Tag: UK News

The UK Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced that £20m will be provided to each of seven Scottish towns to tackle anti-social behaviour and regenerate high streets. The aim of the 10-year deal is to give local people the funding to improve their communities. The chosen towns are Greenock, Kilmarnock, Clydebank, Elgin, Irvine, Coatbridge and Dumfries.… Continue reading Seven Scottish towns to each receive £20m levelling up cash

Dame Helen Mirren has addressed criticism over her portrayal of former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. The 78-year-old actor, who is not Jewish, stars in the film Golda – which charts the life of Israel’s first female prime minister from 1969 to 1974, including the years of the Yom Kippur war. Critics have questioned her casting,… Continue reading Dame Helen Mirren speaks of 'delicate balance' in playing Golda Meir

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has expressed his desire to reduce taxes but has refused to commit to doing so before the next general election. Speaking at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, Sunak stated that his priority was to ease living costs, opting to focus on inflation as the “best tax cut” he could deliver… Continue reading Rishi Sunak refuses to commit to pre-election tax cuts

Stuart and Karen Guthrie, parents of a six-year-old girl who underwent seven surgeries for a brain tumour, have called for more awareness around the disease. The couple led hundreds of people on a walk in Newcastle to raise funds for research. A CT scan at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary revealed the tumour after their daughter… Continue reading Jarrow girl, 6, undergoes seven brain tumour surgeries

Brian Blessed, the 86-year-old former president of the Council for National Parks and actor who played Lord Locksley in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, has urged park officials to plant a new tree near the recently felled Sycamore Gap landmark in Northumberland. Blessed argues that a new tree would keep the stump… Continue reading Sycamore Gap: Brian Blessed says cut down tree 'not dead'

A new system for moving goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland has commenced, marking the commencement of a significant aspect of the Windsor Framework. Agreed to by the UK and EU in February, the framework is the revised post-Brexit agreement for Northern Ireland with the intention of easing trade between Northern Ireland and the… Continue reading Brexit: New system begins for moving goods from GB to NI

Representatives from both the Labour and Conservative parties have acknowledged that they face a tough challenge in the upcoming by-election in Tamworth. Voters in the town will go to the polls on October 19th, with the Conservatives currently holding a majority of more than 19,600. However, polls suggest that the national swing towards Labour means… Continue reading 'Tight fight' ahead in Tamworth by-election

The family of Paul Dawson, a man who died after waiting 47 minutes for an ambulance after suffering a heart attack, has criticized the ambulance service response time. Dawson’s wife called 999 four times before paramedics finally arrived, by which time he was in cardiac arrest. Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) has opened a serious incident… Continue reading Bradford man died of cardiac arrest after ambulance delay

Tom Booton was raised on a council estate in Colchester, a small town in Essex. Despite the challenging upbringing, he found his passion in cooking. After years of hard work, Booton landed a job as a chef at The Grill at the Dorchester Hotel at just 26 years old, becoming the youngest head chef in… Continue reading From council estate to top hotel’s youngest head chef

An increasing number of international students attending universities in London are struggling to find affordable housing. With rising numbers of foreign students attending universities in London, some institutions are now home to more international students than UK ones. While the government has worked to increase the number of international students, foreign students have found it… Continue reading 'I had to live in a two-bed flat with 20 other men' – student