After the warmest start to May on record, the UK is now on a general slide back to what some might think of as typically British bank holiday weather. In the last few days all four nations of the UK have marked their hottest temperatures of 2025 so far.more

Brexit's disastrous impact on the NHS led to 1,485 extra deaths per year, according to a new academic study. Researchers from the University of Surrey say that after the 2016 leave vote, EU nurses left and were replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which had a knock-on effect for patients. more

The world's oldest person is now 115-year-old British woman Ethel Caterham, the AP reported. Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, 116, died on Wednesday.more

Eurosceptic Reform UK party candidate Sarah Pochin won the UK parliamentary by-election by six votes, beating Karen Shore of the ruling Labour Party, the BBC reported today. The counting of votes cast in local government elections in parts of England is still ongoing.more

On 25 April, the British Polish Construction Forum 2025, organised by PBLINK in partnership with Howden, took place at Howden Group Holdings in London. The event attracted over 100 business leaders and decision-makers, setting the stage for a day of insightful discussions and valuable networking opportunities.more

Trains running to and from Victoria station will be disrupted over the early May bank holiday weekend, Network Rail has confirmed. The weekend will see no Southeastern Railway services using the station between Saturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4.more

A brand new Aldi is opening in Wimbledon on Thursday, May 15 at 7am. The new store, near the station on Wimbledon Bridge, will be offering free bags of fresh fruit and veg from the Super 6 range to the first 30 customers through the doors.more

Landlords and sole traders, brace yourselves for a tax revolution that could catch thousands unawares, warns an expert. A call to arms has gone out to millions of self-employed people and property tycoons to get prepped for a seismic change in the way they report their earnings to HMRC.more

It's no secret that cheap and convenient supermarket food is often bad for you - but what we're not told is how large parts of the food industry have been engineered to keep you eating it.more

Shops and services may have to be forced to accept cash in the future to help protect vulnerable people who rely on it, MPs have said. A Treasury Committee report into cash acceptance stopped short of recommending a change in the law, but said the government had to improve its monitoring of the issue.more

Britain's King Charles III sent a personal message to cancer sufferers yesterday, speaking of the "daunting and sometimes terrifying experience" of sufferers and their loved ones. The monarch was also diagnosed with cancer in February.more

Voters are set to head to the polls for local and mayoral elections being held in some parts of England on Thursday. There are local elections to 24 of England's 317 councils and six mayoral authorities on 1 May.more

A new design for priority seating on London Underground trains has been unveiled by Transport for London. The new priority seating on the Tube will feature a 'This is a priority seat' message, as well as a more distinctive colour contrast. more

Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of losing hot water or heating when their old type of electricity meter goes out of action. Energy companies have said it will be "very, very difficult" to replace all Radio Teleswitching System (RTS) meters with smart meters before the old technology is switched off on 30 June.more

A leading health think tank says urgent and emergency care in England is performing "far worse" than before the pandemic. The Health Foundation argues that the NHS was "in distress" this winter with A&E waiting times reaching a record high.more

Online eVisa fraud is rife, with many scammers capitalising on the influx of pre-travel requirements for destinations around the world. Copycat websites pose as official websites for eVisas or electronic travel authorisations, with the perpetrators stealing money, data and offering ridiculously inflated prices to process applications.more

Planned changes to school uniform policy will affect over four million pupils across England, according to new estimates from the Department for Education (DfE). The government says seven in 10 secondary schools and 35% of primary schools in England will have to reduce the number of compulsory branded items to three, plus a branded tie for secondary students.more

British drivers are facing a parking ticket deluge, with private companies on track to issue a record 14.5 million penalties this year, new analysis reveals. The RAC’s study found that just five firms are responsible for nearly half of all tickets, highlighting the concentrated power within the private parking industry.more

Britain’s electricity grid operator is investigating unexplained power plant failures that hit the UK’s system hours before Spain and Portugal were plunged into blackouts.more

Supermarkets are spending hundreds of millions of pounds on promotional deals for shoppers, as the grocery price war ramps up. Together, nearly 30% of total spending by Britain’s biggest supermarkets was on special offers and discounts in the four weeks ended 20 April, according to the market research company Kantar.more

This plane graveyard, also known as an aircraft boneyard, is nestled between the Skylark Hotel and London Southend Airport - just an hour's drive along the M25 from South London, and even closer for those in East and parts of North London.more

Young people have told the BBC they are finding it harder than ever to get a job, with some graduates frustrated at being turned down for roles at supermarkets. The government says getting more young people into work is a priority but UK job vacancies are at their lowest level in nearly four years.more

Asylum seekers will be denied the right to stay in the UK if they have been convicted of sexual offences, the government has announced. Terrorists, war criminals and any other criminals whose offences carry a sentence of one year or more can already be refused asylum under the Refugee Convention.more

Private landlords and hotel owners are charging councils far in excess of market rent to house people who would otherwise end up on the street, an investigation has found, laying bare the depth of England’s hidden homelessness crisis.more

A British Airways flight from Washington DC to London was forced to make an emergency stop in Boston following reports of a bird strike and “smoke in the cabin”.more