Britain's Harriet Dart wins the first WTA Tour singles title of her career as she beats fast-rising Austrian teenager Lilli Tagger in three sets in Gu...
Britain’s blighted high streets will improve by next election, says Rayner
Housing secretary says Labour wants to reverse fortunes of towns plagued by boarded-up shops and rogue businessesAngela Rayner has said voters will be...
Ageing users and record deaths – the data behind Britain’s £9.8bn-a-year cocaine habit
Sewage samples and crime statistics paint a picture of established users taking more cocaine, more oftenCocaine-linked crimes on the rise in Britain a...
No unions, low taxes: why some of Britain’s top chefs are opening outposts in Gulf states
Leading restaurateur says Gulf countries actively help businesses set up, while east Asia has a better work ethicSome of London’s top restaurants are ...
John Healey pledges to use budget to harness power of AI to bolster Britain’s security
Chancellor says government to commit hundreds of millions to develop ‘distinctively British’ approach to AIJohn Healey has pledged to use Wednesday’s ...
How Middleton’s revival could be grist to the mill for Britain’s struggling towns
Turnaround initiated by Andy Burnham and led by Steve Coogan could provide blueprint for other neglected areas• Save high street by creating ‘level pl...
Tuesday briefing: Can Andy Burnham beat Britain’s headphone dodgers?
In today’s newsletter: The prime minister’s campaign against noisy passengers has struck a chord with commuters. Whether anyone hears him remains to b...
Britain's Kartal misses out on biggest title of her career
Britain's Sonay Kartal misses out on the biggest title of her career as she fades in a gripping Wuhan Open final against Grand Slam runner-up Maja Chw...
Cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid reaches nearly £50m a day
Grid operator is paying huge sums to switch off windfarms in areas of excess electricity generation while turning on gas plants elsewhereThe cost of b...
A Rural Village Voted to Leave the U.K., Stirring Britain’s Migration Debate
A plan to house 1,250 asylum seekers on the outskirts of Piddington prompted a symbolic independence vote, highlighting a growing dilemma for the gove...
The Fight for Britain’s Right: Can Kemi Badenoch Reboot the Conservatives?
Attendees at the party’s annual conference have been buoyed: both by leader Kemi Badenoch’s rising poll ratings and a mock Bayeux Tapestry. But the ch...
King Charles III to acknowledge ‘darkest days’ of Britain’s colonial rule during Caribbean tour
Buckingham Palace say the king will not ‘shy away’ from Britain’s role in slavery when he visits Commonwealth nations later this monthKing Charles III...
Britain’s low-paid urged to sign up to savings scheme offering cash bonus
Government-backed help to save is aimed at working people on universal credit and pays 50p for every £1 saved over four yearsAmid claims that millions...
Reported assaults on Britain’s railways rise to nearly 25,000 a year
Unions say record high figures, including assaults on rail workers as well as members of public, show need for more staff and policingBusiness live – ...
‘It’s transformed the village’: the volunteers greening up Britain’s train stations
Exclusive: Five gardening teams shortlisted for Royal Horticultural Society’s new Railway Stations in Bloom awardEvery year since 1964, towns across t...
Access-to-nature crisis ‘on par with that of Victorian Britain’s filthy air’
Research finds many in England lack proximity to green and blue spaces as Labour urged to speed up manifesto pledgeNearly half of all parliamentary co...
Slave-trade wealth was embedded in Britain’s financial system, research finds
Dozens of Bank of England directors and founding subscribers invested in trafficking of enslaved AfricansThe Bank of England and the British financial...
Dover unrest exposes serious flaws in Britain’s handling of far-right extremism
Authorities were caught off guard by the disruption, which they labelled a ‘protest’ despite mass intimidation tacticsTo anybody watching the videos o...
Beveridge revisited: Simon Callow film celebrates the radical co-founder of Britain’s welfare state
Christine Edzard’s The Man With the Plan tours the country with a timely message about tackling want, disease, squalor, idleness and ignoranceA new fi...
Britain’s railway prepares for more extreme weather as intense El Niño develops
Experts say more must be done to adapt to changing climate, after two trains derailed within 24 hours during a recent heatwaveRailway companies are ra...
