Services notices and news from United Kingdom.
Hospitals, GPs, police forces and property agents have had to find a workaround for Microsoft packages Microsoft outage – live updates Hospitals, GPs, police forces and property agents across the UK have been hit by the global Microsoft outage . Here’s how the disruption to email and other IT facili
15h ago · Read at The Guardian UK →
Major airports and intelligence services are unaffected while the government is assessing the impact on its services.
1d ago · Read at BBC News UK →
In 2022 and 2023, Hartshead Moor East, near Leeds, was voted the worst in Great Britain. Ever since, staff have been on a mission to redeem its reputation The crime issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to order In October 2023, at a service station on the M1 north-east of Leeds, Ja
2d ago · Read at The Guardian UK →
Head of major review into adult social care will say that governments have been ‘asleep at the wheel’ of vital system Successive governments in England have been “asleep at the wheel” on social care, leaving the system to grow as a chaotic patchwork of local services with no clear vision, Louise Cas
3d ago · Read at The Guardian UK →
Ombudsman’s report says delays have profound consequences and limit users’ ability to lead independent lives Disabled people are having to wait up to two years to get a wheelchair because of delays involving NHS bodies and private firms that make them. The situation is revealed in a report by the pa
3d ago · Read at The Guardian UK →
The BBC hears from Vinted sellers who describe difficulties accessing money held in their online wallets.
4d ago · Read at BBC News UK →
I am waiting for the overdue results of a cancer test, and the postal service seems to be prioritising parcels over letters In the three months since I moved to my village, I’ve had just two deliveries of letters. One of them was only because I caught a passing postman on a parcel round who arranged
5d ago · Read at The Guardian UK →
£40m scheme in England aims to keep most vulnerable people well at home and avoid unnecessary hospital stays Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable patients in England are to receive extra support from their GP as part of a £40m drive aimed at keeping them out of hospital this winter. As the NHS gears
6d ago · Read at The Guardian UK →
Many experts think fixed rate on 30-month term will still look good after Bank of England raised base rate A savings account paying “market-leading” 5.3% interest was launched this week by Nationwide building society. It’s only for Nationwide members – but there are more than 19 million of them. The
11/7/2026 · Read at The Guardian UK →
Is it symptom a health service at breaking point - or a positive way of involving the public?
11/5/2026 · Read at BBC News UK →