Two in five newly-planted trees on National Trust land in the Peak District died due to last year’s drought, the conservation ...

With the Met Office confirming last week that 2025 was the hottest year on record in the UK, the National Trust says the ...

Exclusive: Campaigners say slashing overseas aid would leave UK unable to meet existing commitments Plans by Reform UK to slash the aid budget by 90% would not cover existing contributions to global ...

Cyber security officials have confirmed they are aiding an investigation after a minister said the UK government had been hacked. Trade Minister Sir Chris Bryant said earlier that investigations were ...

The new head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service MI6 has warned the nation in her first public speech that the UK is “now operating in a space between peace and war” and “the front line is ...

The UK is "rapidly developing" plans to prepare the whole country for the possible outbreak of war, the armed forces minister has said. Underlining the role civilians would have to play in a major ...

PARENTS are appealing for donations following the disappearance of all the tadpoles in a school’s wildlife pond. Children at Tufnell Park Primary School have enjoyed four years of pond-dipping, ...

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Figure of 204,000 in 12 months to June 2025 is lowest since 2021, statistics body says Net migration to the UK has fallen by more than two-thirds to 204,000 in a single year, the lowest annual figure ...

Kylie is the Global Live Pages Editor, leading a team providing real-time multimedia coverage of the biggest breaking stories worldwide. She previously worked on the UK Breaking News team, and spent ...

The UK lacks a plan to defend itself and overseas territories from a military attack, a report by MPs has found. In a highly critical assessment, external, the defence committee said the UK is ...

The number of British nationals who left the UK last year has risen from 77,000 to 257,000, according to revised immigration statistics. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has changed its ...