Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Britain

How the myth of ‘Blitz spirit’ defined and divided London after 7/7

The “Blitz spirit” is one of Britain’s most enduring national myths – the stories we tell ourselves about who we were, and who we still believe we are today. Growing up among football fans, I heard constant nostalgic refrains about England and Germany, wartime bravery and national pride.

The Conversation

How to balance the UK books: six options open to Rachel Reeves

From spending cuts to tax rises, we rank possible routes to plugging the gap caused by Labour’s welfare climbdown

The Guardian - UK

One year in, Labour has a surprising amount to celebrate. But you wouldn’t know it

In the build-up to the 2024 election, Keir Starmer worked hard to show that his party could run Britain better than the Tories. He promised his government would offer stability after years of chaos – but also change. He stood for honesty but also a technocratic approach that resisted the…

The Conversation

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Pot-plant trade is ‘hitchhiker pathway’ for invasive flatworms, say UK experts

Rise in sightings prompts call for ban on soil imports, to prevent entry of more species that eat earthworms and degrade soil

The Guardian - UK

Putin’s puppet threatens nuclear strikes on Europe while calling Starmer, Macron, and Merz satanists

Nuclear threats dressed up as holy war.

We Got This Covered

‘An unjust transition’? Teesside locals divided over net zero after deindustrialisation

In the third in a series, the Guardian hears how Reform UK is targeting voters over green policies – which business says are bringing new jobs to the area

The Guardian - UK

Slavery reparations group takes fight to Westminster and Brussels

Lobbying effort by independent delegation follows Jamaica’s move to ask King Charles to request legal advice

The Guardian - US

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

OPINION - A 'fat free' Britain by 2035? Slim chance of that

It seems fair to say this government, turning one year old this week, has not yet achieved a reputation for speedy resolution of major national crises. Yet within the new 10 Year Health Plan is a radical plan – to make Britain “fat free” by 2035.

Evening Standard

“It’s a circle of freaks and I don’t want to be involved”: How the Oasis vs Blur chart battle marked Britpop's cultural peak, and the beginning of its end

1995’s chart battle between Oasis and Blur cemented the two bands as Britpop’s warring kings, but creatively, the movement was unravelling

MusicRadar

A year of Keir Starmer: Screeching U-turns, backbench insurrections and a Chancellor reduced to tears

Lapses in judgment, U-turns galore and, most troublingly, an abyss between himself and the nation: the sky is deathly grey in Starmerland, writes Andy Coulson

Evening Standard

This waterproof Helly Hansen shell kept me warm in freezing conditions on Britain's tallest mountain, and it's now up $90 off

The comfortable Odin 9 Worlds 3.0 shell is designed to help you take on the mountains with plenty of protection from the elements

Advnture

For all the errors and crises, the blight on Starmer’s first year is still the lack of vision

Prime ministers have recovered from bad starts. But unless Starmer can articulate an idea of the Britain he wants, the public – and his party – may desert him, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

New NHS 10-year plan marks start of ‘major renewal of Britain’, Starmer pledges

The Prime Minister will unveil his vision for the NHS, as he seeks to shift focus away from several chaotic days in Westminster.

The Independent UK

OPINION - Who needs Russian sabotage when you have the Great British planning system?

A fire at Heathrow Airport had nothing to do with foreign interference, and everything to do with Britain’s shoddy infrastructure

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Britain's Starmer backs his Treasury chief after U-turns dent the government's fiscal plans

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office says Treasury chief Rachel Reeves is secure in her job after a series of government U-turns dented her revenue-raising plans

The Guardian - UK

Ministers are fretting about Britain’s falling birthrate. Here’s why it could be a good thing

The education secretary speaks of ‘worrying repercussions’ – but as far as wellbeing goes, the UK might be a lot better off, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

The Independent UK

Voices: So the Bank of England wants ideas for new banknotes: let’s start with our war heroes

COMMENT: While I like the idea of launching a push for Notey McNoteface, writes James Moore, for my money Britain has plenty of eminently notable figures who haven’t had the recognition they deserve

The Independent UK

Rayner says Farage ‘promised the world the moon on a stick’ over Brexit

Angela Rayner has said Nigel Farage “promised the world the moon on a stick” with Brexit and Britain has not seen any of the benefits.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Starmer ‘doing the job for Britain’, says Rayner

The Deputy PM said there has been ‘a lot going on’ for the Prime Minister in his first year in office.

The Guardian - UK

More than 80% of UK farmers worried about climate crisis harming livelihood, study finds

Farmers warn of risk to Britain’s food supply as more than three-quarters take hit to income from extreme weather

The Independent UK

Dan Evans ready for a crack at Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon second round

Evans win his battle of Britain against fellow wild card Jay Clarke to set up a meeting with the seven-time champion.

The Guardian - UK

Wimbledon’s rampant British players deliver joint-best performance since 1976

Britain has 10 players through to the second round while the total of seven British men into round two is the best at any grand slam event since Wimbledon in 1997

The Independent UK

Dan Evans wins battle of Britain to set up likely clash with Novak Djokovic

The 35-year-old picked up his first win in SW19 since 2021 with a straight-sets success over fellow British wild card Jay Clarke.

Euronews

UK postal workers faced more than 2,000 dog attacks last year, Royal Mail reveals

Roughly 30,000 postal workers have been attacked by dogs in the last decade in Britain.

The Guardian - UK

Welcome to Britain 2025: where a musician’s words cause more outrage than the murder and horror in Gaza

The issue of what happened at Glastonbury is obscuring the outrage about real bombs and actual death, and I think that is deliberate, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

1 … 135 136 137 138

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.