
Expert comment and analysis on the latest UK news, with headlines from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Home secretary threatens Trump-style visa ban on three countries as part of radical asylum reforms
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood plans to impose Trump-style visa bans on three African countries if they fail to take back illegal migrants as part of "sweeping reforms" of the UK's immigration system.
Sun, 16 Nov 2025 22:44:00 +0000
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood plans to impose Trump-style visa bans on three African countries if they fail to take back illegal migrants as part of "sweeping reforms" of the UK's immigration system.
Sun, 16 Nov 2025 22:44:00 +0000

Amber cold health alert now issued for parts of UK until Saturday
Cold health alerts have been issued for large parts of the UK from midday on Monday until Saturday morning.
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:44:00 +0000
Cold health alerts have been issued for large parts of the UK from midday on Monday until Saturday morning.
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:44:00 +0000

BBC 'determined to fight' any Trump legal action, chairman tells staff
BBC chair Samir Shah has said there is "no basis for a defamation case and we are determined to fight this" - after Donald Trump said he would sue the corporation for between $1bn and $5bn.
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:52:00 +0000
BBC chair Samir Shah has said there is "no basis for a defamation case and we are determined to fight this" - after Donald Trump said he would sue the corporation for between $1bn and $5bn.
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:52:00 +0000

Inquest into death of baby killed in XL bully attack opens
The provisional cause of death of a nine-month-old baby has been given at an inquest following an XL bully attack in southeast Wales.
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 11:15:00 +0000
The provisional cause of death of a nine-month-old baby has been given at an inquest following an XL bully attack in southeast Wales.
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 11:15:00 +0000

British hacker ordered to pay back over £4m in Bitcoin after accessing celebrity X accounts
A British man who hacked the X accounts of celebrities in a bid to con people out of Bitcoin, has been ordered to repay £4.1m-worth of the cryptocurrency, prosecutors say.
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:58:00 +0000
A British man who hacked the X accounts of celebrities in a bid to con people out of Bitcoin, has been ordered to repay £4.1m-worth of the cryptocurrency, prosecutors say.
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:58:00 +0000

Rights of sex abuse victims won't be harmed by court judgment, says Scotland's top prosecutor
Statutory protections for alleged victims giving evidence in sexual offence cases have not been altered by a recent Supreme Court ruling, Scotland's chief prosecutor has stressed.
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 11:04:00 +0000
Statutory protections for alleged victims giving evidence in sexual offence cases have not been altered by a recent Supreme Court ruling, Scotland's chief prosecutor has stressed.
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 11:04:00 +0000

The UK town where 6 out of 7 children grow up in poverty - and live in fear of homelessness
The cobbled streets of Newport in Middlesbrough survive from the Victorian era.
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:01:00 +0000
The cobbled streets of Newport in Middlesbrough survive from the Victorian era.
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:01:00 +0000

Drone footage shows scale of 'revolting' 60m-long mountain of waste next to river
Drone footage has shown hundreds of tonnes of "revolting" illegal waste, fly-tipped in a field next to the River Cherwell near Kidlington in Oxfordshire.
Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:33:00 +0000
Drone footage has shown hundreds of tonnes of "revolting" illegal waste, fly-tipped in a field next to the River Cherwell near Kidlington in Oxfordshire.
Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:33:00 +0000

Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman found dead in boat yard
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 21-year-old woman was found dead in a boat yard, police in Wales have said.
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 06:57:00 +0000
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 21-year-old woman was found dead in a boat yard, police in Wales have said.
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 06:57:00 +0000

Labour MPs will be deeply uncomfortable with home secretary's approach to asylum reforms
We're told that Shabana Mahmood, the still new home secretary, is "a woman in a hurry".
Sun, 16 Nov 2025 13:58:00 +0000
We're told that Shabana Mahmood, the still new home secretary, is "a woman in a hurry".
Sun, 16 Nov 2025 13:58:00 +0000
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