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The United Kingdom's Department for Transport approves Ford Motor Company's hands-free driving vehicles on 2,300 miles (3,700 km) of motorways in England, Scotland and Wales. The UK becomes the first European country to approve hands-free driving technology on public roads.
2023-04-14

Winds gusting up to 100 miles per hour have been recorded over much of the United Kingdom and Ireland, causing widespread damage and disruption.
2020-02-9

Pizza Express, a UK-based chain with 470 restaurants, including 150 overseas, reportedly hires financial advisors ahead of talks with its creditors. The business is £1.1 billion in debt and has made a loss for two consecutive years. It employs around 14,000 people.
2019-10-7

Venezuelan activist Tamara Sujú visits London to ask the United Kingdom, and specifically Dominic Raab, to pressure the International Criminal Court to investigate claims of torture and human rights abuses by the Nicolás Maduro government.
2019-08-12

British-American cruise operator Carnival Corporation & PLC is fined $20 million for environmental violations.
2019-06-4

The Putin administration gives the government of the United Kingdom one month to reduce its diplomatic missions' sizes to mirror those of the Russian ones in Britain.
2018-03-30

The Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the Norman conquest of England, is to be displayed in the United Kingdom for the first time after French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to loan it out for the first time in 950 years. Subject to the outcome of tests, the loan is expected to happen somewhere after 2020.
2018-01-17

According to "The Guardian", the September disclosed hack attack at United Kingdom accounting firm Deloitte compromised a server with emails of some 350 clients, including U.S. government agencies and large corporations. Deloitte disputes the story, saying "very few" clients were affected.
2017-10-10

The Church of England ordains Libby Lane as their first female bishop, at York Minster, United Kingdom.
2015-01-26

An international operation against a major drug trafficking gang deals "a major blow" as 26 people are arrested in Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom, including a capo di tutti capi.
2010-05-25