Inflation in the U.K. has risen to its highest level since March.

Panto is as much a part of Christmas in Britain as turkey, tinsel and mince pies.

The world’s most famous fictional Top Gun is now a decorated naval hero.

Mykhailo Mudryk, one of the most expensive players in soccer history, says he is in “complete shock” after the results of a doping test contained a banned substance.

UEFA says prize money for the 2025 Women’s European Championship will more than double.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer will attend a meeting of European Union leaders early next year.

A Saudi human rights activist says soccer fans visiting Saudi Arabia for the 2034 World Cup will live in a “bubble” that doesn't reflect real life there.

The U.K. and Germany have pledged to share intelligence and expertise against the people-smuggling gangs that send migrants across the English Channel in small boats.

Don’t listen to Enzo Maresca because Chelsea really is a Premier League challenger this season.

When local residents and admirers learned the iconic Sycamore Gap tree in northern England had been cut down last year, they wanted to know why and who could have committed such a senseless act.

Manchester City’s Premier League title defense has taken another blow after a 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace.

A man died and hundreds of thousands of people in Britain and Ireland have been left without power as high winds and heavy rain battered the region.

The Princess of Wales is taking another step in her return to public life following cancer treatment as she hosts her annual Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey.

The European Union has sent TikTok an urgent request for more information about Romanian intelligence files suggesting that Moscow coordinated influencers on its platform to promote an election candidate who became the surprise front-runner in the nation’s presidential election.

The head of Britain’s armed forces has warned that the world stands at the cusp of a “third nuclear age,’’ defined by multiple simultaneous challenges and weakened safeguards that kept previous threats in check.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to take on the “alliance of naysayers” and the bureaucratic “nonsense” that have hampered construction projects in the U.K. Starmer outlined a series of new pledges that he will hope will change the narrative on his five-month-old government following a slide in its approval ratings.

’Tis the season to unpack Spotify Wrapped.

An artist whose work exploring her Scottish Sikh identity includes a vintage Ford car draped in a crocheted doily has won the U.K.’s prestigious Turner Prize.

A British chef’s appeal for thieves to return 2,500 pies that were in a stolen van has ended in disappointment.

The Princess of Wales helped kick off the emir of Qatar’s trip to Britain as the U.K. government enlists one of the most popular royals to ensure the success of a state visit by the leader of a key ally.

The British government’s culture secretary has held talks with the BBC as the broadcaster comes under growing scrutiny after one of its TV hosts drew an angry backlash for dismissing sexual misconduct allegations made against him.

Oxford University Press has named “brain rot” its word of the year.

Elton John says he struggled to watch his new musical because he has “lost his eyesight” after contracting an infection.

Pooches in pullovers have paraded past Buckingham Palace in a charity walk of dogs in Christmas sweaters.

Former “Harry Potter” film actor Rupert Grint faces a 1.8 million-pound ($2.3 million) bill after he lost a legal battle with the tax authorities.

British Transport Minister Louise Haigh has resigned over a decade-old fraud conviction for claiming her cellphone was stolen.

British lawmakers are expected to vote on a law proposed to help terminally ill adults end their lives.

Two of London’s most famous markets — one selling fish, the other meat — are set to close in the coming years, bringing an end to traditions stretching back to medieval times.

Two companies have cut ties with Conor McGregor after a civil court jury in Ireland ruled last week that he must pay nearly 250,000 Euros ($257,000) to a woman who accused the mixed martial arts fighter of raping her.

Former U.K. Conservative Party leader William Hague has been elected chancellor of Oxford University, one of the most prestigious positions in British academia.

The U.K. Supreme Court has begun hearing a legal challenge focusing on the definition of “woman” in a long-running dispute between a women’s right campaign group and the Scottish government.

Rod Stewart will play the “legends” slot at Britain’s Glastonbury Festival next year, more than two decades after he headlined the music festival.

