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Art

Here's the winner of the UK's Museum of the Year 2022

Art Fund has announced the winner for its prestigious 2022 Museum of the Year award.

15/07/2022

Europe Decoded

UK bans dating ads offering to meet 'lonely' Ukrainian women

Multiple dating ads promoting to meet 'lonely' Ukrainian women have been banned by a UK watchdog due to their offensive nature.

14/07/2022

Sport

UK police launch investigation after Mo Farah documentary revelations

The four-time Olympic champion has revealed that he was trafficked to the country as a child.

14/07/2022

Nature

Scientists fear these plants with ‘unique genetics’ are going extinct

These beautiful plants are disappearing from the UK’s 10th highest mountain, in an ominous sign for biodiversity elsewhere.

14/07/2022

Culture news

Why was Kevin Spacey in a UK court today?

The actor has been accused of four charges, including sexual assault and causing a person to engage in penetrative sex without consent.

14/07/2022

Nature

Big cat gets a CAT scan at London Zoo for the first time

Vets at London Zoo arranged VIP treatment for their endangered Asiatic lion with earache.

14/07/2022

United Kingdom

Tory leadership: Sunak and Mordaunt lead race to succeed Boris Johnson

Lawmakers from the ruling Conservative Party held their second round of voting on Thursday, eliminating Suella Braverman in the contest to replace the outgoing prime minister.

13/07/2022

My Europe Series

'Demoralising and scary': UK women react to US abortion decision

Pro-choice advocates in the UK say the abortion reversal in the US is worrying and they want to see new legislation at home.

13/07/2022

Mobility

Wales lowers speed limit to 20 mph to cut car use and save lives

The Welsh parliament has passed a law bringing down the speed limit on all residential roads and busy streets to 20 mph (30 km/h). Not everyone is pleased.

12/07/2022

United Kingdom

Meet the eight contenders vying to replace Boris Johnson

These are the politicians who gathered enough support from other Conservative MPs to get their names on the ballot.

12/07/2022

Africanews

Mo Farah reveals he was illegally trafficked from Djibouti as a child

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has disclosed he was brought into Britain illegally from Djibouti under the name of another child.

12/07/2022

Sport

England beat Norway 8-0

The England women's football team are through to the knockout stages of the European Championship after a crushing 8-0 victory over Norway

12/07/2022

United Kingdom

Race to become next British PM begins in earnest

International Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss have become the latest to announce their bids to succeed Boris Johnson, with the Tory's 1922 Committee set to lay out the process later today

11/07/2022

United Kingdom

Djokovic beats Kyrgios in four sets to take 7th Wimbledon title

Novak Djokovic beats Nick Kyrgios in four sets to take 7th Wimbledon title and 21st Grand Slam

10/07/2022

United Kingdom

Kyrgios and Djokovic agree to post-match meal after Wimbledon final

No1 seed Novak Djokovic promised "a lot of fireworks emotionally" against the unseeded Nick Kyrgios ahead of Sunday afternoon's men's final.

10/07/2022

Mobility

EV for the masses? This electric ‘car-bike’ aims to shake things up

Stand out from the crowd and roll around town in this electric car-bike, the brainchild of a UK start-up hoping to democratise EVs.

10/07/2022

United Kingdom

Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan beats Ons Jabeur to win Wimbledon title

Elena Rybakina, 23, is the first player representing Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam singles title, beating the Tunisian in three sets 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.

09/07/2022

United Kingdom

Crowded field as flood of Conservatives enter race to succeed Johnson

Several Cabinet ministers are bidding to be Conservative Party leader and therefore the next UK prime minister after the scandal-hit Boris Johnson agreed to quit.

09/07/2022

Green News

Just Stop Oil: Who are the protesters attacking artwork?

The group has gripped the headlines once again this week with mixed responses to their climate change protests.

09/07/2022

United Kingdom

Prince Harry can take newspaper defamation case to trial, rules judge

Some of the newspaper's article about Harry's bid for UK police protection was defamatory, the court ruled.

08/07/2022

Art

Why has a version of Bob Dylan's 'Blowin' In The Wind' sold for €1.7m?

A newly recorded version of the Bob Dylan classic 'Blowin in the Wind' has sold for £1.5m (€1.7m) at a Christie's auction in London. But why did it go for so much?

08/07/2022

United Kingdom

UK opposition leader cleared of breaking COVID lockdown rules

He had said he would step down if police had issued him with a fine.

08/07/2022

Europe News

Women's Euro: UEFA launches platform to spot abusive online comments

The new platform works through a combination of automated scanning and human review.

08/07/2022

Travel News

Urgent warning for BA passengers to check whether flight is cancelled

The UK’s largest airline says that more flight cancellations are coming this summer - but a strike threat at Heathrow has been lifted.

07/07/2022

Green News

UK energy bills to drop thanks to record investment
 in wind and solar

UK renewables will generate electricity four times cheaper than gas, figures from the latest government auction show.

07/07/2022

United Kingdom

Who could replace Boris Johnson as UK prime minister?

With Boris Johnson now stepping down, we take a look at his likely replacements.

07/07/2022