Category: UK News

Hospitals across the UK are experiencing a critical incident as this year’s flu season places the NHS under pressure. Warwick Hospital, run by South Warwickshire trust, has 375 beds, but at one point the predicted demand was almost 100 more than that. The hospital was forced to declare a critical incident – the highest alert… Continue reading NHS: BBC goes inside hospital battling winter pressures

Lloyds Banking Group has announced that customers of Lloyds, Halifax, and Bank of Scotland can now use services in any of the three banks’ respective branches. The move by the UK’s largest moneylender aims to provide customers with greater flexibility and choice, while also making it easier to connect with apps, mobile messaging, and telephone… Continue reading Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers to use any branch

Days before the return of Donald Trump to the White House, David Lammy has spoken out, challenging the President-elect’s rhetoric. Whilst keen to talk up relations between the UK and the US, he expressed concerns regarding aspects of the Trump administration’s policies. He criticised the President-elect’s refusal to rule out military action against Greenland, calling… Continue reading David Lammy challenges Donald Trump's rhetoric ahead of inauguration

In 2022, Professor Alexis Jay, a child protection expert, completed a seven-year investigation into the sexual abuse of children in England and Wales. Her inquiry covered abuse in a range of institutions, including churches, schools, political parties, and children’s homes. The inquiry found that children had been abused both online and offline, by individuals and… Continue reading The 20 child abuse inquiry recommendations – what has happened so far?

The National Education Union (NEU), the largest education union in England, is set to vote on whether to accept or reject the government’s pay offer of 2.8% for the year 2021-2022. If the offer is turned down, the NEU will hold a debate at its conference in April on whether to vote for industrial action,… Continue reading Teaching union NEU to ballot members over pay offer

A man who mistakenly threw away a hard drive containing Bitcoin worth $288m now looks set to be denied the chance to retrieve it from landfill. James Howells, a Welsh IT worker, has been told that a judge has struck out his attempt to claim against his local council for permission to excavate a specified… Continue reading Bitcoin miner's claim to recover £600m in Newport tip thrown out

A murder inquiry has been launched after a 17-year-old boy was fatally stabbed near a bus station in Bedford. Thomas Taylor, a Bedford Academy student, was walking along Greenhill Street when he was attacked by a group of males just before 6 pm on Wednesday. He was taken to hospital with serious injuries, but later… Continue reading Teenager dies after Bedford bus station stabbing

Mick Lynch, the head of the National Union of Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers (RMT), has announced his retirement after 30 years of service. Lynch became the general secretary of the UK’s largest railway union in 2021 and helped stage several pay strikes that resulted in a deal with the new Labour government this summer.… Continue reading Mick Lynch announces retirement as head of RMT

The UK is currently seeing its government bond interest rates increasing in the financial markets, which could have significant impacts for the economy. UK government bonds, known as “gilts,” are typically considered secure with little risk involved in not repaying the amount borrowed, making them popular with financial institutions like pension funds. However, since August,… Continue reading Why are gilt yields rising and how does it affect me?

Sir Keir Starmer has been sent a “cease and desist” letter by former Prime Minister Liz Truss, demanding that he stop claiming she “crashed the economy”. Truss’s lawyers claim that Sir Keir’s repeated statement is “false and defamatory”, and did harm to their client during her run-up to defeat in the general election. Truss was… Continue reading Liz Truss legal threat to Starmer over claim she crashed economy