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Two demonstrators are arrested outside the RAF Lakenheath station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. The protest comes after media reports that a U.S. F-15E fighter jet that was shot down took off from the base.
2026-04-4

British Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke defects to the opposition Labour Party, citing the Sunak government's failure to stop the English Channel migrant crisis.
2024-05-8

The United Kingdom's Foreign Office advises British citizens to leave Russia immediately if their presence is "not essential", citing the "lack of available flight options to return to the UK", and the "increased volatility in the Russian economy".
2022-03-5

UK retailer Conviviality, owner of Bargain Booze, says it intends to appoint administrators within ten days.
2018-04-3

Evgeny Lebedev, the owner of the British national newspaper, "The Independent", announces that as of March 2016, the 29-year-old paper will only publish online with print editions coming to an end.
2016-02-12

David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, outlines who will be able to vote in the referendum on the United Kingdom remaining a member of the European Union with the vote restricted to those eligible to vote in British elections rather than European Parliament elections.
2015-05-25

Voters go to the polls in the Eastleigh by-election following the resignation of former UK Cabinet Minister Chris Huhne with Liberal Democrat candidate Mike Thornton retaining the seat for his party.
2013-02-28

The United States closes its embassy in Damascus, while the United Kingdom recalls its ambassador.
2012-02-6

In Britain, the former leader of Essex County Council and Conservative peer Lord Hanningfield is found guilty of six counts of false accounting relating to his expenses.
2011-05-26

67 people are arrested and several people are injured during a clash between members of the English Defence League and Unite Against Fascism in the town centre of Bolton, UK.
2010-03-20