'I'd never watched the Olympics' - Evans on gymnastics fame

British gymnast Ruby Evans speaks to BBC Sport about how she copes with fame and followers ahead of the 2026 European Artistic Gymastics Championships.

What to Know About Thursday’s Special Election in Clacton: Farage vs. Binface

Nigel Farage, the right-wing populist leader, forced a by-election in his parliamentary seat of Clacton after he came under pressure over his financial declarations.

By Michael D. Shear

FTSE 100 Live: UK Stocks Set to Join in Global Rally, Pound Steadies

By Kit Rees, Morwenna Coniam and Abigail Tobias

Beating ‘Binface’ may not save Trump ally Farage, as scandal mars populist’s image

The election demanded by Reform UK's leader, who faces corruption accusations, has turned into a punch line after major parties dismissed it as a stunt and declined to field candidates.

By Steve Hendrix

‘At any moment I might fade out’: archives reveal fearless era of land speed record breakers

Unseen material gives insight into how death-defying attempts by drivers made impact on public imagination With the Bonneville salt flats in Utah echoing to the sound of a new land speed record achieved by a British team, the timing could not be more apposite. The historical legacy of the challenge of pushing the envelope of pace is being dusted down and made public in the form of an extraordinary archive from more than a century of record-breaking machines and their singularly driven pilots....

By Giles Richards

UK ‘in free fall’ on free speech, expert warns as British MP brands Trump admin grant 'MAGA money meddling'

The U.S. Embassy in London is offering up to $500,000 for projects promoting Anglo-American principles including freedom of speech, limited government and the rule of law.

Farage face off against Count Binface: "He's been the subject to many jokes in the UK"

Polls opened Thursday in an eastern England by-election that pits hard-right leader Nigel Farage - often touted as a potential future British prime minister - against perennial joke candidate Count Binface in a vote shunned by the country's main political parties."If Count Binface does well in this election, it's not going to look good for Nigel Farage", Philip Turle explains.

By FRANCE24

'I'd never watched the Olympics' - Evans on gymnastics fame

British gymnast Ruby Evans speaks to BBC Sport about how she copes with fame and followers ahead of the 2026 European Artistic Gymastics Championships.

‘Stranger Things’ Star Noah Schnapp to Make Stage Debut in London (EXCLUSIVE)

From the Upside Down of Hawkins to the boards of London. Noah Schnapp, best known as Will Byers in “Stranger Things,” is set to make his world stage debut in the British capital. The actor, who became a household name thanks to the Netflix phenomenon, is adding theater to his resume as the star of […]

By Alex Ritman

‘The State of Us’ Directors on Platforming Positive Masculinity and Making a Gut-Wrenching British Indie: “You Have to Beg, Borrow and Steal”

Ollie Gardner and Jake Harvey come to Edinburgh, Callum Scott Howells and Samuel Bottomley in tow, with a Pippa Cross-backed movie about the unspoken intimacy of male friendship: "We [need to] start showing young men that you can love another man and it can be platonic and a really beautiful thing."

By Lily Ford

Maharashtra anti-conversion law cases: One arrested, British national gets ad interim anticipatory bail

What our histories owe to the food that we eat

Given that we celebrate Independence Day in August, it becomes fashionable to villainise the British

Reform UK’s Farage faces off against Count Binface in election

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Voters cast their ballots on Thursday in a local English election pitting Nigel Farage against his main challenger, a comedian dressed as a trash can, in a test of opposition to the Reform UK leader’s brand of populist politics. After weeks of facing accusations that he failed […]

Guz Khan & Kiell Smith-Bynoe Fronting Audible Comedy Podcast ‘Guz And Kiell Will Not Survive’

EXCLUSIVE: Brit actors, comedians and pals Guz Khan and Kiell Smith-Bynoe have been set by Audible for podcast Guz and Kiell Will Not Survive. Across six episodes, the self-proclaimed survival novices are guided through a series of choose-your-own-adventure survival scenarios taking from the frozen wilderness of Lapland to the Australian Outback. The duo will “make […]

By Andreas Wiseman

Voters go to polls in Clacton by-election triggered by Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage faces 33 opponents despite the main Westminster parties boycotting a contest which they view as a stunt by the Reform UK leader

By David Hughes

Voters go to polls in Clacton by-election

Polls have opened in the Clacton by-election as Nigel Farage attempts to retain his seat in a highly unusual contest.

Can UK's hard-right Farage bin financial probe with by-election win?

Nigel Farage – leader of the anti-immigration Reform UK party – will be fighting for his parliamentary seat on Thursday, going head to head with parody candidate Count Binface in snap polls. The by-election was called after Farage resigned amid a probe into his finances. But the surprise move threatens to backfire as none of the major political parties has fielded a candidate.

By RFI

Farage and Count Binface go head-to-head in snap UK poll

Farage vs Count Binface: Everything you need to know about Clacton's surreal byelection

Nigel Farage called the election as he faced a watchdog’s probe, leading other mainstream parties to boycott the vote.

Elastica announce expanded deluxe reissue of classic self-titled debut album

"After 30 years, to see these songs still hold meaning for people is very special to us" The post Elastica announce expanded deluxe reissue of classic self-titled debut album appeared first on NME.

By Poppy Burton

Justice minister rejects UK's plan of sending its prisoners to Estonia

Justice Minister Liisa Pakosta rejected the idea of taking in prisoners from the United Kingdom to help ease the overcrowding crisis in British prisons.

Throw back, August 4, 1974: Historic feat as Ghana changed over to driving on the right

It is exactly 52 years since Ghana made the bold decision to ditch some inherited legacy of the British colonial system by switching from driving on the left to driving on the right.

By Abubakar Ibrahim