Franciszka Themerson documented the wartime experience in a poignant way and now, with the wars close at hand, her work takes on added significance, says Hilary Floe, curator of the Polish artist's exhibition opening in London.more

Earlier this year, the Guardian quoted Conservative MP Danny Kruger as having said the country was in a worse state than it was in 2010 when the party first came to power. With an election a month away, Rishi Sunak’s re-election chances look very shaky given that the public overwhelmingly agree with Kruger’s assessment.more

Imperial College London has been ranked as the UK’s top university and the second best in the world, beating Oxford and Cambridge for the first time. A new international league table reveals that Imperial has ended years of Oxbridge dominance, and risen from sixth place to second in the world – behind only Massachusetts Institute of Tehcnology (MIT) in the United States.more

A cyber-attack thought to have been carried out by a Russian group has forced London NHS hospitals to resurrect long-discarded paper records systems in which porters hand-deliver blood test results because IT networks are disrupted.more

Eight in 10 primary schoolteachers in England are spending their own money to buy items for pupils who are increasingly arriving at school hungry and without adequate clothing, according to new research.more

The First Minister of Wales Vaughan Gething lost a vote of no confidence in the local parliament yesterday. Although it was non-binding and Gething has stated that he does not intend to resign, it will be difficult for him to continue in power effectively.more

On Tuesday, Lieutenant Mieczysław Frąckiewicz (John Franklin), radio operator of the 304th Bomb Squadron, the oldest in Great Britain - and perhaps the last - veteran of the Polish Air Force, died.more

Yesterday, King Charles III of Great Britain, paying tribute to the soldiers who took part in the Normandy landings 80 years ago, emphasized that thanks to their sacrifice, "tyranny was replaced by freedom." "We are all their eternal debtors," recalled the British monarch.more

The medical treatment regulator for England has approved a second drug to combat obesity, giving patients and doctors what it says is a more effective alternative to semaglutide. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) issued draft guidance on Tuesday recommending that very obese people should be prescribed tirzepatide, which is marketed in the UK as Mounjaro.more

Police have arrested a passenger after a flight from Edinburgh had to be diverted to Bristol following reports of a "sexual offence" being committed on the plane.more

Consumer spending growth is at its weakest in more than three years as higher council tax bills and the rising cost of broadband and mobile phones eat into household budgets, a report has said.more

Asda is now the UK’s most expensive supermarket fuel seller, research shows, after the retailer’s private owners ditched its long-held pledge to be the cheapest on the market.more

Two people have been arrested after Nigel Farage had a milkshake thrown over him while launching his personal election campaign in Clacton. The Reform UK leader was leaving a pub after carrying out media interviews when a woman appeared to hurl a McDonald's banana milkshake over his face and suit jacket.more

New banknotes featuring the portrait of King Charles III have now entered circulation, but it may be some time before they are commonly seen in wallets and purses. The new Bank of England notes will gradually replace those which are damaged, or will be issued when demand increases.more

Many medical procedures at several London hospitals were canceled or diverted yesterday due to a major cyberattack that targeted a laboratory testing company, the London branch of the NHS said.more

Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer have faced off in the first TV debate of the general election, with heated exchanges over tax, the NHS and immigration. The Conservative and Labour leaders got scrappy at times, forcing the host of the ITV event to intervene and urge the pair to "lower your voices".more

All five horses, which were injured when they escaped from a military trial in central London in April and galloped around the city on their own, are recovering, and three of them are likely to take part in the King's Birthday Parade next Saturday, the British Ministry of Defense said.more

Amazon Prime Video has removed a film from its library after receiving one Ofcom complaint. Filipino film Pamasahe, which was released in 2022, was found to be in breach of the regulator’s code, with the removal coming after the recent passing of the Media Bill in the UK’s House of Lords.more

London is full of hidden secrets and forgotten oddities. But to have hidden an island in the middle of the River Thames is a feat impressive even for the mysterious city.more

Lawyers and HR experts expect an increase in employment tribunal cases as companies increasingly clamp down on working from home and staff become resentful that the flexibility they have enjoyed since the Covid crisis is being slowly rolled back.more

The Liberal Democrats say free personal care would be offered to older or disabled people at home, if they were the government. Leader Sir Ed Davey says this pledge, plus raising care workers' pay, would end the hospital crisis and help people stay in their own homes.more

Both this year's May and the entire spring were the warmest in the UK since regular temperature measurements began in 1884. - reported the Met Office yesterday. The average daily temperature in May was one degree warmer than the previous record.more

The UK's opposition Labour Party will have a lead of 194 seats in the elected House of Commons on 4 July, which would be the largest lead gained by any party since 1931, according to a YouGov poll published yesterday.more

A vaccine with mRNA technology, the same one used against Covid-19, is being tested in Europe and the US in the first colorectal cancer and melanoma patients.more

The main proponent of Brexit, Nigel Farage, unexpectedly announced yesterday that he would nevertheless run in July's House of Commons elections and is once again leading the right-wing Reform UK party. This is very bad news for the ruling Conservative Party, whose Reform UK is picking up the electorate.more