The Latest Breaking News from Britain

UK governments let processor manufacturing drift overseas for years. Now Covid and war have shown how vital homegrown capability is, the country is scrambling to catch up. But so is everyone else

Afghans are struggling to find somewhere to live amid the government’s “shameful” campaign to evict thousands of refugees from hotels in Britain

Six Afghan males died when a migrant boat heading to Britain sank in the Channel early Saturday, French officials said, as a search continued to find those still missing.

Questions are being asked about how the much-loved Crooked House pub, which had stood for more than 250 years, came to be demolished, Jane Dalton writes

The Turner Prize-winning artist talks to Mark Hudson about why art shouldn’t feel like homework, why he used to have a ‘screwed up’ relationship with art dealers, and his new retrospective ‘Smash Hits’

The International Energy Agency data shows that in 2021 the UK had the highest average domestic electricity price among several countries.

China’s plans to build a new embassy near the Tower of London have stalled following local opposition to what would be the biggest diplomatic compound in Britain

The British teenagers Josh Tarling and Ben Wiggins claimed medals in the men’s time trial disciplines in the cycling world championships in Scotland

Britain’s rivers and coasts are polluted – there’s no escaping that fact – and water companies are coming under more and more pressure to fix things. Most recently, a law firm has announced its plans to take collective legal action against the UK’s six biggest water companies over alleged pollution…

Forget fusty stately homes — these domestic spaces are ripe with the relatable tastes of artists, architects and aesthetes

Britain is removing 39 asylum seekers from a barge moored in southern England after environmental samples showed legionella bacteria in the water system