Hackers who carried out a major cyber-attack on a company carrying out laboratory tests at London hospitals in early June claim it was politically motivated and in revenge for the British government's actions over the war, the BBC reported yesterday.more

Activists from Just Stop Oil, an organisation that claims to be fighting climate change, yesterday sprayed orange paint on the megaliths that make up one of Britain's most famous monuments - the Stonehenge stone circle.more

A record 882 migrants were detected crossing the English Channel on Tuesday, the highest number in a single day so far this year, the Home Office has said. During the early hours of that day, around 85 migrants are understood to have been rescued from small boats in the Channel, with UK Border Force vessels and RNLI lifeboats sent out at about 4am.more

Greenwich’s High Street has been named as “one of the loveliest in the UK” by The Times. The Times has described the borough as being "fiercely proud of its heritage and protective of its independent retailers".more

The UK's annual inflation rate fell to 2.0 per cent in May, bringing it within the Bank of England's (BoE) inflation target for the first time in almost three years, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said today.more

Rubbish could pile up at polling stations in east London after bin workers announced a walkout in the week of the general election. Refuse collectors in Redbridge are set to strike for seven days from Monday July 1.more

If you get offered a drink during your next job interview, what you do with the cup afterwards could stop you getting hired – at least if you’re looking to work with Trent Innes, chief growth officer at SiteMinder, that is.more

Firefighters, police officers and construction workers are the least likely to qualify for a 40-year mortgage, brokers have warned.more

TK Maxx and Homesense have recalled selected batches of three premium tea products found to possibly contain insects, the food safety regulator has announced.more

A recent study has revealed how many XL Bully dogs are in the UK and one London borough is home to the largest amount of the breed. The American bully XL is said to have originated in the US in the late 1980s when American pit bull terriers and American Staffordshire terriers were crossed.more

Renting is now cheaper than owning a home in almost all of Britain as stubbornly high mortgage rates take their toll, analysis shows.more

Holidaymakers have been warned a “lie detector test” could catch them out before they are granted entry to Europe. Artificial Intelligence software may stand in the way of family trips as the EU strengthens border security post Brexit.more

The use of rail season tickets in Great Britain has plummeted to the lowest level on record, driven by a rise in working from home since the Covid-19 pandemic.more

Doctors have called for England’s drink-driving limit to be reduced to the equivalent of a small glass of wine or beer, in a proposal supported by a number of medical and road safety organisations.more

One of the rainiest springs on record boosted warm soup sales while denting those for sun cream, new figures suggest. The wet weather caused the slowest monthly increase in grocery sales in two years as people were "put off from popping to the shops", according to research firm Kantar.more

The number of pubs disappearing from communities across England and Wales jumped a third over the first months of 2024 amid pressure on punters’ budgets, according to new figures.more

London has jumped into the top 10 list in a global index which looks at the most expensive cities for expatriate employees. The city has moved up nine places since last year, to be ranked eighth in Mercer’s 2024 cost-of-living city ranking.more

British motorists are paying 20p more for a litre of diesel than drivers in the European Union – unless they are in Northern Ireland. New figures from the RAC suggest the cost of filling a 55-litre family car in most of Britain is now £11 higher than on the Continent.more

The start of July - when Euro 2024 is in its final stages and Wimbledon is scheduled - looks set to be scorching hot, weather boffins at WXCharts have forecast today. This striking weather map turns a blistering red - as temperatures look set to tip 26C in some parts of Britain next month.more

The number of Night Tube services during the ‘peak’ period after midnight could be boosted, Sadiq Khan has revealed. The mayor said Transport for London (TfL) is looking at whether a more frequent service could be provided during the busiest part of the night, though there are no immediate plans to expand the network to cover more Underground lines. more

A food manufacturer has recalled a number of sandwiches with salad leaves sold in major supermarkets amid an E.coli scare. Among the 45 products affected are the Asda Chicken Salad Sandwich, Boots Chicken & Bacon Caesar Wrap and Sainsbury’s Peri Peri Chicken Wrap.more

Almost half of adults in the UK have struggled to get medicine they have been prescribed – and more people blame Brexit than anything else for the situation, research shows. Forty-nine per cent of people said they had had trouble getting a prescription dispensed over the past two years, the period during which supply problems have increased sharply.more

Once nicknamed "the workshop of the world" Birmingham was an industrial powerhouse in the 18th and 19th centuries. It's where William Murdoch invented the first gas-lantern, a technology later used to light streets across the world. But today the UK's second-largest city can no longer afford to keep its own streets brightly lit.more

With the premiere of the second part of the third season of the series "Bridgertons", Shonda Rhimes, the American screenwriter and film producer behind this popular project, appeared at the opening session of the London Stock Exchange on Friday. Her presence there was not accidental, as the series had a positive impact on the British economy.more

ust when you thought London couldn’t get any more immersive experiences, one more has just dropped. The Paradox Museum, a global chain of galleries dedicated to optical illusions, will open in Knightsbridge this July. more