If life imitates art, a vandal in the English countryside may be haunted by The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

Britain remains on high alert after the second major storm of the season battered the country over the weekend, leaving at least two people dead and disrupting road and rail travel.

Buckingham Palace says Queen Camilla will miss another engagement as she recovers from a chest infection.

A special tribunal has rejected a legal claim against Britain’s domestic intelligence agency by more than 300 survivors of a bombing that killed 22 people at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in Manchester.

A Scottish dairy is making the audacious bid to sell what it’s calling Britain's most expensive cup of coffee.

Metal lockers that once held the sweat-stained shirts and muddy cleats of some of the world’s greatest soccer players are up for auction.

Inflation in the U.K. has risen sharply to a six-month high in October, cementing market expectations that there will be no further cuts in borrowing rates this year.

Dozens of schools were closed and road and train travel ground to a halt as a cold snap brought snow, ice and sleet across parts of the UK.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he wants a strong and durable relationship with China as he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Brazil.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has no plan to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he said support for Ukraine was the U.K.’s top priority at this week’s G20 summit.

Instruments owned by the late Jeff Beck, one of rock's greatest guitarists, are going up for auction.

The British economy’s rebound from recession slowed down sharply in the third quarter of the year with most sectors stagnating.

British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves says the government plans to merge dozens of pension funds with the aim of unlocking tens of billions of pounds for investment and boosting the U.K.’s sub-par economic growth.

If you’re tired of memorizing passwords, then give passkeys a try.

A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England this summer is scheduled to go on trial early next year.

British writer Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for fiction with “Orbital,” a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station.

Nearly two decades ago, My Chemical Romance released their career-defining rock opera, “The Black Parade.”.

An English Premier League referee has been suspended after a video on social media appeared to show him making derogatory remarks about former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp.

The World Health Organization says mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be “plateauing,” even as the virus continues to increase in other regions of the country, as well as in Burundi and Uganda.

King Charles III has laid a wreath honoring fallen service personnel in central London as the Princess of Wales looked on.

A father and daughter disabled by a suicide bomber who killed 22 people after an Ariana Grande concert in England in 2017 have been awarded $58,000 against a former television producer who claimed the tragedy was a hoax.

The Bank of England has cut its main interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point after inflation across the U.K. fell below its target rate of 2%.

Corning is facing European Union antitrust scrutiny after the bloc’s watchdog said it’s investigating the speciality glass maker’s exclusive deals for its Gorilla Glass used in cellphones.

The Edinburgh Zoo has launched a cuteness contest between Haggis, its newborn pygmy hippo, and Moo Deng, the adorable mini hippopotamus that became a viral sensation at a Thailand zoo this summer.

Legislation intended to ban today’s British children from ever legally being able to smoke has begun its journey through Parliament.

Worries about this week’s tax-raising U.K. budget within financial markets appear to have eased with the interest rates charged on British debt steadying and the pound rising against most other currencies.

Collins Dictionary has declared “brat” its 2024 word of the year.

Prince William’s roadshow for environmental innovation will arrive in South Africa next week as the heir to the British throne announces the winners of his annual Earthshot Prize, aimed at finding new ways to combat climate change and other threats to the planet’s air, water and wildlife.

A ban on protesting outside abortion clinics has gone into effect in England and Wales.

The teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class appeared in court to face new charges of possessing a deadly poison and a terror charge for possessing an al-Qaida manual.

The World Health Organization says more than 8 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year.

Manchester United has fired Erik ten Hag after a troubled start to the season left the 20-time English champions in 14th place in the Premier League.

Liverpool twice came from behind as Mohamed Salah’s 81st-minute goal earned a 2-2 draw with injury-hit Arsenal in a match between Manchester City’s two biggest rivals for the Premier League title.

Thieves with a nose for fine cheese have pulled off a massive cheddar ripoff in London.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s weeklong trip to the Middle East ended as expected without a cease-fire breakthrough for Gaza, but talks are being revived.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed an agreement worth tens of billions of dollars with the mining companies responsible for a 2015 dam collapse that was one of the country’s worst-ever environmental disasters.

