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March 2, 2026

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‘Father Ted’ writer Graham Linehan cleared of harassing transgender activist

December 8, 2025 The Associated Press

LONDON — The co-creator of British TV sitcoms “Father Ted” and the “IT Crowd” was cleared last Tuesday of harassing a transgender activist on social media, but he was found guilty of damaging their mobile […]

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Specially minted McCartney UK coins to go on sale as part of legends collection

December 16, 2024 Pan Pylas

LONDON — Beatles legend Paul McCartney is being honored in a specially minted British coin collection. The Royal Mint, which has struck the coins of monarchs from Alfred the Great in the 9th century through […]

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Ex-leader David Cameron makes shock return to UK government as Sunak rolls the dice with a shakeup

November 14, 2023 Jill Lawless, Associated Press

LONDON — With his country mired in economic doldrums and his party trailing in the polls as an election nears, U.K. leader Rishi Sunak rolled the dice and shook up his government on Monday, appointing […]

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UK leader calls crisis meeting over struggling health system

January 14, 2023 Jill Lawless, Associated Press

LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gathered government ministers, medics and health service managers at No. 10 Downing St. for talks aimed at fixing a health care crisis that has seen thousands of patients stranded […]

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UK’s Rishi Sunak says ‘golden era’ with China over

November 28, 2022 Sylvia Hui, Associated Press

LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declared Monday that the U.K.’s “golden era” of ties with China was over in his first major speech on foreign policy, describing China’s growing authoritarianism as a “systemic […]

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France and UK sign agreement to curb Channel crossings

November 14, 2022 Thomas Adamson and Jill Lawless, Associated Press

PARIS — The U.K. and France signed an agreement Monday that will see more police patrol beaches in northern France in an attempt to stop migrants from trying to cross the English Channel in small […]

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Queen paved the way for transition to Charles in final years

September 20, 2022 Danica Kirka, Associated Press

LONDON — In retrospect, it seems as if she was preparing us all along. Whether it was due to age, ill health or a sense that the end was near, Queen Elizabeth II spent much […]

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Loss of unifying queen could fray the bonds of fractious UK

September 16, 2022 Jill Lawless, Associated Press

LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II has been likened to the invisible glue holding the United Kingdom together. Some think the reign of King Charles III will see those bonds come unstuck, giving new momentum to […]

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Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s monarch for 70 years, dies

September 8, 2022 The Associated Press

LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a symbol of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday. She was 96. Buckingham Palace said she died at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence […]

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Russia sticks US, UK embassies with ‘unrecognized’ addresses

July 15, 2022 The Associated Press

Moscow has taken a page out of Washington’s playbook to troll both the U.S. and the U.K. by renaming the streets in front of their embassies in the Russian capital. The streets are now officially […]

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