London, Oct 12 Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles III will be coronated on May 6, 2023, at Westminster Abbey. In a statement on Tuesday evening, the Palace said: "The Coronation Ceremony will take place at Westminster Abbey, London, and will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The ceremony ...

London, Oct 11 The Bank of England has been forced to unveil more measures aimed at calming markets, warning of a "material risk to UK financial stability". It's going to extend its purchases of government bonds (also known in the UK as gilts) to stave off worries about a collapse ...

London, Oct 11 Responding to mounting pressure, the British Treasury has decided to bring forward the date of its debt-cutting plan, alongside forecasts for public finances, to October 31. The announcement of the government's medium-term fiscal plan, together with an economic and fiscal forecast by the independent fiscal watchdog Office ...

London, Oct 11 Preet Kaur Gill, an Indian-origin British Sikh MP, in a letter to Home Secretary Suella Braverman, has sought protection and urgent action against rising crimes against the community in the UK. Quoting hate crime statistics 2021-22, Gill, an MP from Birmingham, said hate crimes against Sikhs rose ...

London, Oct 10 A man who had punched a 62-year-old Sikh in Manchester "without any justifiable reason" and left him for dead has been jailed for three years. Claudio Campos, 28, attacked Avtar Singh in broad daylight as he was walking home from work through the Tib Street area of ...

London, Oct 9 Eating a Mediterranean diet, rich in fibre, mono-unsaturated fatty acids and polyphenols, has been associated with improved immunotherapy response rates and progression-free survival in advanced melanoma patients, says a new report. The study, presented at UEG Week 2022, has found that diet plays an important role in ...

London, Oct 8 The BBC has given a controversial burial to one of its popular current affairs programmes - 'Dateline London' - after its remarkable 25-year run. The decision has disappointed many within and outside Britain, for the weekend half-hour programme, which discussed subjects of international interest and was aired ...

London, Oct 8 British households could face blackouts this winter if there are reduced European electricity imports and insufficient gas supplies in the country, a report warned. In the extreme scenario, it could erode the security of supply margins and mean some customers could be without power for pre-defined periods ...

London, Oct 7 The UK is bracing for more strikes after a summer of walkouts by staff in various sectors including public transport, container port operation and postal delivery, due to long-running disputes over pay. More than 300,000 members of the trade union Royal College of Nursing (RCN) received ballot ...

London, Oct 7 After making headlines when she declined to say whether Emmanuel Macron was a "friend or foe", UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has now declared the French President "a friend" as they announced plans to work together at a summit. On Thursday, leaders from the European Union (EU), ...