World Jul 16 Black U.K. protester statue removed from pedestal in Bristol Officials in the English city of Bristol on Thursday removed a statue of a Black Lives Matter activist that was installed on a pedestal once occupied by a monument to a 17th-century slave trader.
World Jun 22 English town mourns victims of suspected terror attack The English town of Reading mourned Monday for three people stabbed to death in what is being treated as a terror attack, gathering for a moment of silence as police questioned the suspected lone attacker.
World Jun 15 U.K.’s Boris Johnson creates anti-racism panel, but critics want more Writing in Monday's Daily Telegraph newspaper, Johnson said the body would look at “all aspects of inequality — in employment, in health outcomes, in academic and all other walks of life.”…
World Jun 09 London may remove statues as Floyd’s death sparks change London's mayor announced Tuesday that more statues of imperialist figures could be removed from Britain's streets after protesters knocked down the monument to a slave trader.
World Jun 05 George Floyd’s death an American tragedy with global echoes Since his death while being detained by Minneapolis police last week, George Floyd's face has been painted on walls from Nairobi, Kenya to Idlib, Syria.
World Jun 03 Thousands in London decry racial injustice, police violence Thousands of people demonstrated in London against police violence and racial injustice following the killing of George Floyd in the United States.
Health Jun 02 U.K. study finds minorities at higher risk of COVID-19 death A British study says people from ethnic minorities have died in larger relative numbers with COVID-19 than their white compatriots. The Public Health England study was published Tuesday and it found that people of Bangladeshi ethnicity had about twice the…
World May 25 UK leader’s aide says he won’t quit over car travel during lockdown Dominic Cummings says he traveled so that extended family could care for his 4-year-old son if he and his wife both fell ill. The government is facing a tide of anger from politicians and the public over the revelation.
World May 24 Calls grow for UK leader’s aide to quit over lockdown trip Adviser Dominic Cummings has defended his decision to drive 250 miles from London to his parents' home in Durham, in northeast England, with his wife and son as he was coming down with COVID-19 at the end of March.
Health May 05 Britain’s death toll from the coronavirus rivals Italy’s Britain has become the first country in Europe to confirm more than 30,000 coronavirus deaths, and infections are rising sharply again in Russia. That took place Tuesday even as other nations reported strides in taming the virus.