London, UK - The so called pride of Britain, the NHS established in 1948 was the jewel in the crown of the state system in the UK, and the envy of many other states who did not offer their citizens access to free healthcare. However, the once well oiled system is now oxidised to the core, with the entire service on its knees as it struggles to care for ever increasing number of patients it receives, with the ever decreasing budget it has to spend.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson proclaimed a political "earthquake" Friday after his thumping election victory cleared Britain's way to finally leave the European Union after years of damaging deadlock over Brexit.

The Star Wars actor, John Boyega, has opened up about the representation of black British culture on a global scale.

Jeremy Corbyn is the leader of the British Labour Party, the country’s official opposition party making him and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson the two most likely candidates to lead Britain as Prime Minister after the December 12 polls.

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British Special Forces in Syria have been forced to withdraw from their positions in the north of the country, following the sudden retreat of US forces.

A UK-flagged oil tanker held by Iran since July was released on Friday and was heading toward the United Arab Emirates, an Iranian organization as well as the company that owns the vessel confirmed.

Iran's Foreign Ministry said a detention order on the British-flagged tanker Stena Impero was lifted on Wednesday, but added that an investigation into the vessel was ongoing.

Iran’s government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Monday that legal steps had been made towards the release of the detained British-flagged tanker Stena Impero which is now ‘free to leave,’ IRNA reported.

The British pound hit a seven-week high against the dollar Friday amid easing fears of a no-deal Brexit.

Yesterday’s massive demonstrations against Boris Johnson’s and the Queen’s decision to suspend parliament may well be a harbinger of things to come as Britain moves deeper into unchartered political territory.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to suspend parliament for five weeks as the government’s Brexit deadline approaches is “unprecedented” and serves his own political agenda, not British national interests, says a commentator.

A society can turn a cute little girl into a monstrous serial killer and this is exactly what is happening in the UK. Newly released data indicate a 73% rise in knife possession by British women and girls and a 10 percent increase, year on year since 2014, in recorded female knife possession offenses.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s request for suspension of parliament is set to dramatically raise the stakes in the closing stages of the fraught Brexit process.

From the southern tip of the black continent to West Africa and the Horn of Africa, the British Council is actively promoting British interests through ostensibly “cultural” and “educational” programmes.