https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/en-ieRTÉ 2026-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:52:11 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/1001/1593720-john-burke-killing/A prolific burglar who headbutted and killed an 86-year-old Irish man as he tried to protect his 91-year-old wife has been jailed for 18 years.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:46:48 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/1001/1593720-john-burke-killing/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1001/1593714-raf-fairford-incident/A dual UK-Iranian national has become the sixth person to be arrested in connection with the suspected RAF Fairford terror plot.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:11:58 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1001/1593714-raf-fairford-incident/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593495-blind-man-bayeux-tapestry/The British Museum is facing legal action over its Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, with lawyers representing a blind man alleging the museum is breaching equalities laws ⁠by not providing audio described tours.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:51:44 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593495-blind-man-bayeux-tapestry/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593430-burnham-comment/He didn't say, "Let's rejoin the EU". He didn't even say, "Let's join the single market". But Andy Burnham did tell his first Labour Party Conference as UK Prime Minister that Brexit has not given Britain back control, and that it has done more harm than good to the UK economy.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 02:48:41 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593430-burnham-comment/Analysis and Commenthttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0930/1593556-fairford-terror-plot/British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said there are "strong indications" Iran played a part in a suspected terror plot near RAF Fairford.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:59:27 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0930/1593556-fairford-terror-plot/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0930/1593561-esther-rantzen/British broadcaster and campaigner Esther Rantzen has died at the age of 86, her family said in a statement.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:12:30 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0930/1593561-esther-rantzen/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0929/1593417-burnham-brexit-eu/UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham faces pressure to commit Labour to rejoining the EU after he promised to look at all options for a closer relationship with the bloc.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:53:53 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0929/1593417-burnham-brexit-eu/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0929/1593290-uk-air-base/One of the men arrested over a suspected terror plot near an RAF base used by the US called the police in the early hours of Sunday, it is understood.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 04:28:32 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0929/1593290-uk-air-base/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593445-burnham-brexit/French President Emmanuel Macron has reacted to UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham floating the idea of Britain rejoining the European Union by saying in English: "Welcome back."Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:43:04 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593445-burnham-brexit/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0927/1593110-uk-air-base/British police arrested five men near a US air base on suspicion of explosive and terrorism offences after a tip-off that three vans had been heading to the military airfield which has been used to strike Iran.Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:33:30 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0927/1593110-uk-air-base/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0925/1592909-tommo-charge/Far-right activist Daniel Thomas - known to his supporters as Danny Tommo - is to appear in court in England charged with criminal damage after allegedly slashing a boat in the English Channel with an emergency responder on board.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:57:30 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0925/1592909-tommo-charge/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0928/1593192-what-is-known-about-arrests-at-us-airbase-in-britain/Five men were arrested near RAF Fairford after reports of suspicious vehicles sparked a major security operation.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:14:27 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0928/1593192-what-is-known-about-arrests-at-us-airbase-in-britain/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0927/1593024-labour-party-conference/Andy Burnham's aim is to fix an image in the minds of the British voters that will clearly define Labour in relation to its main challenger - Nigel Farage's Reform UK.Sun, 27 Sep 2026 07:01:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0927/1593024-labour-party-conference/Analysis and Commenthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0924/1592869-mosaic-world-record/A British farm has broken its own world record for the largest squash mosaic, using 10,000 pumpkins and squashes to create a mosiac of David Attenborough.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:52:08 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0924/1592869-mosaic-world-record/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0923/1592630-evacuation-wwii-bomb/An evacuation of more than 300 homes was under way after a suspected unexploded World War II device was found off the coast of Cornwall, England.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:28:42 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2026/0923/1592630-evacuation-wwii-bomb/News Lenshttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0922/1592451-charles-spencer-diana-book/Journalist and presenter Piers Morgan has vowed to press ahead with suing Charles Spencer despite the author apologising over an error in his book about his late sister Diana.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 06:55:52 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0922/1592451-charles-spencer-diana-book/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0928/1593169-raf-terror-plot/Five British men arrested over a potential terror plot near an RAF airbase are being released on police bail, the UK's head of Counter Terrorism Policing has said.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:30:07 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0928/1593169-raf-terror-plot/UK