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Loud bangs and bright flashes have been witnessed after a knife attacker forced staff at a petrol station in Bristol to hide inside a safe room. Police say a man has been detained. Around half a dozen loud ‘bangs’ could be heard from inside the petrol station, before a man …

The United Nations on Tuesday rejected a call by a global non-government network to postpone the upcoming COP26 climate summit in Britain on the grounds that a lack of COVID vaccines risked sidelining developing countries. “For now, no changes are planned, but we understand the concerns,” UN deputy spokesman Farhan …

Britain plans to further extend post-Brexit grace periods on some goods imports to Northern Ireland, Brexit minister David Frost said on Monday, in a move designed to give London and Brussels more time for talks about trade with the province. The fate of British-ruled Northern Ireland was the most contentious …

Britain’s biggest supplier of influenza vaccines said on Saturday it was postponing deliveries due to a Brexit-related shortage of lorry drivers, delaying the government’s winter inoculation campaign. Medics say the campaign offering free flu vaccines to more than 35 million people is even more important this year after lockdowns for …

Britain will not recognise the Taliban as the new government in Kabul, but must deal with new realities in Afghanistan and does not want to see its social and economic fabric broken, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Friday. Speaking during a visit to Pakistan, Raab said it would not …

A rescue crew was able to find a swimmer who was missing for 12 hours off the Ireland coast after they spotted a dolphin pod surrounding him, the BBC reported last week. “The RNLI volunteers spotted the exhausted man among the dolphins in the sea near Castlegregory in County Kerry,” …

Thousands of UK students hoping to spend the year abroad are caught in limbo after facing challenges to complete their language courses or take up internships in the European Union (EU). While some of the students have deferred their study projects or even have switched continents because of visa delays, …

A top UK politician was filmed dancing at a techno nightclub wearing a suit in the early hours of Sunday morning. MP Michael Gove was spotted at the Bohemia nightclub in Aberdeen, Scotland after reportedly trying to get in without paying the $7 (£5) entry fee, according to Glasgow tabloid …

British police said on Thursday they had arrested a man after processed meats and microwaveable products at three supermarkets in west London were injected using a number of needles. The Little Waitrose, Sainsbury’s Local, and Tesco Express stores were closed following the incident which took place on Wednesday evening. Police …

Thousands of Afghan asylum seekers who have already arrived in the UK are stuck in a “nightmarish limbo” amid mounting pressure to grant them the right to stay in Britain permanently. Nick Thomas-Symonds, the shadow home secretary, said on Monday that the Conservatives’ “chaotic handling” of Afghanistan evacuation “has put lives in danger …

As part of their nationwide campaign against an Israeli arms manufacturer, pro-Palestine activists in the UK have staged a protest outside the company’s plant in the borough of Oldham. Palestine Action, a London-based pro-Palestine advocacy group, shared a series of tweets showing masked activists standing on the roof of the …

Climate change activists held a demonstration in the City of London on Sunday as they started two weeks of protests focused on the capital’s financial district. About 200 demonstrators from the group Extinction Rebellion took part in the demonstration, aimed at highlighting the role of high finance in the climate …

The famous “Changing the Guard” ceremony at Queen Elizabeth’s Buckingham Palace in London returned on Monday after an 18-month absence due to the coronavirus pandemic. The colorful ceremony sees The Queen’s Guard handing over responsibility for protecting Buckingham Palace and St James’s Palace to the New Guard, usually involving soldiers …

G7 leaders will discuss the crisis in Afghanistan on Tuesday in a virtual summit, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Sunday, a week after the Taliban retook power. “It is vital that the international community works together to ensure safe evacuations, prevent a humanitarian crisis and support the Afghan people …

The Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Scottish Greens have signed a power-sharing agreement after months of intense negotiations, giving the opportunity to the members of the Green Party to take leading positions in the Scottish government for the first time in the UK. Announcing the deal on Friday, Nicola …

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is facing mounting pressure from British political parties to resign due to the “unforgivable failure” of the government in handling the Afghanistan crisis. Blasting Raab for being on holiday on the Greek island of Crete while Kabul was being retaken by the Taliban, the Labour Party …

Some 125 Afghans who had been hired to guard the British embassy in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, have been reportedly informed that they are not eligible for a British scheme designed to help people who worked for the UK resettle abroad, amid the takeover of the country by the Taliban militants. …

London’s police warned on Friday that protests by environmental activists planned for the next two weeks will cause disruption across the capital and will distract officers from dealing with crime. Extinction Rebellion, which caused days of traffic chaos in London two years ago, said it will target the capital’s financial …

British police on Friday named Jake Davison as the man who went on a shooting rampage that killed five people including a very young girl in the city of Plymouth before taking his own life, possibly with a pump-action shotgun. Police were called at 6:10 pm on Thursday in Plymouth …

Post-Brexit trade frictions have “significantly altered” freight traffic between Ireland and Britain and sparked a steep rise in volumes to and from Ireland and other European Union members, an Irish government agency report said on Thursday. The introduction of checks on some goods since neighbouring Britain left the EU’s trading …