U.K. GDP Rise Masks The Real Risk To The U.K. Economy – Forbes

Great Britain Politics Or Business Concept: UK Union Jack British Flag Wall With Plaster, Background TextureGetty The government of Theresa May has been surrounded and swamped by the Brexit debate over the past few months and has found little news to bring a distraction. However, this morning, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that […]

Explosive Packages in U.K. Are Claimed as I.R.A. Attack, Police Say – The New York Times

The claim of responsibility was sent to a news outlet in Northern Ireland and used “a recognized code word,” the police said. Code words known to the police were used by the Irish Republican Army during the Troubles, the decades-long conflict in Northern Ireland that cost more than 3,500 lives, to signal that messages claiming […]

Storm Gareth threatens to cause the UK further damage and disruption – The Guardian

The UK has been warned to expect further bad weather as Storm Gareth threatens to cause further transport delays and damage to buildings. Heavy rain hit Wales, southern England, Northern Ireland and western Scotland on Tuesday, while high winds affected parts of the UK. Forecasters predicted the strong winds would continue overnight, with Northern Ireland […]

Nissan stops Infiniti production at Sunderland, UK factory – CNN

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UK economy stalls despite strong January – BBC News

Image copyright Getty Images The UK economy grew by 0.2% in the three months to January, matching the growth of the previous three months. The report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed a pick-up in activity in January when the economy expanded by 0.5%. The ONS said strength in IT, health services and […]

Brexit: Key group rejects Theresa May’s revised deal – BBC News

Brexit: Key group rejects Theresa May’s revised deal – BBC News

Media captionTheresa May: We have secured what MPs asked for The legal risk of the UK being tied to EU rules after Brexit “remains unchanged” despite changes to the PM’s deal, the attorney general has said. Geoffrey Cox said the new agreements reinforced the legal rights available to the UK if post-Brexit trade talks broke […]

First nationwide country music radio station to launch in UK – BBC News

Image copyright Bauer Image caption The Saturdays singer Una Healey will be among the presenters on Country Hits Radio The UK is to get its first ever national country music radio station next month. Country Hits Radio will launch on 5 April and be aimed at listeners aged 25-44. Baylen Leonard and Ty Bentli will […]

Revealed: the UK’s most popular hikes in 2018 – according to OS – The Telegraph

The Lake District was the most popular destination in Britain for hikers during the heatwave of last summer, according to new analysis by Ordnance Survey. The UK’s national mapping agency has assessed all the walking and cycling routes logged on its online and app mapping system and found Cumbria to have notched up the most […]

U.K. and E.U. Announce Last-Minute Changes to Brexit Deal – TIME

U.K. and E.U. Announce Last-Minute Changes to Brexit Deal – TIME

(STRASBOURG, France) — Britain and the European Union emerged from last-minute talks late Monday to announce they had finally removed the biggest roadblock to their Brexit divorce deal, only hours before the U.K. Parliament was due to decide the fate of Prime Minister Theresa May’s hard-won plan to leave the EU. On the eve of […]

UK says last-ditch Brexit talks win legally binding changes – KFVS

On the eve of Tuesday’s vote, May flew to the French city of Strasbourg, where EU legislators were meeting, for nighttime talks with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. The prime minister was seeking revisions, guarantees or other changes to persuade reluctant British legislators to back her withdrawal agreement with the EU, which they resoundingly rejected […]