Every week, we summarise the news to give you some insight into what is happening in Britain, and what people are talking about.

This week, millions of pounds is going to be spent on building work at Buckingham Palace, the first storm of the winter causes floods, a spider is banned from the Houses of Parliament, and UK radio shows may be available all over the world.

Language centres should "under-promise and over-deliver" on customer satisfaction, the English UK Student Experience conference will be told.

Bring your questions on visas and safeguarding to two of our top experts at the English UK Student Experience Conference at the end of the month.

"If students are not happy with their accommodation, they tend not be happy overall. It's really important to get it right." Dr Diane Phillips explains how at the English UK Student Experience Conference 2016...

Risa Kitano is 31 and comes from Tokyo, where she is a well-known pop singer.

"I chose Torquay because I thought there would not be any Japanese people here so I would be able to concentrate on my English"