The Latest Breaking News from United Kingdom

UK facing huge scale of unrest last seen in 1980s miners’ strike

Nearly 1.7 million mostly public sector workers are being balloted on or have voted for stoppages

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2022

The four new driving laws now in force across the UK

From a total mobile phone ban to low emission zones, don’t be caught out by new motoring rules

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2022

What will Rishi Sunak’s rise to power mean for relations between India and the UK?

Foreign secretary James Cleverly says it is ‘lovely to see’ how much India has welcomed the Sunak premiership – but experts tell Namita Singh it would be wrong of New Delhi to expect too much too fast

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2022

Britain arrives at Cop27 in disarray over the climate – and the world’s leaders know it

After Johnson’s weak energy plan and Truss’s scepticism, we have Rishi Sunak, who didn’t even want to attend, says freelance journalist Lucy Sherriff

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2022

Lifetime Isa saving scheme ‘stopping some from buying a home’

MPs and campaigners call for urgent review of property price cap for UK government scheme

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2022

Popular Durham pub named among four 'best in country' as new CAMRA list emerges

The Campaign for Real Ale have named a shortlist of the four best public houses in the UK, which will now compete for the coveted 'Pub of the Year' award

Chronicle Live · Nov 6, 2022

East Lothian librarian says it feels 'surreal' as he is named 'best in the UK'

Derek France, 46, has worked at Preston Lodge High School in Prestonpans since 2019, and has now officially been recognised as UK School Librarian of the Year.

Edinburgh Live · Nov 6, 2022

‘Indiana Jones in reverse’: Global hunt for stuff Brits ‘stole’, including crucial coronation relic

A new six-part ABC series travels the world searching for relics and artefacts apparently stolen by the British over hundreds of years.

The New Daily · Nov 6, 2022

Kremlin firing commanders in Ukraine ‘to deflect blame from leadership in Russia’ say UK defence chiefs

Latest purported sacking follows a string of military chiefs being fired by Vladimir Putin

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2022

The drug kingpin who spent eight years on the run

Michael Moogan bought and sold millions of pounds of cocaine across the world

Liverpool Echo · Nov 6, 2022