Only ecodesign stoves can be legally sold from 2022 – but experts say the standard is shockingly weak

Rising energy bills, higher prices and a critical shortage of workers leading to food and fuel supply constraints are threatening to stall Britain's recovery from the pandemic.

Uber is to pay out millions of pounds in missed pension payments to UK drivers dating back as far as 2017 under a deal with the retirement savings watchdog. The ride hailing company was forced to guarantee its 70,000 UK drivers a minimum hourly wage, holiday pay and pensions in March this year after a landmark supreme court ruling over their employment status. Couriers for the group’s UberEats food delivery service are not included in the deal.

As a new report claims dilapidated housing is "killing some of the most vulnerable people", a 22-year-old student has become an unlikely champion for social housing tenants, shaming Clarion, Europe's biggest housing association, into action. "I can't let people live in squalor," says Kwajo Tweneboa, burning passion in his voice, as he details some of the appalling living conditions he has uncovered in the past four months.

As of next week, Britain’s state-owned postal service will help anyone to buy cryptocurrency through its identify verification app. The move comes after the Post Office signed a deal with decentralized exchange (DEX) Swarm Markets. The deal enables verified users of the Post Office’s app, EasyID, to click through to Swarm’s website, where they can purchase vouchers that can be redeemed for cryptocurrencies.

Authorities are investigating after a map claiming to show the addresses of thousands of firearms owners in the UK was published online. Gun-selling site Guntrader announced a data breach affecting more than 100,000 customers in July. This week, reports emerged that an animal rights activist blog had published the information.

The government has announced plans to ban single-use plastic cutlery, plates and polystyrene cups in England as part of what it calls a "war on plastic". Ministers said the move would help to reduce litter and cut the amount of plastic waste in oceans. A consultation on the policy will launch in the autumn - although the government has not ruled out including other items in the ban.

McDonald's has been forced to stop selling milkshakes and bottled drinks at nearly 1,300 restaurants in the United Kingdom as Brexit-related staff shortages and supply chain delays caused by the pandemic continue to slam companies.

Archaeologists have finally figured out how Arthur's Stone, the famous Neolithic monument that inspired the 'stone table' in The Chronicles of Narnia, came to be.

A U.S. semiconductor start-up says its relationship with the U.K.’s largest chip plant ended abruptly when Chinese-owned Nexperia took over in July. Pennsylvania-based Ideal Semiconductor told CNBC it was getting silicon wafers processed at the Newport Wafer Fab in Wales up until the fab was acquired by Dutch firm Nexperia, which is 100% owned by Shanghai-headquartered Wingtech Technologies.

A record-breaking bat that flew more than 1,200 miles (2,018 km) from London to Russia died after being attacked by a cat. The female Nathusius' pipistrelle bat, the size of a human thumb, was discovered in Russia's Pskov region. The bat, whose wing had a "London Zoo" marking, was rescued by a bat rehabilitation group but later died.

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is probing whether Amazon and Google broke consumer laws by failing to take action against fake reviews on their sites, the agency announced Friday.

A Scotland Yard chief has warned London is on track for its worst ever year for teenage homicides. Commander Alex Murray, the Met’s lead for violence, issued an urgent call for calm to prevent more young lives being lost as Covid restrictions lift.

Piers Morgan has once again hit out there at the behaviour of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The former Good Morning Britain presenter came out on Fox News on Monday night to chat to broadcaster Sean Hannity. And also the 56-year-old did not hold back as he criticized Meghan and Harry once more for their “ridiculous behaviour“.

School closures in England during the Covid lockdown badly damaged the mental health of mothers but had no impact on fathers’ wellbeing, research has found.

Oatly, the plant milk maker backed by Oprah Winfrey, is in a court battle with a Cambridgeshire farm over alleged trademark infringement. Lawyers for Oatly sought a High Court injunction on Thursday to stop Glebe Farm Foods selling its PureOaty brand. Oatly said it contacted the PureOaty makers in early 2020 saying "their branding infringed our trademark".

Britain will expedite the relocation of Afghan staff, largely interpreters, who worked for the country’s armed forces and are at increasing risk ahead of the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops.

Poster adverts telling the public it is “time to buy” Bitcoin have been banned for failing to mention the risks of investing in the cryptocurrency. The posters, which were plastered across the London Underground and on London buses in February, featured a cartoon image of a Bitcoin and read: “If you’re seeing Bitcoin on the Underground, it’s time to buy.”

Ex-British racing driver Max Mosley, who went on to run motorsport's world governing body the FIA and become a privacy campaigner, has died aged 81. His death was confirmed by ex-Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone. Mr Mosley served three terms as president of the FIA from 1993 to 2009.