A surprise fall in inflation in November has raised hopes that the Bank of England will begin cutting interest rates sooner than expected. Inflation – the rate prices rise at – fell from 4.6% to 3.9% last month, the lowest…
Alex Batty: Teen from Oldham missing for 6 years found in France
A 17-year-old British boy from Oldham who went missing in Spain in 2017 has been found in France, authorities say. Alex Batty was found in the town of Revel, east of Toulouse, early on Wednesday morning. The prosecutor’s office in…
Robert Jenrick quits frontbench over Rwanda bill, piling pressure on Sunak
Rishi Sunak’s government was plunged into further crisis when the immigration minister quit just hours after the prime minister tabled a bill to save his Rwanda deportation policy. Robert Jenrick stood down after it was revealed that the legislation did…
UK could send lawyers to Rwanda as part of asylum deal
Cabinet Minister Lucy Frazer on Monday said that British lawyers could be sent to Rwandan courts as part of a new treaty aimed at finally implementing the government’s plan to fly asylum seekers to the African nation. Home Secretary James…
British documentary alleges China influences universities, spies on Hong Kongers in UK
A BBC Channel 4 documentary, “Secrets and Power: China in the UK,” claims the Chinese government is interfering with academic freedom and spying on Hong Kong activists in the United Kingdom. The 49-minute film released Wednesday alleges that the University…
Ultra-marathon runner banned for using car in race
Ultra-marathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski has been banned for 12 months by UK Athletics for using a car in a race. Zakrzewski accepted a medal and trophy for finishing third in the 2023 GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool 50-mile race on…
Braverman out, ex-PM David Cameron back in, as Rishi Sunak shuffles his cabinet
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made some sweeping changes to his cabinet in an autumn reshuffle prompted by a scandal-hit home secretary. Suella Braverman has been sacked after being accused of inflaming tensions with her comments about a pro-Palestinian…
Rishi Sunak: AI firms cannot mark their own homework
Monitoring the risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) is too important to be left to big tech firms, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said. He told the BBC that governments needed to take action and AI firms could not be…
An ex-British cyberespionage employee gets life in prison for stabbing an American spy
A former British cyberespionage employee who had become angry and resentful toward his agency’s work was sentenced Monday to life in prison for attempted murder in the vicious stabbing of an American intelligence worker assigned to the U.K. Joshua Bowles,…
Former British police officer jailed for abusing over 200 girls on Snapchat
A former British police officer was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with a minimum term of 12 years after he pleaded guilty to over 100 child sex offences, including threatening and blackmailing more than 200 young girls into sending…