Nottingham’s city-centre face-covering restriction has taken effect, allowing officers to order coverings removed in specified circumstances while explicitly exempting legitimate religious and cultural coverings.
The UK government is preparing to acquire insolvent Speciality Steel UK after rejecting a private bid, putting more than 1,300 jobs and strategic steel capacity in line for public ownership.
New ONS data show a stark divide in urgent NHS dental access between adults who already have an NHS dentist and those who do not.
The NAO estimates more than 500,000 A&E attendances exceeded 24 hours in 2025, while NHS England does not validate the figures for routine national reporting.
The leaders of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin have signed a Cardiff pact calling on Westminster to prepare for constitutional change across the UK.
OpenAI is urging Britain to legislate for frontier AI as a parliamentary committee calls for a statutory regulator with stronger testing and enforcement powers.
Britain and the United States are launching new fusion agreements combining AI, supercomputing and regulation as the UK commits more than £2.5 billion to the technology.
Abuse and intimidation are changing how British candidates campaign, with many avoiding controversial subjects, campaigning alone or considering whether to stand again.
The government is considering accommodation for up to 1,256 asylum seekers beside Piddington, a village of roughly 350 residents, as Patriot Platform says it will mobilise there.
Essex has deployed private security guards across three town centres as Wethersfield asylum centre prepares to expand from around 800 residents to 1,245.
