The Big Ben’s famous chimes will sound for the final time at midday on Monday before being disconnected to allow the clock and surrounding tower to be restored, according to the BBC. The Great Bell has sounded on the hour ...

The ban on vehicles running on petrol and diesel is part of plans to tackle air pollution, accelerating the push towards electric cars. The UK government is expected to announce the decision on Wednesday, according to Metro. It should be ...

A dossier of files kept secret by the UK government for almost 50 years has finally been released for the first time, according to Daily Mail. The cache of 15 files, which have been published by the National Archives, contain ...

Flames spread rapidly up the 24-storey residential Grenfell Tower last week, trapping people inside, in what was Britain’s worst blaze since World War Two. Exterior cladding added during a refurbishment may have played a part, residents have said, according to ...

Queen Elizabeth II has delivered the speech Wednesday before the parliament’s new session. Of 27 bills, eight relate to Brexit and its impact on immigration, trade and sectors such as fisheries and farming, according to the BBC. Prime Minister Theresa ...

The set-piece event had been due to take place on Monday 19 June. The Conservatives are negotiating with the Democratic Unionist Party to get support for their minority government after losing their Commons majority in last week’s general election, according ...

Larry the cat has been spotted holding the fort, sitting proudly outside Downing Street. As the media waits for Theresa May to give a statement following the shock election result, Larry has sat in front of them as if he ...

May is set to visit Buckingham Palace at 12.30pm to seek permission, a Downing Street spokesman has confirmed, according to Metro. With no clear winner emerging from the election, a humiliated May has signalled she will not be resigning. It ...

With no clear winner emerging from Thursday’s parliamentary election, a wounded May signaled she would fight on, despite losing her majority in the House of Commons. Her Labour rival Jeremy Corbyn said she should step down, according to Reuters. With ...

Polls open at 07:00 BST at more than 40,000 polling stations across the country, with counting starting once voting ends at 22:00 BST, according to the BBC. A total of 650 Westminster MPs will be elected, with about 46.9 million ...

The attack occurred five days before a parliamentary election and was the third to hit Britain in less than three months. May said the vote would go ahead as planned on Thursday, according to Reuters. “It is time to say ...

UK officials were outraged when photos appearing to show debris from the attack appeared in the New York Times, according to the BBC. It came after the name of bomber Salman Abedi was leaked to US media 24 hours after ...

An extraordinary picture of the family of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi has emerged tonight, as his father who had Al-Qaeda links and his younger brother were arrested in Tripoli, according to MailOnline. Salman killed 22 people and injured at ...

The man suspected of carrying out Britain’s deadliest bombing in nearly 12 years was named as Salman Abedi, aged 22, but police declined to give further details about him, according to Reuters. U.S. security sources, citing British intelligence officials, said ...

Georgina Callander, 18, was one of 22 people who died after the explosion on Monday at the end of a concert by US singer Ariana Grande, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. Runshaw College in Leyland said it was ...