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The European Union has made progress in its talks with the UK on the trading arrangements of Northern Ireland but difficulties remain, European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic said on Monday.

Truss came to power in September, immediately implementing a radical tax-slashing agenda.

Proposals to reimburse hundreds of millions of pounds to scam victims in Britain are "fundamentally flawed" and are taking too long to come into force, lawmakers said in a report published on Monday.

A man caught carrying a loaded crossbow at late Queen Elizabeth's Windsor Castle home pleaded guilty in a London court on Friday to an offence under the Treason Act and threatening to kill the monarch.

A Briton on Friday became the first person in decades to plead guilty to treason, after admitting trying to harm Queen Elizabeth II with a loaded crossbow in Windsor Castle in 2021.

Rare coins and valuable notes can be worth tens of thousands of times their face value when sold at auctions and bought by various museums and avid collectors.

A new study has shed light on how food items that have become a part of our daily diet can increase the risk of cancer.

The Bank of England on Thursday hiked its interest rate for a tenth time in a row as global authorities race to combat sky-high inflation.

"It is like a game of Russian roulette. If you keep him locked up, you're never going to know. But if he's freed you might find out the wrong way."

Both the Conservatives and Labour have spent decades racking up debt for the next generation to somehow pay off.

HMS Vanguard is one of four nuclear submarines that patrol the UK's seas.

The Bank of England is poised to raise interest rates for the 10th time in a row on Thursday to keep up its fight against rampant inflation, but it might also drop a hint about when the steep climb in borrowing costs will end.

British house prices dropped by a bigger-than-expected 0.6% in January and are now 3.2% below their peak in August, following a surge in borrowing costs and broader inflation pressures, mortgage lender Nationwide Building Society said on Wednesday.

Half a million workers went on strike in Britain on Wednesday, calling for higher wages in the largest such walkout in over a decade, closing schools and severely disrupting transport.

Premier League clubs have once again massively outspent their rivals in a desperate scramble to strengthen their squads for the second half of the season.

Following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine last year, Britain trumpeted new legislation requiring property-ownership disclosure aimed at cracking down on Russian oligarchs and corrupt elites laundering illicit wealth.

UK public libraries are government-funded via local councils but have suffered from large budget cuts in recent years.

A consortium including Hydrogen truck startup HVS and supermarket chain Asda said on Wednesday it had been awarded a 6.6 million pound ($8.1 million) UK government grant to develop autonomous hydrogen heavy goods vehicles.

British grocery inflation hit a record 16.7% in the four weeks to Jan.

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet with Republican lawmakers this week as he presses the United States to sustain aid to Ukraine as it fights off Russia's assault.

Nigeria's former deputy senate president and his wife appeared in a London court on Tuesday ahead of their trial for organ harvesting, but his accused daughter was unable to attend as she is in hospital.

Witnesses claim Natasha shouted at bystanders to "go back" when the dogs started attacking her.

Three years after its departure from the European Union, Britain is yet to benefit from the Brexit dividend that was promised for its economy as it lags its peers on multiple fronts, including trade and investment.

England's National Health Service (NHS) on Monday announced a two-year recovery plan to help restore emergency care and frontline services, currently struggling through one of their toughest winters.

Right-wing interior minister Suella Braverman said Thursday that three of the changes previously promised were unnecessary.

Britain's finance minister on Friday dismissed "gloom" over its recession-threatened economy and vowed to tap into Brexit opportunities and tackle rampant inflation to boost growth during a cost-of-living crisis.

A British teenager was on Friday sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for videos promoting racist violence that have been linked to two mass killings in the United States.

The family of the woman whose body was found in a "mummified, almost skeletal state" after almost four years has slammed the NHS for failing to save her.

The National Education Union declared seven days of walkouts in February and March after nine out of 10 union teacher members voted for strike action.