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Working for free! Britain's gender pay gap

International Women's Day is also 'Women's Pay Day' according to the UK's Trades Union Congress. It says March 8 is the day when average women effectively start earning, compared to better paid average men.

08/03/2018

United Kingdom

UK Foreign Minister vows 'robust response' to Skripal spy case

UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson vows to give a 'robust response' to the attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

08/03/2018

Living

Fashion meets art at Christie’s

British Fashion Council's annual Fashion Arts Commission initiative, honoured five of the most talented graduates from the Royal Academy Schools.

08/03/2018

United Kingdom

Campaign welcoming Saudi crown prince's London visit slammed

Pictures of what users called 'propaganda trucks' and adverts in newspapers praising Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince ahead of his official visit to the UK were widely criticised on Twitter.

07/03/2018

United Kingdom

Theresa May to press Saudi prince over human rights concerns

The 32-year-old crown prince is seen by some as a modernising force in Saudi Arabia.

07/03/2018

United Kingdom

British MP calls for wolf whistles and cat-calls to be hate crimes

Melanie Onn from the UK’s opposition Labour Party claims that tough new rules are needed to combat sexual harassment.

07/03/2018

Economy

Brexit: Donald Tusk reveals EU27 draft trade negotiating guidelines

The EU Council President has unveiled the EU27’s draft guidelines for the Brexit trade talks, in response to Theresa May’s speech on the future UK-EU relationship last week.

07/03/2018

United Kingdom

Optimism over post-Brexit deal for ex-pats

Citizens' rights are one of the relatively easier parts of the negotiation to unravel more than 40 years of union

06/03/2018

United Kingdom

UK ready to take 'robust' action in case of critically ill Russian spy

As Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter lie critically ill in hospital, comparisons with the 2006 poisioning of Alexander Litvinenko are circulating. The police have offered reassurance, and the UK government has promised "robust" action if necessary.

06/03/2018

United Kingdom

Network failures after thaw put pressure on UK's privatised water util

Burst pipes leave thousands without water while several meters of snow in Wales and Cumbria means some communities have been cut off for nearly a week.

06/03/2018

United Kingdom

UK government in emergency briefings over Russian spy 'poisoning'

The UK government's emergency committee Cobra is to meet as anti-terrorist police take charge of the probe into the suspected poisoning of Russian spy, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter.

06/03/2018

United Kingdom

A black Harry Potter? UK activists’ diversity campaign goes viral

A campaign which saw white characters swapped out with black actors on popular film and television posters has grabbed headlines in the country.

06/03/2018

United Kingdom

UK: Was critically-ill former Russian spy poisoned?

Sergei Skripal, 66, and a woman, 33, were found unconscious on a bench in southern England after being exposed to an unidentified substance

06/03/2018

United Kingdom

Cold snap 'kills tens of thousands of marine animals'

Tens of thousands of sea creatures — including crabs, starfish and sea cucumbers —washed up on Britain's east coast after last week's cold snap.

05/03/2018

United Kingdom

Ex-Russian spy critically-ill in UK 'after exposure to substance'

A source close has confirmed to Reuters that a man who is critically ill after exposure to an unidentified substance was a former Russian spy.

05/03/2018

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Thousands march in London for women’s rights

Thousands of people calling for gender equality marched through central London on Sunday March 4th alongside celebrities, activists and politicians, a century after some British women won the right to vote and ahead of International Women's Day.

05/03/2018

United Kingdom

Thousands in Britain left without water after pipes burst in big freez

Around 12,000 homes have been left with no running water after the weekend’s sudden freeze and thaw caused pipes to burst, a major water company has said.

05/03/2018

United Kingdom

Team Sky and Sir Bradley Wiggins accused in damning drugs report

A British parliamentary committee says an 'ethical line' was crossed to enhance the cycling star's performance

05/03/2018

United Kingdom

Teacher guilty of grooming terror teens

Umar Haque tried to build an army of child jihadists to conduct a series of ISIS-inspired attacks across London.

02/03/2018

United Kingdom

How to get an invite to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding

The Royal couple are inviting more than 2,000 members of the public to celebrate their wedding at the grounds of Windsor Castle in May — but how can you bag a ticket?

02/03/2018

United Kingdom

Read Theresa May’s landmark Brexit address in full

The key speech lays out details of the British government's Brexit negotiating position.

02/03/2018

United Kingdom

Put the Brexit options to May's tests

See how the different scenario's facing the UK weigh up based on the prime minister's own criteria.

02/03/2018

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British snowboarder Billy Morgan swaps South Korea for Essex

Five days ago he won bronze at the Winter Olympics.

02/03/2018

United Kingdom

Watch again: British PM Theresa May gives key Brexit speech

British PM Theresa May has given a landmark address in which she set out the UK's Brexit negotiating position in more detail.

02/03/2018

United Kingdom

Unite behind Brexit: Theresa May to give key speech

The British Prime Minister will call for the UK to come together behind the broadest possible deal with the EU.

02/03/2018

United Kingdom

World's oldest tattoos found on 5,000-year-old mummies

World's oldest tattoos found on 5,000-year-old mummies

01/03/2018