The Latest Breaking News from United Kingdom

'Step closer to a safer way of stopping kidney failure and need for dialysis in diabetics'

Dr Miriam Stoppard shares exciting research from Bristol University that will be welcome news to the 4.8 million people in the UK who have diabetes, a condition that puts them at greater risk of kidney issues

Daily Mirror · Mar 30, 2023

New on Netflix in July 2023: every TV show and movie

Here's what's new on Netflix in June 2023.

WhatToWatch · Mar 30, 2023

Ukraine recap: as spring arrives in Ukraine an offensive against Crimea could be on the cards

Over the past few weeks there have been a growing number of reports that Russia is recruiting workers and – according to some sources, using forced labour – to dig trenches and build fortifications in Crimea across areas they would be forced to defend were Ukraine to make the peninsula…

The Conversation · Mar 30, 2023

Net zero strategy shows UK will miss 2030 emissions cuts target

Government admits its policies will achieve only 92% of cuts and experts think that is a ‘generous reading’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2023

John Paterson obituary

Other lives: South African journalist who worked on the Rand Daily Mail before joining the Press Association and the Guardian in the UK

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2023

UK saw more private jet flights than any other European country last year

Greenpeace is calling for a ban on private jets

Evening Standard · Mar 30, 2023

UK to clamp down on sanctions loopholes used by Wagner group head

Loophole meant mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin could sue journalist

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2023

UK criminals using military-grade weapons which can fire 15 bullets in under a second

Detectives at Merseyside Police said at least three fatal shootings last year involved a Skorpion sub-machine gun, manufactured in Czech, but not in the case of Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s murder

Daily Mirror · Mar 30, 2023

Surrogacy shake up in UK would create uneven treatment for birth mothers

Surrogacy, where a woman agrees to carry and give birth to a child for another person or couple to raise, is growing in popularity. There aren’t any comprehensive figures on the number of cases (partly because some surrogacy arrangements are made informally) but it’s clear it’s something more and more…

The Conversation · Mar 30, 2023

UK’s economic crime plan ‘smoke and mirrors’ without new funding

MPs and experts question government’s commitment to tackling ‘dirty money’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2023