U.K. Begins Nationwide Coronavirus Immunization, Largest In Nation's History
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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1st Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine To Be Administered This Week In The U.K.
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.
U.K. Will Start Immunizing People Against COVID-19 On Tuesday, Officials Say
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."
U.K. Approves Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine For Emergency Use
A British regulatory agency approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine Wednesday. It could be dispersed within days to the neediest people, government officials said.
Parents Of Man Killed In U.K. Crash Lose Their Challenge To U.S. Diplomatic Immunity
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.
Court Considers Whether Woman Who Joined ISIS As A Teen Is Allowed To Return To U.K.
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.
In A Month, U.K. Could See 50,000 New Coronavirus Cases A Day, Expert Warns
"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.
U.K. 'Actively Avoided' Investigating Russian Interference, Lawmakers Find
The report by Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee said government did little to find out if Russia tried to influence the Brexit referendum. "They did not want to know," a lawmaker said.
Black Lives Matter Monument Replaces Statue Of Slave Trader In England
Edward Colston's statue had stood in Bristol for 125 years before protesters toppled it in June. Now, a very different figure has taken its place — but it won't last long without the city's approval.
How A U.S. Police Killing Triggered The Toppling Of Statues In U.K. And Belgium
The widespread protests sparked by George Floyd's killing are reverberating in Europe, leading to the removal of two statues in the United Kingdom and one in Belgium tied to racist, colonial legacies.