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Gisèle Pelicot says her rape trial was ‘for all women’ as she speaks at UK launch of memoir
February 22, 2026 7:04 am
Speaking at the Southbank Centre in London on Friday, the 73-year-old said the women who gathered outside court during the hearings “gave me an enormous amount of strength”.
UK to impose 48-hour online takedown rule for nonconsensual intimate images
February 19, 2026 11:07 am
Under proposed changes to its online safety laws, Britain will impose a legal duty on major platforms to take down nonconsensual intimate images within two days of notification.
Russia killed Alexei Navalny with lethal toxin, claim Britain and four European allies
February 14, 2026 8:11 pm
In a joint statement issued in London on Saturday, the foreign ministries of the UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said analyses of samples from Navalny had “conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine,” a toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America and not found naturally in Russia.
Bob Weir, co-founder of rock group the Grateful Dead, dies at age 78
January 11, 2026 7:17 am
The athletic Weir, who enjoyed football, was the youngest member of the original band and was sometimes referred to as "the kid."
Indians among 171 delivery riders arrested in UK crackdown on illegal working
December 06, 2025 7:18 pm
A new Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act, which received Royal Assent this week, will extend right-to-work checks to the gig-economy sector, including delivery riders.
US, UK to agree to zero tariffs on pharmaceuticals, announcement expected, sources say
December 01, 2025 8:07 pm
The White House and the British government did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
4 UK Police officers to face misconduct probe in death of Indian-origin woman Harshita Brella
November 24, 2025 10:55 pm
he IOPC said a disciplinary panel could find that officers failed to properly review the case, set investigative actions, seek supervisory advice or keep Brella updated.
Want to immigrate to Britain? The government says you must earn it.
November 21, 2025 3:51 pm
The proposals are part of a tightening of immigration rules under the center-left Labour government as it tries to counter the rise of Reform UK, a right-wing populist party that has put cutting immigration at the heart of its identity.
UK police rule out terrorism in train knife attack; King Charles ‘appalled and shocked’
November 02, 2025 6:44 pm
Police said 11 people were taken to hospital after the stabbings. Four have since been discharged, while two remain in life-threatening condition.
UK, US impose sanctions on Southeast Asian scam networks using trafficked workers
October 14, 2025 10:55 pm
The British government said the scam operations, based in Cambodia, Myanmar and across the region, used fake job adverts to lure workers.
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Storm Darragh triggers emergency alerts as it approaches the UK
December 07, 2024 9:32 pm
The rare red warning, issued for wind, covers western and southern coastal areas of Wales, Bristol, and Cardiff, with gusts expected to reach 90 mph or more.
Overworked and underpaid nurses in UK go on strike for first time
December 15, 2022 9:02 pm
The nurses are arguing that they have suffered a decade of real-terms cuts and that low pay means staff shortages and unsafe care for patients.
Rishi Sunak set to become Britain's next Prime Minister
October 25, 2022 9:18 am
Rishi Sunak will take charge as Britain's first Indian-origin Prime Minister after an audience with King Charles III on Tuesday, a day after he was elected the new leader of the Conservative Party in a historic leadership run.
Britain pays tribute to world's oldest monarch Queen Elizabeth II
September 11, 2022 7:35 pm
Days after Queen Elizabeth II's demise, London and other parts of Britain witnessed emotional scenes as people from all walks of life paid tribute to the nation's longest-serving monarch.
Record temperatures, dry rivers, fires: Drought declared in several parts of Britain
August 13, 2022 2:37 pm
A drought has been officially declared in some parts of southern and central England, following the driest summer of the past fifty years.
Relentless heatwave sweeps Europe, firefighters tackle wildfires
August 11, 2022 2:32 pm
An incessant heatwave has engulfed Europe. The governments in several countries have warned citizens of severe drought conditions. Farmers in France have started to see a decrease in production especially in fields of soy, sunflowers and corn.
British Army on standby as UK reels under fuel crisis
September 28, 2021 9:28 pm
Up to 90% of British fuel stations ran dry across major English cities on Monday after panic buying deepened a supply chain crisis in the country.
'Kill the Bill': Britain's fight for the right to protest
April 03, 2021 8:24 pm
The demonstration is against the contentious Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, 2021 which is currently going through Parliament and would give police stronger powers to restrict “highly disruptive protests” causing “serious disruption to the public.”
With British government, parliament and people divided, a disorderly Brexit looms
April 02, 2019 8:25 pm
The European Union said on Tuesday that Britain could be heading for a potentially disorderly exit in just 10 days time as Prime Minister Theresa May met with ministers to thrash out ways to break the Brexit deadlock.
City that voted for Brexit is still waiting
March 25, 2019 9:28 am
In Britain's 2016 EU membership referendum, Sunderland voted by 61 per cent to 39 per cent to leave a bloc from which many residents — rightly or wrongly — believe they have received little benefit
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