Category: UK News

GDP in the UK fell by 0.1% in October, which has been described as a “blow” to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, according to the Financial Times. The Daily Express reports that Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch “blasted” Labour for “crashing” the economy and criticised Reeves and PM Sir Keir Starmer for making the wrong choices. Meanwhile, The… Continue reading Newspaper headlines: 'MI5 probes Duke spy claims' and 'GDP blow to Reeves'

The annual Christmas tradition of dreaming of a white Christmas is well underway in the UK, but what are the actual chances of experiencing one this year? While longer-range weather models are still uncertain, it appears that the country is likely to experience unsettled weather throughout the festive season. Parts of Scotland are predicted to… Continue reading Will it snow on Christmas?

Noddy Holder, formerly of the British rock band Slade, has revealed that he has a unique way of waking up his wife each Christmas morning. His signature move involves belting out the iconic lyric “It’s Christmas”. Holder and his wife Suzan have been married for three decades, and it has become a tradition for him… Continue reading Slade's Holder wakes up wife every Christmas with iconic lyric

Former Love Island star, Megan Barton-Hanson, admitted that she was not aware that removing a condom during sex was legally classified as rape. Such an action was referred to as stealthing, where one engages in sexual intercourse without informing the other person that the condom has been removed. The Metropolitan Police states that under the… Continue reading Love Island star Megan Barton-Hanson speaks of 'stealthing' shock

The UK is struggling to meet the government’s target of building 1.5 million new homes due to a shortage of construction workers, according to the Home Builders Federation (HBF) and Barratt Redrow. The trade bodies said a shortfall across 12 trades, including bricklaying, groundworks, and carpentry was to blame, with tens of thousands of new… Continue reading UK 'doesn't have enough builders' for Angela Rayner's 1.5m homes

In the running for the coveted glitterball trophy are four celebrities who have made it through weeks of fierce competition on Strictly Come Dancing. Among the finalists is Chris McCausland who, as the first blind contestant on the show, is generating a lot of excitement and is the bookies’ favourite to win. The grand final… Continue reading Strictly Come Dancing: Four celebrities gear up for grand final

The UK government has been criticised for the slow progress towards criminalising the creation of sexually explicit deepfake images. Baroness Owen, a Conservative peer, has proposed a law to make it an offence to create or solicit intimate images of people without their consent. Deepfakes are digitally altered images or videos using artificial intelligence to replace… Continue reading Speed up plans to criminalise deepfake abuse, ministers told

Muppet, a Chinese crested dog from Peterborough with a permanently hanging tongue and missing teeth, has won the title of Britain’s ugliest dog in a competition organised by photography company Parrot Print. Muppet beat out seven other pooches to win the award, with the final held on ITV’s This Morning show. Owner Bev Nicholson described… Continue reading Peterborough pooch Muppet is crowned Britain's ugliest dog

Police forces in Wales have launched a facial recognition app which has raised concerns about human rights being breached. It is the first time in the UK that the app has been used to identify individuals in near real-time. The app, known as Operator Initiated Facial Recognition, or OIFR, will be used by South Wales… Continue reading Facial recognition: App lets police identify suspects in street

More than £14,000 worth of Elvis Presley memorabilia has been sold at auction. The collection belonged to a single individual who had been acquiring them since the 1960s, and consisted of 99 lots of Elvis memorabilia, including several described as personal. Prestige Auctions in Grimsby auctioned off the items at their event on Wednesday, 10… Continue reading Elvis memorabilia sells for more than £14,000 at Grimsby auction