Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn | Biodiversity
The global attack on nature is threatening the UK’s national security, government intelligence chiefs have warned, as the…
Balance tilting towards UK hauliers
After years of competing on an uneven post-Brexit playing field, UK international hauliers are entering 2026 with structural…
Prison officer jailed after having sex with inmate in ‘chapel area’
Dale, from Portsmouth, started working at HMP Coldingley – her first and only posting – in September 2021.…
UK to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius despite Trump’s taunts, No 10 says | Chagos Islands
The UK will press ahead with plans to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius despite Donald Trump…
Home Office ‘backs’ asylum seekers site for tiny North Wales village
Wrexham Council objected but says their appeal against move was rejected by UK panel 17:02, 20 Jan 2026Updated…
UK approves Chinese embassy in London despite fears over security, protests | Construction News
The British government has given China approval to build the largest embassy in Europe in London eight years…
Man not guilty of killing Grindr date during ‘high-risk’ sex, but convicted of intentional strangulation or suffocation and GBH
Josh Baxter went on trial following Michael Barron’s death 16:03, 20 Jan 2026Updated 16:51, 20 Jan 2026 Michael…
Trump says U.K. return of Chagos Islands to Mauritius is reason to acquire Greenland : NPR
This image released by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia. U.S. Navy/via AP hide…
Prince Harry ‘clutching at straws’ with claim against Mail publisher, court told
Maia Daviesand Imogen James & Tom Symonds,Royal Courts of Justice EPA Prince Harry was present for the second…
Trump punishes Starmer with bombshell Chagos intervention – POLITICO
U.S. officials have received representations from Nigel Farage, the populist leader of Reform UK, and Tory figures, including…
We’re all friends really? Trump’s not-so-useful idiot Mike Johnson drops in on MPs | John Crace
So. That went well, then. A day after Keir Starmer gently pointed out that the US would be…
High stakes in the High North
Image generated using Artificial Intelligence Welcome to the 73rd Cable, our weekly roundup of British foreign and defence…