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King Charles III and Queen Camilla are crowned in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom.
2023-05-6

The United Kingdom and France sign a revised border control agreement to stop migrant boats from crossing the English Channel amid record numbers of migrants making the crossing. The agreement will increase the number of officers patrolling the French coast to 300 and have British police officers work with their French counterparts in control rooms and on beaches.
2022-11-14

Three people are killed in the United Kingdom as Storm Arwen hits the British Isles. Widespread damage and travel disruptions are reported in Scotland and North East England, with 100,000 people losing power.
2021-11-27

The number of people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in the United Kingdom surpasses 20 million.
2021-05-16

A panel of scientists that advises the British government announces that a variant first discovered in the United Kingdom is 30% more deadly than the original SARS-CoV-2 virus.
2021-01-22

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces that her party will draft legislation for a new referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom before Scotland's parliament election next year.
2020-09-1

British department store retailer Debenhams files for administration due to "unprecedented" circumstances caused by the United Kingdom's coronavirus lockdown.
2020-04-6

Ecuador announces the discovery of a bugging device used to listen in on its embassy in the United Kingdom. Ecuador's foreign minister Ricardo Patiño declares it as "another instance of a loss of ethics at the international level in relations between governments".
2013-07-3

Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister, dies of a stroke at the age of 87 in London.
2013-04-8

In the United Kingdom, Chancellor George Osborne outlines a Comprehensive Spending Review which will see the biggest spending cuts in decades, totalling £81bn, with welfare, local government and police particularly affected.
2010-10-20