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United Kingdom

Disney casts straight actor Jack Whitehall in gay role, sparks debate

Social media users have been voicing their opinions as Disney cast heterosexual comedian Jack Whitehall as its first openly gay character in new film the Jungle Cruise.

13/08/2018

United Kingdom

Is Britain swept by Brexit regret? Euronews answers

Euronews' Vincent McAviney answers if the UK is regretting its decision to exit the EU.

13/08/2018

United Kingdom

Splits deepen over British minister Boris Johnson's burqa comments

Former British foreign minister Boris Johnson is facing both criticism and support over his remarks about burqas, amid deepening divisions in Britain’s ruling Conservative Party on Sunday.

12/08/2018

United Kingdom

Manchester gunfight leaves children injured

Shooting happened after Caribbean carnival.

12/08/2018

United Kingdom

Nobel prize winning author V.S. Naipaul dies aged 85

Trinidad-born British author V.S. Naipaul, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2001, has died at his home in London aged 85.

12/08/2018

Cult

Nobel laureat VS Naipaul dies aged 85

Trinidad-born British author V.S. Naipaul, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2001, has died at his home in London aged 85.

12/08/2018

United Kingdom

A closed book? Literary festival hits out over UK’s visa rules

Foreign invitees to the world’s biggest literary festival have been ‘humiliated’ in trying to get clearance from British authorities to attend, it’s been claimed.

11/08/2018

United Kingdom

Russian protest group tell their story at the Edinburgh festival

A member of Russian protest punk group Pussy Riot defied a travel ban and drove all the way to Edinburgh to tell the group's story at the Fringe Festival

11/08/2018

United Kingdom

Briton using GPS to scrawl 'Stop Brexit' over Europe during road trip

He’s the Englishman travelling 30,000 km around Europe to write “Stop Brexit” over a map of the continent.

10/08/2018

Musica

Barber's mysterious "Vanessa" enthrals at Glyndebourne

A dark story full of secrets: "The American composer Samuel Barber won for his first opera "Vanessa" the Pulitzer Prize. The masterpiece from the 1950s is now on stage at the Glyndebourne Festival.

09/08/2018

United Kingdom

Watch: Rare moment as baby rhino is born in England

These are the first moments of a baby rhino from a critically-endangered species that was born in England.

09/08/2018

United Kingdom

UK pleased, Russia angry at US sanctions over Skripal case

Washington's announcement of new sanctions against Russia over the Skripal poisoning has been welcomed in London, and condemned in Moscow.

09/08/2018

No Comment

Close call after driver narrowly misses hitting a child cyclist in England

An English fire department has released footage of a near miss collision with a child on a bike on Sunday (August 5) to remind cyclists to ride safely.

08/08/2018

United Kingdom

Firenado forms at Derbyshire factory blaze

Windy conditions caused a tornado-like column of fire to form at a plastics factory in Derbyshire, England.

08/08/2018

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson sparks furore with 'inflammatory' burka comments

The ex-UK foreign minister is under fire from across the political spectrum after saying Muslim women who wear the burka look like "letter boxes" and "bank robbers".

08/08/2018

United Kingdom

Women may have to quit work to care for ageing relatives after Brexit

Women in England may have to give up work to look after their elderly relatives unless care workers from the European Union are given priority after Brexit, ministers have warned.

06/08/2018

United Kingdom

UK likely to see above-average temperatures until October

The UK Met Office has confirmed a new three-month outlook that warns of warmer-than-average temperatures in the coming months, potentially even up until October.

06/08/2018

United Kingdom

The ones that got away: dramatic police chase on River Thames

Many Londoners thought they were watching the filming of an action movie on Friday evening as four jet-skis raced up the River Thames with police boats in hot pursuit.

04/08/2018

United Kingdom

UK teenager with 'deeply entrenched' radical views jailed for life

Safaa Boular, 18, was convicted of preparing terrorism acts at home after failing to travel to Syria to join militants of the so-called Islamic State.

03/08/2018

Business

Bank of England governor issues Brexit warning

With less than eight months to go until Britain quits the European Union, the Governor of the Bank of England has issued a warning.

03/08/2018

Living

The summer of Jessica Clements

We caught up with multi-skilled influencer and Chanel beauty muse to discuss summer beauty tips and eco-couscious lifestyle.

03/08/2018

United Kingdom

Documentary on Ed Sheeran highlights his creativity

"Songwriter" provides an insight into the musician's work as it shows how the 27 year old created his successful album DIVIDE

02/08/2018

United Kingdom

Bank of England raises interest rates but Brexit fears weigh on pound

The Bank of England lifted interest rates on Thursday, but the pound fell amid uncertainty over Brexit and cautious comments from the Bank’s Governor Mark Carney.

02/08/2018

United Kingdom

Funeral firm advertising 'low cost cremations' sparks online debate

A UK-based price-comparison website specialising in funerals has sparked debate online over its unique advertising campaign

02/08/2018

United Kingdom

England to consider bidding for 2030 World Cup

Move comes after team reached semi-final in this year's tournament.

02/08/2018

United Kingdom

UK anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson freed on bail

Robinson had been jailed on charges of breaking rules banning reporting of details from ongoing court cases.

01/08/2018