Prior to his trip to India for the G20 meeting next month, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is involved in a new conflict of interest dispute amid claims that his family would profit financially from the post-Brexit trade arrangement that the two nations are now negotiating.

UK: PM Rishi Sunak under fire over India-UK trade deal

Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy has slammed the British Musem for refusing to return the stolen goods and artefacts to the country of their origin due to security reasons.

British Museum theft: Labour MP bats for returning stolen artefacts to their country of origin

Artificial intelligence has transformed the healthcare industry in multiple ways from screening to diagnosing AI has reshaped the medical history and now AI can detect Parkinson's disease seven years before clinical diagnosis as per a study conducted by the University College London and Moorefield's Eye Hospital.

British researchers conduct AI-assisted study in healthcare

UK: Rishi Sunak faces transparency questions related to wife Akshata Murty's Infosys shares

Government plans to accommodate asylum seekers on a barge on England's south coast face a possible legal challenge over fire safety.

UK: Migrant barge faces legal challenge over fire safety

The descendants of former British Prime Minister William Gladstone, on Friday (August 26) apologised for their family’s slaveholding past in Guyana amid calls to pay reparations to Jamaica for an ancestor’s role in slavery.

Family of former British PM William Gladstone apologises for slave-owning past

The UK government has introduced a plan to introduce mandatory whole-life sentences for murderers whose crimes are sexually motivated. This move, aimed at the most serious offenders, signifies a significant shift in sentencing policy and is designed to ensure that individuals convicted of such heinous acts never have the opportunity for release.

UK govt eyes broader use of whole-life sentences for gravest murder offenders

Reports indicate that King Charles III is contemplating a substantial reduction in middle-management staff within the Royal Household, with the aim of streamlining operations and increasing efficiency.

Royal 'shake-up'? King Charles III plans to downsize household staff, reports say

Nadine Dorries, a former minister and Tory MP resigned from the Commons after accusing Rishi Sunak of "demeaning his office" by criticizing her.

UK: Nadine Dorrie accuses Sunak of putting her 'safety at risk'

Common people are easily swayed by religion. And for decades, some televangelists, godmen, and preachers have been doing this. The growing obsession with such leaders has made it easier for them to commit horrific crimes and remain untouched by the law. So who are these people?

Murky world of preachers, godmen: What are their crimes?

Migrant children who have arrived in Britain by small boats are being placed in an adult prison which also holds significant number of sex offenders, reported The Guardian.

Unaccompanied migrant children being sent to UK jail housing sex offenders: Report

Nadine Dorries, a former minister and Tory MP, resigned from the Commons after accusing Rishi Sunak of "demeaning his office" by criticizing her.

UK: Tory MP and former Minister Nadine Dorries resigns

Director of the British Museum Hartwig Fischer resigned on Friday (August 25) after a series of blunders and failings in its investigation into the theft of numerous items from its collections.

British Museum director Hartwig Fischer resigns over mismanagement after theft of valuable artefacts

UK has fallen victim to the rise in pickpocketing cases. The London Underground has hit a record-high number of pickpocketing cases. Will pickpocketing become the new epidemic? Molly Gambhir tells you more.

Gravitas: Pickpockets target the London underground

United Kingdom: The price gap on energy builds for most British households is set to fall again.

UK energy bills to fall again: Energy regulator OFGEM lowers price by 7%

UK's asylum backlog has hit a record high. Home office statistics show more than 100,175,000 asylum seekers are waiting for an initial response to their application.

UK: New asylum claims & backlogs on waiting list rises

The value of the taxpayer-funded "golden goodbyes" given to MPs who lose their seats in the upcoming general election would more than treble, reaching £17,300. After losing their seats in the 2019 general election, MPs earned two months' pay, or roughly £8,600, but the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), which oversees MPs' spending, has determined that should be extended to four months.

UK: Golden goodbyes for MPs to double to more than £17,300

The United Kingdom's (UK) backlog of asylum applications awaiting a decision has hit a record high in the year to June, the news agency Reuters reported on Thursday (August 24) citing official figures.

UK asylum applications' backlog rises to record high, reveal official figures

An expose revealed how a single Chinese spy used fake LinkedIn profiles to lure British officials into handing over State Secrets a new revelation has come out Alicia Kearns totally chairperson of the Foreign Affairs committee has called out a phishing attempt on her parliament's official email address now Britain's conservative party politician who is outspoken about China's influence claimed that her email box was targeted a month ago she says that Microsoft spotted the hacking attempt and removed the offensive item the UK's following security authorities say that the hacking attempt has been traced back to China in a strong statement Alicia Kearns has said that this is only one of the many attempts by China to infiltrate the Parliament and silence those who are defending China's abuses.

Chinese spy try to hack into MP Alicia Kearn's email account

More than 100 MPs have enjoyed free hospitality to concerts and sporting events worth more than £180,000 this summer, with tickets given away by banks, oil companies, the gambling industry and media firms. Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, Oliver Dowden, the deputy prime minister, and Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, are among those who have benefitted from an increasing trend among politicians to receive gifts.

Report: More than 100 British MPs received freebies worth £180,000

the United Kingdom has made medical history as there was a womb transplant carried out. The first womb transplant was done on a 34-year-old woman and this case has become the first in the country where a woman received a womb from a donor.

UK's first ever womb transplant as sister donates uterus

Since 2021, the number of pickpocket thefts on the London Underground has more than doubled, with the Central line experiencing the greatest increase. According to recent information from the British Transport Police, there were a record 7,899 pickpockets on the Underground in 2022. Furthermore, there were more than 1,200 such accidents last year on the Central line alone. According to British Transport Police, the Northern line came in second place with more than 1,100 thefts.

UK: London underground turning into pickpocketing hub

Trade negotiations between the UK and India are reportedly in its “final but trickier” stages, the BBC reported. This week, G20 trade ministers are expected to gather in India under the leadership of Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch.

UK-India trade deal negotiations in their “final, trickier” stage: Report  

UK's history of colonization and slavery has long been under the spotlight and now calls for payment of reparations are growing louder. Patrick Robinson, a leading judge at the International Court of Justice has said the United Kingdom will no longer be able to ignore the calls for paying reparations for transatlantic slavery.

The UK can no longer ignore calls for reparations for transatlantic slavery, says UN judge

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