King Charles greeted excited crowds gathering for his historic coronation this weekend as world leaders gathered on Friday for what will be the biggest ceremonial event to be staged in Britain for 70 years Charles, 74, and his wife Camilla will be crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey in a glittering but solemn religious ceremony with…
Voting opened in local elections on Thursday in the first major electoral test for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak following a year in which the governing Conservatives have suffered a cascade of scandals, strikes and economic chaos. The elections are viewed as one of the last big opportunities to gauge public support before a national election…
Prince Harry is not criticising his grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth, or Britain’s royal family over a “secret agreement” with Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspaper arm, his lawyer told London’s High Court on Wednesday. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, is suing Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) for multiple unlawful acts allegedly committed on behalf…
As Britain prepares to crown King Charles III in a ceremony with traditions dating back some 1,000 years, the monarchy confronts a question it has faced down the centuries: how does it survive in the modern world? For the House of Windsor, that does not mean dealing with growing hostility from politicians or the public,…
Sterling rose on Tuesday after data showed pay growth was higher than forecast, supporting investors’ expectations that the Bank of England (BoE) will continue to hike rates in an effort to tame inflation. Britain’s unemployment rate rose unexpectedly 3.8% in the three months to February – rather than holding at 3.7%, as forecast by economists in a…
Prosecutors charged an 84-year-old white Kansas City man with two felonies on Monday in the shooting of a Black teenager who was wounded after walking up to the wrong house when going to pick up his younger twin brothers. Andrew Lester was charged with first-degree assault, which could bring a sentence of life in prison,…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is being investigated by parliament’s standards watchdog over whether he properly declared his wife’s shareholding in a childcare company which stands to benefit from new government Policy. The investigation is an embarrassment for Sunak, who came into office in October promising to lead a government with integrity “at every level” as…
Around 5,000 members of the British armed forces will participate in the coronation of King Charles next month, joined by soldiers from more than 30 Commonwealth countries to form one of the largest ceremonial military operations in decades. Charles will be crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey on May 6 in a ceremony resplendent with pomp…
British train companies have made a new offer to rail workers in a bid to end a long running dispute over pay, the group representing the rail industry said on Friday. Britain’s transport network has been hit by a series of disruptive strikes over several months as workers demand better wages to keep pace with…
Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said on Thursday that the latest data on the economy, including a stagnation of gross domestic product in February, is “somewhat disappointing” even if it remains better than forecast by the BoE late last year. Pill, speaking at an online event hosted by MNI Connect, said GDP…
