U.K.

• Some flights in Britain were briefly grounded or diverted. What happened?

  The National Air Traffic Service said the glitch happened at its control center at Swanwick and required the service to limit the number of aircraft flying to ensure safety.

  World

  Jul 30, 2025
  
• U.K. may lower voting age to 16. What to know

  The government said the proposed changes were part of an effort to boost public trust in democracy and would align voting rights across Britain.

  Politics

  Jul 17, 2025
  
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• Man arrested by U.K. police after ships’ collision in North Sea

  Jet fuel from a ruptured tank poured into the North Sea after the Portugal-registered container ship Solong broadsided the U.S.-flagged tanker MV Stena Immaculate on Monday.

  World

  Mar 11, 2025
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• Accused in U.K. knife attack that killed 3 girls pleads guilty to murder

  The pleaded guilty to three counts of murder, 10 counts of attempted murder, possession of a knife and additional charges related to possessing the poison ricin.

  Crime

  Jan 20, 2025
• Powering an e-bike using disposable vapes is about more than engineering

  "It's an unbelievable source of e-waste and I'm really glad that I have been able to harvest all these and build some really interesting battery packs," says Chris Doel

  Environment

  Nov 23, 2024
• U.K. stabbings: PM to create police unit to crack down on violent clashes

  The attack at a Taylor Swift-themed summer holiday dance class shocked a country where knife crime is a long-standing and vexing problem, though mass stabbings are rare.

  Crime

  Aug 1, 2024
• Former U.K. nurse Lucy Letby found guilty of attempting to murder baby girl

  Lucy Letby has already been found guilty of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more between June 2015 and June 2016 when she was employed as a neonatal nurse.

  World

  Jul 2, 2024
• U.K. tainted blood scandal victims to receive final compensation starting this year

  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologized for the “decades-long moral failure at the heart of our national life” on Monday, saying the long-awaited report marked a "day of shame."

  World

  May 21, 2024
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• Iran’s attack on Israel prompts U.S., U.K. sanctions

  Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted 16 people and two entities in Iran that produce engines that power the drones used in the April 13 attack on Israel.

  World

  Apr 18, 2024
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• Woman donates her womb to sister in first-ever U.K. transplant

  The living donor, who had already birthed two children, donated the organ to her 34-year-old sister, who was born with an undeveloped womb.

  Science

  Aug 23, 2023