China remembers Jane Goodall and her ‘passionate engagement’ on the environment

Tributes have poured onto Chinese social media following the death on Wednesday of renowned British conservationist Jane Goodall, aged 91, who visited China 17 times and whose story featured in school textbooks. Goodall’s last visit to China was...

Badenoch’s vow to scrap the Climate Change Act won’t win back voters

Kemi Badenoch has pledged to repeal the Climate Change Act 2008 – and made a lot of noise in the process. This marks the Tory party’s biggest step yet away from the establishment consensus on Net Zero. It also represents another significant step...

Australian Jewish community shocked by UK terror attack

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry says the attack at a synagogue in Manchester on the holy day of Yom Kippur is devastating. British police declared Thursday's deadly car and stabbing attack on the synagogue in the UK's north a terrorist...

The real tragedy of the horizon: where framing climate change as financial risk went wrong

Ten years ago today, as Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney warned of the ‘tragedy of the horizon’: that by the time climate risks fully hit markets, it would be too late to act. Climate advocates seized the narrative of financial risk,...

Waterproof Rolex worn by first British woman to swim the Channel up for auction

A watch worn by the first British woman to swim the English Channel is going to auction with an estimated selling price of almost £1 million. Mercedes Gleitze’s “vindication swim” of 1927 was used to verify the engineering prowess of the Rolex...

Edinburgh festivals raise future fears over soaring costs, climate change and AI

A report for a House of Commons inquiry into the future of the UK’s events industry has suggested that escalating costs, particularly accommodation were calling into question the affordability of the city and the “very feasibility” of its major...

Doja Cat Tickets For UK & European Leg Of Ma Vie World Tour On Sale 10am Today

Photo: Greg Swales Doja Cat has announced new 2026 UK, European, North American and Latin America shows for her Ma Vie World Tour. Doja Cat tickets for all dates go on general sale at 10am local time The Grammy-winning superstar will visit Brazil,...

Facebook and Instagram users in UK can soon pay to skip ads

Meta is giving UK users a new choice: pay to escape ads or continue using Facebook and Instagram for free with personalised advertising. The move follows recent guidance from the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and months of...

With the royals riding out the storm, will the sun ever rise on a British republic?

Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size In the crowded aisles of the Liverpool political gathering meant to build support for the...

Home secretary says pro-Palestine protests in wake of Manchester attack are ‘un-British’

The decision by pro-Palestinian groups and supporters to proceed with protests calling for an end to the war in Gaza after Thursday’s deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester was “fundamentally un-British”, the home secretary has said as she...

Operating environment of UK manufacturers challenging in Sept 2025

The operating environment faced by UK manufacturers remained challenging in September this year, as a quiet domestic market and lower intakes of new export business stymied production volumes and total new order intakes, Purchasing Managers’ Index...

Unified Lending Interface: Unlocking the Potential of Embedded Finance and Lending in the UK

By Chirag Shah, Founder and CEO of Pulse. The UK’s financial services ecosystem is changing. The traditional frameworks, which have been characterised by siloed systems, inflexible risk models, and manual workflows, are increasingly proving...

SAVE BRITAIN'S FAMILY FARMS: "Farming is the backbone of Britain"

Last weekend saw the Labour Party descend on Liverpool to outline its vision for the future. Meanwhile, a sea of farmers took to the streets in protest against current Government policies that the industry feels will be severely detrimental to...

North Wales health board at risk of losing £82m improvement grant due to funding deficit

An £82 million improvement and transformation grant for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board could be at risk if the organisation fails to close its funding deficit. Less than halfway into the fiscal year BCUHB is reporting a £13.6m financial...

Kwara, Benue, other are Nigeria’s worst-managed states -UK Report

A new governance performance report has ranked Zamfara, Kwara, and Benue States as the poorest-managed in Nigeria between 2023 and 2025. The ranking was contained in a midterm assessment released in London on Monday by the Good Governance Rating...

SNP branded ‘shameful’ as more than 800 criminals to be released early from Scotland’s prisons

NATS chiefs have been slammed for “rehashing” a “shameful” early release of more than 800 prisoners in a desperate bid to ease pressure on straining Scottish jails. SNP justice secretary Angela Constance revealed around 440 prisoners would be...

What a £5 coffee (or a £100 Pizza Express) tells us about a changing Britain

It was only a chain-store coffee. A morale-boosting one, bought for consoling purposes on the faintly weepy way home from dropping our precious firstborn off at university; but still, just a takeaway oat-milk latte from a bog-standard roadside...

Bristol barbers Winterbourne Cuts ranked among best in the UK

Callum Waldron is the owner of Winterbourne Cuts, a barbershop in Winterbourne Down, Bristol(Image: Paul Gillis/Reach Plc) A barbershop owned by a 22-year-old Bristol barber has been ranked the 18th best in the UK in the Hair & Beauty Awards....

British Jewish leaders lament that Manchester attack was only a matter of time

Jewish community leaders in the United Kingdom and around the world responded with sadness and anger to news of the deadly terror attack at a Manchester synagogue during Yom Kippur services on Thursday that killed two people and seriously injured...

The ozone layer is recovering. Boston environmental educators, activists say the fight against climate change isn’t over.

A chalkboard at the Boston University Sustainability Festival where attendees can list the reasons they love the environment. The health of the ozone layer, one of the biggest indicators of global climate change, has steadily been improving, but...