UK
‘Might be in love again’: Rupert Murdoch reportedly dating Roman Abramovich’s former mother-in-law
Elena Zhukova, who has been divorced twice, has lived in America since leaving Russia in 1991 and is a friend of Murdoch’s third wife Wendi Deng.
- by Gordon Rayner
Latest
Three arrested in Russian espionage investigation face charges in UK
Last year, Britain’s domestic spy chief said more than 400 suspected Russian spies had been expelled from Europe.
‘World’s most exciting classroom’ sets sail on Charles Darwin’s trail
The Darwin 200 was dreamt up by British documentary maker and television geographer Stewart McPherson, and is based on HMS Beagle’s five-year voyage which left England in 1831.
- by Rob Harris
Six of the best new London hotels
A converted power station or a rock ‘n’ roll themed stay? There’s no shortage of trendy stays in the UK’s capital.
- by Steve McKenna
‘Most disastrous’ data breach in Northern Ireland history to send officers scrambling for cover
Dozens of officers who assist MI5 with the security services in Northern Ireland have had their rank, name and unit published online.
- by Neil Johnston and James Crisp
Britain’s ‘wonkiest pub’ stood for 260 years. Now it’s a pile of rubble
Two weeks after the sale of the historic Crooked House pub to a private company was announced, it was gutted by fire. Locals now want it rebuilt brick by brick.
- by Lucy Cormack
The 14 things Aussie expats in London miss most
Expats share what they miss about home. And some answers are surprising – Vegemite or Tim Tams not included.
- by Julia D'Orazio
Paris racing to clean up the Seine River in time for Olympics
Untreated wastewater flows in Paris’ Seine River have been in the spotlight following unprecedented heavy summer rain.
- by Latika Bourke
Hostile actors hack Britain’s electoral commission
Electoral security has emerged as a key issue in many countries since US officials found Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to boost Donald Trump’s White House campaign.
- by Sachin Ravikumar
British government moves asylum-seekers to a barge moored off England’s coast
People arriving via unauthorised “can’t expect to stay in a four-star hotel”, Home Office Minister Sarah Dines told the BBC.
- by Danica Kirka
Opinion
Brexit
Britain isn’t stuck in the past, it’s stuck in the present
Britain has become Limboland, a nation in which one of its most famous tea-towel epigrams is in danger of becoming a looping incantation: Keep calm and carry on.
- by Nick Bryant