The Latest Breaking News from Britain

Giant icebergs once drifted off the coast of Britain, scientists find

Discovery could provide valuable clues as to how the climate crisis might affect Antarctica, says study

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2025

Supreme Court ruling on women 'paints target' on back of transgender people, says cyclist Emily Bridges

Britain's best-known transgender athlete believes the legal judgement by Britain’s top judges will stoke ‘vitriol’ among the trans community

Evening Standard · Apr 23, 2025

Lion mauled gladiator to death 1,800 years ago in Roman Britain, controversial study suggests

A skeleton in England may have belonged to a gladiator who died fighting a large cat, possibly a lion, a new study finds.

LiveScience · Apr 23, 2025

UK economic growth forecast slashed as Trump’s tariffs hit Britain harder than Europe

The downgrade to Britain’s growth forecasts heightens the importance of Rachel Reeves securing a trade deal for the UK

The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2025

More British households struggling with bills will resort to energy theft, campaigners say

Annual value of gas and electricity stolen from Great Britain’s grids already estimated at £1.5bn

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2025

‘Honest folk are paying for this’: the fight against Britain’s billion-pound energy heist

From raids on marijuana farms to illegal bitcoin miners, suppliers are finding new ways to tackle the rise in gas and electricity theft

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2025

Keir Starmer Accused of Betraying British Fishermen in Secret EU Deal Swap

Keir Starmer is under fire from furious Brexiteers amid claims he's ready to hand over more of Britain’s fishing rights to the EU in exchange for a defence pact.

The Fashion Central · Apr 21, 2025

Shocking state of Britain’s waters revealed as bathing spots with potentially deadly bacteria double

Surge in coastlines, rivers and lakes with unsafe levels of E coli and intestinal enterococci due to sewage spills

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2025

Jesuits in Britain ‘grateful for gift’ of Pope Francis’s leadership

Francis, who died aged 88, was the first Jesuit pope, having entered the Jesuit novitiate in 1958.

Evening Standard · Apr 21, 2025

Lucy Shuker: ‘I took up the sport to find me. It wasn’t to be a Paralympian’

Britain’s wheelchair tennis legend tells Tumaini Carayol how the sport helped her accept her disability and about her dreams of greater access across the world

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2025