United Kingdom

Moments

Here’s how Britain is celebrating 200 years of rail travel in 2025

At 12 noon on New Year’s Day, nearly 200 vintage locomotives around the world blew their whistles to ring in a special year for rail travel.

07/01/2025

Green News

UK scraps plans to ban sale of gas boilers by 2035

The UK is lagging behind the rest of Europe with around two heat pumps per 1000 households.

07/01/2025

Culture Series

Sujata Setia: Meet the artist breaking silence on domestic abuse

Sujata Setia’s 'A Thousand Cuts' is a powerful and deeply personal artistic project that explores the hidden realities of domestic abuse within South Asian communities in the UK.

07/01/2025

Economy

UK drives forward as biggest European electric vehicle market

Although the UK experienced record electric vehicle sales in 2024, this also came at a considerable cost, in the form of steep manufacturer discounts.

07/01/2025

Climate

How deaf educators put tricky climate change terms into sign language

British Sign Language is expanding so a new generation can discuss climate change and environmental issues.

06/01/2025

Europe News

Heavy snowfall causes airport closures in the UK

Heavy snowfall in the UK has caused the airports of Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds to close their runways. The bad weather is set to continue through Sunday with the country's weather service issuing a number of warnings.

05/01/2025

Eco-Innovation

How the Scottish whisky industry is inadvertently tackling overfishing

How one man’s love for the ocean created an Omega-3 alternative that has gained global glory.

05/01/2025

Food and Drink

Why French winemakers are buying up swaths of land in Southern England

Huge investment in English Sparkling wine is coming from a place where no-one is ever likely to buy it: France.

05/01/2025

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London Zoo caries out census of its huge population

London Zoo began its annual stocktake on Friday, counting over 10,000 animals of various species.

03/01/2025

Europe News

London Zoo residents counted in annual stocktake

2024 was a “massive” year for the zoo with the birth of two baby gorillas and three Asiatic lion cubs.

03/01/2025

Culture news

David Lodge, 'Campus Trilogy' author and academic dies at 89

British author David Lodge was best known for his campus trilogy set in the fictitious university of Rummidge. He was also twice shortlisted for one of Britain's most prestigious literary award, the Booker Prize.

03/01/2025

Culture news

Neil Young is now confirmed as Glastonbury headliner?

Days after railing against the festival's association with the BBC, it seems Neil Young is back on track to headline Glastonbury.

03/01/2025

Art

Why is Mr. Doodle's latest art project causing controversy?

It's Mr. Doodle versus Dungeness as some locals fear the proposed engraved metal structures could endanger wildlife.

03/01/2025

Nature

11 fascinating flora and fauna found in the UK’s rainforests

The UK’s largest woodland conservation charity is fighting to make sure the rainforests across the country are preserved for the good of the planet.

03/01/2025

Culture news

Stormzy banned from driving for nine months

'Shut Up' rapper told to shut away his car keys after being caught using his phone while driving.

03/01/2025

Europe News

Weather warnings as freezing temperatures hit United Kingdom

The UK's Meteorological Office said a snap of cold weather will grip the country, with large areas facing snowfall.

02/01/2025

Culture news

UK's largest dinosaur trackway discovered in Oxfordshire quarry

The UK’s largest dinosaur trackway has been uncovered in a quarry in Oxfordshire, revealing a fascinating glimpse into the Jurassic past.

02/01/2025

Europe News

Elon Musk sparks furore over support for UK far right's Tommy Robinson

The tech billionaire repeated his criticism of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour government in a string of posts claiming the UK should hold fresh elections.

02/01/2025

Green News

UK government hopes to boost heat pump uptake by dispelling myths

Heat pumps are common features in houses in countries like Norway and Sweden but haven’t taken off yet in the UK.

02/01/2025

United Kingdom

British woman who vanished 52 years ago found ‘safe and well’

Sheila Fox, who was reported missing in Coventry in 1972, is living in a different part of the country, according to the West Midlands Police.

02/01/2025

Culture news

Neil Young pulls out of Glastonbury over 'corporate control' claims

Canadian rockstar Neil Young has posted a confirmation that he and his Chrome Hearts band will not play the upcoming 2025 Glastonbury.

02/01/2025

Health news

Most cancer patients in England now diagnosed at an early stage

With more people being screened for cancer than ever, the share of diagnoses made at an early stage has risen, the data shows.

02/01/2025

Nature

Inside Europe’s official creche for rescued baby orangutans

Monkey World has become a renowned rehabilitation centre for baby orangutans to be cared for by their own kind.

02/01/2025

EuroVerify

No, UK isn't offering 'cash bonuses' to euthanise the elderly

The bizarre claims have sprung off the back of MPs' approval of a bill which would legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and Wales, subject to approval from two doctors and a judge.

01/01/2025

Culture news

Conservation project preserves Ireland’s oldest paper documents

Experts have started the painstaking restoration of a 650-year-old ecclesiastical register, one of the island’s most important medieval texts, as part of a project to preserve and digitise Ireland’s historical archives.

31/12/2024

Travel News

UK travellers can expect weather chaos over New Year

The brew of bad weather has caused all outdoor events of Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations to be cancelled.

30/12/2024