Europe United Kingdom 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
Europe United Kingdom According to the latest data published by the Ministry of the Interior, more than 600 migrants were detected attempting to cross the English Channel on Sunday, the highest number in 2023; the total number of migrant crossings in 2023 so far was 8.380
Europe United Kingdom Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson quit as a lawmaker on Friday after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament
Europe United Kingdom Students will only be able to bring their family members to the UK if they are attending postgraduate courses currently designated as research programmes, under proposals by the Secretary of State aimed at reducing immigration
Europe United Kingdom The UK's development finance institution, Investment Partnerships, plans to mobilise $40 billion by the end of 2027 for global infrastructure and economic development
Europe United Kingdom The news that Harry and Meghan 'endured a long car chase' by the paparazzi was read as a reminiscence of the dramatic death of Harry's mother Lady Diana until taxi driver declared the car was clearly ‘followed but not chased’
Europe United Kingdom Seventy years from the coronation of Queen Elisabeth II, the doors of Westminster Abbey will open today to crown Charles III, the oldest heir to the British throne, and wife Camilla
Europe United Kingdom 70% of young Britons are no longer interested in the monarchy, a YouGov survey sows just days from King Charles III coronation
Europe United Kingdom The government will resume bank checks on accounts opened by people suspected of living illegally in the UK in a bid to deter illegal immigration
Europe United Kingdom Public satisfaction with the NHS has plummeted to the lowest level ever recorded by the long-running British Social Attitudes survey, with only 29% saying they will be satisfied in 2022
Europe United Kingdom The Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Hunt, one of Scotland’s fox hunts which first met in the 1700s, has come to an end after 252 years following the introduction of new law on hunting which prohibits killing wild mammals with dogs except in few circumstances
Europe United Kingdom UNHCR called 'very worrying' the proposed asylum bill to stop cross-Channel migrants: those who enter illegally must be deported within 28 days without being able to apply for asylum losing right to return the country legally
Europe United Kingdom British intelligence (MI5) could have foiled the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing says a public enquiry after three years of research and testimony from 267 people