Sam Tabahriti

Britain confident it can keep the blast furnaces burning at its last maker of virgin steel

British Steel is in a race to secure raw materials for its blast furnace and keep operations going

The roughly 35,000 people for whom the waterways of England and Wales are home are worried that what has long been a low-cost alternative to living on solid ground is being made unaffordable by government spending cuts and inflation.

British anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon has lost his appeal against his 18-month sentence after he previously admitted contempt of court for repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee.

Seeking solace in a turbulent world, Jennie Brennan and Jacob Peter have found an unlikely source of wellbeing: quietly rescuing and rehabilitating London's pigeons.

Pigeons in urban areas often suffer from a preventable condition known as “stringfoot,” in which litter such as thread, fishing line or human hair becomes entangled around their toes.

“It’s (…) a white paper that deals with skills and training, and one of the reasons that we’ve had stagnant growth… is because we have underinvested chronically in skills and growth,” he said on Monday.

The US singer allegedly attacked a music producer with a bottle at a nightclub in central London.

The EU and Britain have announced new sanctions against Russia without waiting for the United States to join them, a day after President Donald Trump spoke to Vladimir Putin without winning a promise for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

“I want to put on record today that we’re horrified by the escalation from Israel,” Starmer told parliament, after releasing a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.