Britain

Manchester United great Bobby Charlton was remembered both as one of English soccer’s finest players and a “humble” and “fantastic” man by the thousands of fans and some of ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak brought back former leader David Cameron as foreign minister on Monday in a reshuffle triggered by his firing of interior minister Suella Braverman after her ...

Indi Gregory, an eight-month-old critically ill baby girl from Britain who was taken off life support on the weekend, has died overnight, a lawyer for her family said on Monday. ...

By Tim Hepher English soldier Ken Hay was trapped behind German lines and captured while on night patrol in 1944, days after joining the Allied invasion of Normandy, a turning point ...

More than 300,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday, with police arresting over 120 people as they sought to stop far-right counter-protesters from ambushing the main rally. Skirmishes broke out ...

A large pro-Palestinian march kicked off in London on Saturday following scuffles nearby between far-right protesters and police, who launched a major operation to avert clashes between the two rival ...

Prince Harry, singer Elton John and five other high-profile British figures can have their lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper alleging widespread unlawful behaviour heard at trial, ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was under growing pressure on Friday to sack one of his most senior ministers, Suella Braverman, after she published an inflammatory article attacking the police’...

Britain’s sluggish economy failed to grow in the July-to-September period but at least managed to avoid the start of a recession, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed ...

Britain’s Home Secretary escalated a dispute with London’s police force on Thursday over the handling of a planned, large pro-Palestinian march on Armistice Day, accusing officers of taking ...

British retailer Marks & Spencer reported a much better-than-expected 75 per cent rise in first-half profit and restored its dividend but cautioned the combination of high borrowing costs, erratic weather and ...

The Bank of England on Wednesday said results of stress tests on central counterparties (CCPs) showed continued resilience at the businesses, which help clear and settle trades in financial instruments ...

British house prices ended a six-month declining streak in October, but the increase reflects a shortage of properties on sale and renewed falls are likely, mortgage lender Halifax said on ...

British grocery inflation has fallen below 10 per cent for the first time since July 2022, industry data showed on Tuesday, providing some relief for consumers as they enter the key Christmas ...

British electricals retailer Currys (CURY.L) said it will exit Greece after agreeing to sell its Kotsovolos unit to Greek power utility Public Power Corporation (DEHr.AT) for an enterprise ...

Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said she would propose new laws to limit the use of tents by homeless people, saying many of them see it as “a ...

A lawmaker in British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s governing Conservative Party was found guilty on Friday of a racially aggravated public order offence, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla toured East Africa’s oldest mosque and an ancient fort on Friday as they concluded a four-day state visit to Kenya, which was marked by ...

British supermarket group Sainsbury’s forecast full-year profit at the upper half of previous guidance as it reported slightly better-than-expected flat profit for the first half due to demand for ...

The pound rose on Thursday after the Bank of England held interest rates at a 15-year high but stressed that it did not intend to cut them any time soon. ...

British house prices unexpectedly rose by almost 1 per cent in October but the increase was due more to a lack of homes for sale than a turnaround in the market ...

Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla began the second day of a state visit to Kenya on Wednesday as survivors of colonial-era abuses criticised his failure to issue a ...

The UK government has scrapped guarantees on nearly 1 billion pounds ($1.2 billion) of bank loans handed out to ailing businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving lenders on the hook for some ...

Prices in British store chains rose at the slowest pace in more than a year in October, according to industry data that adds to signs that the country’s high ...