The Latest Breaking News from United Kingdom

French far-right leader Jordan Bardella to address Reform UK party conference

Speech part of effort to strengthen National Rally party’s international ties before Marine Le Pen’s presidential bid

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28

Fact check: Benefits spending and elephant floods video

Round-up of fact checks from the last few days compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Aug 28

Gordon Brown warns Ukraine faces ‘worst winter’ of war as he urges Trump to act

Brown believes it is a ‘critical moment’ in the war between Ukraine and Russia

The Independent UK · Aug 28

UK travellers are still being caught out by this Brexit passport rule

TRAVEL INSIDER: Travellers are still being turned away at the gate over the same overlooked passport rule. Global Travel Editor Annabel Grossman explains this Brexit blind spot in the latest Travel Insider newsletter

The Independent UK · Aug 28

Fontaines DC: How to get tickets for their huge new arena tour

Fontaines D.C. have announced a huge arena tour, with 20 gigs booked across the US, UK and Europe this autumn. It comes after the Dublin five-piece announced their fifth studio album Dopamine Chamber , which will be out on 16 October, and dropped a new single, “Marianne”. The tour begins…

The Independent UK · Aug 28

How Middlesbrough became the UK’s crime capital: ‘What the hell happens next?’

High levels of unemployment and poverty have led to the northeast town suffering disproportionately from organised criminal networks and suspected gang wars. That escalated this week with a series of car rammings and a deadly house fire, leaving residents fearing for what comes next, as Holly Evans reports

The Independent UK · Aug 28

The government wants households to prepare for disaster – but the UK’s real test will be the NHS

What happens when the NHS is hit by an emergency it cannot predict? A heatwave can send thousands more people to hospital. A power cut can put patients who depend on electricity at risk. A cyber-attack can suddenly knock out systems that hospitals rely on to function.

The Conversation · Aug 28

Jamie Dornan was ‘terrified’ ahead of hosting Saturday Night Live UK

The UK version of the long-running US sketch comedy series launched in March.

Evening Standard · Aug 28

Rain can be good and heatwaves can be bad — this is how the different types of weather can affect the output of solar panels

From heatwaves to snow and everything in between, this is how solar panels can be affected by the weather

Ideal Home · Aug 28

“Bill brought it in and it was a one-minute-long country and western song. It took us forever to figure out the arrangement and who was going to play what”: How REM turned a simple idea into a classic song of life-affirming power

Featuring a $20 drum machine and strings orchestrated by Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones

MusicRadar · Aug 28