Rescuers race to herd whales away from military exercise in Scotland
Rescuers are racing to herd a group of whales out of a Scottish loch ahead of major military exercises that conservationists fear could distress the giant cetaceans.
Politics
EU takes action over UK's blow to Brexit bill
The European Union launched a legal case against the United Kingdom on Thursday for undercutting their earlier divorce deal and a senior UK minister said differences remained in talks on a post-Brexit trade agreement.
Send them to Moldova? Build a sea wall? UK's asylum 'brainstorm' under fire
The British government came under fire on Thursday after newspapers revealed it had studied housing asylum seekers on disused oil rigs, banishing them to camps in Moldova or Papua New Guinea, or building floating walls in the sea to keep them out.
EU official denies FT Tweets on Brexit trade talks breakthrough
No "landing zones" are in sight in EU-UK trade talks, an official with the bloc said on Thursday after sterling gained on Tweets by a Financial Times reporter quoting officials in London noting progress on the state aid provisions to ensure fair competition.
UK-EU trade talks conducted in constructive spirit, says PM's spokesman
Negotiations between Britain and the European Union were conducted in a constructive spirit and London is working hard to secure a deal, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday.
Prince Harry and Meghan tell Britain: end 'structural racism'
Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have called for an end to "structural racism", saying it holds back young people of colour, in their latest foray into politically sensitive issues usually avoided by the British royal family.
UK to exclude Chinese students from sensitive subjects - Times
Britain is to tighten rules about which subjects foreign students can study at its universities in a move to prevent the theft of intellectual property by Chinese students, the Times newspaper reported on Thursday.
Red tape for firms is price of leaving 'anti-science' EU, Gove says
Britain should celebrate its looming break from the "anti-science and anti-innovation" approach of the European Union even if it costs its industry more in red tape, the government's Brexit supremo Michael Gove said on Thursday.
Weekly COVID-19 cases up 61% in England - test and trace scheme
There was a 61% increase in positive COVID-19 cases in England's latest weekly data, with more than four times the number of cases recorded as there were at the end of August, the health service's test and trace scheme said on Thursday.
EU's Barnier says Brexit divorce deal an 'absolute priority' for EU
The Brexit divorce deal agreed last year must fully enter force and is a top priority for the bloc as it looks to forge a new relationship with Britain, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator said on Thursday.