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London CNN  —  The United Kingdom is enduring a summer of misery as its beloved health service descends into crisis, inflation soars, taps run dry and strikes halt trains. Meanwhile, the government is nowhere to be seen. The sense of collapse is only mounting; health…

More than 6.5 million electric vehicles (EVs) have been sold worldwide¹ – and this number is expected to grow significantly over the next decade.   It can only be accelerated by the sale of new petrol and diesel cars being phased out around the world from as soon as 2025, with Norway taking the lead. The UK is targeting 2030, with…

Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters blocked the entrances to the facilities of military suppliers in the United Kingdom and the United States, demanding an end to arms sales to Israel. They were joined in their rallies by trade unionists, holding banners and Palestinian flags outside a BAE Systems factory in southeastern England on Friday,…

Mr Murdoch has reportedly been eyeing off The Spectator, while hedge fund millionaire Paul Marshall wants to add the two Tory titles to his portfolio of start-up right-wing media ventures, which includes voluble TV station GB News.The Gulf proposal comes jointly from US-based private equity firm Redbird Capital and Abu Dhabi group International…

The UK is triggering dispute proceedings with the EU, accusing it of breaching the Brexit treaty by freezing it out of scientific research programmes following the row over Northern Ireland.EU sources said the UK was asking for “formal consultations” – the first step of the mechanism to resolve disputes over the trade and cooperation…

Enlarge / A sign directing people to a toilet facility during the Children's Day Parade, part of the Notting Hill Carnival celebration in west London on Sunday August 27, 2023. The United Kingdom is experiencing a dramatic outbreak—unprecedented in scale and magnitude—of diarrheal illnesses from the intestinal parasite,…

Abdullah Sayyid often thinks about the moment the Taliban broke down his door, burst inside and shot his wife. The gunmen left, but would soon redouble their efforts to kill him because of his work for the British government.Sayyid’s wife was murdered during the chaotic aftermath of Operation Pitting, the UK’s emergency mass airlift from Kabul…

From sprawling castles to a UFO-inspired abode, Airbnb has revealed its most wish-listed unique homes in the UK — and they're all available to book now. Quirky properties are most certainly on the rise, with Airbnb reporting a 113 per cent increase in unique properties from 2019 to 2021. Whether it's domes, windmills, lighthouses or trains,…

Recently, the United Kingdom’s UK Space Agency and Axiom Space, a company based in Houston, Texas, signed an agreement for a possible space mission on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon with an all-British crew.  SpaceX was not specifically named in the contract, but Axiom, which is developing commercial modules for the ISS with a plan to…

Every day brings bleaker forecasts of the depths of the cost of living crisis. Last week it was news that the energy price cap was set to rocket to £3,359 from October, and this week an estimate puts it at £4,266 by January. Then the Bank of England announced the biggest interest rate hike in 27 years. This week, another stark warning of the…