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If 2023 was the year British politics got stuck in traffic, 2024 should be the year it gets moving again. ... UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, pictured at a news conference in Downing Street in ...
The British government's contentious policy to stem the flow of migrants faces one of its toughest challenges this week as the U.K. Supreme Court weighs whether it’s lawful to send asylum ...
BBC News reports that the Gambling Commission's investigation involves more people than those already named. [529] 24 June Princess Anne is taken to hospital with a head injury thought to have been caused by a horse. [530] The UK records its hottest temperature of 2024 so far, with 28.3 °C recorded at Wisley in Surrey. [531]
1 July – The UK transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong, the largest remaining British colony, to the People's Republic of China as the 99 years lease on the territory formally ends. [18] This event is widely considered by historians and commentators to mark the end of the British Empire, the largest imperial endeavour in the history of mankind ...
COVID-19 in the UK: Office for National Statistics data from tests conducted two weeks ago suggests around 1.3 million people (or one in 50) were infected with COVID-19, with a high prevalence in those aged over 70. The news prompts health experts to urge people to avoid contact with vulnerable friends, relatives and colleagues as a precaution ...
By Elizabeth Piper and William James. LONDON (Reuters) -Boris Johnson deliberately misled the British parliament in an unprecedented way over rule-breaking parties at his office during COVID-19 ...
7 February – The British National Front was founded by A. K. Chesterton (by an amalgamation of the British National Party and League of Empire Loyalists). [ 2 ] 12 February – Police raided "Redlands", the Sussex home of Rolling Stones musician Keith Richards , following a tip-off from the News of the World .