The Latest Breaking News from Britain

British foreign minister James Cleverly on Saturday condemned Iran's execution of two protesters and urged it to "immediately end the violence against its own people". "The execution of Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini by the Iranian regime is abhorrent," Cleverly said on Twitter. "The UK is strongly opposed…

The move follows a damning report by the Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee saying even people born and bred in Britain would struggle to pass the test

Brian Reade says that under the Tories, we have witnessed Britain stagnate economically and intellectually, becoming insular, divided and broken - and the divide in our country is now huge

Micky McAvoy, who masterminded the 1983 robbery of £26million from Brinks-Mat’s Heathrow depot, has died aged 70 and never got his hands on the money stolen in the mega-heist

Similar schemes have been run in the Republic and Britain

Bet365's Denise Coates, 55, was paid more than £200m in just one year, one of the biggest salaries ever awarded in the UK after founding the company from a portable cabin in a Stoke car park in 2000

British doctors are risking their jobs to speak out against what they say is an unfolding catastrophe in the national health system, with patients left lying on hospital floors and in corridors while they wait for help.

Royal author Tom Bower, whose biography of Meghan Markle has been updated, says the only way the royal family can restore credibility amid a series of claims by Prince Harry is for them to speak out

Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s so-called 'strictest headteacher' said some of her 'controversial' statements had put the Social Mobility Commission in 'jeopardy'