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A former British paratrooper will stand trial in the killing of two civil rights protesters during a massacre, where British soldiers shot 13 protesters during a protest march in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland.
2023-12-14

The Cabinet Office announces that eight British towns will become cities as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. The new cities are Milton Keynes, Colchester, and Doncaster in England, Dunfermline in Scotland, Wrexham in Wales, and Bangor in Northern Ireland, as well as Stanley, Falkland Islands, and Douglas, Isle of Man, which become the first towns in the British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies, respectively, to receive city status.
2022-05-20

At least seventeen people are killed in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom as Storm Eunice impacts northwestern Europe. Millions are also left without power.
2022-02-18

The United Kingdom formally launches a visa scheme allowing all Hong Kong residents with British National (Overseas) passports (BNO), and their "immediate dependents", to fast-track their UK citizenship. At least 300,000 people are expected to apply. In response, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China says that it will "no longer recognise" BNO passports as legal travel documents.
2021-01-31

The United Kingdom's economy officially enters recession for the first time since 2009, according to Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
2020-08-12

British music journalism magazine "New Musical Express" (NME) issues its final print edition after 66 years, becoming a purely digital medium.
2018-03-9

Mount Hope, in a disputed region of Antarctica, is found to be the highest mountain in territory claimed by the United Kingdom. Ben Nevis in Scotland is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom.
2017-12-11

Heavy snowfall causes extensive disruption in the United Kingdom.
2013-01-18

The President of Turkey, Abdullah Gül, commences a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
2011-11-20

Old people are using Facebook in the United Kingdom more and more according to Nielsen.
2011-06-27