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Sunday Times 100 Tech 2026: Britain’s Fastest-Growing Startups Drive Jobs, Innovation

Britain’s fastest-growing privately owned tech companies are driving economic growth and creating thousands of well-paid jobs, according to the Sunday Times 100 Tech 2026 ranking. The annual list highlights 100 tech firms founded in the past decade that are growing at extraordinary rates. Over the past three years alone, these companies have created 11,600 new […]

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98% of Two-Year-Olds Watch Screens Daily Despite Health Warnings

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Almost all parents allow their two-year-olds to watch screens every day, despite World Health Organisation (WHO) guidance recommending strict limits for under-fives, according to new government research. The study found that 98 per cent of two-year-olds in England watch television, videos or digital content daily, with average screen time reaching 127 minutes a day more

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If You’re Driving, Don’t Drink: UK Tightens Drink-Drive Laws

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The UK government is urging pub-goers to avoid drinking any alcohol if they plan to drive, as part of a new road safety strategy aimed at cutting road deaths and serious injuries by 65% by 2035. The strategy, the first in more than a decade, proposes lowering the drink-drive limit in England and Wales from

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Pet Diets Under Scrutiny as Study Finds Dog Food Emissions Can Rival Human Diets

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Premium dog food, particularly wet, raw and meat-rich products, can have a significantly worse impact on the environment than the diets of their owners, researchers have warned. In the largest study yet to examine the environmental footprint of dog food, scientists found that certain pet diets were linked to far higher greenhouse gas emissions than

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UK Steps Up Crackdown on Putin’s Shadow Fleet After Joint US Tanker Seizure

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Britain is scaling up action against President Vladimir Putin’s so-called shadow fleet after helping the United States seize an oil tanker suspected of evading international sanctions following a weeks-long pursuit across the Atlantic. The vessel, Marinera, previously known as Bella 1, was intercepted by US forces in the North Atlantic on Wednesday during an operation

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Is Britain Still a Great Country? The Numbers Behind the National Debate

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Borrowing a line made famous by Hugh Grant in Love Actually, Britain has long seen itself as a small country with outsized greatness, the home of Shakespeare and Churchill, the Beatles and Bond. But more than two decades on, and amid economic uncertainty and shifting global power, the question remains: is Britain still a great

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Stress in 2026: Why Doing the Hardest Thing First Can Help

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Apart from that strange, suspended week between Boxing Day and New Year, when no one quite knows what day it is, modern life rarely feels calm. Even so, many of us cling to the belief that things will soon ease: next month, after the deadline, once life “settles down”. In reality, it rarely does. Tasks

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District Nurse “Nearly Beaten to Death” in Hospital Waiting Room

UK Energy Bills Set to Fall by £138 in April After Green Tax Changes

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Energy prices for most households in the UK are expected to drop by 8% from April 2026, reducing the average annual bill by £138 to £1,620, according to forecasts from energy consultancy Cornwall Insight. The reduction is attributed to the government’s decision to shift certain green levies from bills to taxation and to scrap a

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What Lies Ahead for Britain in 2026: Growth, Inflation, and Global Uncertainty

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As the UK enters 2026, understanding the global backdrop is essential to judging the country’s economic prospects. The international environment points to modest growth and low inflation, but rising competition in export markets, elevated debt levels, and geopolitical tensions add layers of risk and uncertainty. Financial market volatility may intensify, and policy unpredictability will persist.

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UK Borrows £11.7bn in November, Exceeding City Forecasts

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The UK government borrowed more than forecast in November, underlining the fragile state of the public finances ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget, according to official figures. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed public sector net borrowing, the gap between spending and income stood at £11.7bn last month. Although this was

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