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Skirmishes erupt at the "peace wall" dividing Protestant and Catholic neighborhoods in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday night.
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Fresh Unrest In Northern Ireland Sparks Comparisons To 'The Troubles'

Apr 08, 2021
The latest violence erupted amid anger from Protestant unionists concerned they're being isolated from the U.K. and pushed into a union with the republic of Ireland due to post-Brexit trade rules.
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Race
The U.K. government report on racism was commissioned as the country saw major Black Lives Matter demonstrations last summer.
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U.K. Government Report Draws Criticism Over 'Historic Denial' Of Race Issues

Apr 01, 2021
"To have published it any time in the last 20 years would have been seen as a whitewash," one commentator wrote. Now, he said, it's "almost criminally negligent."
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Business
Scotch whisky producers are welcoming news of a breakthrough on tariffs, which came as the industry adjusted to both Brexit and then the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, an employee rolls a whisky barrel at the Glenturret Distillery in Crieff, central Scotland,
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Scotch Whisky, English Cheese Prices Could Ease As U.S. Halts Tariffs

Mar 04, 2021
Scotch whisky and other goods have been subject to a 25% tariff. The levies cost companies hundreds of millions of dollars in lost exports, according to the Scotch industry.
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Coronavirus Updates
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a vial of the AstraZeneca vaccine during a visit to a coronavirus vaccination center in London on Feb. 15, 2021. The British government hopes to vaccinate all adults by the end of July.
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U.K. Moves To Speed Up Vaccinations, With Goal Of 1st Dose For All Adults By July 31

Feb 21, 2021
Under a new target announced by the British government on Sunday, adults would be vaccinated one month earlier than initially planned.
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History
On the day of the official change to decimalized currency on Feb. 15, 1971, Lord Fiske, chairman of the Decimal Currency Board, makes a purchase at a Woolworths store in London.
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U.K. And Ireland Celebrate 50 Years Since 'Decimal Day'

Feb 15, 2021
Until Feb. 15, 1971, Britain had 240 pennies to a pound. There were also two farthings in a ha'penny, three pennies in a bit, two shillings in a florin, and five shillings in a crown.
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Media
President Xi Jinping of China is seen on a CGTN archive program as it plays on a computer monitor in London. The U.K.'s Ofcom says Star China Media Limited, which holds the license for China Global Television Network (CGTN) doesn't have day-to-day editor
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U.K. Strips Chinese Broadcaster's License, Citing Communist Party Ties

Feb 04, 2021
A U.K. regulator says the Chinese Communist Party is ultimately in charge of the China Global Television Network satellite news channel.
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World
Capt. Sir Tom Moore poses in September while marking the launch of his memoir, <em>Tomorrow Will Be a Good Day,</em> in Milton Keynes, England.
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Captain Tom, Centenarian Who Inspired The U.K. With His Fundraising Walks, Has Died

Feb 02, 2021
The World War II veteran gained fame by raising funds for the U.K.'s National Health Service by walking sponsored laps in his garden. His family says he contracted COVID-19.
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Coronavirus Updates
Paramedics prepare an ambulance outside the Royal London Hospital on Friday. Mayor Sadiq Khan has declared a "major incident," warning that hospitals in the British capital could soon be overwhelmed after a surge in coronavirus infections.
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London Mayor Says City 'At Crisis Point,' Declares 'Major Incident'

Jan 08, 2021
"The stark reality is that we will run out of beds for patients in the next couple of weeks unless the spread of the virus slows down drastically," London Mayor Sadiq Khan said Friday.
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Europe
Haut-de-France Customs Director Jean-Michel Thillier, left, believes the Port of Calais is ready for Brexit.
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Brexit Arrives With Border Controls Reinstated Between Britain And The EU

Dec 31, 2020
"We have spent the last three years preparing for this moment," says an official in Calais, France, one of the world's busiest ports.
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Coronavirus Updates
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new coronavirus testing mandate for travelers coming from the U.K. with the goal of blocking the spread of a new virus variant that originated in England.
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U.S. Now Requires All U.K. Travelers To Have A Negative Coronavirus Test

Dec 25, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new testing mandate for U.K. travelers coming into the U.S. after an outbreak of a new coronavirus variant in England.
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Europe
A pro-EU demonstrator sets up banners outside a London conference center, where trade talks were being held on Dec. 4.
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'Time To Leave Brexit Behind': EU And U.K. Agree To Last-Minute Trade Deal

Dec 24, 2020
The agreement comes a week before the Brexit transition period ends. The pact averts a worst-case divorce that would have hurt the EU economy but damaged the British economy even more.
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Coronavirus Updates
A droplet falls from a syringe after a health care worker was injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I.
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BioNTech CEO Says 'Highly Likely' Vaccine Is Effective Against U.K. Virus Variant

Dec 22, 2020
"Scientifically, it is highly likely that the immune response by this vaccine also can deal with the new virus variant," BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin said Tuesday.
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Coronavirus Updates
Passengers wearing face masks wait next to the Eurostar Terminal at Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Monday. France is banning all travel from the U.K. for 48 hours in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of the coronavirus in Britain doesn't
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Travel From U.K. Shut Down As Nations Assess Threat Of New Coronavirus Strain

