discovered by a member of the public in an abandoned bunker at a nature reserve in Salford in April last year.more

Keir Starmer has spoken to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky after the US and Russia agreed to work towards a limited ceasefire on energy infrastructure in the war-torn eastern European nation.more

Ikea will be bringing its mix of meatballs, lampshades and kitchen planning to London’s Oxford Street from 1 May, when the world’s largest furniture retailer finally opens its store 18 months late.more

Vacancies have increased in the construction industry as well as for gardeners, teachers and maintenance workers, according to a new report. Research by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and data firm Lightcast showed a recent fall in demand for veterinary nurses, delivery drivers and train and tram drivers.more

Millions of people in England and Wales with a long-term health condition should have their body mass index (BMI) checked regularly to prevent diabetes and heart disease, an NHS watchdog is recommending.more

A blatant attempt at spreading misinformation about the war in Ukraine has been exposed after Russian-linked sources attempted to pass off a fake front page of a British newspaper, the Hull Daily Mail, as genuine.more

The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John "Paddy" Hemingway, has died at the age of 105. Mr Hemingway, who was originally from Dublin, joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a teenager before World War Two.more

We expect more than 30 countries to be involved in a so-called coalition of the willing that can support Ukraine and help develop a peace plan, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokesman said yesterday, as quoted by Reuters.more

Tesco will lift pay for its store staff by 5.2% but will scrap the extra pay for working on Sunday. The UK's biggest supermarket chain said the hourly rate will go up by 43p to £12.45 from 30 March after reaching a deal with unions.more

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was received yesterday by British King Charles III and met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Carney visited Paris and London on his first foreign trip.more

London is set to be as warm as Ibiza and Corfu on Thursday for the first official day of spring. The capital is set to reach 17C on Thursday, which marks the spring equinox, while other parts of the south of England could reach as high as 19C.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is ready to send peacekeeping forces to Ukraine for "as long as needed", The Times reported today, citing "government sources". The troops would monitor any future ceasefire and deter another Russian invasion.more

More than 1,000 incidents of asbestos have been discovered in parliament and at least 44 fires have broken out over the past decade, figures show. The details of the prevalence of the toxic material in the parliament buildings were released to the Labour peer and former cabinet minister Peter Hain.more

There is an "overdiagnosis" of mental health conditions with "too many people being written off", Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said. Streeting told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme the welfare system had to be "sustainable", as he defended the government's forthcoming reforms aimed at cutting the benefits bill.more

An online campaign committing parents to bar their children from owning a smartphone until they are at least 14 has garnered 100,000 signatures in the six months since its launch.more

British food and drink exports to the EU have tumbled by more than a third since Brexit, according to new trade body figures highlighting how bureaucratic barriers have changed the relationship between the UK and its most important trading partner.more