UK News

Railway workers vote overwhelmingly to strike

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union’s leaders will now decide when to call strikes, which will bring huge parts of the network to a standstill.

Chihuahua puppy found with arrow through neck expected to survive

Rwanda deportation plan is ‘unlawful’, campaigners claim

US to end Russia’s ability to pay international investors

Hail ‘the size of chickpeas’ hits London and the South East amid thunderstorms

Mining giant Glencore to pay a billon dollars after bribery probes

UK condemns Putin’s ‘despicable’ blockade preventing Ukraine food exports

Former NI secretary urges Government to look again at Troubles investigations

One in three women ‘taking a break from exercise’

Northern Ireland Department of Health taken to court over lengthy waiting lists

Speaker Hoyle: Trauma support dog would be ‘calming influence’ on MPs

Trump ‘hostility’ hampered release of Zaghari-Ratcliffe, says Hammond

Cancelled LGBT conference could cost Government more than £500,000

London Mayor Sadiq Khan demands answers from Met over partygate fines

Queen meets Emir of Qatar at Windsor Castle

Teenager faces life sentence for murdering 12-year-old Ava White

Johnson says England has ‘tough’ World Cup group after invitation to Qatar

Households ‘may struggle to get insurance without climate change action’

200 bodies found in basement in Mariupol, Ukrainian authorities say

SNP calls on Tory leader Douglas Ross to resubmit letter of no confidence in PM

Drug dealer jailed for at least 24 years for ‘brutal’ murder of three-year-old

BBC host first live performance at new music studios in East London

Review suggests Israeli bullet killed Al Jazeera reporter

New working group formed to stamp out ‘heinous’ spiking attacks on students

Premier League final day breaks Virgin Media O2 data traffic record

Myanmar court gives go-ahead for Suu Kyi corruption trial

Sheku Bayoh inquiry: Ex-officer says she ran after being ‘overwhelmed by terror’

New sight loss drug made available to thousands on the NHS

BBC apologises after ‘Manchester United are rubbish’ statement appears on screen

China claims foreign relations ‘sabotage’ as UN rights official visits Xinjiang

Financial firms ‘face profit hit from climate change without effective action’

Buckingham Palace sculpture celebrates ‘superhero’ trees

The Elizabeth line in numbers

Russian opposition leader’s appeal against nine-year sentence rejected

Queen tours Chelsea Flower Show from comfort of electric buggy

Russian forces ‘stepping up attacks in eastern Donbas’

Three police officers reprimanded after taking part in football pitch invasion

World record-breaking British school teacher raps for almost 40 hours

Covid-19 death registrations fall for second week in a row

Eco-activists ‘could undermine energy security and hinder net-zero effort’

Windfall tax could ‘undermine’ energy security targets, offshore chief warns

Economic growth plummets as inflation drags on UK firms

Government borrowing drops to £18.6bn in April

Avian Influenza Prevention Zone in Northern Ireland to be lifted

Johnson does not believe he was partying at drink-filled leaving do, Shapps says

Ford trials geofencing tech to automatically control vehicle speed

Grocery prices surge at fastest pace for 13 years

Seven people missing for days in Pacific found by New Zealand air force

UK’s first national black British civil-rights group launched

Biden urges Indo-Pacific leaders to make greater effort to stop Putin’s war

Boris Johnson under pressure over lockdown party ‘lies’

Red Wall ‘preoccupation’ hides reality of left-behind voters, says study

What the papers say – May 24

Amber Heard set for ‘meteoric rise’ before Depp lawyer’s ‘defamatory’ comments