The Latest Breaking News from Britain

Market Bounces Despite Increasing Risks Despite the grim news this week, from the near-Lehman level crisis in Britain, to the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic,

Britain is an unusual country. Prolonged sunshine (three successive days) makes front pages. Travel five or 10 miles and you’ll hear different accents, even dialects. But perhaps the biggest oddity is the outsized influence of our Treasury.

The wife of a U.S. diplomat appeared by videolink in a London court on Thursday charged over a fatal car crash in England in a case that led to diplomatic friction between Britain and the United States.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth died of old age, according to her death certificate, which was published by the National Records of Scotland on Thursday.

The prime minister and Kwasi Kwarteng must now eat humble pie and try to steer Britain out of the crisis they created, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

From Brexit U-turns to forgetting where she is, we bring you the moments Britain’s new leader would probably much rather forget

The typical household in Britain will pay, on average, around £2,500 a year in energy bills for the next two years from Saturday 1 October. A worldwide squeeze on gas supplies has led to a supply-demand imbalance and soaring prices are now being passed on by energy companies to households.…

Vladimir Kornilov, an RIA Novosti state news agency columnist, said: “Listen…if Russia decided to show what it is capable of, it would choose all sorts of objects near Britain"

One local resident, who did not wish to be named, said: “It had got to the point where we are scared to leave our homes even in the daytime”.

Gordon Young (61) has helped to raise over £1000 with the gruelling challenge

Bank of England forced to step in to calm gilt markets as mini-Budget financial storm rumbles on