The Latest Breaking News from Great Britain

Between 1861 and November 2022, only three women were convicted of having an illegal abortion. But since December 2022, one woman has been convicted and six people are awaiting trial. Why the sudden rise?

Great Britain takes silver and Belgium bronze

England’s hopes of earning qualification for Paris 2024 took a major hit with defeat to Belgium on Tuesday.

Oral history project explores lives of those who moved to find fortune or just to escape ‘over the water’

On October 28, 1971, Great Britain officially entered the space race, becoming the sixth country to place a satellite into orbit using their own launch vehicle. While the Prospero satellite had been successfully launched, the project responsible for it had been scrapped months earlier. A.S.Ganesh takes a look at a…

Champion Paraylmpic athlete has won multiple gold medals and set world records while representing Great Britain in swimming and cycling

Diplomacy is full of quips so brutal they can haunt generations of diplomats. For the Foreign Office, the words that still sting are those of Dean Acheson, that harsh Cold War US Secretary of State, who unforgettably said — and this was in 1962 — “Great Britain has lost an…

Leon Smith has named an unchanged side ahead of the Davis Cup quarter-final

Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans, Andy Murray, Jack Draper and Neal Skupski will line up for Leon Smith’s team in Malaga next month.

Mild weather in September and cost of living crisis lead to reduction in spending

Pound hits five-month low vs euro, shares slide in London, and UK 30-year borrowing costs hit 25-year high