Britain

British retail sales fell in August at the fastest rate since March 2021 and most stores are expecting another tough month ahead, an industry survey showed on Thursday. The Confederation of ...

Britain will host a global summit on artificial intelligence at the old home of Britain’s World War Two codebreakers in November as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pitches Britain as ...

Britain’s economy is slowing and might be heading for a recession as it feels the impact of 14 back-to-back interest rate increases by the Bank of England to fight high ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak did not properly declare his wife’s shareholding in a childcare company which stood to benefit from new government policy but the failure was inadvertent, ...

AstraZeneca is facing two London lawsuits, including one from the husband of a woman who died after receiving the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker’s COVID-19 vaccine, in the first of potentially dozens ...

The long-running battle between Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Britain over the Activision Blizzard (ATVI.O) deal took another twist on Tuesday, raising more questions than answers about the country’s ...

Banks in Britain may be free to award even bigger bonuses from January but new pay perks are unlikely to help the country’s financial industry outshine its rivals because ...

A former London police officer was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Tuesday for raping a woman and teenage girl, the latest in a series of shocking cases that have ...

Britain’s data regulator on Tuesday said it would contact companies as part of a plan to combat “text pests” who illegally proposition customers using personal information provided in a ...

The bosses of Britain’s biggest companies saw their pay jump 16% in 2022, sending their average earnings to 118 times the median UK full-time worker’s while employees struggled with soaring inflation, ...

Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood will leave Old Trafford, the Premier League club said on Monday following an investigation into allegations of attempted rape of which he was cleared. Greenwood, ...

Nurse Lucy Letby will spend the rest of her life behind bars for killing seven newborn babies after a judge on Monday ruled Britain’s most prolific serial child killer ...

A British nurse who described herself as a “horrible evil person” was found guilty on Friday of murdering seven newborn babies and trying to kill another six in the neonatal ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed meeting in person as soon as possible during a call on Thursday as Western countries court the ...

British broadcaster Michael Parkinson, best known for interviewing some of the world’s biggest stars on his long-running chat show, has died aged 88, the BBC said on Thursday, citing a ...

A 39-year-old man has been arrested as part of an investigation linked to an accidental breach of sensitive data last week which likely left militant groups in possession of the ...

The British Museum said on Wednesday a member of staff had been dismissed after items from its collection, including gold jewellery and gems, had been found to be missing, stolen ...

British police said on Tuesday they had charged two men and a woman with identity document offences after the BBC reported the group were accused of spying for Russia. The ...

At least one person died and more than 50 were rescued after a migrant boat trying to cross the Channel from France capsized early on Saturday, local authorities said. Local mayor ...

Britain’s economy eked out unexpected growth in the second quarter, laying the ground for more interest rate hikes from the Bank of England, but it remained the only big ...

British technology minister Michelle Donelan defended plans to require messaging apps to provide access to encrypted private messages when needed to protect children from abuse, which major platforms say would ...

Around 230 workers at London Gatwick, Britain’s second busiest airport, will take eight days of strike action this month over pay disputes, the Unite trade union said on Wednesday, warning ...

Britain said it had struck a deal with Turkey in a bid to slow the flow of illegal immigrants passing through the Mediterranean country on their way to Europe, including ...

Northern Ireland’s police force accidentally shared the names and work locations of every member of staff on Tuesday in a data breach it said would be of “significant concern” ...