The UK health service is “buckling”, with the number of flu cases across English hospitals rising seven-fold in only a month.

Some of the tens of thousands of UK nurses have walked out from their jobs demanding better pay and conditions.

​​​​​​​Hospitals in England are urged to free up beds ahead of “extensive disruption” caused by ambulance staff strikes.

Tens of thousands of nurses have walked off their jobs across the UK as part of the biggest wave of industrial action to hit the country in decades.

Reports say British troops could drive ambulances and fill hospital roles as thousands of health workers plan to go on strike next month to demand a pay rise amid soaring inflation in the country.

Britain's top accident and emergency doctor says about 4,000 patients a day are spending more than 12 hours in the emergency department because the care system has collapsed. 

While Queen Elizabeth's funeral on Monday will be observed across Britain, thousands of people face cancelled doctor appointments, closed food banks and shut supermarkets.

The 56th and third female UK Prime Minister takes up the reins of power as the UK toils under spiraling levels of inflation, skyrocketing energy costs with an economy almost certainly in recession, and public services on the brink of collapse.

England's National Health Service is facing the worst workforce crisis in its history as hospitals fall short of doctors and nurses.

Tens of thousands of rail staff in Britain have walked out in a dispute over pay and jobs, bringing the country to a standstill in the network's biggest strike action in more than three decades.