Considering the recent spike in Covid infections, Downing Street confirmed it is keeping tabs on the two Omicron variant spin-offs that might be responsible for the spike. Also, Boris Johnson's spokesman claimed that the situation is being monitored...
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1st Jul 2022 | Updated at 09:12am 1st Jul 2022
SBI’s centenary celebration explores benefits of the UK-India FTA
The State Bank of India (SBI) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce (FICCI) organised an economic conclave on Thursday 10 March 2022 with a reference to the roadmap 2030, agreed between the UK and India to double bilateral trades in...
50th anniversary of Bangladesh-India friendship celebrated in London
Maitri Diwas (Friendship Day) was celebrated on 6 December 2021 marking 50 Years of India-Bangladesh Diplomatic ties. The occasion was observed in London by the High Commission of India and Bangladesh High Commission by jointly organising a...
Lord Woolley becomes the first Black man to head an Oxbridge college
A political and equalities activist has become the first black man to be elected head of an Oxbridge college. Lord Simon Woolley, founding director of campaign group Operation Black Vote, will be the newly elected principal of Cambridge University's...
New hijab trial designed by New Zealand first tried in Leicester
A new hijab designed in New Zealand especially for operational Muslim police officers is being trialled by Leicestershire Police in a first in England.
University of Glasgow project investigating the effects of Covid-19
A project at the University of Glasgow that is aiming to better understand the effects that Covid-19 infection has on blood vessels and blood pressure has received a grant of £250,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.
Coalition to feed children and end starvation in Cowley Hill, Borehamwood
On 27th July, local partners announced a unique collaboration to provide nutritious midday meals to hundreds of children in Cowley Hill, Borehamwood, who are at risk of going hungry during these school summer holidays due to coronavirus.
770,000 people in England unable to speak English well
In an interview, the communities secretary, Sajid Javid revealed that 770,000 people living in England speak little or no English at all, and warned that up to 70% of them are women from the Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities.
Sigma sponsors transformation of Community Pharmacy 2025 vision
A donation from Sigma Pharmaceuticals plc is funding a three year PhD scholarship aimed at developing a coherent and transformative vision for English community pharmacy in 2025. The project has already begun in the Department of Pharmacy and...
On the final day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, the UK committed a further £217 million for three major education projects across Commonwealth countries on Saturday. The funding is being done to support global education data...
Bianca Artwell, 30, from Rugby in Warwickshire, who suffers from a condition which affects her nervous system called Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), was forced to wet herself in the middle of River Island after staff did not let her...
Large summer events could see Covid cases rise even higher as the UK is fighting a fifth wave of Covid as infections soar, experts have warned.
The impact of the Brexit measure to ban European arrivals from using identity cards as “catastrophic”, a leading travel industry figure described.
While negotiating a trade deal with Gulf states, the government has quietly dropped “human rights” and the “rule of law” from its list of objectives.
British celebrities including Sophie Okonedo and David Harewood have urged Commonwealth leaders in Rwanda to oppose the UK’s plan to deport refugees to the country. The celebrities said it shows a “colonial view” of Africa as a “dumping ground”.
A parent was shocked by the snack that got her child into trouble - none other than beloved British staple Soreen. The branded malt loaf has been a popular choice in the country since the bakery set up shop in the 1920s. The mom received an...
Campaigning organisation Refugees for Justice called for a review in the wake of stabbings at the Park Inn hotel in Glasgow which was being used to house asylum seekers during lockdown in 2020.0
Paramedic Paul Winfield humiliated his fellow ambulance worker about her weight and even gave her a pair of large men's trousers after calling her a 'fat a***'.
