The Latest Breaking News from United Kingdom

Putin’s Ukraine escalation shows ‘essential weakness’ of his position, says UK

The Russian president used a televised address to his nation to issue a nuclear threat.

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

UK borrows almost twice as much as expected in August

Figure of £11.8bn comes as high inflation drives interest payments to a record for the month

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2022

Strictly Come Dancing's Matt Goss 'fell into a dark place' before returning to the UK

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Matt Goss found himself 'slipping into a dark place' while in the US before returning to the UK after 25-years to take part in the BBC One show

Daily Mirror · Sep 21, 2022

Tom Hardy secretly enters UK jiu-jitsu competition - and takes home the gold

‘He absolutely nailed it, and he subbed me, and it was over relatively quickly,’ Hardy’s opponent said

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Horrific stories reveal impact of poverty on North East children

Stories of individual hardship and suffering are included in the report from the North East Child Poverty Commission

Chronicle Live · Sep 21, 2022

Energy support for businesses to cost ‘tens of billions’, Rees-Mogg says; firms and schools fear cliff edge – as it happened

Capping electricity and gas for six months won’t provide long-term security, schools and hospitality firms fear, as business secretary hints at more support

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2022

Putin forced to take ‘greater political risk’ with tougher army desertion law, says UK

Referendums in a series of Russian-held areas to become part of the Russian Federation driven ‘by fears’ of Ukrainian attacks, says UK

Evening Standard · Sep 21, 2022

Retired West Lothian man completes gruelling 500-mile cycle across the UK for charity

Gordon Young, 61, along with his friend John Bruce and wife Tina, raised a four-figure sum for Scotland's International Healthcare Charity EMMS by cycling 500 miles between the highest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales

Edinburgh Live · Sep 21, 2022

UK four-day working week trial is largely positive, survey shows

More than 3,300 workers are participating in the largest ever four-day working week pilot

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Better than Bulgaria but not as nice as Cuba: how did the US become such an awful place to live?

The land of the free is heading for ‘developing country’ status, based on a UN index that ranks quality of life. The UK’s not doing much better, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2022