The Latest Breaking News from United Kingdom

UK government shame as Afghan refugee faces being sent back to Taliban after admin error

Exclusive: ‘They led him down this road of believing he had a chance and they put him up for months in Islamabad at an eye-watering cost of money. At the end of all this process they’re booting him out’

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

UK government using AI to decide benefit payments and spot sham marriages, investigation reveals

Certain nationalities and ethnicities may be being discriminated against by AI, critics say

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2023

Why have Bitcoin prices doubled since the start of the year?

A combination of economic and regulatory factors are thought to be behind a lift in investor confidence

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2023

Bill Kenwright: Everton chairman and theatre impresario dies aged 78

Bill Kenwright, Everton’s chairman for the past 19 years and one of the UK’s most successful theatre impresarios, has died aged 78

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023

Momentum builds behind call for Israel-Hamas ceasefire

A BID by a cross-party group of MPs to put pressure on the UK Government to call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is gathering momentum.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 24, 2023

Amazon delivery drones: how the sky could be the limit for market dominance

Amazon’s latest plan to use drones to deliver packages in the UK by the end of 2024 is essentially a relaunch. It was ten years ago that the company’s founder Jeff Bezos first announced it would fly individual packages through the sky.

The Conversation · Oct 24, 2023

Business is grooming: why the UK’s barbers are bucking the high-street decline

Britain now has almost 20,000 independent barbers, while beauty and nail salons are also booming. Is vanity the key to making money?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023

Woman’s release ‘gives hope’ to UK families of Hamas hostages

Ayelet Svatitzky, whose mother and brother were taken and whose brother was murdered, said it gave 'some hope'

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2023

Don't set your sights too high this Christmas, we might be in recession

City Comment: There's a good chance the UK will be in or very close to recession by the time the big fellah clambers down the nations’ chimneys

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2023

Forensic Analytics: Crime analysis software takes engineer from BT to the DEA

Today every one of the UK’s police forces are customers of Forensic Analytics

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2023