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Sadiq Khan wins re-election as mayor of London, England, with 43.8% of the vote, becoming the first London mayor to be elected to a third term.
2024-05-4

The United Kingdom discovers a new variant of COVID-19 which is growing faster in some parts of England.
2020-12-14

Syrian child refugees previously settled in the Calais jungle legally immigrate into England.
2016-10-15

Thousands, including some from Australia, protest in London, England, against the renewal of the United Kingdom's Trident nuclear deterrent system, the largest anti-nuclear rally since 1983. Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, Scottish National Party leader and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, the Welsh Plaid Cymru Party, and the Green Party participated in the march. A parliamentary vote on renewing Trident is expected this year.
2016-02-27

British horror writer James Herbert dies at the age of 69 in Sussex, England.
2013-03-20

A humanitarian aid convoy for the Viva Palestina charity starts in London, England, headed for the Gaza Strip.
2010-09-19

Two light aircraft collide in midair during an air race near Ryde on the Isle of Wight off the coast of England resulting in the deaths of the pilots.
2010-09-4

A police officer discharges a 50,000-volt Taser gun into the groin of a Guillain–Barré syndrome sufferer in Somerset, England, prompting a possible legal battle; he denies he was acting in an aggressive manner.
2010-07-20

The Welsh language is spoken for the first time in a ceremony at England's Westminster Cathedral in honour of martyred saint John Roberts.
2010-07-17

At least 12 people are killed and 25 injured during shootings carried out by a taxi driver in the Whitehaven, Egremont and Seascale areas of west Cumbria, England. He is found dead, an apparent suicide, in Boot.
2010-06-2