Sources: BBC
A British safety adviser working for Reuters is killed and two other journalists are injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike on their hotel in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. 2024-08-25
Matthew Hedges, a British academic student studying at Durham University, is sentenced to life imprisonment in the United Arab Emirates after being convicted of spying. 2018-11-21
Jack Letts, a British-Canadian Islamic State fighter held in Syria, faces deportion from Syria to Canada instead of the United Kingdom. 2018-10-6
Celebrity British lawyer Amal Clooney files a case in the United Nations on behalf of former Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. 2015-03-9
Venezuelan beauty queen Mónica Spear and her British ex-husband are murdered during a carjacking in Caracas. 2014-01-6
Kidnapped British engineer Malcolm Primrose is found safe in Indonesia. 2013-06-13
British comedian Jim Davidson is arrested for alleged historic sexual assaults. 2013-01-2
British singer Adele wins the awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year for "Rolling in the Deep", as well as the Album of the Year for "21". 2012-02-12
British comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams end their partnership which led to successful television shows "Come Fly With Me" and "Little Britain". 2011-06-16
Sections of the British media report that Prince Harry has been cleared to return to service in the Afghan War. 2011-06-16