(BBC) Anna Chapman, one of the Russian spies deported from the United States, is deprived of her British citizenship.
UK Archives
July 13, 2010
July 9, 2010
Disabled 'struggling in downturn'
Parents of disabled children are being hit extra hard as recession forces them from juggling stretched household finances to extreme economic hardship
July 7, 2010
Gay asylum seekers win UK case
The UK's Supreme Court rules that two gay men from Iran and Cameroon have the right to asylum in Britain.
July 6, 2010
Queen urges unity in speech to UN
(BBC) The Queen addresses the UN in New York for the first time in 53 years before laying a wreath at Ground Zero.
June 27, 2010
UK limits non-EU migrant numbers
A temporary limit on the number of non-EU migrants allowed into the UK is to be announced by the home secretary.
Jobless 'could get help to move'
Unemployed people living in council homes could get incentives to move to areas with more jobs, a minister says.
June 25, 2010
UK ministers to limit migrants
A temporary limit on migration into the UK by non-EU workers is to be introduced ahead of a planned permanent cap.
June 8, 2010
Immigrants face new English rules
The coalition government is bringing forward new rules requiring many immigrants marrying UK citizens to learn English.
Call for 'open' population debate
(BBC) A think tank calls for an open national debate on the consequences of Britain's rapid population growth.
Police stage bomb detector raids
(BBC) Police investigating the sale of allegedly ineffective bomb detectors to countries including Iraq search premises linked to three firms.
April 22, 2010
Britons stuck amid Bangkok strife
Hundreds of Britons caught up in the ash flight ban are stranded at Bangkok's airport as protests take place in the capital.
April 20, 2010
'8% rise' in violence against children
The number of under-11s injured in violent attacks is up 8% in a year, but overall violence has fallen slightly, research suggests.
March 13, 2010
'Slave brides'
(BBC) South Asian women allege abuse by British in-laws
March 9, 2010
US 'hid terror suspect treatment'
(BBC) A former UK spy chief says she did not know US intelligence services were mistreating terror suspects until after she retired.
March 5, 2010
Dutch MP in UK to show Islam film
(BBC) Dutch MP Geert Wilders' arrives in the UK to show his anti-Islam film after overturning a ban on entering the country.
December 5, 2009
UN hits back at global warming sceptics
The UN climate change panel rejects claims that the case for human influence on global warming has been exaggerated.
November 25, 2009
Rape Scepticism in 'Poor Areas'
(BBC) - Police are less likely to believe a rape victim if she lives in a deprived area, a report says.
November 15, 2009
Islamists 'Promote Jihad in Jail'
(BBC) A report claims radical Muslims are spreading extremist propaganda and promoting jihad from inside British prisons.
November 4, 2009
Taliban link to shootings probed
(BBC) The Taliban could have infiltrated the Afghan police to carry out the fatal shootings of five British soldiers in Afghanistan, Gordon Brown has said.
October 31, 2009
UK Detained 1,300 Child Migrants
(BBC) - More than 1,300 children were held at UK immigration removal centres during a 15-month period, the government says.
September 14, 2009
Heroin supply clinic 'cuts crime'
(BBC) A scheme where addicts get heroin in supervised clinics has led to big cuts in street drugs usage and crime, the BBC learns.
September 6, 2009
Gender pay gap in City 'shocking'
(BBC) Men working in the UK's financial sector receive five times more in bonus payments than women, according to a survey.
August 30, 2009
Lesbians given equal birth rights
(BBC) Lesbian couples can now register both their names on the birth certificate of a child conceived as a result of fertility treatment.
August 22, 2009
US Lutheran split over gay clergy
(BBC) Traditionalist US Lutherans warn they might form another denomination after their Church voted to allow gay pastors.
July 29, 2009
Call to 'tolerate' drug dealers
(BBC) Police should tolerate some drug dealing to keep down levels of violent crime, a report by a think tank says.
July 23, 2009
UK waste prompts Brazil complaint
(BBC) Brazil is to lodge a formal complaint over an illegal shipment of 1,400 tonnes of UK toxic waste, its government says.
