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British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps confirms reports by Russian officials that a Challenger 2 tank was destroyed in Ukraine, marking the first loss of the model on the battlefield.
2023-09-6

The British government bans far-right Danish activist Rasmus Paludan from entering the United Kingdom over a threat to burn a Quran in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
2023-03-20

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab self-isolates for two weeks under government and NHS rules after recently being in "close contact" with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
2020-11-5

After the United Kingdom ignored their demands made in early September to scrap the Internal Market Bill by the end of the month, the European Commission sends a letter to the government of the United Kingdom informing them of its intent to pursue international legal action over the bill, which the European Union claims violates international law by overriding article four of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
2020-10-1

Following a deal brokered by the British and Irish governments, the Northern Ireland Executive is restored with Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster as First Minister and Sinn Féin deputy leader Michelle O'Neill as deputy First Minister, ending three years of political deadlock. The previous government had collapsed in 2017 as the result of a renewable energy scandal involving Foster.
2020-01-11

The Coca-Cola Company agrees to buy British multinational coffeehouse Costa Coffee for £3.9 billion.
2018-08-31

The UK government's independent reviewer of terrorism laws is to probe the arrest of David Miranda.
2013-08-22

The UK government is defeated in the House of Commons over its negotiating position on the EU budget, with MPs calling for a cut in spending.
2012-10-31

MPs vote for a government proposal to establish a Parliamentary Committee to investigate the scandal, but an opposition motion for a judge-led inquiry is rejected.
2012-07-5

The Government of the United Kingdom looks for ways to stop News International taking over BSkyB as evidence emerges that senior executives mounted a cover-up of the News of the World phone hacking affair.
2011-07-10