Sources: BBC
Three people, including two British tourists, are killed in an avalanche near Val-d'Isère, France. 2026-02-13
Thai King Vajiralongkorn commutes the death sentence of two Burmese nationals convicted of the rape and murder of two British backpackers in 2014 in Ko Tao. The royal decree was issued to commemorate the birthday of the King, on July 28, to "illustrate the king's clemency". The pair now serve life in prison. 2020-08-15
British Muslim convert Safiyya Shaikh is sentenced to life imprisonment for plotting to suicide bomb St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London. 2020-07-3
The United States conducts airstrikes targeting Kuwaiti-British militant Jihadi John. Later, the U.S. says it is "reasonably certain" a drone strike in Syria killed Jihadi John, né Mohammed Emwazi. 2015-11-13
Turkish police detain two British journalists from "Vice News" covering unrest in southeastern Turkey. 2015-08-28
Celebrity British lawyer Amal Clooney files a case in the United Nations on behalf of former Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. 2015-03-9
Islamic State releases a video purporting to show the beheading of British aid worker David Haines. 2014-09-13
British singer Harry Styles, with the boy band One Direction, wins a limited ban on stalking in a London court case against paparazzi regarding the privacy rights of celebrities. 2013-12-17
A coroner finds that the death of British soul singer Amy Winehouse in July was caused by alcohol poisoning. 2011-10-26
A team of Australian and British geologists claim to have the found the world's oldest fossils in the Strelley Pool rock formation in the outback of the Australian state of Western Australia. According to the Monday, August 22 Huffington Post online video and short article about them 2011-08-21