Stephen Castle

Bird flu has infected a sheep in Britain in what the government on Monday described as the first case of its kind reported anywhere in the world. While avian influenza had already been detected in cattle and other mammals, including […]

Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s former first minister and once one of Britain’s most prominent politicians, is no longer being investigated over allegations of embezzlement at the Scottish National Party, which she led until two years ago. The Scottish police, in a

Britain’s center-left government outlined plans on Tuesday to curb rising welfare costs as it attempts to juggle a difficult set of competing objectives: saving public money, incentivizing work and protecting the most vulnerable. The announcement follows weeks of tense internal

What did Prime Minister Keir Starmer say about England’s health service? In a speech on Thursday, Mr. Starmer made a surprise announcement that N.H.S. England was to be scrapped. That definitely does not mean the abolition of Britain’s National Health

Three Bulgarians have been found guilty of spying for Russia in Britain and across continental Europe as part of one of the largest Russian espionage rings ever uncovered by the British police. During a three-year period, the group, led by

The anti-immigration party led by Nigel Farage said on Friday it had referred one of its lawmakers to the police for allegedly threatening a senior colleague, in the biggest crisis to hit Britain’s insurgent right-wing party since its success in