English Legal Sources Available through BLS Library: News

News Now: UK Law culls U.K. legal news from thousands of websites.

Lexis+ > Go to Lexis+ > click left-frame option: Legal News Hub.  Click: All Sections to link to Law360 pull-down menu: UK.  BLS researchers can select these Law360 UK topics:

Tip: At subscription Law360.com UK, it appears that BLS researchers can only access "Top Stories."  Use Lexis+ Legal News Hub > All sections > UK  to obtain the text of additional Law360 UK legal news stories/analysis.

Westlaw database: United Kingdom Current Awareness describes legal and regulatory developments in the U.K.  Searchable.  BLS researchers also can select narrower databases:

Bills, Cases, Company/Commercial, Constitutional & Administrative Law, Corporate Business Highlights, Criminal Justice, Employment, European Union, Family/Social Welfare, Finance & Banking, Human Rights, Human Rights Highlights, Immigration, Insolvency, Intellectual Property/Communications Media Highlights, International Law, Legal Profession, Legislation, Litigation Highlights, Newspapers & Journals, Planning & Environment, Property, Shipping, Tax, Torts and Official Publications & Press Releases.

Newer Westlaw database: https://lawschool.westlaw.com > click link at top of screen: Westlaw, TWEN, Practical Law... > in pull-down menu, select: Westlaw UK Edge (which links to Westlaw Edge UK).

Tab: Current Awareness pull-down menu links to:

Current Awareness Search, Most recently added and Best of the last 5 days.

Thomson Reuters Practical Law: UK Home > Legal Updates  Searchable.  BLS researchers also can select a specific practice area.

Lexis+ > Go to Lexis+ > Explore Content: News > International by Geography > Europe.  Post-search filters support narrowing results by subjects and sources.   

Lexis+ > Go to Lexis+ > Explore Content: News > International by Country and Region > England & Wales or United Kingdom. 

Scan headlines at The Times (London).  BLS researchers can find the text of many stories published in The Times (London), including today's stories, through path: Lexis+ > Go to Lexis+ > type in search box: the times london > click: The Times (London)  To view the most recent stories, click here.

Also, BLS students, faculty and administrators can create their own accounts in FT.com (= Financial Times).  To register for an account, follow the link to register in BLS Library's SARA catalog record for FT.com. 

GOV.UK includes:

Brexit Guidance

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Government Activity: News & Communications