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Ready to coal-lapse? Competitors race with heavy sacks of charcoal

Competitors raced uphill with heavy sacks of charcoal at a quirky contest in the UK.

23/04/2019

United Kingdom

British MPs return to duty and crucial Brexit issue after Easter break

British MPs return to duty and the crucial Brexit issue after the Easter break as Theresa May hopes Britain will avoid taking part in Euro elections

23/04/2019

United Kingdom

US President Donald Trump to make state visit to the UK from June 3-5

Donald Trump's state visit to the UK will take place on June 3-5, before the US President later goes to France to meet with President Emmanuel Macron

23/04/2019

United Kingdom

New photos of Prince Louis released to mark his first birthday

Kensington Palace has released a set of photographs featuring Britain's Prince Louis to mark his first birthday.

23/04/2019

United Kingdom

British pupils suffer 'Dickensian poverty', teachers say

“I found out last week that a third of my class sleep in their uniforms as they don’t have pyjamas.”

15/04/2019

United Kingdom

Brexit 'yes-no game': SNP MPs and May go head-to-head in Commons

Scottish National Party MP Ian Blackford sparked an improptu round of the "yes-no game" in the House of Commons on Thursday.

11/04/2019

United Kingdom

Brexit: customs union at centre of compromise talks

British Prime Minister Theresa May says a compromise deal with Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party is still possible.

07/04/2019

United Kingdom

Prince William works undercover as a British spy

William spent past 3 weeks on training programmes with MI5, MI6 and GCHQ

07/04/2019

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Dad-to-be Prince Harry observes a ballet class and makes a baby smile while visiting a YMCA

Dad-to-be Prince Harry showcased his fun-loving side while at a YMCA in west London Wednesday (3 APRIL 2019).

04/04/2019

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Hungarians let off steam in 'silly walk' parade

Hundreds of Hungarians marched through central Budapest in a "silly walk" parade on Monday (April 1), copying flamboyant moves from British comedy group Monty Python's famous television sketch to mark April Fools' Day.

02/04/2019

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Naked truth? Climate activists cause a stir during Brexit debate

A group of semi-naked climate change protesters created a stir in Britain's parliament on Monday (April 1), pressing themselves up against the glass screen of a public gallery overlooking the chamber while MPs attempted to debate Brexit

02/04/2019

Belgium

EU chief negotiator Barnier says no deal Brexit increasingly likely

The EU says no deal Brexit is now more likely than ever before but hopes to avoid it

02/04/2019

World News

Third Brexit vote: 'We don't yet have the support', minister admits

Philip Hammond says many MPs were changing their minds ahead of the March 29 Brexit deadline

17/03/2019

World News

Nigel Farage leads march over 'Brexit betrayal'

Nigel Farage, a key figure in the UK's campaign to leave the EU joined protesters on Saturday for a 270-mile march over what they say is a Brexit betrayal.

16/03/2019

World News

Italian and British climber found dead on Pakistan's "killer mountain"

Briton Tom Ballard and Italian Daniele Nardi were attempting a rare winter ascent of the 8,126-metre in the Himalayas, considered one of the hardest mountaineering feats in the world.

09/03/2019

World News

The British baby of an ISIS bride dies in northern Syria

Three week old Jarrah's death certificate said he'd died of pneumonia.

09/03/2019

Ireland

Varadkar says it's 'unlikely' UK will crash out without a deal

On a visit to Belfast, the Irish Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, has said he doesn't believe the UK will leave the European Union without a deal. Varadkar also laid out "new solutions to old problems" while speaking to business leaders in Northern Ireland.

02/03/2019

United Kingdom

UK criminalises support for Hezbollah

Britiain makes it a criminal offence to support Hezbollah, both its political and military arms. The group is already blacklisted in the US, Canada and Israel.

25/02/2019

World News

EU dual national loses heart with the UK, feeling it's 'time to leave'

Sonja Morgenstern has been on the frontline of the campaign against Brexit. As a dual national EU citizen, she was hoping to convince the British to change their minds over Brexit.

22/02/2019

United Kingdom

Ninth MP quits Labour Party accusing leader of "supporting extremists"

Ian Austin says he has had enough of Labour's lurch to the "hard-Left" amid a growing row over anti-semitism/

22/02/2019