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Award-winning British stage actor Joan Plowright, the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died
Around 3,000 workers at Britain’s biggest steelworks face the prospect of losing their jobs as part of a government-backed package to make the plant “greener.”
Inflation in Britain fell unexpectedly in August to its lowest level since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Britain’s state-owned health service is operating on holiday-level staffing in England as doctors in the early stages of their careers joined their more senior colleagues in their first-ever joint strike action
The Bank of England has paused nearly two years of interest rate increases after a surprising fall in U.K. inflation eased concerns about the pace of price rises
Rupert Murdoch stirs mixed feelings in Britain, where he transformed the media over half a century
Britain's inquiry into the response to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the nation has entered the second phase with political decision-making taking center stage
Britain’s financial regulator has fined the American former chief executive of Barclays, Jes Staley, 1.8 million pounds — about $2.2 million — and banned him from holding senior financial roles for misleading it over the nature of his relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
Inflation in the U.K. held steady at 6.7% in September as easing food and drink price rises were offset by higher fuel costs for motorists
Gale-force winds and floods have struck several countries in northern Europe as the region endures more heavy rain that forecasters say will continue into the weekend
The former top aide to ex-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has painted a picture of widespread chaos and dysfunction in government during the coronavirus pandemic
The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at the 15-year high of 5.25% and indicated that borrowing costs will likely remain at these sort of elevated levels for a while yet especially if oil and gas prices increase sharply because of the Israel-Hamas war
The British economy flatlined in the third quarter of the year
Inflation in the U.K. dropped sharply in October to its lowest level in two years largely because last year's steep rise in domestic energy bills dropped out of the annual comparison
Sotheby’s is set to auction off six shirts worn by Lionel Messi during Argentina’s winning run at last year’s soccer World Cup in Qatar
A former chief scientific adviser says Boris Johnson struggled as British prime minister to come to grips with much of the science during the coronavirus pandemic
Britain’s Conservative government has sought to regain the political initiative with a series of tax cuts for businesses and individuals that it hopes will boost its chances in a national election next year that opinion polls suggest it will lose
Violent clashes have broken out in central Dublin after a 5-year-old girl was seriously injured in a knife attack that also saw a woman and two other young children hospitalized
The British government has apologized to the families of 97 Liverpool soccer fans killed in a stadium crush 34 years ago
British poet, political activist, musician and actor Benjamin Zephaniah has died at age 65
The Bank of England has kept borrowing rates unchanged despite mounting worries over the state of the British economy
Inflation in the U.K. as measured by the consumer prices index has eased back to its lowest level in more than two years
The longest planned strike in the history of Britain’s state-funded National Health Service has entered its second day of six with doctors in England at loggerheads with hospitals over requests for some to return to work to cover urgent needs
The anti-poverty organization Oxfam International says the world could have its first trillionaire within a decade
Fujitsu, the company whose faulty computer accounting system resulted in the wrongful conviction of hundreds of Post Office branch managers across the U.K., has apologized to the victims for its role in the country’s biggest ever miscarriage of justice and said it was long aware that the software had bugs
Indian state contests life sentence of murder, rape convict, seeks death, source says
Investors 'make Europe great again' with big stock allocation, BofA says
Samsung, LG may move some home-appliance manufacturing from Mexico to US, paper says
Taiwan December export orders jump, Trump clouds outlook
Thailand's visa waiver for Chinese tourists under fire after string of crimes
Air Europa hires PJT Partners to raise money to pay back debt
Aryna Sabalenka reaches the Australian Open semifinals as she seeks a third title in a row