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One person is killed and another is hospitalized after a boat carrying more than 60 migrants experienced difficulties as it attempted to cross the English Channel from France to the United Kingdom.
2023-12-15

The United Kingdom begins evacuating British citizens from Israel.
2023-10-13

The United Kingdom reports 27,989 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of cases since January 25.
2021-07-1

New South Wales detects two cases of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in travellers returning from the United Kingdom.
2020-12-21

The Department of Health and Social Care confirms the UK's death toll from COVID-19 has exceeded 20,000. It joins the United States, Italy, Spain and France as the fifth nation to reach this total.
2020-04-25

The United Kingdom's Department of Health and Social Care confirms 53 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the country's death toll to 233. All those who died had underlying health conditions and the oldest patient was 94-years-old, according to NHS England.
2020-03-21

Mount Hope, in a disputed region of Antarctica, is found to be the highest mountain in territory claimed by the United Kingdom. Ben Nevis in Scotland is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom.
2017-12-11

British explorer Ranulph Fiennes abandons The Coldest Journey expedition, his attempt to cross Antarctica in the heart of the region's winter due to a case of frostbite.
2013-02-25

A British research team launches a long-awaited project to hunt for life in Lake Ellsworth hidden beneath the ice-sheet in Antarctica.
2012-12-12

At least three people die and four others are critically injured in a school bus crash in Keswick, Cumbria in the Lake District of North West England in the United Kingdom.
2010-05-24