Dec 21, 2020
Several European nations, including Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany and Italy, announced travel restrictions from the U.K. where officials say a new variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading.
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Brexit Countdown: What To Know As Britain And The EU Fight Over Their Divorce

Dec 17, 2020
As the New Year's Eve deadline approaches, the two sides are still trying to negotiate a deal to avert major economic and trade disruptions. Here are some of the top issues at play.
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Europe
A jetliner arrives at London's Heathrow Airport earlier this year. On Wednesday, the U.K.'s highest court reversed a ban on the airport's controversial plans for a third runway.
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U.K.'s Top Court Lifts Ban On Heathrow's Plans For 3rd Runway

Dec 16, 2020
The unanimous judgment represents a stinging reversal for climate activists, who had won a lower-court ruling earlier this year against the major international hub on environmental grounds.
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Coronavirus Updates
German Health Minister Jens Spahn arrives for a news conference Tuesday in Berlin. Germany is one of a handful of European countries to implement strict new coronavirus measures in anticipation of the holidays.
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Some European Countries Batten Down For The Holidays With New Coronavirus Lockdowns

Dec 15, 2020
Amid a spike in new cases, leaders in Germany, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic have announced the return of strict measures to dissuade people from attending large holiday gatherings.
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Health
The U.K. announced new rules for blood donation that are defined by individual behaviors, rather than sexuality and gender.
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U.K. Will Make It Easier For Gay And Bisexual Men To Donate Blood

Dec 14, 2020
"Donors will no longer be asked to declare if they have had sex with another man, making the criteria for blood donation gender neutral and more inclusive," the National Health Service explains.
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Coronavirus Updates
Health regulators in the U.K. warned people with severe allergies not to get the new coronavirus vaccine after two medical staffers came down with severe reactions.
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U.K. Regulators Tell People With Severe Allergies Not To Get Vaccine

Dec 09, 2020
Two National Health Service workers with long histories of severe allergies received the Pfizer, BioNTech coronavirus vaccine Tuesday. Both are now recovering after bad reactions to the dose.
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Coronavirus Updates
The U.K. launched its largest-ever immunization program Tuesday. Health officials began dispensing doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, first vaccinating health care workers and residents over the age of 80.
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U.K. Begins Nationwide Coronavirus Immunization, Largest In Nation's History

Dec 08, 2020
A 90-year-old woman from Coventry received the first vaccine shot as part of the United Kingdom's nationwide immunization campaign launched Tuesday.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
A National Health Service pharmacy technician at the Royal Free Hospital in London simulates the preparation of the Pfizer vaccine Friday for support staff training ahead of this week's rollout.
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1st Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine To Be Administered This Week In The U.K.

Dec 06, 2020
The U.K. was the first Western country to approve Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration could vote to approve the vaccine as early as Thursday.
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Coronavirus Updates
The U.K. will begin a mass vaccination against COVID-19 on Tuesday, as hundreds of thousands of doses of Pfizer's vaccine reach the public. Here, a temperature-controlled cold storage truck leaves a Pfizer facility in Belgium Thursday.
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U.K. Will Start Immunizing People Against COVID-19 On Tuesday, Officials Say

Dec 04, 2020
Mass vaccinations will start less than a week after the U.K. approved the new drug. Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford says it could start "a long path back to normality."
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Coronavirus Updates
The U.K. has approved the Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use.
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U.K. Approves Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine For Emergency Use

Dec 02, 2020
A British regulatory agency approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine Wednesday. It could be dispersed within days to the neediest people, government officials said.
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Law
Charlotte Charles, mother of 19-year-old Harry Dunn, is seen in Charlton, England, on Tuesday. Dunn's family lost a court battle with the U.K. government over whether the American driver who fatally struck their son had diplomatic immunity.
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Parents Of Man Killed In U.K. Crash Lose Their Challenge To U.S. Diplomatic Immunity

Nov 24, 2020
Harry Dunn's family argued the U.K. government had wrongly granted Anne Sacoolas diplomatic immunity. Sacoolas, the wife of a U.S. diplomat, is charged in his death but fled to the U.S.
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Europe
The eldest sister of Shamima Begum holds her sister's photo in 2015. Begum, who left London to join the Islamic State organization as a teenager, is now trying to return to the U.K. to argue that her British citizenship should not have been revoked.
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Court Considers Whether Woman Who Joined ISIS As A Teen Is Allowed To Return To U.K.

Nov 23, 2020
Shamima Begum, now 21, left London with two other schoolgirls in 2015 to join the terrorist organization and is now in a detention camp in Syria. The U.K. revoked her citizenship last year.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
If the U.K.'s rate of new coronavirus cases doubles four more times, Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Patrick Vallance said, "you would end up with something like 50,000 cases in the middle of October per day."
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In A Month, U.K. Could See 50,000 New Coronavirus Cases A Day, Expert Warns

Sep 21, 2020
"The epidemic is doubling roughly every seven days," the U.K.'s top science adviser says, warning of a dangerously high rate of new coronavirus cases.

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