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A 32-year-old man who throttled a woman six weeks after he met her on Tinder has been sentenced to prison by a local court.

Share markets pushed higher and Europe's bond markets and euro stole a breather from energy-price driven sell-offs on Thursday, as investors waited to hear the latest reaction of the world's top central bankers to soaring inflation.

Eight ancient glass vessels shattered in the 2020 Beirut explosion go on display at the British Museum from Thursday.

The euro was within a whisker of a two-decade low on Wednesday amid growing recession fears fuelled by a possible energy supply crunch, while the U.S.

With double-digit inflation and an economy teetering on the brink of recession, the cost-of-living crisis has dominated the race for Downing Street.

A famous portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, taken by photographer Yousuf Karsh, has been stolen in Canada.

Human rights groups on Tuesday said UK intelligence agencies may have shared information with India that led to the arrest and torture of a Sikh blogger from Scotland.

Britain's private sector slowed to a crawl in August as factory output fell and the larger services sector eked out only a modest expansion, adding to signs that recession may be looming, a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday.

Ashley Dale, the 28-year-old woman who was shot dead at her house in Liverpool on Sunday, "was not the intended target of the attack," according to police.

The euro briefly fell back below parity against a robust dollar on Monday and was languishing at five-week lows.

A trade union on Monday warned of more strikes at the UK's largest container port if pay demands are not met, threatening to cause further disruptions to the supply chain.

British consumer price inflation is set to peak at 18% - nine times the Bank of England's target - in early 2023, an economist at U.S.

Taxation has turned out to be the main issue dividing the two candidates in the current Conservative Party leadership contest.

British-based cinema chain Cineworld confirmed Monday that a US bankruptcy filing is among options for the debt-laden group.

Bradford in the UK has been termed the most dangerous city in Europe due to its high crime rate.

European countries could stretch out limited supplies of the monkeypox vaccine by administering smaller doses of the shot, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Friday.

Around 11 billion tons of goods are shipped globally each year, amounting to about 1.5 tons per person.

British retail sales surprisingly rose overall in July but consumer confidence is at a record-low level as the UK heads towards recession under a new leader.

Britain's slide towards a recession has gathered momentum after data this week showed inflation jumping above 10%, wages lagging far behind price growth and consumer confidence sinking to a record low.

Unable to afford the cost of cremation for his much-loved dog Khan under the weight of sharply increasing living costs, David Mcauliffe turned to a social media group offering help for under-pressure pet owners.

Britain's workers are striking in vast numbers as decades-high inflation erodes the value of wages at a record pace.

Britain's next prime minister will not have room to make large, permanent tax cuts, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said on Thursday, challenging the plans of the two Conservative candidates vying to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister.

Liz Truss wants to examine the roles of the country's three financial regulators as part of a review.

British citizens planning to holiday in countries like Greece, Croatia, Italy, Spain, France and Portugal will have to shell out more money than usual.

The body of 51-year-old Aran Chada, who drowned in Lake Garda in Italy after saving his 14-year-old son, has been found after weeks of search operations.

British consumer price inflation jumped to 10.1% in July, its highest since February 1982, up from an annual rate of 9.4% in June, intensifying the squeeze on households, official figures showed on Wednesday.

Plans for a high-wage, high-growth economy lie in ruins as Britain's Conservative prime minister struggles to answer a cost-of-living crisis, compounded by rising worker unrest.

Housed in a detention centre in southern England, Aladeen says he risked his life to travel thousands of miles from his homeland of Syria to escape being forced to fight in the military of President Bashar al-Assad.

Britain is suffering its worst drought since the 1970s, with dry weather expected until October.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be in the country to visit "charities close to their hearts," says their spokesperson.