British Isles
NHS under huge strain from spike in ‘super flu’
12 Dec 2025
Hospitalisations for influenza in England have surged by more than 50% in a week, with NHS leaders warning that the current ‘super flu’ wave shows no signs of peaking. An average of 2,660 patients per day…
£3.5bn plan to halve homelessness unveiled
11 Dec 2025
The Government has unveiled a £3.5bn national plan to end homelessness, aiming to halve long-term rough sleeping by 2029/30. Housing secretary Steve Reed described homelessness as 'one of the most profound challenges we face’, promising a…
Rachel Reeves has condemned a series of Treasury leaks ahead of her recent Budget, calling them 'inaccurate, damaging, and unacceptable’. She insisted the disclosure suggesting that she had abandoned plans for an income tax rise was…
General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, head of the Royal Navy, has issued a stark warning that the UK risks losing its long-held maritime advantage in the North Atlantic unless defence funding increases urgently. He said Britain is…
John Wilson, 59, has been sentenced to three years for attempting to plant two crude pipe bombs on cars at the East Belfast GAA training grounds in August 2020. The devices, intended to intimidate members of…
A major strike by resident doctors in England, due to begin on 17 December, may be averted after ministers offered the British Medical Association a new deal centred on expanding training opportunities rather than pay. The…