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Ex-BBC anchor Huw Edwards to be sentenced over indecent child images
British broadcaster Huw Edwards, one of the most recognisable faces on UK television, is due to be sentenced Monday over indecent photographs of children, capping a stunning fall from stardom
UK far-right spreading false claims about violence in Bangladesh
Videos and posts, many of them misleading or false, about attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh have been getting shares from accounts on social media controlled by individuals on the far-right in the United Kingdom, the BBC reported
Labour MP Tulip Siddiq being investigated over property income
Tulip Siddiq, a British Bangladeshi Labour Party lawmaker and a minister, is being investigated by the UK parliament's standards watchdog over a failure to register rental income on a London property
UK appoints Tulip Siddiq as city minister
She would be responsible for overseeing the financial services sector, reports Bloomberg News
Starmer goes to Washington on first foreign trip as UK PM
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer jets off to Washington this week for his first steps on the world stage, just days after taking office following a landslide election victory
World leaders react to Labour's sweeping victory in UK election
Keir Starmer will be Britain's next prime minister after his centre-left Labour Party won a huge majority in a parliamentary election, defeating Rishi Sunak's Conservatives and ending their 14 years of often tumultuous rule. Here are some reactions to the news
New PM Starmer pledges to rebuild Britain after years of chaos
Britain's new prime minister Keir Starmer pledged on Friday to use his massive electoral majority to rebuild the country, saying he wanted to take the heat out of politics after years of upheaval and strife
UK polls: Tulip, Rushanara among four reelected
Four Bangladesh-origin candidates -- Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, Rushanara Ali, Rupa Huq and Apsana Begum -- have been elected as Labour Party lawmakers in the UK parliament
Queen Elizabeth declines 'Oldie of the Year' award
Britain's 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth, who has reigned over her nation for almost seven decades, says she feels too young at heart to be awarded the title "Oldie of the Year", an aide has revealed.
UK PM sets out green ambitions with some caveats
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday set out his ambition for a green revolution that would force Western economies to kick their centuries old addiction to fossil fuels.
UK to beef up lawmakers’ security
Britain’s interior minister yesterday said MPs’ security would be beefed up, after a lawmaker was stabbed to death as he held a public meeting with constituents, in the second such attack in five years.
Darwin family microscope to be sold at auction
A microscope Charles Darwin gave his son Leonard and which has remained in the family for nearly 200 years is headed for auction in December, and is expected to fetch up to $480,000.
As COP looms, Prince William awards debut Earthshot Prize
Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson Prince William will bestow his inaugural “Earthshot” environmental prize at a gala ceremony yesterday, after a buildup marked by royal displeasure at world leaders’ inaction on climate change.
Incident ‘a terrorist incident’
The fatal stabbing of British lawmaker David Amess was a terrorist incident, police said yesterday, as MPs pressed for tougher security in the wake of the second killing of a UK politician while meeting constituents in just over five years.
Police term British MP’s murder ‘terrorist act’
A long-serving member of Parliament was stabbed to death Friday during a meeting with constituents at a church in England, in what police said was a terrorist incident. A 25-year-old man was arrested in connection with the attack, which united Britain’s fractious politicians in shock and sorrow.
British MP stabbed to death in church
A British lawmaker from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party was stabbed to death yesterday in a church by a man who attacked him at a meeting with voters from his electoral district.
UK ruling-party lawmaker stabbed to death in church
A British lawmaker in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party was stabbed to death on Friday in a church by a man who walked into a meeting with voters from his electoral district.
Targeted attack on car: UK MP Tulip to ‘remain defiant’
British Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has said she is “remaining defiant” after her car was vandalised in a targeted attack outside her family home, The Guardian reports.