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United Kingdom

Brexit-backing boss says lack of overseas workers crippling UK economy

Simon Wolfson, head of the Next retail chain who backed the UK's exit from the EU, says what has resulted is "not the Brexit I wanted".

10/11/2022

Culture news

The UK's 30-year love affair with French cinema

From wooing famous actors, to tomorrow's big names, French Film Festival UK director Richard Mowe talks to Euronews Culture about his lifelong admiration of French cinema

10/11/2022

Culture news

Euroviews. The Crown is back: Here's what you need to know

From tampongate to banned interviews, the latest series of Netflix's royal rumble has already set headlines alight.

09/11/2022

Culture news

Nazareth frontman and co-founder Dan McCafferty dies at 76

“This is the saddest announcement I ever had to make,” wrote his longtime bandmate Pete Agnew.

09/11/2022

United Kingdom

Minister quits over scandal two weeks after he and Sunak took office

Gavin Williamson's resignation over bullying claims comes amid controversy over some of the new prime minister's choices for his cabinet.

08/11/2022

Travel News

Cairngorm funicular: UK’s highest railway set to reopen in 2023

Structural problems forced the Cairngorm funicular to shut in 2018. Now, it’s set to reopen.

08/11/2022

Travel News

WTM: From Saudi Arabia’s magnificence to Ukraine’s brave resistance

London’s World Travel Market is back in full swing for the first time since 2020.

07/11/2022

Health news

Lab-grown blood transfused into volunteers in groundbreaking trial

Transfusions with the red blood cells grown in a laboratory could transform the lives of patients with sickle cell disease.

07/11/2022

United Kingdom

UK demands post-Brexit access to EU science programmes

“The UK’s participation would be a win-win for the UK and the EU, but the UK cannot wait much longer,” said the UK's Europe minister Leo Docherty.

07/11/2022

Culture news

Glasgow set to become the UK's first 'feminist city'

Glasgow will put women, non-binary and genderfluid people at the centre of city planning and policy development.

07/11/2022

Culture news

Scottish exhibition explores the past, present and future of plastic

A new exhibition at the V&A Dundee traces the 150-year history of plastic and examines the future of the once popular but now controversial material.

06/11/2022

Travel News

FIFA World Cup: Heathrow workers to strike over pay

Strike action could cause delays at Heathrow during the football World Cup.

04/11/2022

Culture news

Stop the music! The longest delays between albums

British duo Everything But The Girl are back with their first album in 24 years. It's one of the longer waits between albums, but will that mean good things for the 90s legends?

04/11/2022

Culture news

Dobby's grave is here to stay: 3 other fan favourites

Dobby the House Elf's beloved tourist site grave isn't going anywhere. Here's Euronews Culture's pick of our favourite spots for fans to pay their final respects

04/11/2022

Health news

Magic mushroom compound can reduce depression symptoms, trial shows

Patients given a single 25 mg dose of psilocybin coupled with therapy showed significantly lower levels of depressive symptoms three weeks later.

03/11/2022

United Kingdom

Highest interest rates rise since 1989 despite 'looming recession'

UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt said Thursday's 0.75% hike by the Bank of England would be "very tough" for families with mortgages and businesses with loans.

03/11/2022

Art

Interview: Stephen Tayo's depiction of the "broken English" of Lagos

The new exhibition Human Stories: The Satirists in London has six artists transcend stereotypes and tropes to tell a unique worldview.

03/11/2022

Culture news

Elbow lead singer intervenes in Manchester gentrification row

Night and Day Cafe has been playing live music for over 30 years but the party may soon be over.

02/11/2022

United Kingdom

Huge effigy of Liz Truss and a laughing lettuce set to go up in flames

Truss is the UK's shortest-serving prime minister.

02/11/2022

United Kingdom

Just Stop Oil: Activists try to break into UK's Downing Street

Environmental activists Just Stop Oil toped off several weeks of controversial protests by trying to break into Downing Street, home to the UK PM.

01/11/2022

Cult

Black creativity celebrated at London’s Saatchi Gallery

In London’s Saatchi Gallery, "The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion" focuses on Black portraiture.

01/11/2022

Culture news

'Permacrisis' is Collins' word of the year 2022

Collins' words of the year list is out and it makes for grim reading reflecting the tough times we live in.

01/11/2022

Culture news

Painting which inspired Sgt Pepper album cover sold for over €50,000

John Bellany's painting had not been seen in public in nearly 60 years.

01/11/2022

Travel News

Heathrow airport lifts its outgoing passenger cap - for now 

Heathrow has lifted its 100,000 per-day passenger cap, imposed to deal with logistical chaos over the summer. But, there’s a catch.

01/11/2022

United Kingdom

'Inflammatory': UK's Braverman slammed over migrant 'invasion' remark

The UK interior minister has been accused of inflaming tensions by describing migrants crossing the Channel in small boats as "the invasion on our southern coast".

01/11/2022

Food and Drink

UK supermarkets fear shoppers won't buy foods for football World Cup

As the cost-of-living crisis bites harder into people's wallets, football's World Cup could be nightmare before Christmas for Britain's supermarkets

01/11/2022