The foreign ministers of Germany, Jordan and the United Kingdom jointly called on Saturday for an immediate ceasefire in the war in Sudan, describing the situation there in stark, apocalyptic terms after a paramilitary force seized the last major city in the East African nation's Darfur region.

A UK mosque was set ablaze with two people still inside in a suspected arson attack that police are treating as a hate crime.

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has apologized for renting out her family home without a license after entering office last year.

The UK's oldest carnival is returning this weekend, when more than 150,000 are expected to descend on the area. This year's Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival, which has been running since 1847, will feature an illuminated procession, fairground rides, concerts and fireworks.

The Labour government was elected in July last year with a manifesto stating that under the Conservatives rough sleepers were “an all too-common sight in our towns and cities” and promising to “put Britain back on track to ending homelessness.

UK home prices rose for a second straight month, in signs that prospective buyers remain resilient in the face of growing speculation of tax rises at the government’s November budget, according to a new report.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is aware of small numbers of locally acquired cases of an mpox strain called ‘clade Ib’ in the USA, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal, which have no connection to countries with known transmission. The health agency said this suggests there is now community transmission of the disease globally.