Category: UK News

The prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects has announced that London’s Elizabeth line has been selected as one of six nominees for the 2024 Riba Stirling prize for architecture, joining other powerful nominees. The National Portrait Gallery, a social housing development in east London, and a dairy farm in Dorset that has been renovated to… Continue reading Riba Stirling Prize: Elizabeth line shortlisted for 2024 architecture award

Ofcom’s annual Media Nations report reveals that live and catch-up programming viewed on a television set at home among young adults has fallen below 50%. In 2018, 76% of 16 to 24-year-olds watched traditional TV during an average week; however, in 2023, this figure fell to 48%. The report also states that on average, those… Continue reading Gen Z: Less than half of 16-24-year-olds watch traditional TV, Ofcom says

Organized crime gangs in the UK are targeting lorries, stealing goods and causing stress among drivers. Lorry drivers are demanding more secure truck stops to prevent cargo from being stolen. The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has called on the government to create a freight crime offence and a national truck parking security standard to combat… Continue reading Lorry thefts: Drivers call for higher security standards

A protest in Southport has resulted in several police officers being injured and a police van set on fire, only hours after a vigil was held to remember the three children tragically killed in a knife attack at Hart Street. Merseyside Police said a number of officers have been injured, police vehicles have been damaged… Continue reading Southport protest sees officers injured and police van set alight

Police have arrested six people in Southend-on-Sea in connection with a recent incident. The Essex Police detained the suspects citing ‘disorder’ as the reason for the arrest. The arrests came after David Burton-Sampson, the Labour MP for Southend West and Leigh, advised the public to stay away from the area. The police have warned that… Continue reading Southend: Six arrested as city MP warns of “ongoing incident”

The British government has warned thousands of nationals in Lebanon to leave immediately or risk becoming trapped in a warzone following reports of a rocket attack on a playing field in Majdal Shams which killed 12 young people. Tensions in the Middle East have escalated following the incident, with Israel claiming that the militant group… Continue reading UK nationals urged to leave Lebanon over war risk

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has defended her decision to restrict winter fuel payments for around 10 million pensioners. Reeves disclosed the government uncovered a £22bn hole in the public finances. “I had to act” to “fix the mess,” she said. One of the decisions announced on Monday was that pensioners in England and Wales not on… Continue reading Rachel Reeves defends scrapping winter fuel payments for millions

Adele Rennie, a former nurse who has previously posed as a man to target women online, has been convicted of similar offenses for a third time. Rennie, 33, pleaded guilty at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court to causing a woman fear and alarm while pretending to be a male pharmacist. In 2017, Rennie was jailed for 22… Continue reading Ex-nurse guilty of online fake man scam for third time

Anjem Choudary, the leader of banned group al-Muhajiroun, has been sentenced to life in prison for directing the group and encouraging support for it through online meetings. The verdict means that Choudary will not be eligible for release on licence until he is over 85 years old. Choudary appeared shocked and unsteady in the dock… Continue reading Anjem Choudary: Radical preacher jailed for life

A dance studio in Southport, Merseyside, became the site of a “ferocious” knife attack that killed three girls and left two adults and five children in critical condition. One of the victims, a 9-year-old girl, died in hospital early on Tuesday morning following the attack at the Taylor Swift-themed event on Monday. Two other children… Continue reading Third girl dies after stabbing at Southport dance studio