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Telecom and pay TV companies have failed to live up to customer expectations, with complaints about EE and Vodafone increasing despite efforts to improve service. According to Ofcom, EE and Plusnet attracted the highest volumes of landline complaints, while EE topped the list for fixed-line broadband complaints. The poor service
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The tobacco industry, led by Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, and Japan Tobacco International, has brought a judicial review action against the UK Government's Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015. The regulations, due to come into force in May next year, will ban companies
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Countries meeting in Paris for crucial climate talks have received a timely boost as a study revealed global greenhouse gas emissions are expected to stall or even fall slightly in 2015, despite economic growth. The rise in climate change-causing emissions, which had been increasing at an average rate of 2.
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A BBC Radio 4 program about the Met Office has been criticized for failing to meet impartiality standards by the corporation's governing body, the BBC Trust's Editorial Standards Committee. The program, presented by Quentin Letts, has been accused of suggesting that the Met Office's
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The Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered have failed the Bank of England's annual stress test, highlighting concerns over their ability to withstand severe financial shocks. The test, which simulates a major financial crisis, involved evaluating lenders' capacity to meet specific measures, including capital strength. Regulators
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The UK needs to significantly reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 to meet its long-term climate change goals, according to government advisers. The Committee on Climate Change has emphasized the importance of this cut to stay on track to meet its legally binding target of reducing emissions
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The UK Prime Minister has weighed in on a controversy surrounding a cinema advert featuring the Lord's Prayer, denouncing the ban as "ridiculous". The one-minute ad, produced by JustPray.uk, shows members of the public reciting the Lord's Prayer, including the Archbishop of Canterbury,
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French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve announced that EU interior ministers have agreed to implement a "systematic control" of all people entering the bloc following the Paris terror attacks. The measure, which affects everyone crossing the external borders of the Schengen zone, represents a crucial change in the EU&
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Scientists at the University of Bath, in collaboration with the Healing Foundation Children's Burns Research Centre and the University of Brighton, have developed a groundbreaking medical dressing that changes color when it detects infection. This innovation promises to improve treatment outcomes for burn patients, particularly children, by enabling
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The UK Government has successfully sold off £13 billion worth of Northern Rock mortgages to investment firm Cerberus Capital Management in a deal described as the largest ever asset sale by a European government. The sale, overseen by UK Asset Resolution (Ukar), includes residential mortgages and unsecured loans from the
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Danny Boyle, the acclaimed director known for films like "Slumdog Millionaire" and the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony, has spoken about a project that got away - a film about David Bowie. The project, which he and screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce had been working on, was shelved because Bowie
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British military analyst Paul Beaver and experts have assembled to analyze the UK's security plans and travel advice following the crash of the Russian airliner in Egypt, which may have been caused by a bomb. Despite speculation, David Cameron reassured the public that people should not stop flying
