United Kingdom News

News from UK: Latest news and updates from across the United Kingdom

Cricket: Today at the Test

Cricket: Today at the Test

Day 1 highlights from the fifth Test match between England and India.

4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC

4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC

The online message board's lawyers say UK safety laws shouldn't apply to a business based in the US.

Watch: The Football Interview - Marc Guehi

Watch: The Football Interview - Marc Guehi

Kelly Somers talks to Marc Guéhi, the Crystal Palace and England defender. They chat about his desire to keep on playing until he’s 40, how he’d love to be a WWE wrestler if he wasn’t a footballer.

Bank of England Cuts Interest Rate To 4%

Bank of England Cuts Interest Rate To 4%

The Bank of England has cut interest rates from 4.25% to 4%. It's the fifth cut since last August, and takes the cost of borrowing to its lowest level for more than two years.

UK Economic Growth Slows But Beats Forecasts

UK Economic Growth Slows But Beats Forecasts

The economy expanded by 0.3%, down from 0.7% in the first three months of the year, the Office for National Statistics said.

Fewer Music Shops on UK High Streets

Fewer Music Shops on UK High Streets

A decline in music shops is leaving fewer places for budding musicians to try out instruments in person, as online sales continue to grow.

Civility: talking with those who disagree with you

Civility: talking with those who disagree with you

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that Civility, in one of its meanings, is among the most valuable social virtues: the skill to discuss topics that really matter to you, with someone who disagrees and yet somehow still get along. In another of its mea…

Meet the England players chasing World Cup glory

Meet the England players chasing World Cup glory

England's 32-player squad for a home Women's Rugby World Cup contains experience and star quality. After back-to-back final defeats by New Zealand, the Red Roses are favourites to win their first World Cup since 2014.

Cricket: Today at the Test

Cricket: Today at the Test

Day 2 highlights from the fifth Test match between England and India.

Cricket: Today at the Test

Cricket: Today at the Test

Day 3 highlights from the fifth Test match between England and India.

Cricket: Today at the Test

Cricket: Today at the Test

Day 4 highlights from the fifth Test match between England and India.

Cricket: Today at the Test

Cricket: Today at the Test

Day 5 highlights from the fifth Test match between England and India.

Cricket: Today at the Test

Cricket: Today at the Test

Relive the best moments from the epic Test series between England and India in this one-hour highlights programme.

Student predator: Surviving Zhenhao Zou

Student predator: Surviving Zhenhao Zou

Earlier this year, Chinese student Zhenhao Zou was jailed for 24 years for drugging and raping ten women in the UK and China. He has been described by police as one of Britain’s “most prolific sexual predators”. After his trial, detectives said they feared he…

Asylum Claims Hit Record High

Asylum Claims Hit Record High

111,000 people wanted the right to stay in the UK in the year to June, but officials are processing cases more quickly.

Zelensky Visits Starmer At Downing Street

Zelensky Visits Starmer At Downing Street

UK PM Keir Starmer met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Downing Street, and says there is a 'viable chance' of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine before the summit.

Zelensky Visits Starmer At Downing Street

Zelensky Visits Starmer At Downing Street

UK PM Keir Starmer met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Downing Street, and says there is a 'viable chance' of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine before the summit.

Luke Jerram: A good yarn

Luke Jerram: A good yarn

Luke Jerram creates spectacular art installations all over the world. He reached millions of people with his work Play Me, I’m Yours, inviting anyone to make music on the 2,000 pianos he had placed on the streets of more than 70 cities. He has also created la…

Israel criticises UK move on Palestinian statehood

Israel criticises UK move on Palestinian statehood

The UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes "substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza", its prime minister Keir Starmer has said. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the move "rewards Hamas's monstrou…

Britain to recognise a Palestinian state

Britain to recognise a Palestinian state

UK will recognise Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a Gaza ceasefire and other conditions. Israel says the move rewards Hams. Also in the programme: Ex-Colombian president Álvaro Uribe has been found guilty of witness-tampering; and an A…

UN monitoring group warns famine is unfolding in Gaza

UN monitoring group warns famine is unfolding in Gaza

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification has said what it calls "the worse case scenario of famine" is now unfolding in Gaza. The UN's World Food Programme says that the unfolding disaster is reminiscent of famines seen in Ethiopia and Biafra, Nigeri…