The shortlist of UK cities that could host next year's Eurovision Song Contest has been revealed, with seven locations in the running. Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield will vie to stage the event in May.more

The UK economy shrank between April and June as experts forecast a gloomy outlook with recession on the horizon. The economy contracted by 0.1% in the second quarter of the year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.more

Thirteen rivers in England are at their lowest ever recorded levels, officials say, as the nation suffers from its driest July in nearly 90 years.more

The heatwave will be long over by Christmas – but its impact might be plain to see around the dinner table.more

Some low-paid workers on universal credit have missed out on the government’s first cost of living payment because of payroll quirks that removed their benefit entitlement during the key window set by the government.more

Pay rises could fall behind inflation by almost 8% later this year, marking the biggest fall in real wages for 100 years, according to analysis by the TUC.more

The Environment Agency has moved into drought in eight of its 14 areas: Devon and Cornwall, Solent and South Downs, Kent and south London, Herts and north London, East Anglia, Thames, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, and the east Midlands.more

Sainsbury's and Tesco have joined other supermarket chains in removing disposable barbecues from their shop shelves during the current heatwave.more

Kate Jayden, 35, from Derbyshire, England, broke the Guinness World Record for day-to-day marathons. She completed 106 such runs in 106 days. So far, no woman has managed to do so. She set the record high, even though her knee was broken during the beating.more

Fans of the "Saw" series of bloody films will soon be able to see for themselves what it means to be part of the murderous puzzle of the mysterious Jigsaw.In October, an escape room inspired by this popular horror series will open in London.more

Yorkshire Water has become the fifth company in England and Wales to announce a hosepipe ban as Britons continue to swelter through hot and dry conditions.more

The number of people waiting in England to start treatment in a public hospital has increased to its highest level since statistics began 15 years ago, the UK NHS NHS said.more

Most victims of burglary, robbery and theft in England and Wales are not being given the justice they deserve, the police watchdog says. more

Swimmers across the UK have lost access to more than 60 public pools in the last three years, BBC News has found. more

Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie have put their south London home on the market for £1.6 million as they plan for a life away from Downing Street. more

A ride at the oldest theme park in the UK has collapsed leaving two people injured in a crush. more

Harmful levels of drinking were normalised through the Covid pandemic, charities and medical staff have said. more

The UK will hand over three more M270 MLRS multi-barrel rocket launchers to Ukraine, as well as a "significant number" of missiles used to fire such weapons, British Defence Minister Ben Wallace declared, as quoted by the BBC's Ukrainian service.more

The Met Office has issued a four-day amber extreme heat warning, meaning vulnerable people's health could be impacted and travel could be disrupted. more

The number of babies born to mothers who are unmarried or not in a civil partnership has overtaken the number being born to mothers in such relationships for the first time on record, birth registration data shows.more

UK Foreign Minister Liz Truss has instructed Chinese ambassador to London, Zheng Zeguang, to be summoned to explain his country's actions in connection with the maneuvers around Taiwan and Beijing's "aggressive rhetoric", which, according to the head of the British Foreign Ministry, is a threat to peace and stability in the region.more

Hosepipe bans are being introduced in some parts of southern England and Wales after unseasonably dry weather. People living in these areas will not be allowed to use hosepipes to water lawns or plants, to clean cars or fill paddling pools.more

Derby and Inverness have been named the two best places for a wallet-friendly drink.more

The United Kingdom is planning power cuts to industry and households in the winter, when cold weather may coincide with a shortage of gas, Reuters reported, citing a Bloomberg News report.more

A landlord who refused to provide a kitchen for a tenant must pay out £40,000 for breaching his property licence. more