The Latest Breaking News from United Kingdom

Major supermarkets team up for new campaign to fight hunger in the UK

The campaign is a response to a challenge set by the King on his 75th birthday.

Evening Standard · May 18, 2025

Slot machine firms target UK’s poorest areas and channel funds to billionaires

Exclusive: Politicians including Andy Burnham call for councils to be given powers to stop new sites opening

The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2025

British travellers could get access to EU passport queues again in Brexit reset deal

The arrangement, if agreed, would cut the amount of time travellers spend waiting in queues in Europe

The Independent UK · May 18, 2025

Pope Leo XIV gives first major address at inauguration attended by thousands

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and the Duke of Edinburgh, who was representing the King, were among attendees.

Evening Standard · May 18, 2025

Football songs: The history of the beautiful game's relationship with music

From El Tel to John Barnes, footballers once delivered a string of memorable tunes and even the odd No.1 - FFT salutes a lost tradition

FourFourTwo · May 18, 2025

UK to launch new 'Home Guard' to protect power plants and airports amid rising global threats

The UK may see a return of the famous WW2 fighting force to combat attacks on important domestic facilities

Evening Standard · May 18, 2025

‘We’re in the last, hard yards’: quiet hopes for UK-EU reset at crucial summit

Monday’s meet-up could provide the piece of the jigsaw to unlock UK growth and draw a line under the Brexit years

The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2025

Best vape alternatives as the UK counts down on the single-use ban

The ban on disposables is coming on June 1. Here’s where to recycle used vapes and where to shop for less harmful alternatives

Evening Standard · May 18, 2025

UK crashes out of Eurovision as public delivers brutal zero points for second year in a row

UK act Remember Monday secured a disappointing 19th-place finish out of 26 countries

Evening Standard · May 18, 2025

Eurovision: UK’s Remember Monday reacts to nul points from public for second year running

Eurovision 2025 entry Remember Monday were awarded the dreaded “nul points” from the public in the second year running for the UK in the song contest.

The Independent UK · May 18, 2025