Budget airline EasyJet is launching a recruitment drive aimed at people aged over 50. The campaign is called Returnships and the company is offering taster sessions at its London Gatwick training centre.more

Articles in the media suggesting that Russia sparked the riots in the UK are the result of some Britons believing that everything they find online is disinformation, said Stephen Hutchings, a Russianist and sociologist, professor at the University of Manchester and head of a research project on disinformation.more

Banksy has posted another artwork in London, marking the third piece of a new animal-themed collection - this time featuring monkeys. It is the third black silhouette composition that the Bristol-based street artist has claimed credit for since Monday.more

Shamima Begum, who left London for Syria in 2015 at the age of 15 to join the terrorist organisation Islamic State, cannot appeal the decision to strip her of her British citizenship to the Supreme Court, judges ruled yesterday.more

Thousands of people took to the streets of British cities last night in demonstrations against the far right, which completely overshadowed the announced further anti-immigrant and anti-Islam protests. Contrary to fears, there were no major riots as in previous days. Large, peaceful crowds demonstrated in London, Bristol, Oxford, Liverpool and Birmingham.more

UK house prices increased by 0.8% in July, and lower mortgage rates are expected to lead to continued growth throughout the rest of the year, according to the mortgage lender Halifax.more

The Victoria line is the hottest on the London Underground, data from Transport for London (TfL) shows. The average platform temperature across 2023 was 28.2C although between June and October, the average was above 30C.more

Sectors including technology, banking and medicine are at risk of shortages of highly skilled workers, according to a report published by recruitment firm Hays, which placed the UK in the top five countries facing talent shortages, alongside New Zealand, Portugal, Canada and Switzerland.more

The Royal Mint, maker of the UK's coins, has begun processing electronic waste to extract gold from it. The company has built a large industrial plant on its site in Llantrisant in Wales to remove the precious metal from old circuit boards.more

Banksy has unveiled his second animal artwork in 24 hours, showing two elephants reaching towards each other from blocked-out windows. The artist verified his latest work in an Instagram post on Tuesday, with the mural painted on the side of a house in Chelsea, south-west London.more

Traditional sombre funerals in religious settings are increasingly being replaced by “celebrations of life” with personal touches held at more unusual locations in the UK, according to a study.more

More than 500 new prison places will be made available to ensure those taking part in rioting and disorder on UK streets can be jailed, the government said. It comes after days of violence and unrest across parts of the UK following the fatal stabbing of three girls in Southport last week.more

Eluned Morgan has been confirmed as the first female first minister of Wales, following a vote in the Welsh Parliament. The Senedd was recalled from its summer break to nominate her, after Vaughan Gething resigned.more

The former head of counter-terrorism policing says some violence during the riots has “crossed the line into terrorism”. Neil Basu, who held the top counter-terror job between 2018 and 2021, said: “I hope my successors are looking at that very closely.”more

London is home to a number of fantastic museums, from the V&A to the Natural History Museum, and of course the Museum of London. The latter, which covered the history of England’s capital city from prehistoric times to modern day, shut down its site at London Wall after 45 years and is in the process of relocating to a new space in West Smithfield.more

Britain’s economy is outstripping Europe’s as France and Germany stumble, according to data on the crucial services sector. Demand for UK services is surging at the fastest pace since May 2023 as companies report an influx of new clients and contracts after Labour’s general election win, according to the S&P Global UK purchasing manager’s index (PMI).more

Nationwide is to open dementia clinics at its high street bank branches amid a surge in cases across the UK. The bank said on Monday it would begin offering free specialist support at 200 branches, providing specialist health and financial advice.more

Banksy has revealed a new London artwork featuring a goat perched on top of a wall. The street artist, whose identity is not known, posted the new piece featuring the goat silhouette with rocks falling down below it and a CCTV camera pointed at it, on Instagram this afternoon.more

British engineers building nuclear-powered submarines were using software that had been outsourced to Belarus and Russia, in contravention of Ministry of Defence rules, the 'Daily Telegraph' has revealed.more

A stray Thames dolphin that was seen several times in west London on Thursday has not survived. The dead animal was found on the riverbank yesterday. On the same day, the body of another dead dolphin was also spotted in east London.more

Malaysia, Nigeria, Indonesia and Australia have all issued warnings to their citizens travelling to, or already in, the UK following six days of unrest in the country.more

Within the first month of the Labor government taking power, 3,596 illegal immigrants entered Great Britain through the English Channel, which is an almost identical number to the same period last year and clearly lower than in the same period a year earlier - according to statistics British Home Office.more

Yesterday, on the seventh day of protests sweeping across Great Britain following the killing of three young girls, the most serious riots broke out in Plymouth and Birmingham. In the event of further riots, an army of specialized officers is on standby, said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after a meeting of the government's crisis council.more

Love them or hate them, crocs are back in fashion. And, whilst donning a pair during your commute sounds like a great idea, Network Rail is urging people to consider the dangers of doing so.more

Being a TikTok presenter and a historic character at a theme park are among the most popular jobs this year, according to new research.more