The Latest Breaking News from Britain

Heatwave and an invitation to name storms created record-breaking opportunities to indulge nation’s favourite pastime

A recently announced Pentagon review of the AUKUS pact has sparked a renewed bout of debate in Australia. Led by the “AUKUS-agnostic” US Undersecretary of Defense Elbridge Colby, the review raises serious questions over whether Australia will receive its US-made Virginia-class submarines on schedule from 2032.

There are some figures that are so strikingly off the scale – the cost of HS2, say, or levels of immigration – that you think there must be a nought too much or a decimal point missing. But no, the digits are correct: the number of people claiming disability benefits…

At the time of writing, US President Donald Trump is deliberating over whether to join Israel’s air campaign to destroy Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons programme. This is already a contentious issue within Washington DC and the Trump administration. But if the president decides to take the US into a war…

Wincey Willis, beloved 1980s weather presenter for Good Morning Britain, passed away in December 2024 aged 76, with news of her death shared six months later.

Keeping your solar panels clean helps them run at peak efficiency and ensures you get the best return on your investment. Learn how to clean solar panels safely, when to do it, and what tools to use without damaging your system.

Keir Starmer is weighing up whether to back the US and – as a lawyer – will be aware of the legal landscape

The first two runners have crossed the finish line, and both are women

Rapid demographic change has transformed London. David Goodhart asks whether its effects have turned the capital into a place that isn’t working anymore