UK services sector returns to growth as business confidence rebounds
Britain’s dominant services sector returned to growth last month as new orders picked up, according to a survey by S&P Global that showed expectations for activity in ...
British new car sales rise nearly 12 per cent in July to post best run since 2019
British new car registrations rose nearly 12 per cent in July, marking their best performance since 2019 as battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales reached another record, industry data showed on Wednesday.
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Four stabbed in apparent mental health-related incident near London’s Covent Garden
Four men were stabbed in a street near London’s Covent Garden district on Wednesday and a woman was arrested in what police said they believed to be a “mental ...
Former neo-Nazi withdraws as UK Conservative candidate after backlash
A former neo-Nazi jailed for hate crimes withdrew on Wednesday as a local election candidate for Britain’s Conservative Party, saying he needed to do more to convince the Jewish ...
Four stabbed in mental health-related incident near London’s Covent Garden
Four men were stabbed in a street near London’s Covent Garden district on Wednesday and a woman was arrested in what police said they believed to be a “mental ...
French coastguards rescue 157 from burning migrant boat in English Channel
French coastguards rescued 157 people from a boat carrying migrants that caught fire in the English Channel on Tuesday near the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, the local administration said in a statement.
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England and Wales record driest-ever July
England and Wales experienced their driest July on record, the Met Office said on Monday, citing provisional data.
The UK – which comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – received just 35% ...
Reform UK proposes military-led operation to stop asylum seekers
Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party said on Monday that if elected, it would stop asylum seekers with what it called the largest military operation in the Channel since World ...
UK man jailed for claiming late mother’s benefits while keeping her body in freezer
A British man who kept his mother’s body in a freezer for nearly three years while he received almost £80,000 of her welfare benefits was jailed on Monday.
Christopher Phillips, 60, ...
British public’s long-term inflation expectations fall in July
The British public’s expectations for future inflation continued to fall in July, according to a survey from US bank Citi and pollsters YouGov.
Expectations for inflation in five or ...
Labour readmits Diane Abbott after suspension over race remarks
Britain’s Labour Party said on Thursday that it had readmitted the country’s longest-serving female lawmaker Diane Abbott, ending a suspension imposed last year over comments on racism that ...
Bank of England keeps interest rates on hold at 3.75 per cent
The Bank of England kept interest rates on hold as expected on Thursday, but a third policymaker backed a rate hike due to renewed conflict between the United States and ...
Three people die as migrant boat tries to cross English Channel from Dunkirk
Three people died while trying to cross the English Channel on a ‘taxi-boat’ for migrants near the French port of Dunkirk, the local administration in charge of the Channel and ...
Burnham pledges to fix England’s ‘unfair’ adult care system
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged on Wednesday to overhaul England’s adult social care system, saying he wanted to work with other parties to better fund a service where ...
Daily Mail seeks interim £10 million payment after Prince Harry loses lawsuit
Associated Newspapers sought an interim payment of £10 million from Prince Harry and other high-profile claimants on Wednesday after they lost their privacy lawsuits against the Daily Mail publisher.
Earlier this ...
Netflix edges BBC as first choice for UK viewers
Netflix has edged ahead of the BBC as Britons’ first choice when deciding what to watch on television, media regulator Ofcom said on Wednesday, with 26% of viewers turning first to ...
UK retail inflation falls in July due to summer discounts
Average prices at British retailers rose by an annual 0.9 per cent this month, the smallest increase since December 2025, as the men’s soccer world cup triggered supermarket discounts on alcohol ...
Labour catches Reform in polls after Burnham becomes PM
Britain’s governing Labour Party has caught up with, or overtaken, Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK in the polls, according to three different surveys which showed a bounce for ...
Bank of England expected to hold interest rates steady
The Bank of England (BoE) looks set to keep interest rates unchanged at 3.75 per cent on Thursday, despite a recent spike in oil prices above $100 a barrel which may test ...
British business activity bounces back in July amid brief Iran war respite
British firms reported the first rise in activity in three months in July, helped by a brief respite in the Iran war, while consumers grew in confidence and spent more, ...
UK’s Burnham would call out Trump if in Britain’s interest, he tells BBC
New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham “will always put Britain’s interests first”, he told the BBC when asked in an interview, parts of which were released on Sunday, whether ...
Five UK police officers injured after boat strikes bridge in London
Five British police officers were injured after a Metropolitan Police boat struck Westminster Bridge in central London on Friday, the force said.
The vessel, from the Met’s Marine Policing ...
UK says armed forces ready to defend country after Iran warns over US bombers
Britain said its armed forces were ready to protect the country from any attack after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) issued a warning not to allow U.S. bombers to ...
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
A time‑travelling king and visit from the Loch Ness Monster
The Commonwealth Games has always been a competition shaped by its history as well as its sport. Previously known as the ‘British Empire Games’, the competition is perhaps viewed by ...