Queen Elizabeth II has missed the state opening of parliament for the first time in 59 years, the customary speech laying out the government’s plan for new laws and actions given by her son instead.
The Russian ambassador to Poland was surrounded by protesters and dashed with blood-like paint during a WW2 commemorative event.
The UK government has announced it will be discontinuing the domestic vaccination passports that allowed businesses to discriminate against would-be customers based on medical status from next week. The UK’s ‘NHS COVID Pass’, a digital document used to prove vaccination
Crucial grain from Ukraine isnt being exported, a U.N. director warns, saying there are millions of tons of grain “just sitting there”.
An MP accused of watching pornography inside the chamber has been named, ending days of speculation after claims emerged earlier this week.
After weeks of claims of deliberate sabotage of Ukraine’s food infrastructure, Kyiv has published images claiming a Russian attack on grain.
Two weeks after Italians were told they’d have a choice between ‘air conditioning or peace’, the government appears to have made the choice for them, introducing rationing of AC and heat in a bid to reduce the nation’s dependence on imported Russian energy.
Registrations of new cars are down 20%, blamed by industry on “ongoing supply chain disruptions, further exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine”.
Five days after the Moskva was reportedly struck by cruise missiles, the first pictures of the ship while burning appear to have emerged.
The Scottish First Minister has been referred to police over an alleged breach of her own coronavirus mask rules.
Just as the tourism industry recovers from lockdown! The PM will find his holiday choices curbed after Russia said he was no longer welcome.
Russia has confirmed the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet has sunk after what Ukraine said was a missile attack by their forces.
Hours after Ukranian state media claimed Russian capital ship Moskva had been hit by two missiles, the Russia confirmed “serious damage”.
Imran Ahmad Khan, a Conservative member of parliament elected in 2019 has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage boy in 2008.
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen took the top spots and will face off again in 13 days’ time to decide the next French President.
Poland has made its fleet of MIG-29 jets available “immediately and free of charge”, despite calling the move “fake news” just two days ago.
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky quoted Shakespeare and Churchill in an address which appealed to British “greatness” to protect Ukrain’s skies.
The Parliament of the European Union welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s application to join the bloc in a resolution on Tuesday – a first step in a long and difficult official joining process that Ukraine may not technically qualify for.
The sole working Antonov-225 Cossack was confirmed lost but — perhaps remarkably — the Ukrainian government has vowed to rebuild.
Europe must wean itself off Russian gas now, Prime Minister Johnson said as he announced Britain’s sanctions in response to “Russian dictator” Vladimir Putin.
The Ukrainian govt will give weapons “to anyone who wants to defend the country” in the aftermath of Russia expanding its ‘war’.
The UK will announce the end of all Corona rules this week, with the PM warning the public “we need to learn to live with this virus”.
The PM and UK govt ministers have labelled Russia’s claims on shelling that struck a school in Ukraine a “false flag operation”.
A combination of high taxes and constrained supply sees petrol at £1.48 a litre ($7.60 a U.S. gallon) for the first time.
Commissioner Dick handed in her resignation as the most senior police officer in the UK after the Mayor said he no longer had faith in her.
Soaring taxes, cuddling up to China, and treating voters with contempt are major problems for Boris Johnson’s government, Farage said.
A veteran Tory was bone-dry in his sardonic questioning why govt wasn’t simply cutting taxes to help families survive cost of living rises.
Johnson said the UK should lead Western sanctions against Russia, even if his approach is at odds with Zelensky’s advice on handling Russia.
Boris Johnson flew to Ukraine Tuesday afternoon, pledging support to Kyiv including an £88 million giveaway to the Ukrainian government.
Johnson told the house “I’m sorry” in the wake of the Gray report, but switched immediately to a combative tone when facing Starmer.
While Boris has been accused of making ‘red meat’ giveaways, he clearly is not wounded badly enough to consider scrapping a looming tax rise.
Rumours claim the much-anticipated inquiry into lockdown-breaking parties at at the heart of government was set to the published imminently.
Ted Heath signed the treaty on this day in 1972, although the ceremony was delayed by a protester throwing a bottle of ink in the PM’s face.
Mask mandates are ending in England, the PM said, in a statement which also announced the end of covid passports for large events.
Malik Faisal Akram was known to British spy agency MI5 but had been judged as no longer posing a threat to the public in 2020, reports claim.
A statue at the BBC headquarters by a prominent British artist who was acknowledged to have sexually abused children has been vandalised.
A million people are calling for a top knighthood for former UK PM, anti-Brexit campaigner, and warmonger Tony Blair to be cancelled.
Emmanuel Macron’s France is making absolutely no effort to help solve the deadly Channel migrant crisis because cooperating with the British so close to an election would not be politically opportune, a report claims.
Despite the galloping developments in trauma medicine London has still defied overall trends with a record year of youth murders.
The traditional fireworks display over the Thames was cancelled for a second year, but with hours to go a secret display has been revealed.
