Home
> UK
UK
Coronavirus: Number of confirmed cases doubles in UK
The Wuhan Novel Coronavirus has been declared a "serious and imminent threat" as eight people have been diagnosed with the virus in the UK.
Brexit supporters say 'see EU' with a bang
Nigel Farage described Brexit as "the greatest moment in the modern history of our great nation".
Brexit is here, what changes?
Daily business between the United Kingdom and the EU will continue as before during an 11-month transition until the end of the year.
Euro MPs set seal on Brexit in emotional vote
The UK will leave the EU at midnight Brussels time (2300 GMT) on Friday, but remain under most EU rules during a transition until the end of the year.
Post-Brexit UK faces '3D chess game' in world trade
After its divorce from the European Union takes effect on Friday night, Britain will be free to negotiate its own trade pacts.
Will Brexit see European division at the UN Security Council?
As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, London wields veto power equal to Paris, Washington, Moscow and Beijing.
Escape Brexit with Down Under holiday, Australia tells UK
Tourism Australia said the Aus$15 million ($10 million) campaign was its largest investment in the British market for more than a decade.
Pound jumps as exit poll shows Conservative majority in British vote
The British exit poll suggested the Conservatives would win 368 seats in the 650-seat parliament, with the main opposition Labour party trailing on 191.
Healthcare battles Brexit as top UK election issue
The state-run National Health Service (NHS) provides free taxpayer-funded treatment for all, which is often criticised but fiercely defended.
British town Walsall pays dearly for UK retail crisis
The retail crisis hitting Walsall and its 270,000 inhabitants is mirrored across the UK.
Queen Elizabeth may be forced to defer her Christmas celebrations this year
Queen Elizabeth II to push her Christmas celebrations this year.
Whirlpool admits 800,000 UK homes have faulty fire-hazard dryers
There are 800,000 Whirlpool dryers which could cause fires in UK homes. The manufacturer uses an NDA to gag reports of dryer fires.
Brexit translates to challenge for EU interpreters
London's political influence in Brussels may be slipping, but the language of Shakespeare is still in constant use.
Pro-Brexit Billionaire To Open UK Plant Next To Closed Ford Site
Ratcliffe's Ineos industrial company plans to provide jobs to 500 people in the coming four years.
Brexit: champagne, parmesan, prosecco and feta could soon be at the centre of negotiations
Brussels have expressed fear that British producers will start exploiting previously protected European food names.
Brexit slams the brakes on UK car industry investment
Investment in U.K. car production has almost halved in the last year due to worries over the country's exit from the European Union
How Brexit has divided the United Kingdom
UK split by Brexit vote two years after referendum to leave EU.
Five ways to save Britain's struggling high streets
In the last decade, over 28,000 stores have closed, and footfall has been on a relentless downward trend.
'Predatory' fantasist raped woman then filmed her cleaning up her own blood in hotel room
Agampodi Dezoysa, 25, from Brent, north London, has been jailed for 12 years after he admitted 4 counts of rape, assault causing grievous bodily harm, and criminal damage.
Thug climbed through window to pummel pensioner with metal pole after arguing with her son
Michael Gallagher, 34, was jailed for 6 years and 9 months at Liverpool Crown Court after he admitted attacking Christine Bell, 70, with a wheel brace.
Policeman injured in Russian nerve agent assassination bid on former spy Sergei Skripal now talking
Police are still appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the attack in Salisbury over the weekend.
Parsons Green Tube 'bucket bomber' allegedly told UK officials he had been trained to kill by Isis
Iraqi asylum seeker Ahmed Hassan, 18, injured 30 commuters when he allegedly detonated an explosive device concealed in a bucket on a packed London tube train.
Britain First leader and deputy jailed for hate crimes as judge slams their 'hostility towards Muslims'
Leader Paul Golding and deputy leader Jayda Fransen were jailed for a total of 54 weeks after being convicted of hate crimes convicted at Folkestone Magistrates' Court.
Nerve agent 'used to try to kill' Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury
Scotland Yard have stated that Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal were 'targeted specifically' in Salisbury town centre in Wiltshire last weekend.
Flatmate who watched 6 hours of sadomasochistic porn on drugs before killing woman with hammer jailed
The Old Bailey said Lucian Stinci was 'infatuated' with his flatmate Florina Pastina, who he repeatedly hit her over the head with a hammer at the home they shared in London.
Boris Johnson warns England may pull out of FIFA World Cup over Sergei Skripal 'poisoning'
Boris Johnson compared the attack the the death of the former agent Alexander Litvinenko back in 2006.
1 in 3 British children want to be famous YouTubers, but they will likely all fail
New research out of Germany shows that just 3% of YouTube channels ever make enough money to live off.
Drug dealer who blames offending on finding James Bulger's body when he was 13 is jailed again
Terence Riley, 38, from Liverpool, was a 13-year-old boy when he found murdered James Bulger's body abandoned on a railway line in Walton, Merseyside, in 1993.
Girl, 7, becomes Britain's 10th weather fatality after car careers into house in 'ice-slide'
The 7-year-old girl, who was believed to have been walking on a pavement, died at the scene in Looe, Cornwall, after a car ploughed into a house.
Retired nurse knifed to death in own home just 10 miles from similar killing 2 weeks ago
Great-grandmother Anne James, 74, was pronounced dead in her cottage in Highgate, Walsall, on Thursday (1 March) after suffering a 'shocking, violent' attack.