Sources: BBC
The United Kingdom announces it will ban the direct action protest network Palestine Action on anti-terrorism grounds after the group broke into the RAF Brize Norton base and vandalized two planes. 2025-06-23
Anti-Trump protests are held in cities across the United States, as well as in other countries, such as Mexico, Panama, and the United Kingdom. 2025-01-20
The United States and United Kingdom launch airstrikes against Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen in response to attacks on international trade in the Red Sea. Explosions are reported in the capital Sanaa and port city of Al Hudaydah, with at least ten Houthi militants killed. 2024-01-12
The European Union launches legal action against the United Kingdom, alleging a breach of post-Brexit agreements regarding the Northern Ireland Protocol. 2022-06-15
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approves the country's first monoclonal antibody cocktail drug (Ronapreve) developed by Regeneron and Roche to treat severe COVID-19 patients in the United Kingdom. 2021-08-20
Thailand reports its first locally transmitted cases of the Lineage B.1.1.7 variant first detected in the United Kingdom. It found 24 cases in the Thong Lor cluster in Bangkok. 2021-04-7
Alberta reports its first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a person who travelled from the United Kingdom. 2020-12-28
New South Wales detects two cases of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in travellers returning from the United Kingdom. 2020-12-21
Six staff members at the British embassy in Tehran are taken hostage after the embassy is stormed by Iranian students. 2011-11-29
The United Kingdom experiences its earliest widespread snowfall for 17 years, with large parts of Scotland and north east England particularly affected. 2010-11-25