British Steel says it is planning to close its two blast furnaces and steelmaking operations in the north England town of Scunthorpe, after its Chinese owner Jingye failed to agree a rescue package with the U.K. government
The U.K. Treasury chief says the economy will only grow by 1% this year, half the rate previously anticipated
The Bank of England has kept its main U.K. interest rate unchanged at 4.50% even though the economy is barely growing and the nation faces more uncertainty in light of the tariff policies being enacted by the Trump administration in the U.S. The decision by the nine-member Monetary Policy Committee on Thursday was widely expected, and comes a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve also kept interest rates unchanged
A 19-year-old British man who shot and killed his mother and two younger siblings and who wanted to carry out a high-profile school shooting has been told he will not be eligible for parole for at least 49 years
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to sign up to a ceasefire in its war against Ukraine now, if he is serious about peace
The British economy unexpectedly shrank during January, piling pressure on Treasury chief Rachel Reeves before a key statement about the state of the public finances later this month
Research by the charity English Heritage suggests it may have found a portrait of England's shortest-reigning queen Lady Jane Grey
A 26-year-old man who had pleaded guilty to the murder of three women at their family home just north of London has been found guilty of raping one of them, his ex-partner, during the attack
The Glastonbury Festival in southwest England is clearly aiming to go out with a bang this summer before it takes a year off to allow the farmland to recover
A London jury has found a Chinese PhD student guilty of drugging and raping 10 women in England and China
The U.K. government has provided provisional approval to the creation of a second runway at Gatwick Airport outside London
British energy company BP has confirmed it is to slash spending on green ventures and up its oil and gas production
The Bank of England halved its growth projection for the British economy this year as it cut its main interest rate for the third time in six months
Ozzy Osbourne will reunite with all of the original members of Black Sabbath for the first time in 20 years, in a gig that will be his last and that’s being billed as the “greatest” heavy metal show ever
U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago
Oil company Shell says is still mulling moving its stock market listing from London to New York but that it wasn't a “live discussion” at the moment
U.K. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves says that the new Labour government is backing the construction of third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport
Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. have heeded the advice of authorities to stay at home
Award-winning British stage actor Joan Plowright, the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died
Around 3,000 workers at Britain’s biggest steelworks face the prospect of losing their jobs as part of a government-backed package to make the plant “greener.”
Inflation in Britain fell unexpectedly in August to its lowest level since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Britain’s state-owned health service is operating on holiday-level staffing in England as doctors in the early stages of their careers joined their more senior colleagues in their first-ever joint strike action
The Bank of England has paused nearly two years of interest rate increases after a surprising fall in U.K. inflation eased concerns about the pace of price rises
Rupert Murdoch stirs mixed feelings in Britain, where he transformed the media over half a century
Britain's inquiry into the response to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the nation has entered the second phase with political decision-making taking center stage
Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got here
Canada's leader laments lost friendship with US in town that sheltered stranded Americans after 9/11
Chinese EV giant BYD's fourth-quarter profit leaps 73%
You're an American in another land? Prepare to talk about the why and how of Trump 2.0
Chalk talk: Star power, top teams and No. 5 seeds headline the women's March Madness Sweet 16
Purdue returns to Sweet 16 with 76-62 win over McNeese in March Madness
