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The Civil Aviation Authority approves SaxaVord Spaceport on the Scottish island of Unst as the United Kingdom's first spaceport for vertical rocket launches. The first launches are expected to take place in 2024.
2023-12-17

UK Home Secretary Priti Patel and French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin announce an agreement to curb illegal migrant crossings in the English Channel. As part of the measures, costing the UK an additional 31.4 million euro, French border patrol officers will double their patrols on French beaches beginning next week, while enhancing surveillance, including increasing the use of drones to detect migrant boats.
2020-11-28

France reports 2,288 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. It is the biggest daily spike since the end of May and the first time in months that the number of cases has surpassed 2,000, prompting fears that the United Kingdom will add the country onto its quarantine list.
2020-08-7

UK Foreign Minister Dominic Raab announces that the United Kingdom will "immediately and indefinitely" suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong over the controversial national security law.
2020-07-20

The European Court of Human Rights rules that the United Kingdom breached provisions in the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to mass surveillance practices exposed by American whistleblower Edward Snowden.
2018-09-13

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

Wonga, the largest payday lender in the United Kingdom, collapses into administration.
2018-08-30

Sajid Javid becomes the United Kingdom's Home Secretary following the resignation of Amber Rudd over the Windrush scandal. He is the first Home Secretary from an ethnic minority background.
2018-04-30

A 24-year-old British tourist is found dead in a houseboat in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
2013-04-6

The United Kingdom and France sign a deal to improve cooperation on nuclear energy.
2012-02-17