### [2026-11-4](/feed/2026/11/4/index.md)

##### United Kingdom
# The United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics reports that deaths linked to cocaine use have overtaken deaths from heroin in England and Wales for the first time on record. The increase in deaths from cocaine use is blamed on increased purity of the drug and its widespread availability across the UK in recent years. 




### Sources:

1. [BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmdxw051np9jo)

### Related:

1. [British prime minister Andy Burnham says that the United Kingdom will offer Saudi Arabia aerial refueling in its ongoing conflict with the Houthis. ](/feed/2026/09/21/british-prime-minister-andy-burnham-says-that-the-united-kingdom-will-offer-saudi-arabia-aerial-refueling-in-its-ongoing.md) _Context: United Kingdom_
2. [The Office for National Statistics reports that inflation in the United Kingdom rose to 2.9% last month amidst the Iran war. ](/feed/2026/08/19/the-office-for-national-statistics-reports-that-inflation-in-the-united-kingdom-rose-to-29-last-month-amidst-the-iran.md) _Context: Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom_
3. [The United Kingdom lifts its travel advisory for Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and the Riyadh and Eastern provinces of Saudi Arabia after the signing of the peace deal. ](/feed/2026/06/18/the-united-kingdom-lifts-its-travel-advisory-for-bahrain-kuwait-qatar-the-united-arab-emirates-and-the-riyadh-and-ea.md) _Context: United Kingdom_
4. [Stocks in the United Kingdom increase amidst hopes of new Iran–U.S. talks. ](/feed/2026/04/14/stocks-in-the-united-kingdom-increase-amidst-hopes-of-new-iran-us-talks.md) _Context: United Kingdom_
5. [Indonesia repatriates British nationals Lindsay Sandiford, sentenced to death for smuggling cocaine into Bali in 2013, and Shahab Shahabadi, who was serving a life sentence for drug offences, following a bilateral agreement on humanitarian grounds. Both are transferred to the United Kingdom to serve the remainder of their sentences under UK law. ](/feed/2025/11/7/indonesia-repatriates-british-nationals-lindsay-sandiford-sentenced-to-death-for-smuggling-cocaine-into-bali-in-2013-a.md) _Context: United Kingdom, cocaine_
6. [The United Kingdom ends its five-year ban on Pakistani airlines from landing in the UK due to significant improvements in aviation safety standards. ](/feed/2025/07/16/the-united-kingdom-ends-its-five-year-ban-on-pakistani-airlines-from-landing-in-the-uk-due-to-significant-improvements-i.md) _Context: United Kingdom_
7. [The United Kingdom Border Force seizes 2.4 metric tons of cocaine worth {{GBP}}96 million (US$132 million) from a ship from Panama, reportedly one of the country's largest drug busts. ](/feed/2025/06/28/the-united-kingdom-border-force-seizes-24-metric-tons-of-cocaine-worth-gbp-96-million-us-132-million-from-a-ship-f.md) _Context: United Kingdom, cocaine_
8. [A ban on the sale of disposable vapes enters force in the United Kingdom. ](/feed/2025/06/1/a-ban-on-the-sale-of-disposable-vapes-enters-force-in-the-united-kingdom.md) _Context: United Kingdom_
9. [A long-lost version of the British Magna Carta, dating to 1300 in the reign of King Edward I, is believed to have been found at Harvard University in the United States. ](/feed/2025/05/15/a-long-lost-version-of-the-british-magna-carta-dating-to-1300-in-the-reign-of-king-edward-i-is-believed-to-have-been-f.md) _Context: United Kingdom_
10. [Foreign ministers and senior officers of Arab countries, the European Union, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States hold a series of diplomatic meetings focused on Syria in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ](/feed/2025/01/12/foreign-ministers-and-senior-officers-of-arab-countries-the-european-union-turkey-the-united-kingdom-and-the-united.md) _Context: United Kingdom_