The Latest Breaking News from United Kingdom

Warning for heat and drought-hit UK: It gets worse without climate action

Climate Change Committee’s Baroness Brown said the ‘evidence is screaming at us’ of the need to act on climate change.

Evening Standard · Aug 12

Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires

Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12

"Every time I played it, I got phone call after phone call. I thought I'd get howls of protest": How turning a tear-jerking orchestral classic into an unlikely dancefloor hit launched William Orbit's solo career

The story of Orbit’s electronic rework of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, and the euphoric Ferry Corsten remix that rocketed it to No 4 in the UK charts

MusicRadar · Aug 12

Drivers Over 70 Could Face Mandatory Eye Tests Under Andy Burnham Plans

Drivers over 70 could face mandatory eye tests under Andy Burnham plans as £1,000 penalty warning emerges.

International Business Times UK · Aug 12

Secret WhatsApp groups, last-minute ‘drops’ and mystery locations: My bonkers quest to get solar eclipse glasses

FIRST PERSON: The celestial event of the season has seen people in the UK going to desperate lengths to secure a pair of cardboard-and-plastic viewing specs. Helen Coffey enters the fray (and finds the whole thing strangely exhilarating)

The Independent UK · Aug 12

Solar eclipse 2026 live: Millions across the world experience once-in-a-generation spectacle

Stunning, eerie sight of a solar eclipse will not be visible again for decades – so find all the times and information on glasses here

The Independent UK · Aug 12

UK heatwave: Burnham considers ban on disposable barbecues to prevent wildfires – as it happened

Prime minister suggests possible measure as he prepares to chair emergency Cobra meeting in response to extreme heat

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12

Andy Burnham Tells Wealthy Areas To Take Asylum Seekers After Piddington Backlash

Prime Minister Andy Burnham proposes wealthy UK neighbourhoods house asylum seekers, facing criticism and protests from Piddington. The debate highlights social cohesion and misinformation challenges.

International Business Times UK · Aug 12

Swinney ‘irresponsible’ to ask PM to reconsider block on Chinese factory plan

UK Government minister Michael Shanks described the First Minister’s intervention as ‘surprising’.

The Independent UK · Aug 12

Millions of US tax dollars sent to rightwing European thinktanks. Did any Trump supporters vote for that?

It’s a great betrayal: poor communities neglected while multimillionaires peddle a global Maga agenda. How is that America first, asks Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12