The Latest Breaking News from United Kingdom

Hitting UK's richest 350 with 2% wealth tax 'would generate £16billion for Treasury'

Researchers have calculated how much cash could be injected into the Treasury if a wealth tax was applied to the richest people in the country

Daily Mirror · May 28, 2023

Around £191,000 raised for Cancer Research UK as Sunderland runners tackle Race for Life

Fundraisers of all ages took part in a series of fun-runs at Sunderland's Herrington Park on Sunday

Chronicle Live · May 28, 2023

Legendary British Wrestling promoter Brian Dixon dies

Tributes have come pouring in on social media

Liverpool Echo · May 28, 2023

US pledges to investigate Afghan pilot’s case as UK stalls on offer to help

UK government slammed for lack of assistance: ‘He is in the UK so we have a moral duty to look after him’

The Independent UK · May 28, 2023

Guantánamo detainee accuses UK agencies of complicity in his torture

Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri wants to bring case examining alleged role of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ in his mistreatment by CIA

The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2023

Kyiv hit by Russia’s ‘largest drone attack’ yet since invading Ukraine; 1 killed

Russia launched the attack overnight Saturday with Iranian-made Shahed drones, a senior Kyiv military official said. The attack lasted more than five hours, with air defense reportedly shooting down more than 40 drones.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 28, 2023

Ibrahim Jama obituary

Other lives: Legal officer at the Commission for Racial Equality who spent much of his spare time campaigning for international recognition of Somaliland

The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2023

UK ministers discuss voluntary price limits for basic foods but rule out imposing caps

Scheme would be at retailers’ discretion, says government, following talks between PM and chancellor and the food sector

The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2023

UK Government could ask supermarkets to cap price of food staples in battle against inflation

The opt-in scheme, based on a similar agreement in France, would allow supermarkets to select which items they would cap.

Daily Record · May 28, 2023

I’m hosting a Ukrainian refugee as a way of saying thank you

Letter: Paresh Motla describes how he is repaying the hospitality that was shown to his family on arriving in Britain in 1972

The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2023