Boris Johnson had to be talked out of meeting the Queen early on in the pandemic, ex-adviser claims
Dominic Cummings, who resigned late last year, told the BBC that he had to convince Johnson not to visit the...
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Police seize record $249 million of cryptocurrency in UK
The confiscation is thought to be one of the largest globally, the Met Police said, and comes just weeks after...
‘It’s two steps forward, 10 steps back:’ Brexit, shifting demographics and familiar tensions stoke divisions in Northern Ireland
Over the course of 12 weeks in 2001, Burns and the other pupils at north Belfast's Holy Cross Girls' primary...
England takes a big Covid-19 gamble as Johnson sets out plan to scrap lockdown rules
Johnson said Monday that the "continuing effectiveness" of the vaccine rollout allows England to consider loosening restrictions, rather than tightening...
Investigation launched after ‘sensitive’ UK defense documents ‘found at bus stop’
The action follows a BBC report that the papers were found at a bus stop in Kent, southeast England. "The...
Matt Hancock, Britain’s beleaguered health secretary, resigns after being caught kissing aide
The married politician was pictured kissing and embracing his adviser, with whom British tabloid The Sun alleges he is having...
Analysis: The UK should be having a racial reckoning. Instead, Black Lives Matter activists say they fear for their safety
She has reason to be scared. Campaigners say that standing up for the rights of Black people in the UK...
A look inside Buckingham Palace’s $500 million refurbishment
The official London residence of UK sovereigns since 1837, it has 775 rooms, including 19 state rooms, 52 royal and...
Matt Hancock, Britain’s beleaguered health secretary, apologizes after being caught in embrace with aide
Hancock is under fire after The Sun published a story with photographs that appear to show him kissing Gina Coladangelo,...
Buckingham Palace admits it ‘must do more’ on diversity in annual report
The Sovereign Grant report disclosed for the first time that the proportion of ethnic minority employees within the royal household...
Analysis: Five years after the Brexit vote, the United Kingdom is more divided than ever
A decade later Cameron, by then the Prime Minister, put his money where his mouth was, and gambled everything on...
Boris Johnson described his health secretary as ‘hopeless,’ according to former aide
Writing on Substack and in a Twitter thread, Dominic Cummings shared photos of his WhatsApp conversations with the Prime Minister...
Johnson extends England’s pandemic restrictions amid variant concerns
Despite the UK's successful vaccine rollout, which has given two doses to more than half of the adult population, the...
Second man charged in shooting of British Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson
Devonte Brown, 18, of Southwark, was charged Friday with conspiracy to murder Johnson and was expected to appear at the...
Analysis: What to do — and not do — when you meet the Queen
London (CNN) -- Joe Biden is in for quite a treat when he and his wife, "Jill from Philly," stop...
Analysis: Boris Johnson’s aide-turned-nemesis may be about to take his revenge. It won’t be pretty
These hearings are usually bland, procedural affairs, but this one may become a key moment in Johnson's premiership. Not long...
Prince Harry says growing up as a royal was like being in a zoo
The Duke of Sussex was talking to actor Dax Shepard, host of the "Armchair Expert" podcast, in an episode released...
Boris Johnson is ‘anxious’ as Covid-19 variant found in India spreads in UK
The UK government's scientific advisers were meeting Thursday to discuss the variant amid growing concerns it could jeopardize England's plan...
The UK is already stretched to breaking point. Boris Johnson’s pile of scandals isn’t helping matters
His former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, said recently that the Prime Minister's plan to "have donors secretly pay for the...
A 330-ton fatberg is clogging a city’s sewer, and it won’t move for weeks
The mammoth mass of waste stretches to more than half a mile in length and weighs 330 tons, Seven Trent...
