Category: UK News

Dean Forbes has topped the Powerlist 2025, a list celebrating influential black Britons, due to his remarkable success story. After failing to succeed as a footballer in his youth, Forbes, who had been homeless twice, began his career in a call centre, but has since become the CEO of several software companies. Although he grew… Continue reading Black Powerlist: Dean Forbes named as most influential black Briton

Kate Bush has expressed her eagerness to start working on new music. Even though the “Wuthering Heights” singer has been out of the limelight lately, she told the BBC that she has “lots of ideas” she wishes to pursue. She said, “I’m really looking forward to getting back into that creative space, it’s been a… Continue reading Kate Bush says she is 'very keen' to record new music, as she launches animated film

The water industry in England and Wales is a hot mess, except for the fact that our taps produce water and our loos flush. The privatised water companies have been under fire recently for releasing raw sewage into the environment, causing public health issues. The former singer of the Undertones, Feargal Sharkey, has been campaigning… Continue reading The water industry is in crisis. Can it be fixed?

Conservative MP Neil O’Brien has proposed a series of policies to create a “civilised, orderly society” in Britain. O’Brien, a former government minister and head of the Policy Exchange think tank, criticised politicians on both the left and right for prioritising other issues and failing to make the country more orderly. He called for an… Continue reading Tory MP launches plan to 'make Britain vaguely civilised again'

The UK Conservative party will elect their next leader on Saturday, who will become the leader of the UK government’s official opposition. The two contenders, Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick, are both from the right of the party, and their core messages, on immigration and cultural issues, appear aimed at winning back support from Nigel… Continue reading Why the next Tory leader needs to go Cornish

The UK Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has unveiled plans to change how the government defines its assets, a move that would enable the government to borrow around £20bn more per year to fund investment. The announcement has been met with warnings from former chancellor Jeremy Hunt, who highlighted the potential risk of an increase in government… Continue reading Newspaper headlines: Reeves 'risks hurting pensioners' and shoplifting 'crisis'

Nigel Farage, the leader of the Reform UK party, has sent a letter to Conservative county councillors urging them to join his party before May’s local elections. In the letter, Farage warns of Reform’s “formidable” ground campaign capabilities and claims that a “huge number of [Conservative] county councillors genuinely agree with us and what we… Continue reading Nigel Farage calls on Tory councillors to switch to Reform UK

An inquest has heard that the school where Brianna Ghey met her killer did not know that the murderer had “spiked” a student with cannabis sweets. Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe, both aged 15 at the time, had plotted Brianna’s murder. They lured the 16-year-old to Culcheth Linear Park, Warrington, in February 2023, before stabbing… Continue reading Brianna killer's school unaware of 'spiking' incident – inquest

NHS England has reported a massive increase in online searches for prostate cancer symptoms since six-time Olympic champion cyclist Sir Chris Hoy disclosed his terminal diagnosis. In the two days after the revelation, there were nearly 15,000 visits to the symptoms advice website, compared to fewer than 1,900 the week before. Sir Chris said he… Continue reading Sir Chris Hoy says he is 'blown away' by the increase in men seeking prostate cancer advice

Commonwealth heads of government have initiated a call for reparations for countries impacted by the transatlantic slave trade, which commenced when the UK enslaved Black people for commercialism. The claim could result in the UK paying billions of pounds due to its historical role in the transatlantic slave trade. The UK Prime Minister Sir Keir… Continue reading 'We can't change our history' on slave trade, says Keir Starmer