The Latest Breaking News from Britain

Two years after the Black Lives Matter demonstrations that sent Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race to the top of the bestseller lists, its author assesses how far we’ve come, in an edited extract from an updated edition of the book

The Heathrow Airport (LHR) decision to cut capacity and request for airlines to stop selling tickets for summer flights has angered the Emirates airline company, which described the airport demands as "unreasonable and unacceptable". Emirates said it had rejected the London hub's demands to cut capacity despite being threatened with…

Met Office has warned people to say inside during extreme temperatures, but ex-government minister John Hayes says fear of the heat is everything that is 'wrong with modern Britain'

Britain’s Prince Harry will address the U.N. General Assembly at its annual celebration of Nelson Madela International Day

Everyone in Britain who is 50 or over will be offered a fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine in the fall, lowering the age threshold from the previously announced 65

Hundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days. More than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in…

Rail firms have advised passengers against travelling.

Provence or Gloucestershire? Cornwall or the Med? Here are England’s most beautiful backdrops

As temperatures of 30C scorch the UK, The Independent’s travel desk pick the best beaches Britain has to offer

Britain's foreign office on Friday summoned Russian Ambassador Andrei Kelin to express "deep concern" over reports of the death of a British aid worker.

The largest space factory in Britain has opened and is already manufacturing rockets and it’s due to be launched next year.