Britain’s competition watchdog is opening a formal investigation into Google’s partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic.

An appeals court in London has rejected British killer nurse Lucy Letby’s bid to challenge her conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl in her care.

Chipmaker Intel has won a fresh victory in a long-running battle against European Union competition watchdogs after the bloc’s top court confirmed a lower tribunal’s decision to overturn a billion-euro antitrust penalty.

The imagination of Tim Burton has produced ghosts and ghouls, Martians, monsters and misfits.

Officials say German submarine-hunting planes will patrol the North Atlantic from a base in Scotland under a new Britain-Germany defense pact in response to the growing threat from Russia.

Court records show that a Black motorist killed by a London police marksman who was acquitted of murder was a member of a violent gang who allegedly shot a rival a week earlier.

A London police officer who fatally shot a Black motorist two years ago has been acquitted of murder.

Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster are taking their case for compensation to a UK court on Monday.

A British chestnut-whacking champion has been cleared of cheating after an investigation into alleged malfeasance at the World Conker Championships.

Hundreds have gathered in London’s Kensington Gardens to mourn Liam Payne as fans around the world grieved for the One Direction singer who died this past week.

Tank Bigsby rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns and Parker Washington returned a punt 96 yards for a score in Jacksonville’s 32-16 comeback win over the New England Patriots at Wembley Stadium.

A London game is more than just a typical road trip for NFL teams.

British soccer managers have reacted with disappointment and a degree of resignation after a German, Thomas Tuchel, was hired to take charge of England ahead of a homegrown coach.

A new bill aiming to legalize assisted dying in Britain was introduced in Parliament on Wednesday, marking the first time in nearly a decade that lawmakers will debate allowing doctors to help end people’s lives after previous court challenges to change the law failed.

Inflation in the U.K. has fallen to its lowest level in more than three years, a drop that has cemented market expectations that the Bank of England will lower interest rates at its next policy meeting.

NFL owners have unanimously approved Jacksonville’s $1_4 billion “stadium of the future."

Anguilla is raking in extra unexpected revenue from registration fees for its.

Prince William has played catch with British teenagers at a flag football event organized by the NFL.

British lawmakers are voting on a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords after more than 700 years.

The World Conker Championships says it's investigating allegations of cheating after this year’s men’s winner was found to have a steel chestnut in his pocket.

Caleb Williams threw four touchdown passes — two each to receiver Keenan Allen and tight end Cole Kmet — and the Chicago Bears held a tea party celebration in the end zone in a 35-16 rout of the Jacksonville Jaguars at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.

Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Evan Engram is listed as active for Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The NFL’s aggressive international growth plan could include holding a Super Bowl outside the United States for the first time.

Nottingham Forest has been fined 750,000 pounds ($980,000) after the club was found by an independent panel to have questioned the integrity of match officials in an extremely inflammatory post on social media that got more than 46 million views.

The Stable Hall is hosting “The Chappell Roan Party” on Saturday. The doors will open at 7 p.m., according to the venue.

Taylor Swift has donated $5 million to Feeding America to support relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

The Jacksonville Jaguars plan to arrive to London later than expected Friday because of Hurricane Milton, the team confirmed ahead of Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears.

Wimbledon is replacing line judges with electronic line-calling to mark the latest step into the modern age by the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament.

Lore Segal, an esteemed Austrian American author and translator, has died at 96.

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has a sprained lower left ankle but should be able to play in the team’s next game.

Andrew Van Ginkel returned the first of Aaron Rodgers’ three interceptions 63 yards for a touchdown and Minnesota stayed undefeated by holding on for a 23-17 win over the New York Jets at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Aaron Rodgers reached another milestone in his stellar career on Sunday by becoming just the ninth player in NFL history to throw for 60,000 yards in regular-season games.