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UK legislation to ensure "minimum safety levels" during strikes

Trade Unions in the UK have branded government proposals to ensure legal "minimum safety levels" during strikes as "undemocratic" and threatened legal action

10/01/2023

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Prince Harry memoir, 'Spare' now on sale in bookstores

Prince Harry's controversial memoir “Spare” is now available in bookstores and critics are saying it will not be helping relations with the British Royal family.

10/01/2023

Culture news

Royal repair kit: How does one heal a family rift?

Prince Harry's book is finally on UK bookshelves, causing more friction within the royal family. We asked an expert: how can families heal from rifts?

10/01/2023

Health news

Artificial pancreas could change lives of type 1 diabetes patients

Experts say the new technology is the closest thing patients can get to a real functioning pancreas.

10/01/2023

Top News Stories Today

New British law to blunt strikes to be introduced to parliament

The government has angered unions with plans to make it harder for key workers to strike by setting ”minimum safety levels” for firefighters, ambulance services and railways during a strike.

10/01/2023

Mobility

Virgin Orbit: What went wrong with the UK's first satellite launch?

The Virgin Orbit launch from Cornwall was to be the first of an orbital satellite from the UK - but it ended in failure.

10/01/2023

United Kingdom

Britain's bid to launch first satellites from Europe ends in failure

Virgin Orbit said its rocket had suffered an 'anomaly' that prevented it from reaching orbit.

10/01/2023

United Kingdom

Prince Harry's biography will not reconcile the Heir and the Spare

Prince Harry's much-awaited biography officially hits bookstores today and risks serious repercussions for Britain's Royal Family.

10/01/2023

Sport

Former Wales, Real Madrid, and Tottenham forward Gareth Bale retires

Gareth Bale has ended his shinning career aged 33 after being one of Britain’s greatest players. Former Wales, Real Madrid, and Tottenham forward made the announcement on social media saying the decision was 'by far the hardest' of his career

09/01/2023

Tech News

UK shops trial facial age estimation scanners for alcohol purchases

The trial found no underage customers were able to buy age-restricted products at the self-checkout.

09/01/2023

United Kingdom

England's NHS to move patients out of hospitals amid bed shortage

England’s overburdened health service is planning on discharging thousands of patients in the coming weeks, as it faces one of its toughest winters to date.

09/01/2023

Green News

What items will be included in England’s single-use plastic ban?

Similar single-use plastic bans are already in place in Scotland and Wales.

09/01/2023

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Londoners strip off for 'No Trousers Tube Ride'

The annual event, which was launched in New York in 2002 and first came to the British capital in 2009, had been postponed since 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

08/01/2023

Nature

This new map tracks sewage dumping in the UK

Many British water suppliers discharged massive amounts of untreated sewage into the sea this summer, during a heatwave.

06/01/2023

United Kingdom

Eritrean asylum seeker fears UK's Rwanda deportation plans

An asylum seeker in London describes her fear of being deported to Rwanda by the British government under plans to deter migrants crossing the English Channel.

06/01/2023

United Kingdom

Does Harry’s claim of killing in Afghanistan threaten his security?

Prince says he killed 25 soldiers, which may put his security at risk

06/01/2023

Culture news

Spanking, cocaine and marijuana: Prince Harry's latest revelations

Prince Harry claims he killed 25 people while serving as an Apache helicopter co-pilot and gunner in 2012. He also makes alarming allegations about his life before Meghan.

06/01/2023

Culture news

London jewellers are changing the game for lab-grown diamonds

Customer priorities and choices are changing and diamond markets are responding.

06/01/2023

United Kingdom

UK opposition leader wants to see a less powerful Westminster

The UK's main opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer says he would take some powers away from central government and give them to the nations and regions

05/01/2023

Health news

Why are experts worried about the 'Kraken' COVID variant?

Epidemiologists say the new subvariant is the most immune-evasive variant yet.

05/01/2023

Culture news

Prince Harry's new book details 'physical attack' by Prince William

Britain's Guardian newspaper reveals the fight happened after Harry says William called his wife Meghan “difficult”, “rude” and “abrasive."

05/01/2023

Cult

Korean pop culture goes on display at London museum

An exhibition highlighting the rise of the worldwide influence of South Korean culture is on at the Victoria and Albert (V&A) museum in London.

04/01/2023

United Kingdom

UK Prime Minister targets health, migration and economy in year ahead

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak aims to cut inflation, national debt, hospital waiting lists and illegal immigration as well as growing the economy.

04/01/2023

Culture news

Feminist writer Fay Weldon dies, aged 91

The British writer was best known for her novel 'The Life and Loves of a She-Devil'

04/01/2023

United Kingdom

PM Sunak to tackle UK's problems but says there are no 'quick fixes'

Sunak set out his government's priorities in the new year, including having the confidence to "do things differently and better".

04/01/2023

United Kingdom

Thousands of workers in the UK to walk out over pay and conditions

UK government faces renewed headwinds in 2023 as thousands of workers rally behind national unions and take industrial action against rising inflation and the cost of living crisis.

04/01/2023