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UK hospitals bosses on Thursday warned that patient care may have to be cut to offset huge increases in energy bills over the winter months. Most hospital groups contacted by medical journal the BMJ said they expected bills to at least double, as the price hikes kicked in. The NHS Confederation, which represents health providers in the publicly funded National ...

Begum’s lawyers are challenging the removal of her citizenship, arguing she was a trafficking victim Shamima Begum, who fled the UK and joined the Islamic State group, was smuggled into Syria by an intelligence agent for Canada, BBC reports. Files seen by the BBC show he claimed to have shared Begum’s passport details with Canada, and smuggled other Britons to ...

Nearly one in four adults plan never to turn their heating on this winter, polling suggests, as average energy bills are set to surge while the temperature drops over the coming months. The survey of more than 2,000 UK adults found 23% would not turn their heating on at all over the winter months, with this figure rising to 27% ...

Britain announced Friday a vast 80-percent hike in electricity and gas bills, in a dramatic worsening of the cost-of-living crisis before winter as the UK awaits a new leader. Regulator Ofgem said its energy price cap, which sets prices for consumers who are not on a fixed deal with their supplier, will in October increase to an average £3,549 ($4,197) ...

The UK has taken fresh action against the Myanmar Armed Forces on 5th anniversary of the military’s campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya. Announcing a further round of sanctions to target military-linked businesses in Myanmar, the British government said the new sanctions to target the military’s access to arms and revenue. Those being sanctioned include Star Sapphire Group of ...

A woman has died after a collision left a Range Rover on a train track in west London. The Metropolitan Police said the collision, involving a Range Rover and a Tesla, happened on the A40 westbound near Park Royal Tube station in west London at 3.48am on Monday. A London Underground line has been part suspended following the incident. Emergency ...

A man appeared in court Wednesday after allegedly entering Windsor Castle grounds armed with a crossbow, declaring he planned to kill Queen Elizabeth II. The 20-year-old man, Jaswant Singh Chail, from Southampton in southern England, appeared at a London court, having been charged with treason earlier this month. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court via video-link from Broadmoor high-security psychiatric ...

Liz Truss led Rishi Sunak by 32 points in the latest survey of UK Tory members by the ConservativeHome website, suggesting she remains on track to win the race to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister, Bloomberg reported. Some 60% of the 961 Tory members polled by the influential website said they favored Truss to become the Conservative Party’s new ...

A ‘danger to life’ amber warning has been issued for parts of south-west England as thunder, lightning and flooding are set to wash out the UK’s scorching heatwave. A yellow weather warning has come into force across the country, with the additional amber warning in place for Cornwall, Devon and Somerset until 8pm on Monday. The Met Office has implemented ...

Rishi Sunak, one of two candidates seeking to become Britain’s next prime minister, said Friday’s attack on author Salman Rushdie should serve as a wake-up call to the West over Iran, the Sunday Telegraph reported. Indian-born author Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him over his novel “The Satanic Verses”, was stabbed in the ...