Santander has announced it is set to close 95 branches across the UK, putting 750 jobs at risk. The High Street bank said its customers were increasingly shifting to banking online and it was aiming to start closing almost a quarter of its branches from June.more

Russian leader Vladimir Putin once again refused to yield to US President Donald Trump during a telephone conversation on Tuesday and suffered no consequences for it, the British newspaper "Daily Telegraph" assessed.more

A man who was dismembered into 27 pieces was killed with a hammer-type weapon, a murder trial has been told. Stuart Everett's remains were first discovered by a member of the public in an abandoned bunker at a nature reserve in Salford in April last year.more

Keir Starmer has spoken to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky after the US and Russia agreed to work towards a limited ceasefire on energy infrastructure in the war-torn eastern European nation.more

Ikea will be bringing its mix of meatballs, lampshades and kitchen planning to London’s Oxford Street from 1 May, when the world’s largest furniture retailer finally opens its store 18 months late.more

Vacancies have increased in the construction industry as well as for gardeners, teachers and maintenance workers, according to a new report. Research by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and data firm Lightcast showed a recent fall in demand for veterinary nurses, delivery drivers and train and tram drivers.more

Millions of people in England and Wales with a long-term health condition should have their body mass index (BMI) checked regularly to prevent diabetes and heart disease, an NHS watchdog is recommending.more

A blatant attempt at spreading misinformation about the war in Ukraine has been exposed after Russian-linked sources attempted to pass off a fake front page of a British newspaper, the Hull Daily Mail, as genuine.more

The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John "Paddy" Hemingway, has died at the age of 105. Mr Hemingway, who was originally from Dublin, joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a teenager before World War Two.more

We expect more than 30 countries to be involved in a so-called coalition of the willing that can support Ukraine and help develop a peace plan, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokesman said yesterday, as quoted by Reuters.more

Tesco will lift pay for its store staff by 5.2% but will scrap the extra pay for working on Sunday. The UK's biggest supermarket chain said the hourly rate will go up by 43p to £12.45 from 30 March after reaching a deal with unions.more

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was received yesterday by British King Charles III and met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Carney visited Paris and London on his first foreign trip.more

London is set to be as warm as Ibiza and Corfu on Thursday for the first official day of spring. The capital is set to reach 17C on Thursday, which marks the spring equinox, while other parts of the south of England could reach as high as 19C.more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is ready to send peacekeeping forces to Ukraine for "as long as needed", The Times reported today, citing "government sources". The troops would monitor any future ceasefire and deter another Russian invasion.more

More than 1,000 incidents of asbestos have been discovered in parliament and at least 44 fires have broken out over the past decade, figures show. The details of the prevalence of the toxic material in the parliament buildings were released to the Labour peer and former cabinet minister Peter Hain.more

There is an "overdiagnosis" of mental health conditions with "too many people being written off", Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said. Streeting told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme the welfare system had to be "sustainable", as he defended the government's forthcoming reforms aimed at cutting the benefits bill.more

An online campaign committing parents to bar their children from owning a smartphone until they are at least 14 has garnered 100,000 signatures in the six months since its launch.more

British food and drink exports to the EU have tumbled by more than a third since Brexit, according to new trade body figures highlighting how bureaucratic barriers have changed the relationship between the UK and its most important trading partner.more

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said military planning to protect a potential Ukraine ceasefire is moving to an "operational phase" after a virtual meeting with 29 other world leaders.more

16 of the most outstanding portraits of Stanisław Wyspiański will be presented at an exhibition that will run from March 27 to July 13 this year at the National Portrait Gallery in London, the National Museum in Krakow announced.more

Up to 300,000 people with side hustles ranging from selling clothes online to dog walking are to be freed from the chore of having to do a self-assessment tax return. The government said this week it wanted “to make it easier for Britons to make the very most of their entrepreneurial spirit”.more

A new daily pill that could transform the way endometriosis is treated has been approved for use on the NHS across England, the medicines watchdog has announced.more

We must be ready to defend the peace agreement in Ukraine, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared today ahead of a video conference with representatives of 25 countries dedicated to the war in Ukraine.more

Russian Vladimir Motin, the captain of a container ship that collided with a US tanker carrying aviation fuel in the North Sea on Monday, has been charged with manslaughter and gross negligence, British police announced last night.more

Tesco is giving away food about to expire in a bid to cut waste and hit net-zero targets, the supermarket said. Items with yellow stickers are available for free after 9.30pm in some of its Express stores as part of a trial which is already under way.more