Transport for London has revealed the most expensive items people have lost on its services, and how much money it has received from their sales. Owners of lost things have 90 days to collect them from the authority's lost property centre in West Ham.more

Health Secretary Wes Streeting yesterday declared war on 'sick note' Britain. He used his first speech in his new role to outline plans to get people off benefits and NHS waiting lists and back to work.more

A manhunt is underway today in the London area for a man armed with a crossbow who killed three women. The BBC reported that the victims are the wife and daughters of its well-known racing commentator, and the alleged perpetrator is believed to be a security guard.more

Millions of Brits claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) benefits, designed to provide financial assistance to people who have extra care or mobility needs, to help with living costs.more

Finding yourself with poor or low phone signal is one of the most annoying parts of modern life. It can also prove to be incredibly inconvenient if you are in desperate need of using your mobile. more

The report found that 58% of adults in the UK reduce their alcohol consumption in favour of other substances, a figure that increases to 70% in the US where THC is more widely available.more

New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared yesterday just before flying to Washington that the Nato summit was an opportunity for allies to demonstrate their resolve against Russian aggression.more

After the passing of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in 2021, the Royal Family has felt the absence of a pivotal figure who once steered the monarchy with an iron hand. more

Yesterday afternoon the newly elected House of Commons met for the first time. This is the most diverse composition of the lower house of parliament in the history of British parliamentarism.more

Futuristic, all-electric ‘tram-buses’ will enter service on the streets of south-east London within a matter of weeks, Sadiq Khan has confirmed. Built by Spanish firm Irizar, the new buses - called ieTrams- will operate on route 358, linking Orpington with Crystal Palace. more

So far, the great British summer has been a bit of a let down. While we did have a few days of warm and sunny weather last month, with a heatwave declared and highs of 31°C reported, our luck hasn’t held out and instead we’ve been subjected to rain and clouds.more

Mobile operator EE has launched a new subscription service designed to protect users from nuisance calls and scams. Called Scam Guard, the new service is being made available to EE pay-monthly mobile customers, starting from £1 a month.more

UK retail sales slumped last month as cold weather deterred shoppers from buying summer clothing and gardening supplies, despite pressure easing on households amid a slowdown of inflation.more

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has set out the first steps towards setting up a UK Border Security Command, which the government hopes will reduce small boat crossings in the English Channel.more

Rachel Reeves has promised to "get Britain building again" by bringing back compulsory housebuilding targets as part of a wide-ranging plan to reboot the UK economy. In her first speech as chancellor, Ms Reeves also said she would overhaul planning restrictions and end the effective ban on onshore wind farms in England in order to speed up national infrastructure projects.more

New Covid variants are driving a rise in cases with the FLiRT and FLuQE strains rapidly becoming dominant in the UK, USA and other parts of the world. In the UK, hospitals have brought back mask-wearing in a bid to drive down cases as wards are full and the number of hospitalisations with Covid rises again.more

The Labour party, aware of the constraints on public finances, sought to tone down public expectations before the election, but the new government has some scope to meet them without increasing debt, according to Professor Iain Begg, an economist at the London School of Economics.more

In the largest public sector trial of the four-day week in Britain, fewer refuse collectors quit and there were faster planning decisions, more rapid benefits processing and quicker call answering, independent research has found.more

Landlords have come under fire for banning prospective tenants from working from home, resulting in calls for new legislation to protect renters.more

Labour is considering plans to release offenders after they serve just 40% of their sentence in a bid to tackle prison overcrowding, the Guardian has been told.more

Among the topics of yesterday's conversation between the heads of the Polish and British Foreign Ministries, Radosław Sikorski and David Lammy, was the teaching of the Polish language in British schools.more

Children across the UK are getting ready to break up for the summer holidays soon. After a long period of working after the last half term, students, teachers and parents are now counting down the days until the next break.more

New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's visit to Edinburgh yesterday afternoon kicked off a short tour of all constituent parts of the UK, aimed at improving cooperation between the government in London and the authorities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.more

Keir Starmer's government, in order to avoid the threat of populists in the future, should focus on tackling illegal immigration, maintaining law and order and avoiding "any vulnerability to wokeism", according to former Labour UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.more

A British Airways flight had to be diverted after the plane was reportedly hit by lightning. The flight, which was travelling from Stuttgart to Heathrow, was forced to land at Gatwick instead.more