UK News

A round-up of the headlines from the UK front pages

Belmarsh prisoner stripped of Ecuadorian citizenship as extradition battle continues

Scientists forecast that southern speech patterns will begin to take over

Britain is warming more quickly than global average over past decade, says study

Even in normal times, the issue of nurses’ pay is ‘politically volatile’

French authorities insist that they will not stop boats at sea, or accept back migrants from the UK

The brief ‘golden era’ of Sino-British relations has turned ‘radioactive’

Ministers reportedly feared that Covid-19 measure was hobbling the economy

People who visited installation during first week offered free return tickets due to ‘teething problems’

Case of 13-year-old killed by other children in Reading field ‘should horrify us as a society’, says leading officer

Judge-led panel ruled that such views should be protected under the Equality Act

Chiefs say health service is facing the same level of pressure as at the height of the pandemic

An unpublished London Underground report identified 85 Tube stations as being at ‘high risk’ of flooding

Parliamentary pay watchdog requests power to ‘vary the award below or above’ public sector pay

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Prime minister quarantining after being ‘pinged’ by NHS track-and-trace

Supermarkets warn of empty shelves as Keir Starmer follows Boris Johnson into isolation

Foreign secretary claims new post-Brexit proposal undermines UK’s sovereignty over territory

Brexit deal fallout risks ‘being felt in the fabric of our union’, warns Frost

New report recommends that harmful online behaviour be criminalised under Sexual Offences Act

Critics suggest Laura Kuenssberg grilling backfired for former No. 10 adviser

The introduction of vaccine passports for clubbers is the latest U-turn from Johnson’s Covid-embattled government

Duke of Sussex says he’s ‘excited’ for public to read account of his life ‘that’s accurate and wholly truthful’

Former UKIP leader drafted in to revive channel’s plummeting viewing figures

Total making perilous journey to UK shores in small boats hit new high as on Monday

Government set to renege on manifesto pledge not to hike NICs

Concern reportedly growing in Westminster over ‘eye-watering’ cost of at-home kits

All four nations experience hottest days of the year

The ‘Great Unlocking’ is hit by surging numbers of people forced to self-isolate – including the PM

Rhetoric is latest in long line of associations between Covid and the Second World War

Largest study of long-lasting illness finds 200 symptoms of chronic illness