Sources: BBC
The United Kingdom announces that it will rejoin Horizon Europe, a European Union scientific research initiative. The UK had been excluded for the past three years due to disagreement over the Northern Ireland Protocol. 2023-09-7
Kosovo reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in two people who travelled from the United States, a person who travelled from France, two people who travelled from the United Kingdom, and four people with no international travel history. 2021-12-26
The Foreign Minister of Equatorial Guinea announces the closure of the country's embassy in London, United Kingdom after the British government sanctioned Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue over his "lavish lifestyle". The Minister said that Equatorial Guinea "will not allow interference in internal affairs". 2021-07-26
The British clinical trials ethics body approves the world's first COVID-19 human challenge study, which will begin in the next few weeks. Volunteers aged 18 to 30 will be exposed to the virus in the trial. 2021-02-17
Uttarakhand reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a 44-year old man who was in close contact with people who travelled to the United Kingdom. 2021-01-15
In what is seen as a major boost for the "Vote Leave" campaign, Mayor of London Boris Johnson announces he will be campaigning for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. 2016-02-21
The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launches five commercial satellites for the United Kingdom. 2015-07-10
Andrew Moran, one of Britain's most wanted criminals, is arrested in Costa Blanca, Spain. 2013-05-12
The former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's ceremonial funeral is held in London. 2013-04-17
United Kingdom - Sarah's Law, a scheme which allows parents to check if someone with access to their children is a sex offender, will be extended to cover the whole of England and Wales by Spring 2011 after proving successful in four pilot areas. 2010-08-1