United Kingdom

Leicester City write their own fairytale

It was screams and cheers among team members of Leicester City as their dreams came true of becoming Premier League winners Jamie Vardy had a party

03/05/2016

Culture news

Odell hits right notes with 'Wrong Crowd'

‘Wrong Crowd’ is the second studio album by British singer-songwriter Tom Odell. It’s his first major release since his debut studio album, 2013’s

02/05/2016

United Kingdom

Princess Charlotte: Photos released to mark first birthday

New photographs of Princess Charlotte have been released to mark her first birthday. The images of Britain’s youngest royal, who turns one-year-old

02/05/2016

United Kingdom

UK: Labour anti-Semitism row grows as ex-London mayor Livingstone refuses to apologise for Hitler remarks

Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party in the UK is riling from accusations of anti-Semitism. In the latest development the former Labour mayor of London, Ken

01/05/2016

United Kingdom

Brexit campaign is told to focus on immigration

Immigration is an ongoing issue and one that is featuring prominently ahead of the country's referendum on EU membership.

29/04/2016

My Europe Series

Speeding ahead - EU plays catch-up as new drugs flood into Europe

Europe is struggling to cope with the two latest drug waves to claim victims and make fortunes for the unscrupulous; Crystal meth and legal highs

29/04/2016

My Europe Series

Expert says Europe needs better teamwork to fight drugs war

Sophie Claudet, euronews: “So, the UK is planning to enforce a ban on legal highs sometime in May, but we’ve seen in the Republic of Ireland the ban

29/04/2016

Culture news

Tanita Tikaram is back with new album

If you were around in the Eighties, you will doubtless remember Tanita Tikaram’s husky voice, which graced her best-selling album ‘Ancient Heart’ and

29/04/2016

World News

British foreign secretary visits Cuba

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond visited Havana on Thursday for talks with his Cuban counterpart in the first such visit since 1959

29/04/2016

United Kingdom

Former London Mayor suspended from party

Ken Livingstone embroiled in UK anti-semitism row

28/04/2016

United Kingdom

UK expats abroad for over 15 years banned from Brexit vote

28/04/2016

My Europe Series

Legal and lethal: the rise in deaths from new-wave drugs

Cheap but deadly “Words could never define what that feels like. To bury your child at seventeen for something that is so cheap but deadly.” “Heroin

28/04/2016

Culture news

All you ever wanted to know about underwear at the V&A

From the functional to the fetishistic – it is all there at London’s Victoria and Albert museum’s new exhibition entitled ‘Undressed’. Whether it is

28/04/2016

United Kingdom

Liverpool holds vigil for victims of Hillsborough football tragedy

Families of the victims of the Hillsborough tragedy have gathered in the northern English city of Liverpool to celebrate Tuesday’s verdict. They were

27/04/2016

United Kingdom

UK police chief suspended over Hillsborough football tragedy

The head of the British police force accused of covering up failings that led to the death of 96 fans at the Hillsborough football stadium in 1989

27/04/2016

United Kingdom

Big Ben to fall silent to undergo much needed repairs

One of London's most unmistakable sounds, the toll of Big Ben, will shortly be absent from the city's soundscape.

27/04/2016

Economy

UK economic growth slows

Britain's economy slowed in the early part of this year, apparently effected by reduced global growth and uncertainty ahead of the referendum on the UK's European membership.

27/04/2016

World News

'Hillsborough' relatives call for police resignations

Hillsborough verdict – “victims unlawfully killed” Police failings were to blame Relatives call for senior officers to quit Criminal prosecutions

27/04/2016

United Kingdom

First all-out doctor's strike in the history of England's National Health Service

A “bleak day”. That was one reaction by government ministers to the first all-out doctors’ strike in the history of England’s National Health Service

26/04/2016

United Kingdom

Hillsborough inquest jury says 96 Liverpool fans were unlawfully killed

An inquest into Britain’s worst sporting disaster has ruled that police failures were to blame for the “unlawful killing” of 96 Liverpool football

26/04/2016