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The United Kingdom launches its UK Emergency Alert System, sending a test emergency population warning to all 4G and 5G mobile phones for the first time. Many people do not receive the alert, particularly users of the Three mobile network. The Cabinet Office acknowledges that the emergency alert did not reach some people, saying that it is "reviewing the test".
2023-04-23

The United Kingdom adds Turkey, the Maldives and Nepal to its "red list" of countries, where travellers will be required to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days upon their return to the UK at their own expense. Twelve countries are also added to the government's "green list", including Portugal and Israel. This new "traffic light system" will take effect on May 17, when international travel is no longer illegal.
2021-05-7

California reports its first case of a more contagious variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom in a patient from Southern California.
2020-12-30

Jordan reports their first two cases of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a couple who travelled from the United Kingdom.
2020-12-27

The United Kingdom reports 1,062 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. It is the first time that the country has recorded more than 1,000 new cases since late June.
2020-08-9

A British yachtsman falls overboard from "Sun Hung Kai-Scallywag". A search and rescue operation launches, with one ship diverting from over 400 nautical miles away.
2018-03-26

The United Kingdom reopens its embassy in Somalia 22 years after it closed as a result of the chaos after the fall of Mohamed Siad Barre's government and subsequent Somali Civil War.
2013-04-25

The Crown Prosecution Service decides that computer hacker Gary McKinnon will face no charges in the United Kingdom over his activities.
2012-12-14

Four European nations (the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Portugal) circulate a draft United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the Government of Syria for its recent crackdown on protesters.
2011-08-2

Tony Blair appears at the Iraq Inquiry and is questioned in public for the first time about his decision to take the United Kingdom to war against Iraq.
2010-01-29