The Latest Breaking News from United Kingdom

Cricket's wicket ways: what the furore over a stumping tells us about Anglo-Australian relations (spoiler: they'll survive)

Someone’s got to say it: it’s just not cricket!

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2023

Martin Lewis calls for an end to compulsory £300 energy charge

Money Saving Expert Martin has previously called for the charge to be reduced, citing how it 'disempowered' energy customers across the UK.

Nottingham Post · Jul 4, 2023

Staff at asylum reception centre ‘ordered to paint over welcoming pictures for children’

Mr Jenrick wanted it to be made clear the asylum centre was a ‘law enforcement environment’ and ‘not a welcome centre’, it is claimed.

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023

Name Me Lawand review – empathic and inspiring portrait of deaf Iraqi refugee boy

This heartfelt documentary shows us the world from the point of view of a migrant whose life was revolutionised by a school for the deaf in the UK

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023

Orkney councillors to debate loosening UK ties and exploring ‘Nordic’ links

The council will discuss alternative forms of governance.

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023

Sajid Javid calls for royal commission to compare healthcare abroad to ‘frozen’ NHS

The former health secretary said the Conservatives and Labour privately say that the NHS is ‘unsustainable’

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023

The Ugandan satirist who scared a dictator: Kakwenza Rukirabashaija on torture, exile and activism

The award-winning author was arrested and tortured for his work – and then tortured again for writing about his detention. Now he smuggles his latest banned book into Uganda to ensure it is read

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023

‘We have to flip the AI debate towards hope’: Labour’s techno-optimist, Darren Jones

The chair of the Commons business select committee is a firm believer that technology is a force for good and should be central to his party’s plans to transform the UK

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023

Hong Kong places ‘bounties’ on activists abroad

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s leader has called on eight overseas activists to turn themselves in, a day after police put out bounties on them for violating the Chinese territory’s national security law.

Bangkok Post · Jul 4, 2023

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 · Jul 4, 2023