Sources: BBC
Lockdown restrictions in England are relaxed as new COVID-19 laws enter force, formally ending the government's "stay at home" order, allowing the resumption of outdoor sports, and allowing people to meet in groups of up to six outdoors. 2021-03-29
The United Kingdom reports their first cases of the Lineage P.1 variant first detected in Manaus, Brazil in three people from England and three people from Scotland. 2021-02-28
Four people are killed and another injured by an explosion at a wastewater treatment works in Avonmouth, Bristol, England, United Kingdom. 2020-12-3
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces that gyms, bars, and non-essential shops across England will be allowed to reopen when the lockdown ends on December 2. The three-tiered regional measures will return at the same time, but with tighter rules. 2020-11-23
The British government bans gatherings of more than six people in England starting September 14, with some exceptions, amid a rise in cases, which hit nearly 3,000 on Sunday. 2020-09-8
The bomb cyclone claims another victim, bringing the death toll to three. 198 flood warnings have been placed across England. 2020-02-16
Storm Brian, the third windstorm of the season, causes severe flash flooding in Ireland and coastal flooding in parts of England and Wales, although disruption is not as severe as initially expected. 2017-10-21
The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency arrests a man as a suspected hacker in western England in connection with a June 15, 2014 cyber attack on the messaging service used by employees at the U.S. Department of Defense. 2015-03-6
The United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office is investigating claims that a man from the English city of Manchester has been killed in the 2011 Libyan civil war. 2011-03-4
Eurotunnel has "apologised profusely" after train passengers brought to Calais, France, through the Channel Tunnel are locked into their carriages upon arrival and immediately returned to Kent, England. 2010-08-4