Flu surge a challenge for NHS 'unlike any' since pandemic, Streeting says
Posted on Friday December 12, 2025

The health secretary also warns planned strikes by resident doctors next week could be the "Jenga piece that collapses" the NHS.

UK economy shrank unexpectedly by 0.1% in October
Posted on Friday December 12, 2025

The impact of the JLR cyber-attack continued to affect output, while analysts say spending was hit by Budget uncertainty.

'It's ruined my life': Flat-owner says building work by freeholder has left her homeless
Posted on Friday December 12, 2025

A botched roof extension caused the ceiling to collapse at Kate Morris’s top-floor flat.

The new breed of 'shoplifting entrepreneurs' fuelling the UK's petty crime problem
Posted on Friday December 12, 2025

With "sharp rises" in shop theft in recent years, the nature of it is changing too - as retail workers in the area dubbed England's shoplifting capital have seen

Stop treating so many patients, NHS managers tell hospitals
Posted on Friday December 12, 2025

Documents seen by BBC show hospitals being ordered to slow down on activity to help balance the books.