Just Stop Oil, the British environmental activist group known for attention-grabbing protests — including throwing tomato soup at famous artworks and spraying orange powder on Stonehenge — said it was ending such actions after a final protest in London next month. The group said on Thursday that it had achieved its primary goal of preventing…
Here is a full list of the proportion of children under 16 in the UK living in families classed as having relative low income in 2023/24, by local authority. The figures have been published by the Department for Work & Pensions. Relative low income is defined here as any family claiming child benefit and at…
A gleaming new data center sits less than half a mile from the electric substation where a fire plunged Heathrow Airport into darkness last week. The data center’s own power was also cut that day. But no one who relied on it would have noticed, thanks to a bank of batteries and backup generators designed…
It was shortly after 2 a.m. on March 2, the police said, when two members of the British Royal Air Force approached a statue of Paddington Bear, sitting placidly on a park bench in Newbury, England, and holding his favorite snack: a sandwich dripping with marmalade. The men then kicked, broke apart and stole Paddington,…
England added a veneer of respectability to an evening of tedium with a couple of second-half flourishes against Latvia on Monday night. But don’t kid yourself that this was the start of the revolution. Thomas Tuchel was supposed to come in like a whirlwind. So far, he has been more like a light breeze. These…
Reece James, the England defender, speaking to ITV: It’s been a long time, I’ve had a frustrating 2½ years — I’m so happy to get called up for my country again and I’m happy to play. “I was a bit surprised it [his free kick] actually hit the net. I thought the goalkeeper could maybe…
Bird flu has infected a sheep in Britain in what the government on Monday described as the first case of its kind reported anywhere in the world. While avian influenza had already been detected in cattle and other mammals, including in the United States, the infection of a sheep will increase concern over the potential…
The British government has ordered an urgent investigation into how a fire at an electricity substation left Heathrow Airport in London in darkness on Friday, crippling one of the world’s busiest airports. “We are determined to properly understand what happened and what lessons need to be learned,” Britain’s energy secretary, Ed Miliband, said in a…
With a staccato burst, a horn sounded in the control room of the H.M.S. Vanguard, sending the crew of the nuclear-armed Royal Navy submarine to battle stations. The voice of the commanding officer crackled over the intercom. “Set condition 1SQ,” he said, ordering its battery of ballistic missiles to be readied for launch. It was…
British authorities have ordered an investigation into the UK’s “energy resilience” and electrical infrastructure after a massive fire Friday knocked out power to London’s Heathrow Airport, stranding around 200,000 passengers. Officials want to know why a blaze at a high voltage electrical substation two miles away knocked out power to Europe’s busiest travel hub, resulting…