Metropolitan Police launch “initial inquiries” into close protection officers formerly assigned to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor over alleged blind-eye conduct London, UK The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has begun initial inquiries into former close protection officers once assigned to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, amid allegations that they may have “wilfully turned a blind eye” to activities involving convicted […]

Nearly £50m of taxpayers’ money paid by NHS to outsourced firm assessing vaccine harm claims Nearly £50 million of public funds has been paid by the NHS to an outsourced firm that assesses claims of medical harm allegedly caused by vaccines almost eight times the original estimate for the work and far more than has […]

UK inflation rate falls to 3% in year to JanuaryBritain’s annual consumer price inflation (CPI) slowed sharply to 3.0% in January 2026, down from 3.4% in December 2025, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This is the lowest inflation rate since March 2025 and broadly in line with economists’ forecasts.Petrol prices fell significantly […]

YOU COULD PAY MORE TAX ON A RISING SALARY BECAUSE TAX THRESHOLDS ARE FROZEN UNTIL 2031Many workers in the United Kingdom may find themselves paying more tax even if their salary goes up only modestly, after Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed in the Autumn Budget 2025 that income tax and National Insurance thresholds will remain frozen […]

UK ENDS VISA STICKERS FOR NIGERIANS, MAKES eVISAS MANDATORY FROM FEBRUARY 25The United Kingdom will stop issuing traditional physical visa stickers to Nigerian travellers and replace them with mandatory electronic visas (eVisas) starting 25 February 2026, in a major step towards a fully digital immigration and border management system. From 25 February 2026, Nigerian nationals […]

Nine-year-old becomes first person in UK to have pioneering surgery to make him taller A nine-year-old boy has become the first patient in the United Kingdom to undergo a pioneering surgical procedure designed to lengthen his leg and increase his height, medical sources report. The boy, Alfie Phillips, from Northampton, was born with a rare […]

The UK unemployment rate rose to 5.2% in the three months to December 2025, up from 5.1% in the previous quarter the highest jobless rate in nearly five years. This is the strongest increase since early 2021 (outside the pandemic years) and above what most economists had expected. Total unemployment climbed by roughly 94 000 […]

Fast-Spreading Measles Outbreak Infects At Least 34 Children in North London Schools Health officials in London have confirmed that at least 34 children have been infected in a “fast-spreading” measles outbreak affecting several schools in north-east London’s Enfield borough, with health authorities warning the situation could worsen without increased vaccination uptake. The UK Health Security […]

Met Office Issues New Weather Warning for Ice Across Northern Parts of the UK The UK’s national weather service, the Met Office, has issued a new yellow weather warning for ice covering northern parts of the United Kingdom as bitterly cold conditions persist. The alert comes amid a broader spell of wintry weather and is […]

New Evidence Suggests Police Framed Man Who Has Spent 23 Years in Prison Newly uncovered evidence in the case of a man who has already spent 23 years in prison for murder indicates he may have been framed by police, according to a BBC Panorama investigationPolice knew CCTV contradicted witness evidence: Newly surfaced material shows […]

UK High Court Rules Palestine Action Terror Ban Unlawful But Ban Stays in Place Pending Appeal The High Court of England and Wales has ruled that the British government’s decision to proscribe the activist group Palestine Action under the UK’s terrorism legislation was unlawful and disproportionate. Despite this landmark ruling, the ban remains in effect […]

UK GOVERNMENT PROPOSES 13 NEW DESIGNATED SWIMMING SITES INCLUDING FIRST OFFICIAL BATHING SPOT ON THE RIVER THAMES The UK government has unveiled proposals to designate 13 new official swimming and bathing water sites across England — among them what could become the first official bathing spot on the River Thames in London. The plans aim […]

TWO MET OFFICE YELLOW WEATHER WARNINGS IN FORCE AS SNOW & ICE HIT PARTS OF THE UK Parts of the United Kingdom are under yellow weather warnings for snow and ice as a mass of Arctic air sweeps into the region, bringing colder temperatures and wintry conditions that could disrupt travel and daily life. The […]

A 13-year-old boy has been formally charged with attempted murder after a shocking stabbing incident at Kingsbury High School in Brent, north-west London, where two boys aged 12 and 13 were seriously injured, police confirmed on Thursday. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons due to his age, is scheduled to appear at […]

After a prolonged period of relentless rain and generally gloomy conditions across the United Kingdom, meteorologists are forecasting a significant return of winter weather, with snow and ice expected to affect large parts of the country over the coming days, according to the latest forecast from and UK weather agencies. Snow and Ice on the […]

UK economy barely grew at end of 2025

Tottenham Sack Thomas Frank After Eight MonthsLONDON Tottenham Hotspur have sacked head coach Thomas Frank after just under eight months in charge of the Premier League club, following a run of poor results that has left the men’s first team perilously close to the relegation zone. The decision was announced on Wednesday, 11 February 2026, […]

UK Hit by Torrential Rain and Record Wet JanuaryLONDON Parts of the United Kingdom have been drenched by an extraordinary deluge of rain, with Cornwall in south-west England and County Down in Northern Ireland recording their wettest January on record, according to provisional figures from the UK Met Office. The heavy rainfall is part of […]

Starmer Survives a Political Storm But Core Problems PersistLONDON UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has managed to avert an immediate leadership crisis amid intense internal pressure within the Labour Party yet, according to BBC Political Editor Chris Mason, a deeper set of political and structural challenges facing his government have not fundamentally changed, even […]

Senior figures in UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government are preparing to hand over all private messages including WhatsApp chats, emails and electronic communications between themselves and Lord Peter Mandelson, ahead of the planned release of evidence relating to his controversial appointment as the UK’s ambassador to the United States. This move comes amid […]

STARMER APOLOGISES TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN VICTIM “SORRY FOR HAVING BELIEVED MANDELSON’S LIES AND APPOINTING HIM”British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has issued a formal and highly public apology to the victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein saying he was “sorry for what was done to you, sorry that so many people with power failed […]

INQUIRY FINDS DEATHS IN 2021 CHANNEL MIGRANT BOAT TRAGEDY WERE ‘AVOIDABLE’ An independent UK inquiry into the deadliest small boat disaster in the English Channel has concluded that the loss of life in the 24 November 2021 tragedy was avoidable, and that systemic failures by authorities worsened the outcome. At least 27 people men, women and children […]

Lord Mandelson to step down from UK’s House of Lords, Lord Speaker announces Lord Peter Mandelson has confirmed he will retire from the House of Lords amid mounting controversy over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and allegations he passed sensitive UK government information. The announcement was made in the Upper Chamber by […]

UK government refers material to police after review of Mandelson–Epstein emails, Downing Street saysDowning Street confirms that the UK Cabinet Office has passed material to the police following a review of newly released emails involving Lord Peter Mandelson and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, amid allegations of improper handling of sensitive government information.