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Indian multinational company Tata Steel announces the closure of both its blast furnaces in Port Talbot, Wales, with the loss of around 3,000 jobs across the United Kingdom, in what trade unions are calling a "worst-case scenario" for workers.
2024-01-18

Four people are injured, two of whom later died after a stampede at Nigerian singer Asake's concert at the Brixton Academy in London, United Kingdom.
2022-12-16

British broadcasting regulator Ofcom revokes the license of China Global Television Network (CGTN), an English-language Chinese news network, after concluding the network was "ultimately controlled" by the Chinese Communist Party. China responds to the move by accusing BBC News of spreading "fake news" about COVID-19.
2021-02-4

The government of the United Kingdom announces that a review will be introduced Thursday of the rail franchise system amid criticism of its efficacy.
2018-09-15

UK media regulator Ofcom launches investigations into RT over possible breaches of impartiality rules in its coverage of the poisoning. Ofcom warns producer TV Novosti it may be forced to cease UK broadcasting.
2018-04-18

HSBC announces plans to cut 8,000 jobs in the United Kingdom, one-sixth of its U.K. workforce, via "natural attrition" as it restructures its banking business. A total of 25,000 jobs could be axed globally.
2015-06-9

The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, arrives in the United Kingdom for a state visit, the first to the UK by an Irish Head of State.
2014-04-7

British-based bank HSBC will pay U.S. authorities $1.9 billion in a settlement over money laundering for drug cartels and countries under sanctions, the largest ever such penalty.
2012-12-11

The UK's military operation in Iraq will officially end at midnight, after the Royal Navy completes its training of Iraqi sailors.
2011-05-22

The United Kingdom's oldest person, a Gateshead great-great grandmother, dies at the age of 111. She would have been 112 next month.
2010-07-19