The Latest Breaking News from Britain

One lucky child got an extra special Christmas gift this year as her local postman delivered a letter from Father Christmas through their door just days after she posted her wish list

Protests against salary stagnation and working conditions happening almost every day this month, threatening widespread disruption across Britain as Christmas approaches

A minister claimed on Thursday that the “green shoots of recovery” were emerging in Britain as she argued against big pay rises for nurses and other public sector workers.

The Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday that "strong and forceful counter-measures" will be taken after accusing Britain of failing to protect Chinese staff at the Chinese consulate in Manchester during a protest in October.

This winter’s wave of strikes isn’t just a protest at poor pay, but at a broken economic and political system, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Rare bird sighted last month probably crossed Atlantic on the tailwinds of ex-hurricane Martin

Britain's foreign secretary says China’s government has removed a Chinese consul general and five of his staff from the U.K. following the assault on a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester at the Chinese consulate in Manchester

Emmerdale actors Bradley Johnson and Lawrence Robb, who play Vinnie Dingle and Mackenzie Boyd on the ITV soap, have signed up to take part in Britain Get Singing

We've seen African summits in Paris, Brussels, Beijing and Ankara. For the second time ever, after 2014, Washington is hosting an African leaders' summit. With superpower rivalries heating up, no long lectures are planned on human rights and corruption. Instead, the Biden administration is bowing to the African Union’s own…

Letter: Seasonal food bank appeals and millions of emergency food parcels cannot tackle escalating food insecurity – we need living incomes now, writes Sabine Goodwin

Britain had asked they waive diplomatic immunity and be questioned by police over attack on pro-democracy activist.