GPs across England will start capping the number of patients they are willing to see, after the British Medical Association (BMA) announced an immediate work-to-rule action.more

Police forces have been urged to step up patrols outside mosques and asylum seeker accommodation amid plans for at least 19 far-right rallies across England in coming days. Violent demonstrations have spread from Southport to London, Hartlepool, Manchester and Aldershot after the stabbing atrocity at a children’s holiday club on Monday.more

Universities in England will be fined if they fail to take adequate steps to protect students from harassment and sexual misconduct under measures that will also ban the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in such cases.more

A Russian fake news website fueled the riots that broke out after a knifeman killed three girls in Southport by spreading false information that the perpetrator came to Great Britain illegally and was under MI6 surveillance, the Daily Mail revealed yesterday.more

Greggs has increased the amount it charges for some of its items, including an extra 5p on sausage rolls and their vegan equivalent, despite the bakery chain having said earlier this year it had no plans to increase prices.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in response to the recent riots in various cities, assured yesterday that he would not allow "law and order to be broken on our streets" and announced the creation of a new police unit to fight violent disturbances across the country.more

Exclusive Ipsos survey for The Evening Standard found 50 per cent of adults in Britain would prefer to see Democrat Ms Harris as US president, compared to 21 per cent for Republican Donald Trump.more

More than a dozen letters and cards that Princess Diana wrote over the years to her housekeeper, Violet Collins, were sold at an auction organised by auction house Sworders on Tuesday. The total sum for which Lady Di's personal correspondence was auctioned was £51,850,000 (around £264,000).more

The Bank of England (BoE) today announced that it has cut its main interest rate from 5.25 per cent to 5.0 per cent, the first interest rate cut since March 2020. The Bank also markedly raised the UK's economic growth forecast for this year - from 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent.more

Newham town hall is facing “considerable financial pressures” over its temporary accommodation bills.more

Analysis of data on 46 million adults showed that the number of heart attacks, strokes and blood clots of various types decreased after COVID-19 vaccination. Those who were vaccinated were at lower risk of such problems than those who were not vaccinated.more

The government will probably have to increase some taxes in the budget report presented in October, admitted Rachel Reeves, finance minister in the new Labor government of Great Britain.more

Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, 17, is charged with three counts of murder, 10 of attempted murder, and one count of possessing a bladed article.more

On the main campus of Kings's College London, one of the most important universities in the UK, the exhibition 'Warsaw Calling: Uprising 1944' is on display, telling the story of the Warsaw Uprising. Today is the 80th anniversary of its outbreak.more

The now famous former presenter of the British public broadcaster BBC Huw Edwards pleaded guilty in a London court yesterday to three charges of possessing sexually explicit images and videos of children, including sexual acts involving children.more

There was a riot last night in front of the gate leading to Downing Street, where the British Prime Minister's residence is located. Participants in a protest organised in the wake of Monday's knife attack in Southport threw flares outside the gate, with police using tear gas against them.more

A handful of London’s best-known sports bars are consolidating with a re-brand and to mark the occasion, all of its venues across London are set to sell £2 pints on August 8. more

For the first time, less than half of 16 to 24-year-olds are now watching traditional TV - live and catch-up programming on a television set at home - each week. Just 48% of young adults tuned in during an average week last year, compared with 76% just five years before (2018), according to Ofcom's annual Media Nations report.more

Met Office says some areas could get a month’s rainfall in a few hours bringing risk of flooding.more

On Monday the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, announced a package of measures designed to close a £22bn hole in the public finances she said was “covered up” by the Conservative government. Among them was a surprise removal of winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners and the abandoning of a long-delayed cap on what people pay for social care.more

The French border control zone at the Port of Dover is to be expanded to reduce the risk of queues at peak times when new EU rules come into force in November, the government says.more

An easyJet plane was met by paramedics after a pilot was taken unwell during the flight, an airline spokesperson confirmed. The Airbus A320 was traveling from London Luton Airport to Lisbon on Saturday.more

Britain's new government on Tuesday set out mandatory housing targets for councils in England with a view to delivering 1.5 million more homes before the next election, aided by an overhaul of the planning system.more

The threat from international and domestic terror presents a “breadth of challenge greater than it has ever been”, according to senior US and UK police officers who oversaw the successful prosecution of Anjem Choudary.more

King Charles banned Meghan Markle from travelling to Balmoral with Prince Harry to be with the dying Queen, royal author Rob Jobson has claimed in his new biography on the Princess of Wales.more