The Latest Breaking News from United Kingdom

Tories boast they'll let Brits make the CURTAINS - for £1.6bn Spanish-built warships

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said that while the lead Spanish firm would make the back end of the vessels, UK staff would be allowed to manufacture the curtains

Daily Mirror · Dec 6, 2022

Man hails success of first UK double lung transplant for Covid complications - OLD

Cesar Franco contracted Covid-19 just before Christmas last year.

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

Hunt to urge banks to aid mortgage borrowers amid cost-of-living crisis

Exclusive: Chancellor to meet heads of UK’s major lenders and consumer champion Martin Lewis on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2022

Marston’s pubs earnings pushed to pre-pandemic levels by World Cup

The chain reported an almost doubling of revenues, but rail strikes are a concern to hospitality industry

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2022

The UK and its Aukus allies push on towards hypersonic weapons and AI technology

With defence ministers from Britain, the US and Australia due to meet in Washington, Kim Sengupta looks at what the future holds for the three-way pact

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

Brexit adding to ‘crippling’ UK food supply crisis, say farming chiefs

Fruit and veg supply could be ‘in trouble’, says NFU – citing added costs of Brexit and Ukraine war

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

London surgeons carry out first successful double lung transplant for Covid patient in the UK

Cesar Franco, 50, is back spending time with his family after nearly dying from the virus in hospital

Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2022

UK approves Covid vaccines for babies as young as six months could soon get Pfizer jab

Britain's health regulator has today authorised the Pfizer vaccine for infants as young as six months, as the decision opens the door for advisers to choose whether the jab should be given to under-fives

Daily Mirror · Dec 6, 2022

Tell us about a scenic bus route – you could win a holiday voucher

Done any great bus trips in the UK on public transport, passing great scenery or buildings? The best tip wins £200 towards a Sawday’s stay

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2022

The Leader podcast: Strep A explained

As a ninth child has died with a Strep A bacterial infection in the UK, the schools minister Nick Gibb has suggested that preventative antibiotics could be given to children at affected schools.

Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2022