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Indian-origin ex-British minister Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK

January 27, 2026 5:11 pm

Braverman is the third Conservative MP to have quit the Conservative Party and joined Farage’s Reform UK in little over a week.

Eurostar resumes trains services after suspension, passengers urged to postpone journeys

December 30, 2025 10:41 pm

Eurostar blamed “overhead power supply issues in the Channel Tunnel" and said it was a failed train operated by LeShuttle.

Two men found guilty of UK plot to kill hundreds of Jews as IS fears grow

December 23, 2025 9:20 pm

Police and prosecutors said Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, who went on trial a week after an unrelated deadly attack on a synagogue in the nearby northwest city of Manchester in October, were Islamic extremists.

Strike by doctors in England to go ahead after rejecting government's offer

December 15, 2025 8:17 pm

The doctors' union - which represents the so-called resident doctors who make up nearly half of the medical workforce - will stage a walkout from Wednesday.

At least 10 hospitalised after multiple stabbings on train near Cambridge; PM Starmer condemns ‘appalling’ attack

November 02, 2025 8:13 am

The East of England Ambulance Service said it mobilised a large-scale response to Huntingdon Railway Station.

UK mosque set on fire in East Sussex in suspected hate crime, no injuries reported

October 06, 2025 5:39 am

A report, quoting a voluntary mosque manager stated, two people in masks forced the mosque’s door open and poured gasoline on the steps before setting it ablaze.

UK set to recognise Palestinian state despite opposition from the US

September 21, 2025 2:27 pm

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, who was foreign secretary until earlier this month, said an announcement on the recognition of a Palestinian state will come later Sunday from Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Indian-origin man jailed for life for murdering 76-year-old mother in UK: ‘I just lost my head’

September 14, 2025 3:04 pm

Singh, who lived as his widowed mother’s caretaker, is said to have lost his temper after she criticised him for being intoxicated.

Who is Shabana Mahmood, first Pak-origin woman to be appointed UK's Home Secretary?

September 08, 2025 7:30 am

Following her appointment, Mahmood posted on X: "It is the honour of my life to serve as Home Secretary. The first responsibility of government is the safety of its citizens."

UK government plans independent body to speed asylum appeals

August 25, 2025 2:49 pm

This is aimed at accelerating returns of those not entitled to asylum and ending hotels to house asylum-seekers awaiting a final decision on their appeals, an issue that has attracted large protests and counter-protests in parts of the country.