Emer MoreauBusiness reporter Getty Images The number of sick and disabled people out of work is putting the UK at risk of an “economic inactivity crisis” that threatens the country’s prosperity, according to a new report. There were 800,000 more people out of work now than in 2019 due to health conditions, costing employers £85bn … Read more
For the first time in Great Britain, there are more over-16s using vapes or e-cigarettes than smoking cigarettes, according to the Office for National Statistics. Some 5.4 million adults use vapes daily or occasionally, compared with 4.9 million using cigarettes, an ONS survey for 2024 suggests. Daily use of vapes is most common among 25-49 … Read more
Zoe Conway and James Stewart Nick Woolley/BBC Bushra Rashid from Fishwick says that 2013 insulation work has damaged her health and her property Homeowners who say that botched insulation under government schemes left them living in mouldy conditions are calling for an investigation into the problem to be widened. One woman has told the BBC … Read more
new video loaded: How a Pro-Palestinian Group Got Banned in Britain By Lizzie Dearden, Laura Bult, David Seekamp, David Jouppi and Melanie Bencosme•August 7, 2025 Palestine Action, a pro-Palestinian group known for its direct action, was banned as a terrorism group under British law. The decision followed a break-in by the group at Britain’s largest … Read more
Michel Danino, Guest Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Archaeological Sciences) and Head of the Curricular Area Group for Social Science textbooks – a body working in collaboration with the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) – speaks to The Hindu about the process of designing new middle school Social Science … Read more
The United States is no longer a top three export market for British manufacturers in the wake of President Donald Trump‘s tariffs, an industry-wide survey revealed Monday. For the first time since 1988, when manufacturers’ organisation Make UK began such a poll, the United States is not “the second most favoured destination for export growth… … Read more
Britain‘s new government is prioritising avoiding job losses in talks with Tata Steel over government backing for a transition to lower-carbon technologies, business minister Jonathan Reynolds said on Sunday. Tata, Britain’s biggest steel producer, started closing one of its carbon-intensive blast furnaces on Thursday while the shutdown of its other one is slated for September, … Read more
Britain‘s inflation fever may be starting to break, but data due out this week is expected to show the economy has more cooling to do before the Bank of England can change course on interest rates. Official statistics are slated to show Tuesday that wages accelerated to the fastest pace on record in July, pushing … Read more
Scientists discover 4,000-year-old plague DNA – the oldest evidence of the disease in Britain. Source link
Watch | Ukraine military train in Britain Ukrainians are undergoing military training in the United Kingdom. Called Operation Interflex, over 2,000 Ukraine military recruits are undergoing five weeks of basic training in the UK. The course is run by the U.K. and nine other partner countries including Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, … Read more