Beijing protested fresh delays to the UK’s decision on plans for a sprawling new Chinese embassy in central London, escalating a spat that threatens to derail Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s diplomatic reset. China expressed “grave concern and strong dissatisfaction” about the UK pushing a deadline on a final ruling for the project to Dec. 10,…
Published on October 7, 2025 Visitors and business travellers to the United Kingdom are being urged to plan smarter as ministers advance multiple airport expansion schemes while the country runs a sizeable tourism spending gap. For people flying into London for meetings or sightseeing, the debate is not academic: it affects fares, airport congestion, and…
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – It’s a busy week in Washington as Congress holds key hearings and President Donald Trump travels abroad. Trump is set to leave Tuesday for the United Kingdom. His trip comes as the two nations look to work on a trade deal. It also follows last week’s Russian drone incursion on Poland…
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Asian under-23 triathlon champion Robin Elg has said training alongside British and Japanese rivals will help him reach his potential at China’s National Games in November. Elg has overcome numerous health issues, including a worrying heart problem that was detected in 2022, to become Hong Kong’s brightest young prospect. And ahead of a season-defining three…
A British man who served 38 years in prison for murder had his conviction overturned on Tuesday after forensic evidence from the crime scene was tested and found not to match his DNA. The man, Peter Sullivan, 68, is thought to be the victim of the country’s longest miscarriage of justice involving a living prisoner….
The fashion crowd in London is generally known for keeping cool. But on Tuesday, the editors and designers at a ceremony for one of the industry’s most prestigious local awards became palpably excited when Catherine, Princess of Wales, emerged to present this year’s Queen Elizabeth II Award for Design to Patrick McDowell, 29, a Liverpool-born…
Marks & Spencer, the large British retailer, said on Tuesday that some customer data had been stolen in a cyberattack last month, an incident that has left the company unable to process online orders for weeks. In an email to customers, M&S said that while some personal data, potentially including contact details and dates of…
On a wet Wednesday morning in April, Ashley Holroyd had a steady but slow stream of customers into his coffee shop in Barrow-in-Furness, an industrial town in northwest England. The cafe, Coffee D’Ash, had been open for only about six months, and it barely filled the cavernous space. Despite the empty storefronts on the same…
Wildfires erupted across Britain over the past week amid the driest start to spring in nearly 70 years. Fires burned through forested areas in Scotland, Wales and England, coinciding with declining river levels and warnings of drought. In Scotland, a large forest fire near the village of Fauldhouse, west of Edinburgh, broke out late Saturday…