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Rioting occurs in Ely, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, after two teenage boys were killed when their e-bike collided with a bus as they were being pursued by police.
2023-05-23

All schools in Scotland and Wales are to close, effective March 19, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-03-18

The first death from COVID-19 is confirmed in Wales. The 68-year-old patient was being treated at Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
2020-03-16

Prosecutors in Northern Ireland charge a former British Army soldier with murdering two people during the mass shooting in Derry during the Troubles in 1972, following a contemporary police investigation. The man, known only as Soldier F, is also charged with three attempted murders. It is also announced that no other charges against either soldiers or civilians will be brought due to insufficient evidence. Soldiers shot 28 unarmed protestors, killing 13.
2019-03-14

Scotland is considering launching its own passports to maintain the decades-old freedom of movement between Scotland and the rest of the European Union, even if it is lost by England and Wales.
2016-11-15

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

Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale are convicted of the murder of British Army soldier Lee Rigby.
2013-12-19

48 people are rescued from a boat which was taking on water after it collided with a rock off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales.
2013-05-25

Voters in England and the Isle of Anglesey in Wales go to the polls for local elections.
2013-05-2

United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence, Liam Fox announces plans to reduce the British Army to its smallest size since the start of the Second Boer War just over a century ago. By 2020, troop numbers will be reduced from the present 101,000 to 82,000, with a greater reliability on Territorial Army soldiers.
2011-07-18