The Latest Breaking News from United Kingdom

Saodat Ismailova: As We Fade review – prepare to enter an unforgettably strange psychic dreamspace

ASMR prophets, Soviet hypnotists, mountaintop rituals … there is scene after scene of breathtaking beauty, elemental ambience and disorienting anxiety in this first solo UK show by the Uzbek artist film-maker

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2025

German president and wife thank King and Queen for ‘unbelievable’ state banquet

The Windsor Castle banquet featured many representatives from Germany’s business, cultural and sporting contributors to UK life.

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2025

UK’s small brewers call for chancellor to think again on business rates

Trade group tells Rachel Reeves her property tax changes threaten the survival of community pubs

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2025

UK sanctions GRU after Putin found ‘morally responsible’ for Novichok death

Russian President Vladimir Putin bears ‘moral responsibility’ for the nerve agent death of Dawn Sturgess, an inquiry found.

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2025

Budget worries saw savers sell-down equities at record rate

Data from global funds network Calastone shows £6.7 billion was pulled in the two months leading up to the Chancellor’s fiscal statement.

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025

Russia's president 'morally responsible' for UK Novichok death, inquiry finds

Dawn Sturgess died after coming into contact with the Novichok nerve agent which was stored in a perfume bottle in an assassination attempt on double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury.

Euronews · Dec 4, 2025

10 great British cities to visit instead of London (that are far less crowded)

While the capital is a travel hub for overseas visitors, it’s possible to have the trip of a lifetime in the UK without staying there a single night. Here’s where to spend your vacation instead

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025

Outdoor swimming is becoming a sanctuary for female swimmers in the UK

Centuries after the upper class flocked to the coast for therapeutic sea bathing, outdoor swimming is having a renaissance. Swimmers enter cold water for the many physical and mental health benefits it offers.

The Conversation · Dec 4, 2025

The UK’s food supply is more fragile than you might think – here’s why it should be a national priority

If you walked into a supermarket during a supply hiccup, storm, fuel protest, or even the early days of the COVID pandemic, you will remember the sight of empty shelves. For most people in the UK, these moments are surprising, even unsettling, precisely because they are rare. We are a…

The Conversation · Dec 4, 2025

How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy

The UK government makes a lot of money from cars. It taxes car ownership, it taxes the fuel, and it is about to charge drivers of electric vehicles by the distance they travel.

The Conversation · Dec 4, 2025