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The City of London Corporation proposes a bill to close the 19th-century Billingsgate Fish Market in Billingsgate and Smithfield Meat Market in Smithfield, City of London, United Kingdom, by 2028.
2024-11-27

One person is killed and three others are injured by an apparent gas explosion in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.
2023-03-13

Four people are killed during a mass stabbing at a house in Bermondsey, London, United Kingdom.
2022-04-25

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab issues a statement that the United Kingdom does not recognize the results of the Belarusian presidential election, which saw President Alexander Lukashenko re-elected. Raab calls the election "fraudulent" and demands an independent investigation into the results. [https:--www.straitstimes.com-world-europe-uk-does-not-accept-results-of-belarus-election-foreign-secretary-dominic-raab (AFP via "The Straits Times")]Ukraine recalls its Ambassador to Belarus to assess "the new reality" and prospects of further bilateral relations between the two neighbouring countries. [https:--in.reuters.com-article-belarus-election-ukraine-ukraine-recalls-its-ambassador-to-belarus-idINKCN25D1PU (Reuters)]Belarus–United Kingdom relations
2020-08-17

British Defence Minister Gavin Williamson announces that a joint British-Omani military training base will open in Oman next year.
2018-11-5

The Public Health England reports the United Kingdom's first ever case of monkeypox in a Nigerian national staying at a naval base in Cornwall. The patient is being treated at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
2018-09-8

The United States, United Kingdom, and France close their Yemeni embassies and evacuate their staff due to terrorist activities and continued unrest.
2015-02-11

United States Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov meet in London, United Kingdom, to discuss the current Crimean crisis.
2014-03-14

British businessman James McCormick, who sold ADE 651 fake bomb detector to Iraq and other countries, is jailed for ten years at the Old Bailey.
2013-05-2

UK Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove confirms that plans to replace the General Certificate of Secondary Education with a new English Baccalaureate qualification have been abandoned.
2013-02-7