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Inside the Regency ballroom: what you’d experience on a night out with Jane Austen

The ballrooms of Jane Austen’s Britain have been hailed in literature and period dramas as a marriage market where young men and women could meet and mingle. The ballroom set the scene for Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy’s first encounter at Meryton’s assembly rooms in Pride and Prejudice (1813), and…

The Conversation

A decade of Brexit: Britain falls behind peers in trade and growth

Economic analysis shows UK GDP per capita grew up to 10% less than similar nations as firms froze spending and productivity slipped.

Euronews

UK using more wood to make electricity than ever, Drax figures show

Giant biomass plant reveals burning of wood pellets made 9% of UK’s electricity in July, its largest ever monthly share

The Guardian - UK

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Terence Crawford dethroned over $300k fee, handing Britain’s Sheeraz title shot

American boxer loses super-middleweight crown just three months after beating Canelo Álvarez, clearing path for British rising star to fight for title

The Guardian - US

German president’s UK visit highlights renewed ties with post-Brexit Britain

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in the UK on Wednesday for a three-day state visit – the first by a German head of state in 27 years – at a moment when security co-operation has helped revive relations strained during the turbulent post-Brexit years.

Radio France Internationale

William and Kate welcome German president and his wife to UK for start of state visit

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Budenbender landed at Heathrow Airport where they were greeted by the Prince and Princess of Wales

Evening Standard

Liz Truss mini-Budget torpedoed Brexit economic hopes, says expert as Labour seeks closer EU ties

The UK economy has suffered a multi-billion pound blow from quitting the European Union, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility

Evening Standard

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Fear of facing the future has British politics stuck in the past

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves claim to be dealing with the world as it is, but seem to yearn for a world that has disappeared, says the Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

German president's UK state visit will celebrate strategic ties and recall historic scars

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be greeted by brass bands and Christmas trees when he arrives in Britain for a state visit that will celebrate the close ties between the two countries while also remembering the scars of the past

The Independent UK

Hillsborough investigation finds 12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct charges

A long-running investigation into the 1989 Hillsborough stadium soccer tragedy has found that 12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct proceedings for their failings during and after Britain’s worst sports disaster

The Independent UK

The Beatles’ movie Help! featured crude racial stereotypes – but it shouldn’t be hidden away

I sometimes think that my teenage fascination with the Beatles is what drew me to becoming a professional historian. Piecing together what I could find out about them in the years before the internet was a sort of gateway to the history of Britain and the world in the decade…

The Conversation

What the story of eight-year-old Lati-Yana Brown tells us about Britain’s callous disregard for Caribbean people

From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, there is a clear pattern to the way Britain has extracted wealth and fractured families, says journalist and film-maker Nadine White

The Guardian - UK

The Fastest Tariff U-Turn in History: How Britain Made Trump Blink on Pharmaceuticals

Fastest tariff reversal ever: Britain wins zero-tariff pharma deal as Trump backs down—NHS faces 25% higher drug costs. See effects on patients and jobs.

International Business Times UK

Britain must not shrink back from ‘chaotic world’, says Starmer

In his annual Guildhall speech on foreign policy, the Prime Minister took aim at those who advocate leaving the ECHR or Nato.

Evening Standard

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Starmer: We have to work with China – even if it threatens national security

The prime minister used his Mansion House speech to defend a ‘thawing’ of relations with Beijing – potentially laying the groundwork for a controversial new super embassy to be given approval

The Guardian - UK

UK aims to secure agreement to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme

Britain quit EU programme after Brexit, when Boris Johnson claimed it did not offer good value for money

The Guardian - UK

Enver Solomon restores our faith in Britain

Letters: Readers reflect on an interview with the outgoing chief executive of the Refugee Council

Euronews

UK and US agree on zero-tariff pharma deal after months of tensions

London and Washington have found a compromise that would avoid US tariffs on British medicines — but only after the UK agreed to pay more for cutting-edge drugs.

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Britain’s ponds are disappearing – here’s why restoring them is vital for wildlife and climate resilience

Across Britain, ponds are quietly vanishing. Pouring over historic maps from the 1900s to trace old pond sites, I was struck by how many once dotted the landscape. Today, more than half have disappeared, a loss that threatens wildlife and our ability to cope with a changing climate.

Evening Standard

Did Rachel Reeves lie to justify her £26billion Budget tax raid?

The Chancellor is facing calls to resign over misleading the public and Cabinet minister over the state of Britain’s finances

The Independent UK

UK leader Keir Starmer backs his Treasury chief over claims she misled the public about the economy

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has defended his Treasury chief Rachel Reeves against claims she misled the public about government finances before last week's tax-hiking budget

The Independent UK

This Week in History: Siege in Seattle, courtroom dramas, and the end of the Cold War

From power struggles to global crises, explore how major events between 1 and 7 December were captured on The Independent’s front pages

The Guardian - UK

There are those on the left and right who offer only grievance: Labour is getting on with the job of economic renewal

Judge last week’s budget in the light of our bold plans to sweep away red tape, tackle inactivity among young people and pursue a closer trading relationship with the EU, says prime minister Keir Starmer

International Business Times UK

'Epic Milestone': HMS Prince of Wales Returns After Global Deployment Showcasing UK's Carrier Strike Power

HMS Prince of Wales returns to Portsmouth after leading Operation High Mast, a global carrier strike mission.

International Business Times UK

The 10 Richest People in the UK in 2025: Britain's Billionaires Beyond Big Tech

Forbes 2025 reveals the UK's richest from hedge funds to manufacturing, showing Britain's billionaires thrive far beyond tech empires.

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