The Latest Breaking News from Britain

Who gets to live in Britain? How many? Does it matter where they come from? What skills should they have? And what are our responsibilities, both legal and moral, to those fleeing persecution?

Author and patron for torture-survivor charity criticises politicians for encouraging ‘mean-spiritedness’

Marc Davenant was welcomed into the deplorable homes of many struggling families across the country, where he was able to capture the true extent of their despair

Greener cities such as Exeter and Bristol can benefit from spurt in ‘urban eco-tourism’ while industrial centres in northern Britain lose out, study says

London had a “particular challenge” compared to other cities in Britain, the Housing Secretary said

Officer Herman is a 24-year-old Oxford University graduate who is now a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh - where notorious killers and rapists are housed

The Office of Rail and Road said the station was used by an estimated 41.4 million passengers in the 12 months to the end of March.

The UK was once dotted with structures designed to survive nuclear conflict, from sprawling government complexes to tiny underground observation posts. How many are still in use – and what are your chances of getting a place if you need one?

Postal workers, teachers and university staff across Britain went on strike on Thursday to demand better pay, with warnings that there will be more industrial action and widespread disruption in the run-up to Christmas.

Asylum-seekers sleep rough, forge friendships and withstand harassment from police as they seek passage to the UK

If you thought Neanderthals survived on a diet of foraged berries and uncooked animal flesh, think again, Britain’s The Guardian reported. It said on Wednesday that charred remnants of what appears to be the world’s oldest cooked meal ever found have been unearthed in a cave complex in northern Iraq,…