The Latest Breaking News from Britain

Starmer told to be 'bold' and use EU security fears to secure better Brexit reset deal

Exclusive: Lord Ricketts said the prime minster has an opportunity to put Britain back at the ‘heart’ of major decisions in Europe when he meets EU leaders on Monday

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2025

Britain’s favourite fish at risk of wipeout within decades, predicts report

Brown trout unlikely to survive in most rivers at height of summer by 2080, says Environment Agency

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2025

‘The pain was intense’: why UK women are paying for private gynaecological care

NHS delays for hysterectomies and endometriosis treatment are forcing women to pay for private healthcare

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2025

Brexit: Majority of Londoners back rejoining the European Union, new poll findings suggest

68% of Londoners also say Brexit has been more of a failure, with 9% describing it as more of a success

Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2025

Brexit five years on: What was promised vs what we got

Just three in 10 say exiting the bloc was the right decision, accoring to a recent YouGov poll

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2025

Butterflywatch: The tactics different species use to survive winter in Britain

Strategies vary from hibernating as adult butterflies to forming a chrysalis – or by not being in the country at all

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2025

MPs sound alarm over 'very serious risk' of new pandemic from animal fur trade

Exclusive: Labour stalls on election promise of ban after Tories dropped similar plan

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025

Good for Britain’s neonicotinoid ban, giving bees priority over sugar beet

Letters: Asher Minns writes that farmers have been incentivised to grow a crop that causes obesity, while Prof Richard Evershed says they should turn their skills to growing genuinely nutritious food

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2025

Most of Britain’s peat bogs could stop forming new peat as the climate changes – new study

By the 2080s, climate change will mean most of Britain’s peatlands could be too dry to form new peat. That’s the stark warning from a new academic study my colleagues and I just published in the Journal of Applied Ecology.

The Conversation · Jan 30, 2025

Right-wing priest loses license after 'salute' at pro-life summit

Dubbed Britain’s conspiracy theorist cleric, Calvin Robinson has had his church license revoked after mimicking Musk’s salute at Washington, DC’s National Pro-Life Summit

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025