July 12, 2009
Inquiry opens into Iraqi's death
(BBC) A public inquiry into the death of Iraqi civilian Baha Mousa in British military custody six years ago is due to open.
July 1, 2009
Migrant squalor
(BBC) Afghans in Calais dream of Channel crossing to London
June 22, 2009
Attack on Russian regional leader
(BBC) The president of the troubled republic of Ingushetia in southern Russia is wounded in an assassination attempt.
June 20, 2009
Thousands march for Tamil rights
(BBC) Thousands of people arrive in central London to demonstrate in support of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
June 16, 2009
Many children 'wrongly' locked up
(BBC) Up to three-quarters of children locked up on remand are wrongly or unnecessarily jailed, a report says.
April 28, 2009
Malay massacre evidence reviewed
(BBC) The UK government is to review evidence about a 1948 massacre of unarmed Malaysian villagers by British troops, the BBC understands.
April 7, 2009
Thousands protest in Tamil UK rally
(BBC) Thousands protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London over the treatment of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka.
April 4, 2009
Warning of food price hike crisis
(BBC) A crisis is unfolding in the UK caused by rising food prices and the impact of the recession, the Save the Children charity warns.
April 1, 2009
Police clash with G20 protesters
(BBC) Protesters storm the Royal Bank of Scotland amid demonstrations ahead of the G20 summit of world leaders in London.
March 27, 2009
G20 demonstrators march in London
Tens of thousands march peacefully demanding the G20 summit acts on poverty, climate change and jobs.
March 24, 2009
Recession rage
(BBC) How the downturn may boost G20 protests
UK 'in Afghanistan for long term'
(BBC) British forces may be in Afghanistan for five years and civilians for 20 years or more, Britain's new envoy says.
March 13, 2009
Belfast chooses peace in face of renewed terror
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — When Irish Republican Army dissidents gunned down their first British security forces in more than a decade, they hoped to provoke a steely security crackdown and tit-for-tat attacks that would drag Belfast back into the bad old days.
Binyam blames UK for mistreatment
(BBC) A UK resident freed from Guantanamo Bay tells the BBC he would not have faced torture but for Britain's role in his case.
March 5, 2009
Firm 'sold workers' secret data'
(BBC) The information watchdog shuts down a company which it says sold workers' confidential data to building firms.
February 23, 2009
Freed UK detainee 'happy to be home'
British resident Binyam Mohamed, who was held at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years, says he is grateful to be back in the UK.
February 16, 2009
Ministers 'using fear of terror'
(BBC) A former head of MI5 accuses the government of exploiting the fear of terrorism to restrict civil liberties.
Nuclear subs collide in Atlantic
(BBC) A Royal Navy nuclear submarine was involved in a collision with a French submarine in the middle of the Atlantic, the UK confirms.
February 3, 2009
UK: Walkout continues at energy plant
(BBC) About 400 workers at Longannet power station in Fife have voted to continue their walkout over foreign contractors.
January 11, 2009
Prince's racist term sparks anger
(BBC) Prince Harry's racist comment about a Pakistani army colleague prompts widespread criticism, despite his apology.
January 3, 2009
Thousands march over Gaza strikes
(BBC) A series of demonstrations are taking place across the UK to protest against the Israeli air strikes on Gaza.
January 1, 2009
UK call to help close Guantanamo
(BBC) The UK is pressing its European partners to help resettle inmates from the US Guantanamo camp, the UK Foreign Office says.
December 21, 2008
Not forgotten 20 years on: relatives and wellwishers gather to mourn victims of Lockerbie disaster
(Guardian) It was a cold, sombre and restrained event held to mark the night 20 years ago when a terrorist bomb destroyed an airliner flying 259 people home for Christmas, and devastated the unassuming Scottish town of Lockerbie.
December 4, 2008
Ruling due on DNA database case
(BBC) A ruling is due from the European Court of Human Rights which could have major implications on the UK's DNA database
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