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Austrian painter Gustav Klimt's last completed oil painting, "Lady with a Fan", sets a new European art auction record when an unnamed art dealer buys it for £85.3 million (US$108.4M), including the buyer's premium, at Sotheby's in London, UK.
2023-06-27

The Rugby Football Union confirms that Wasps have been suspended for the remainder of the season and are relegated to the RFU Championship, the second tier of the English rugby union system, next season after the team had entered administration earlier in the month for reaching more than £100 million in debt.
2022-10-28

A consortium between Mohsin and Zuber Issa, owners of the British-based retailer Euro Garages, and the private equity firm TDR Capital acquire a majority stake in the supermarket chain Asda worth £6.8 billion (US$8.7 billion) from American retailer Walmart. Walmart will maintain a minority shareholding.
2020-10-2

The pound sterling weakens after the European Union says the ongoing trade negotiation between the UK and the EU would be "put at risk" if the United Kingdom failed to "withdraw or amend" its Internal Market Bill before the end of this month. The UK replies that it has "the right to overrule parts" of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
2020-09-10

A study commissioned by the UK government concludes marine plastic debris may treble within ten years, and predicts the "ocean economy" will double to US$3 trillion (£2 trillion) by 2030.
2018-03-20

Former HBOS manager Lynden Scourfield and other bankers and consultants are found guilty of corruption and abuse of power in stealing £245 million from the bank and small businesses in a loans scam, which was spent on personal luxuries. Scourfield was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
2017-02-2

UK Prime Minister Theresa May and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sign a £100 million defense deal to build new fighter jets. Under the deal, BAE Systems will collaborate with Turkish companies to build the TAI TFX.
2017-01-28

The United Kingdom's Iraq Inquiry resumes after a break for the general election, with Douglas Brand as the first witness.
2010-06-29

Eligible voters in the United Kingdom general election, 2010 who are living in New Zealand are the latest to be disenfranchised as anger grows over the disfranchisement of citizens living in the UK who were queuing to vote as polls closed.
2010-05-8

Gloria De Piero, the former GMTV newsreader, wins the Ashfield constituency for the Labour party with a majority of just 192.
2010-05-7