The UK has conducted a one-of-its-kind surgery using stem cells from a placenta bank. The operation was conducted on a baby who was born with a congenital heart defect. Priyanka Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: World-first stem cell surgery saves baby's life

Wuhan Virus cases in the UK are soaring. This comes amid unprecedented chaos at British airports. Health experts are suggesting the return of masks & testing. Is Britain heading towards a 'Covid Christmas'? Here's what Priyanka Sharma has to say.

Gravitas: Is the UK headed for a 'Covid Christmas'?

Thousands of ambulance workers and other public staff walked out on Wednesday, escalating the pay dispute with the UK government. The series of stoppages by workers is ruining the essence of holidays in the country as the government rejected the wage demands, AFP reported.

UK minister accuses unions of 'inflicting harm' on patients as thousands of health and public workers walk out

Thousands of ambulance workers in England and Wales will strike over pay on Wednesday, increasing the strain on a state-funded health service a day after nurses walked out.

UK strikes troubles: Ambulance workers on strike; UK's health system pushed to brink

The US, UK and UN have criticised the Taliban's ban on Afghanistan women from universities. The Taliban have banned female students from private and public universities in Afghanistan. Girls are already banned from secondary school education in the country.

Afghanistan: Taliban backtracks on women's education, further restricts women's schooling

UK is witnessing an alarming surge in suspected scarlet fever from last 3 months. Meanwhile EU is facing a devastating bird flu outbreak.

UK and EU are witnessing alarming health concerns

Thousands of workers in England and Wales have joined nurses in striking against the government over wages, spelling doom for the ambulance services in the country.

Ambulance service strikes in UK: Know what areas are impacted and where to call during emergency

UK witnessed strike by thousands of nurses from England, Ireland and Wales as they demand an increase in their pay. It is a second strike in a week.

UK witness another day-long strike by nurses as healthcare workers demand a pay increase

The House of Lords economic affairs committee said the substantial rise in economic inactivity – when working-age persons are neither in employment nor looking for a job – since the outset of the health emergency was providing “serious challenges” to the economy.

UK Economic Troubles: Lords report points out sharp rise in economic inactivity

Russia's war in Ukraine has now dragged on well into its 10th month. The nation has managed to stay in the fight with the help from Western allies but wars are expensive and now there are some allies who are beginning to count the cost of this war.

UK: Zelensky urging Sunak to keep supplying weapons, Putin admits Russia facing hardships

No end to UK's strike woes in Christmas and New Year season. Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing hold the strike. Nurses strike for the second time to demand a pay rise.

UK: Strikes by nurses, paramedics, ambulance staff to hit healthcare

UK: After nurses, ambulance workers strike over pay rise

The business that received two significant PPE contracts after Michelle Mone, a Conservative peer, recommended it to ministers is been sued by the UK government to collect more than £100 million.

UK government sues Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro for US$148 million

WION Dispatch: NHS nurses begin second day-long strike

A Lords report has warned that an exodus of more than half a million people from the British workforce since the Covid pandemic is putting the UK economy at risk of weaker growth and persistently higher inflation.

Workforce exodus hits UK economy; House of Lords panel report raises concerns

British nurses launch unprecedented strike

UK Govt plans to reduce carbon emissions. Millions to get €2 CAP for bus fares in England. Watch further to know more.

WION Climate Tracker: England promotes use of public transport

The UK Road, rail and immigration desk worker strikes are scheduled for the Christmas and New Year weekends. The British hospitality industry is gearing up for a rough festive period.

WION Fineprint | UK strikes to affect holiday season

The number of UK billionaires has increased by a fifth since the Covid pandemic. Reportedly, the Equality Trust found that the number of billionaires increased from 147 in 2020 to 177 this year. Watch further to know more.

UK billionaire numbers up by 20% since pandemic

Rishi Sunak, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, rebuked trade unions on Sunday for their "particularly cruelly timed" strikes during the Christmas holiday season, saying they had put millions of people through hardship.

UK PM Rishi Sunak uses troops to manage Christmas strikes

Britain's King Charles shook a leg during the Hanukkah celebrations in London. Cheering for his active participation in dance moves, King Charles then took an opportunity and danced with Eva Schloss who is stepsister to famous Jewish diarist Anne Frank.

UK: King Charles dances with Anne Frank's step sister

UK has seen it's 48-hour rail strike come back to normalcy. Only 20% rail traffic to work is to be seen on December 16 and 17. Services in England, Scotland and Wales has been hit.

UK: 40,000 rail union workers on strike, services paralysed

Some pretty explosive reports are doing rounds in the British media which have made some sensational claims about the use of drugs at the parties of former British Prime Minister Liz Truss and Boris Johnson. The reports say that traces of a suspected class A drug was found at parties while Truss was the Foreign Secretary.

UK: Traces of cocaine at Liz Truss' party? Former UK PM's spokesperson denies claims | WION

Tennis legend Boris Becker will return to Germany after serving eight months in prison in Britain. The 55-year-old was sentenced to two-and-a-half-years in jail at the end of April for breaking insolvency laws.

Tennis legend Boris Becker released from prison, to be deported from UK

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