New Zealand, Iceland, the UK, Tasmania and Ireland are the places best suited to survive a global collapse of society, according to a study. The researchers said hum
Extremes of weather will strike the UK more frequently owing to the climate crisis, scientists said after data showed that last year was one of the warmest, as well as
A Georgia man charged in the shooting deaths of eight people at three Atlanta-area massage businesses was pleading guilty in Cherokee county on Tuesday, hoping for a s
This year’s Colour of Power report includes a host of new black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) politicians, business leaders and cultural figures. From football man
T his might sound a touch bizarre but I donât think I quite understood the emotions that millions went through on Super Saturday until I was poo
Warhammer retailer Games Workshop is handing its shop workers, model makers, designers and support staff a £5,000 bonus after sales and profits surged during the pand
The number of people from ethnic minority backgrounds in prominent public positions has more than doubled in the past four years, according to analysis from an influen
While most social distancing restrictions came to an end in England this week, and eased in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the number of coronavirus infections
As more Britons spend their summers in the UK due to Covid travel restrictions, holiday plans can be at the mercy of our changeable weather. With this in mind, we wo
Flash flooding of the type seen in London this weekend will become a more common occurrence as the climate crisis worsens, scientists have warned, and the UK governmen
Tens of thousands of pounds that were raised after Marcus Rashford’s mural was defaced will be donated to a food poverty charity in Greater Manchester. The artwork w
Boris Johnson has rejected Brusselsâ latest attempt to iron out problems with the post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland, insisting that the withdrawal agreem
FirstGroup, one of the UK’s largest bus and train operators, has announced its chief executive is to step down, just a day after the firm’s biggest shareholder called
UK house prices hit a new high in June and are 30% higher than the peak they reached before the 2008 financial crisis, according to the latest snapshot of the market.
T he pandemic has driven both the NHS and a growing number of its patients towards private healthcare. Heightened awareness of the health service’
Is this how it ends? After an 18-month rollercoaster of soaring and falling cases, and more than 100,000 UK deaths, is the epidemic fizzling out? Has immunity finally
The Windrush generation is being failed by the Home Office “all over again” because of fundamental problems in the compensation scheme for UK citizens misclassified as
Caution is still needed and the UK is not âout of the woods yetâ despite Covid infection numbers dropping, the epidemiologist Neil Ferguson has warned, as health c
“B et you never thought you’d end up here pal, eh?” says a Scottish islander to Syrian refugee Omar in the new movie Limbo. The place looks idylli
Luka DonÄiÄ made a spectacular Olympic debut with 48 points, tied for the second-highest total in menâs basketball history, to lead Slovenia to a 118-100 victory o
After winning Great Britainâs first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics, Adam Peaty said he hoped his victory would give some hope, joy and inspiration to his team, and
The UK’s water regulator is to allow utility companies to increase prices temporarily starting next year to offset higher bad debt costs because of the Covid-19 pandem
The number of new Covid-19 cases in the UK has fallen for five days in a row for the first time since February, but this figure does not include the impact of 19 July
Camping equipment and family tents are flying off the shelves in the UK this summer as people look for cheaper holiday alternatives during the pandemic. With this i