The UK has seen an “explosion” in insecure, low-paid work in the past 14 years, according to a new report. The TUC said its study had found that the number of people in insecure work had reached a record high of 4.1 million.more

The next government could have to make costly payouts to dozens of asylum seekers detained for deportation to Rwanda, even if the Rwanda deal falls apart after the general election.more

Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson is to open his first London hotel more than 50 years after he started his long business career in the capital. While Britain’s most famous entrepreneur has run record stores, nightclubs and a restaurant in London he has never before had a hotel in the city of his birth.more

Every major English water company has reported data suggesting they’ve discharged raw sewage when the weather is dry – a practice which is potentially illegal.more

Tesco has revealed a “strong” increase in the amount of groceries bought by British shoppers in the latest quarter as inflationary pressures eased. The UK’s largest supermarket firm revealed total retail sales grew by 3.4% to £15.3 billion in the 13 weeks to May 25, compared with the same period last year.more

Supermarkets say they are ready for one of their busiest periods of the year as football fans stock the fridge to watch the Euros from home. Tesco said it expected to sell 33 million packs of beer and cider over the coming month but is also predicting it will sell 5.5 million bottles and cans of “no” and “low” alcohol options – a record for a major football tournament.more

Catherine, Princess of Wales has made her much-anticipated first public appearance of the year at the annual Trooping the Colour parade. The princess, who is currently undergoing treatment for cancer, could be seen smiling and waving from the Buckingham Palace balcony at the end of a ceremony filled with pomp and pageantry.more

Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing populist Reform UK party, declared yesterday that his party could get up to 6 million votes in the House of Commons elections and that he wants to be leader of the opposition afterwards. He also demanded to be included in the forthcoming pre-election party leaders' debate on the BBC.more

Britain's Duchess Kate announced yesterday that there is progress in the treatment of her cancer and as a result she will attend Saturday's military parade to mark King Charles III's birthday, but warned that treatment could still take several months.more

Tunnels beneath the streets of London could soon be opened up to the public as part of plans to create a vast tourist attraction in the capital. Some 8,000 sq m of tunnels that run under High Holborn were built in 1942 as an air raid shelter to provide protection during the Blitz.more

According to the Passport Value Index by digital PR agency Tank, the UK passport has lost value for money since its 7% price increase in April.more

The airline ranked worst in the UK for flight delays have been unveiled with major firms coming out on top A major airline has been ranked the worst in the UK for flight delays despite the company saying it has made “significant improvements”. Wizz Air has been ranked the worst airline for UK flight delays according to a new investigation.more

The country's economic growth and increasing prosperity is the leitmotif of the election program presented yesterday by the opposition Labor Party, which is clearly leading in the polls ahead of the elections to the British House of Commons scheduled for July 4.more

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In messages sent to his victim after the assault, Guy Mukendi, 39, tried explaining his actions by saying he had not had sex in a long time, before deleting the evidence.more

Ukraine has “the right” to use weapons supplied by Britain to strike invading Russian troops while they are still on Russian soil, the UK’s foreign secretary Lord David Cameron has suggested. He said on Thursday that it “makes perfect sense” for Ukraine to use its weaponry to attack Russian troops across the border.more

A shortage of affordable cars and sky-rocketing insurance rates are squeezing young people out of the car market. Research from Auto Trader showed that the number of vehicles for sale below £5,000 has fallen by 75 per cent to 24,359 since 2016.more

Half of Britons now believe transgender people should not be able to change the sex registered on their birth certificate. The figure, from the annual survey of British Social Attitudes, has more than doubled since 2019 when just 24 per cent of people said they would not be in favour of altering sex on birth certificates.more

June’s weather so far hasn’t exactly heralded in the Great British Summer, but that could be about to change... People across the country were hoping to welcome June in with summery temperatures and sunshine splitting the trees. However, Brits have instead been left with tepid temperatures, rain and thunderstorms.more

Airports have criticised the government’s sudden re-introduction of 100ml limits on liquids in hand luggage last weekend. The Airport Operators Association (AOA) said it had left airports "frustrated" and created uncertainty and confusion for passengers as the busiest time of year approached.more

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair met with five men named Tonibler in the Kosovo capital Pristina, N1 television reported yesterday. Blair headed the British government during Kosovo's conflict with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and is remembered as one of the proponents of NATO involvement in ending it.more

Long waits for cancer care are becoming routine across the UK with nearly half of all specialist cancer centres experiencing delays most weeks, the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has said. The college has warned of an “impending crisis” in the cancer workforce, with a “staggering” 30% shortfall in radiologists and 15% shortfall in clinical oncologists.more

On 13 June 1944, German V-1 missiles fell on London for the first time. "Before they were used on the battlefield, i.e. sent, among other things, to London, tests of these weapons were carried out in eastern Poland," emphasises historian Slawomir Kordaczuk.more

Two passengers have suffered serious injuries while boarding Elizabeth Line trains at Ealing Broadway due to the size of the gap between the train and the platform.more

Opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer fared significantly better than Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in their second pre-election debate last night on Sky News, according to a flash poll conducted by the YouGov centre.more