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In tennis, Emma Raducanu of Great Britain defeats Leylah Fernandez of Canada, 6–4, 6–3, in the final of the women's singles to become the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam title.
2021-09-11

A United States Air Force 48th Fighter Wing F-15 Eagle based at RAF Lakenheath, England crashes into the North Sea, 74 mi off the East Yorkshire coast, killing the pilot.
2020-06-15

One Dutch person and two Afghans are remanded in custody for manslaughter and assistance to illegal immigrants staying in France, after they sold places in inflatable boats for them to reach Great Britain, causing the death of an Iranian woman on 9 August.
2019-10-11

Without peer-review publication researchers at London's Natural History Museum state that the DNA extracted from "Cheddar Man" reveals that early inhabitants of Great Britain had blue eyes and dark skin. The name "Cheddar Man" was given to a fossil of a human man that lived thousands of years ago, which was discovered in 1903. Some scientists in the field state that the sample may have been contaminated with modern DNA weakening the results.
2018-02-7

A winter storm hits Europe with 330,000 people in France losing power, thousands of people in Great Britain evacuated and travel disrupted.
2017-01-13

An Australian court orders British consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser to stop selling several versions of the popular painkiller, Nurofen, that were identical to its standard ibuprofen pills but nearly twice as expensive.
2015-12-14

Five members of the NATO-led coalition die and five others are injured in a non-combat helicopter crash in Kabul. The Associated Press reported the chopper collided with a monitoring balloon on landing. Nationalities weren't identified by NATO's Resolute Support; the British said two were Royal Air Force personnel.
2015-10-11

The central banks of the European Union, Great Britain, and the People's Republic of China, in what appears to be a co-ordinated action, each loosen their respective monetary systems.
2012-07-5

The Irish Aviation Authority closes Donegal Airport, cancels at least two flights and announces the closure of all airspace in Ireland on Monday due to Icelandic volcanic ash, while British Airports, including some in Scotland, may also be affected due to continued eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull volcano.
2010-05-3

British confectionery maker Cadbury is to be purchased by American company Kraft Foods for £11.5 billion (850 pence per share).
2010-01-19