BAFTA Awards 2026: Robert Aramayo triumphs over Hollywood royalty to win award for Best Actor Robert Aramayo took home the award for Best Actor and Rising Star at this year’s BAFTA Awards Evening Standard · Feb 22
UK MP seeks treason probe into Prince Andrew over Epstein links, govt eyes removal from royal succession A senior Conservative MP has called for a possible treason investigation into Prince Andrew after his arrest over alleged links with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, as the UK government signalled it is considering removing him from the royal line of succession. The Times of India · Feb 22
Nigel Farage accused of ‘Maga stunts’ for saying he was denied access to Chagos Islands Reform UK leader flew to the Maldives for a day despite not having permit to visit nearby archipelago The Guardian - UK · Feb 22
US tariff policy ‘hasn’t changed’ despite supreme court ruling, trade chief says Jamieson Greer also said US won’t pull out of deals with UK, EU and others after court declared Trump tariffs illegal The Guardian - US · Feb 22
Prominent Britons are facing a reckoning over Epstein. In the US, not so much After Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest, officials said ‘nobody is above the law’. Sadly that doesn’t seem true The Guardian - US · Feb 22
The Guardian view on the funding crisis at the National Gallery: the public should not pay the price Editorial: Financial difficulties at one of the UK’s most prestigious institutions are a sign of the times. But maintaining free access to great art must be a priority The Guardian - UK · Feb 22
Hard drive pricing in the UK is so high someone flew to the US to buy drives, saving money despite flight and hotel costs — HDD deal seeker saved more than $2,000 by taking a trip The $370 price difference between the U.S. and the U.K. on 28TB hard drives meant that it's more cost effective to pay for a round-trip ticket and a hotel stay than to just purchase 10 drives locally. Tom’s Hardware · Feb 22
UK weather: London to be hotter than Athens this week as temperatures rise after months of rain Spring is on its way for many parts of the UK as temperatures reach their highest in months The Independent UK · Feb 22
New border rules for British dual nationals need to be quickly shut down, say Lib Dems Letter to Shabana Mahmood describes controls that could block British dual citizens’ entry to UK as ‘unacceptable’ The Guardian - UK · Feb 22
Stars arrive for the UK’s BAFTA film awards, in photos Stars are convening Sunday for the British Academy Film Awards, a major awards season ceremony ahead of next month's Oscars. The Independent UK · Feb 22
US will not back out of its tariff deals with UK and others, says Trump trade representative Promise comes as minister admits to ‘uncertainty’ about new 15% levy on imports from around the world The Guardian - UK · Feb 22
‘Scandalous content’: Indian-origin UK doctor barred from leaving Mumbai over post on PM Modi An Indian-born British doctor has spent the last three months unable to return home to the United Kingdom after Mumbai Police issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against him over a social media post concerning Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Times of India · Feb 22
Age verification checks are now in force in the UK because of the Online Safety Act, but with the Discord fallout, it seems like one bad idea after another Data disaster. PC Gamer · Feb 22
Only 10% of boys aged 14-16 read daily for pleasure, National Literacy Trust finds Exclusive: Report says British teenagers’ time for books is being crowded out by schoolwork, screens and sports The Guardian - UK · Feb 22
The Guardian - UK · Feb 22 Met police using AI tools supplied by Palantir to flag officer misconduct Exclusive: Police Federation condemns deployment of US firm’s tech to analyse behaviour as ‘automated suspicion’
The Independent UK · Feb 22 Ex-defence secretary accuses Nigel Farage of ‘performing Maga stunt’ with failed Chagos ‘aid mission’ Former defence secretary Ben Wallace hit out at Nigel Farage’s actions, saying that no MP can visit the Chagos archipelago without pre-clearance and accusing him of performing Trump-style stunts
MusicRadar · Feb 22 “I’ve got to credit Slipknot because they referenced Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse in interviews. I went out and bought all those records”: How Josh Middleton crushed his inner elitist to unleash a brutal Sylosis album for his teenage self The New Flesh finds the UK metal stalwarts “regressing” to their teenage selves and Middleton taking a leaf out of Obituary and Deicide’s book with hench riffs you can hum, grooves you can move to
TechRadar · Feb 22 I’ve owned an EV for four years – and the one big solution to my range anxiety woes is stuck in political traffic Curb-side charging opens up EVs to those that lack off-street parking, but uptake outside of the major cities is still painfully slow
The Times of India · Feb 22 'Russia suffering 1,000 casualties a day, 80% from drones': Rishi Sunak writes after meeting Volodymyr Zelenskyy Drones have become the defining weapon of the conflict, fundamentally reshaping how battles are fought. Defence analysts note that relatively cheap unmanned systems can now destroy extremely expensive targets such as tanks, ships and strategic bombers at a fraction of the cost. A recent Sunday Times defence analysis highlighted how…
The Independent UK · Feb 22 The most dangerous migrant routes in the world where deaths have surged IN FOCUS: European countries including the UK are pushing through tougher measures to tackle immigration, but campaigners warn this just moves the problem elsewhere, Alex Croft reports
The Independent UK · Feb 22 Johnson’s Ukraine comments typical of his attention-seeking, says Independent editor-in-chief Boris Johnson's call for non-combat troops from the UK and Europe to be deployed immediately to Ukraine is "reckless and irresponsible," Geordie Greig told Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg.
Evening Standard · Feb 22 Government seeking ‘best deal possible’ for UK firms over US tariffs – minister Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson acknowledged businesses face ‘uncertainty’ after the move.
The Independent UK · Feb 22 Minister fails to rule out retaliation over Trump tariffs but insists it’s better to negotiate ‘behind the scenes’ The education secretary said the government would ‘hope and expect’ its preferential tariff deal with the US to continue
The Guardian - UK · Feb 22 Defence secretary says he hopes to deploy British troops to Ukraine - as it happened European leaders said in December that Europe was ready to lead a “multinational force” in Ukraine as part of a peace agreement proposal
The Independent UK · Feb 22 Russian missile and drone barrage hits Kyiv suburbs, killing 1 Russia launched a major overnight missile and drone attack on Ukraine, killing one person near Kyiv and damaging homes and energy sites