The Latest Breaking News from United Kingdom

‘I lost my five-month pregnancy — this is the painful truth about miscarriage in the UK’

As her new book about grief is released, Pippa Vosper writes about the urgent need for change in support services

Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2022

A moment of reckoning for the water industry

Letters: Warnings about the UK’s fragile water supplies have been ignored for years, writes Michael Norton. Plus letters from Peter Fordham, Veronica Hardstaff and Jorgelina Marino

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2022

First Covid-19 jab to target two strains included in autumn booster programme

Adults over 50 and clinically vulnerable people will be offered the first Covid-19 jab to target two strains of the virus, as part of the UK’s autumn booster programme.

Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2022

Who can get a Covid vaccine booster in the UK?

The autumn booster program for Covid vaccinations will begin shortly. Over 50s, carers, frontline health workers and those at clinical risk will be inited to get a booster jab.

Edinburgh Live · Aug 15, 2022

Brits spending less money on food in cost-of-living crisis - but still dining out

A study of six European countries revealed how they are adapting their spending habits on food in light of the cost-of-living crisis proving that many are not choosing to cut out dining out

Daily Mirror · Aug 15, 2022

Tavistock Clinic fallout: what the courts would consider in litigation by former patients

Clinical judgements and the clinical counselling at the Tavistock Centre, which since 1989 has provided the UK’s only gender identity clinic for children and young people, now seem set to be examined by the courts in clinical negligence claims brought by some former patients.

The Conversation · Aug 15, 2022

How to tackle the UK cost of living crisis – four economists have their say

UK inflation, already at 40-year highs, could pass 13% in October, according to Bank of England forecasts. While wages have not kept pace with inflation, much of the expected squeeze on households and businesses is down to rising energy costs.

The Conversation · Aug 15, 2022

What is the new Covid vaccine approved in the UK?

The new booster vaccine from Moderna is the Spikevax bivalent Original/Omicron. It will target the original virus strain from 2020 and Omicron.

Edinburgh Live · Aug 15, 2022

Prince Harry broke down on stage as he recalled Meghan Markle's first pregnancy

It has been announced Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be attending the Wellchild Awards next month - and while at the awards in 2019, Harry became extremely emotional as he gave a speech at the ceremony

Daily Mirror · Aug 15, 2022

Which? ranks Edinburgh as one of the UK's best city breaks - but says it's crowded

The capital scored top marks for cultural sights, accommodation and food and drink in the leading consumer awareness brand's research - though crowds are clearly a problem.

Edinburgh Live · Aug 15, 2022