Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from the United Kingdom

Orkney to join Norway? No 10 says no way, but islanders have a grudge to bear

The island’s council have voted to explore leaving the United Kingdom, writes Oliver Pritchard-Jones

The Independent UK

Citing ‘emerging challenges,’ Walgreens to shutter 150 stores across the U.S.

Walgreens reported net income of $118 million, about 59% below the previous year. It will also close 300 stores in the United Kingdom. This year the firm said it would cut 10% of its corporate workforce, mostly in Deerfield and Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Downing Street rejects suggestions Orkney could loosen ties with UK

Downing Street has rejected suggestions Orkney could loosen ties with the United Kingdom.

The National (Scotland)

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Exhibition of currency from G-20 countries to begin from June 30

A $100 note that features the Independence Hall of Philadelphia, a five-pound note from the United Kingdom with a part of Westminster’s Abbey, and currency notes from Brazil and Argentina, both featuring the Iguazo National Park that lies on the border between the two countries.

The Hindu

Titanic sub update: ‘Human remains’ found as first photos show mangled Titan wreckage recovered from sea floor

Investigators from the US Coast Guard, Canada, France and the United Kingdom are working closely together on probe into implosion

The Independent UK

Britain, US express LGBTQ+ support

The United States and the United Kingdom have pledged to support the promotion of LGBTQ+ rights in Thailand.

Bangkok Post

Prince William launches 5-year project to end long-term homelessness in the UK

Prince William is launching a five-year project to end long-term homelessness in the United Kingdom

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Police name major suspect in murder of Stephen Lawrence

The Stephen Lawrence case had a significant impact on race relations and the fight against racism in the United Kingdom

Wales Online

Brickbat: Oh, You Meant Those Too?

The Telegraph reports that police in the United Kingdom have failed to solve any burglaries in almost half of the neighborhoods in England and Wales in the past three years. Last October, all of the chief constables in England and Wales promised to have an officer respond to every reported…

Reason

Titanic submersible: The Titan search-and-rescue effort shows that risky undertakings need to consider any potential rescue needs

Since the disappearance of the OceanGate submersible Titan on June 18, search-and-rescue operations continue for the missing submersible carrying five people to visit the Titanic wreckage. Teams from different countries — including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany — are joining the operations under a very tight…

The Conversation

UK may ‘not have been well prepared at all’ for pandemic, Covid Inquiry told

Government’s focus on Brexit ‘crowded out and prevented’ work needed to prepare for a pandemic, the lead lawyer to the inquiry suggested on first day of public hearings

Evening Standard

Britain less prepared for new pandemic than before Covid, scientists fear

Health bosses fear that the United Kingdom is less prepared for a new pandemic than before Covid-19 due to budget cuts.

Evening Standard

Do you need to wash rice before cooking? Here's the science

Rice is a staple food for billions of people in Asia and Africa. It’s also a versatile ingredient for many iconic dishes from around the world, including dolmades from Greece, risottos from Italy, paella from Spain and rice puddings from the United Kingdom.

The Conversation

King Charles will have a second coronation – sort of. Find out why the oldest set of crown jewels weren’t at the first coronation, and where he will be presented with them

King Charles will be presented with the Honors of Scotland, the oldest crown jewels in the United Kingdom

Woman & Home

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Dynamite News

"MEA gives clearance to Atishi for her visit to UK": Central Government to Delhi HC

The Central Government, on Wednesday, told the Delhi High Court that the Ministry of External Affairs had given clearance to Delhi Education Minister Atishi Marlena for her visit to the United Kingdom. Read further on Dynamite News:

Bangkok Post

Thai wins UK MasterChef show

Chariya Khattiyot, 40, was crowned MasterChef 2023 champion in the United Kingdom last Thursday for her dishes of northern Thai food.

The Hindu

Condolences pour in from global leaders on Odisha rail disaster

A number of global leaders — including the Chinese President and Premier, the President of France, and the Prime Ministers of Japan and the United Kingdom — have expressed their condolences regarding the rail accident in Orissa that has left more than 280 people dead. In a message on social…

Belfast Live

Poll: Under half want Northern Ireland to stay in UK and a third back Irish unity

More people think it is likely a united Ireland will exist in 20 years than believe the United Kingdom will exist

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The National (Scotland)

Anas Sarwar promises to 'lead the way' in delivering Labour MPs during Unionist rally

ANAS Sarwar has promised that his party will “lead the way” in delivering seats in Scotland to ensure a Labour majority at the next General…

Zenger

Palestinian Terror Group Runs Student Exchange Program With Europe

A designated terrorist organization is running an international student exchange program for Palestinian students in cooperation with France and the United Kingdom, according to an Israeli NGO

The Conversation

A new trade deal delivers cheaper Australian beef and British sweets – but does little to avert dangerous global warming

A free trade agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom begins on Wednesday. When it was announced in 2021, then-prime ministers Boris Johnson and Scott Morrison cheerily exchanged packets of chocolate biscuits. Meanwhile, one British newspaper celebrated the prospect of cheaper steaks.

The Independent UK

UN refugee agency calls for reform of UK’s ‘flawed’ asylum system

Vicky Tennant, the UNHCR’s representative to the United Kingdom, said vulnerable people were being placed at risk.

Wales Online

Mark Drakeford warns UK could split as he says devolved nations treated with 'fundamental disrespect'

'We have to rebuild the safety net so you know that your membership of the United Kingdom entitles you to that collective security that it represents,' the First Minister said

The Conversation

The highly secretive Five Eyes alliance has disrupted a China-backed hacker group – in an unusually public manner

This week the Five Eyes alliance – an intelligence alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and the United States – announced its investigation into a China-backed threat targeting US infrastructure.

Tribune News Service

Lawmakers seek to ease defense export controls to UK, Australia

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers have high expectations for a new trilateral security partnership between the United Kingdom, United States and Australia to significantly boost not only the three allies’ maritime positions in the Indo-Pacific vis-à-vis China but also to accelerate and deepen their collective abilities in next-generation defense technologies.

1 … 20 21 22 23

People

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

56 stories

Matthew White

53 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.