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The Tour of Britain 2023 begins on Sunday September 3 - here's all you need to know

One travel industry consultant said the event was an “international embarrassment” and questioned Britain’s aviation infrastructure

Britain’s China policy tells a tale of confusion. Long gone are the chummy images of David Cameron and Xi Jinping sampling local ales in Buckinghamshire. Yet the Government does not seem quite as keen as the United States to turbocharge “decoupling” or “derisking” from Beijing. Instead, it is pursuing a…

Britain has delayed imposing full post-Brexit import controls on goods from the European Union by a further three months – pushing the start date back to January 2024.

Forestry wives, farmers’ wives, coalminers’ wives: they were the backbone of communities, says author Rebecca Smith

A deeply moving book that lays bare the human cost of the 2021 western withdrawal

Britain’s top diplomat, James Cleverly, has begun a long-awaited visit to China as the two countries attempt to stabilize ties that have frayed in recent years

From before their election in 1997, New Labour politicians spun an image of Britain that held the promise of prosperity for all. Then we entered a new millennium. For the black community – especially its boys and men – it became clear the promise was as empty as Tony Blair’s…

Police say Kenneth Law, 57, linked to 88 deaths in Britain, may have shipped as many as 1,200 packages to 40 countries

Letters: The government must recognise the value of waterways to Britain’s economy, ecology and wellbeing, says Les Etheridge. Plus letters from Nicholas Falk, Marilyn Biles and Mike Annan

Greece argues that the scupltures were obtained illegally, while the UK says they were not