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UK retail in rude health for now!
Retail sales in the UK are in rude health after a big April; the bonanza has run into May. Clothes appear to be driving the retail boom as spring moves into summer. UK retail sales surge in May as shoppers snap up new clothes...
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IMF’s Lagarde warns Brexit is a “concern for the whole world”
Head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde has been speaking in Vienna where without calling on Britain to vote to stay in the EU she did say there was a clear economic case against an out vote. Europe is always stronger...
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Analysis of the Chilcot Report on the war in Iraq
A damning report has been released on the U.K.'s involvement in the Iraq war. Our experts take a closer look at the report, the conflict and the rise of ISIS.
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Jane Austen novella of 18th-century seduction and deceit
Kate Beckinsale stars in Love & Friendship, based on Jane Austen’s novella of letters, Lady Susan. Lady Susan Vernon decides to find a husband for both herself and her daughter and embarks on a controversial relationship with a married...
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UK department store chain BHS to close with thousands of jobs lost
One of Britain’s best known department store chains, British Home Stores (BHS), is to close after attempts to find a buyer failed. More than 10,000 people will lose their jobs. That includes 8,000 BHS staff and 3,000 other who are not...
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Hearthrob Rick Astley back with a new album ‘50’
‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ or stop performing 80’s pop sensation Rick Astley is back with his first album in a decade. The single from the album is ‘Keep Singing’ a soulful track with a gospel feel, which Astley says, is representative of...
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Tata Steel UK bid deadline passes
Monday was deadline day for potential buyers for Tata Steel UK. A decision on how to proceed with the sale of the production plants, include the Port Talbot works in south Wales, is then due at a meeting of the Tata board in Mumbai on...
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Brexit vote: one month away the recession warnings keep coming
Exactly one month before the referendum on whether Britain stays in the European Union the warnings kept on coming from Prime Minister David Cameron and his finance minister George Osborne. On Monday they talked up a just released report...
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Travis are back with ‘Everything at Once’
Scottish indie rockers Travis are back on the road with their eighth album ‘Everything At Once’. One of Britain’s best loved bands, Travis had a prolific first decade, releasing six albums in just over a decade. But after that, they...
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UK business investment falls
Business investment in Britain fell in annual terms between January and March. It was the first such decline in three years and comes amid uncertainty around the vote on whether the UK stays in the European Union. The Office for National...
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High UK migration totals feed into Brexit debate
Newly released figures show net migration to Britain reached its second highest level on record last year. Coming less than one month before the referendum on European Union membership, the numbers were immediately seized on by...
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Brexit campaign pulls left and right together
The campaign for Britain to remain in the European Union is creating some strange alliances. Prime Minister David Cameron from the right and newly elected London Mayor Sadiq Khan from the left hit the campaign trail together. Cameron...
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Couture in Orbit: from spacewalk to catwalk
Fashion inspired by space was the subject of an event to mark the European Space Agency’s five missions to the International Space Station over the past five years. Couture in Orbit was kicked off by Austronaut Tim Peake and hosted by...
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Le Carre’s “Our kind of Traitor” comes to the big screen
Adapted from John le Carre’s novel of the same name, ‘Our Kind of Traitor’ follows a British couple who get embroiled with a Russian oligarch and high-profile money launderer while on holiday in Marrakech. Director Susanna White has...
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EasyJet confident despite terrorist attacks related losses
EasyJet has said strong demand for beach holidays in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece is making up for fewer people flying following recent terrorist attacks in Europe. The British budget airline suffered a 24 million pound (30 million...
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Eurovision hopefuls line up for finals glory
Well, Europe is in the middle of a refugee crisis, has Greece wobbling and the euro under threat, faces a resurgent Russia in the east, and a resurgent far-right at home but, hey, we can still organise the best Song Contest in the world....
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UK central bank warns ‘Brexit could trigger recession’
The Bank of England has stepped up its warnings about the economic risks if Britain votes to leave the European Union. In his starkest statement yet UK central bank Governor Mark Carney said the economy would slow “materially”, even...
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Blunt Brexit warning from International Monetary Fund’s Lagarde
The head of the International Monetary Fund has come out strongly against Britain leaving the European Union. Christine Lagarde warned there would be no economic positives and the impact would range from “pretty bad to very, very bad”....
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Corinne Baily-Rae tours new album “The heart speaks in whispers”
British singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey-Rae has seen the heights of love and sorrow in her 37 years, widowed young and remarried, she has taken the hard knocks with the high points and come out the other side with her third album of...
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UK April inflation slips
Inflation in British slipped in April for the first time since September last year. Consumer prices rose 0.3 percent from April 2015, the Office for National Statistics said. Economists had expected inflation to remain at 0.5 percent....
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Eurostar sales fall after Paris and Brussels terror attacks
Eurostar says it saw a fall in passenger numbers in the first three months of this year, down by three percent overall to 2.2 million. Sales declined by six percent to 201 million pounds (260 million euros) between January and March...
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British retailer BHS goes into administration, 11,000 jobs could be lost
The loss-making UK retailer British Home Stores (BHS) has run out of money to pay wages and rent and has been put into administration. Unless a new buyer can be found 11,000 jobs are likely be lost. There are 8,000 people working...
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UK economic growth slows
Britain’s economy slowed at the start of this year, apparently effected by reduced global growth and uncertainty ahead of the referendum on the UK’s European membership. Between January and March gross domestic product grew by 0.4...
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All you ever wanted to know about underwear at the V&A
From the functional to the fetishistic – it’s all there at London’s Victoria and Albert museum’s new exhibition entitled ‘Undressed’. Whether it’s about covering up or showing off, from Kate Moss’s slip to vintage corsets made from...