
Expert comment and analysis on the latest UK news, with headlines from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Nursery worker pleads guilty to 26 sexual offences against children - watch arrest footage
A nursery worker has pleaded guilty to 26 sexual offences against children following one of the Metropolitan Police's most harrowing and complex child sexual abuse investigations.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:04:00 +0000
A nursery worker has pleaded guilty to 26 sexual offences against children following one of the Metropolitan Police's most harrowing and complex child sexual abuse investigations.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:04:00 +0000

Family of British teenager killed by US spy hit out at 'useless' UK government
The family of teenager Harry Dunn, killed by a former US spy, said a damning report into the UK government's handling of their case was "incredibly painful" to read.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:30:00 +0000
The family of teenager Harry Dunn, killed by a former US spy, said a damning report into the UK government's handling of their case was "incredibly painful" to read.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:30:00 +0000

Woman loses case against her employer over transgender toilet policy
An engineer who took aerospace giant Leonardo UK to an employment tribunal for having to share women's toilets with transgender colleagues has lost a discrimination claim.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:42:00 +0000
An engineer who took aerospace giant Leonardo UK to an employment tribunal for having to share women's toilets with transgender colleagues has lost a discrimination claim.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:42:00 +0000

Campaigners call for stronger reforms to tackle baby formula crisis
The UK government is being urged to take even stronger action to tackle the ongoing crisis of families unable to afford baby formula milk.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:40:00 +0000
The UK government is being urged to take even stronger action to tackle the ongoing crisis of families unable to afford baby formula milk.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:40:00 +0000

Tory-Reform pact talks 'not happening at any level', says Richard Tice
Reform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice has told Sky News that talks of an electoral pact with the Tories "are not happening at any level".
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 01:52:00 +0000
Reform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice has told Sky News that talks of an electoral pact with the Tories "are not happening at any level".
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 01:52:00 +0000

DNA identifies suspected killer 20 years after woman found dead in seafront shelter
A suspected murderer has been named 20 years after a woman was stabbed multiple times and her body set on fire.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:30:00 +0000
A suspected murderer has been named 20 years after a woman was stabbed multiple times and her body set on fire.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Children hurt after roof ripped off double-decker bus
Several children have been injured after the roof of a double-decker bus was ripped off when it passed under a bridge.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +0000
Several children have been injured after the roof of a double-decker bus was ripped off when it passed under a bridge.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +0000

'A shameful monster': Retired teacher spared jail for 'sadistic' abuse of young girls
A "sadistic" teacher who abused young girls in residential care over a 15-year period has been spared jail and ordered to pay £1,000 to each of her 18 victims.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:08:00 +0000
A "sadistic" teacher who abused young girls in residential care over a 15-year period has been spared jail and ordered to pay £1,000 to each of her 18 victims.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:08:00 +0000

'It wasn't fine - and the Russians knew': Inside the decades-long saga that's left UK shockingly unprepared for war
The UK is "really unprepared" to fight a war and has been living on a "mirage" of military strength that was shocking to discover, interviews with almost every defence secretary since the end of the Cold War have revealed.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:15:00 +0000
The UK is "really unprepared" to fight a war and has been living on a "mirage" of military strength that was shocking to discover, interviews with almost every defence secretary since the end of the Cold War have revealed.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:15:00 +0000

'Death, prison or the loss of your sanity': The cost for children caught up in county lines
A decade on from when authorities identified the emergence of "county lines" drug dealing, children exploited by the trade are now often either dead, in prison or have been sectioned with mental health problems caused by the trauma.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:09:00 +0000
A decade on from when authorities identified the emergence of "county lines" drug dealing, children exploited by the trade are now often either dead, in prison or have been sectioned with mental health problems caused by the trauma.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:09:00 +0000