United Kingdom

The British Conservative Party lost two parliamentary seats to Labour, another setback for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his party ahead of next year's general election

Steve Bell, who worked as a cartoonist for the Guardian for 40 years, was reportedly fired by the newspaper for a cartoon about Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu; a statement from the newspaper merely confirmed that his contract was not renewed

The national living wage will increase to at least £11 an hour from next April, the Chancellor is expected to confirm

The University of Ulster is removing references to 'world leaders' in advertising posters after complaints were made to the UK advertising regulator

Bringing 36 more politicians into the Welsh Parliament could cost up to £17,8m more a year, according to new figures

An increasing number of Britons trust the EU, while more people do not trust their national government, according to the British Foreign Policy Group's annual 2023 survey of British public opinion on foreign policy

Scotland's national clinical director Jason Leitch has said he is worried about winter following the summer rise in Covid cases, urging eligible people to vaccinate when the programme begins next month

For the first time in the UK, a drone recently acted as a postman in Orkney, an archipelago of 70 islands sixteen kilometres off the north coast of Scotland, a remote and inaccessible place for postmen to reach

Cases of anti-Muslim hatred in the UK have more than doubled in 10 years, according to a new study that says reported incidents have grown each year, from 584 in 2012 to 1.212 in 2021

Latin is the fourth most taught language in English state primary schools, a new record for the hitherto little-studied language; it may even overtake German, ranking as the third most-studied language, according to a new report by the British Council

Thames Water, largest private utility company responsible for public water supply and waste water treatment, born under Margaret Thatcher's will, is close to bankruptcy; the £10 billion necessary to save it would be weighting on taxpayers