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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologizes for a previous ban on LGBTQ+ people in the military
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized for the treatment of gay veterans by saying that a previous ban on LGBTQ+ people serving in the U.K. military was “an appalling failure of the British state.”
 
A UK woman jailed for obtaining tablets to end her pregnancy is to be released after appeal
A woman who was jailed for illegally obtaining abortion tablets to end her advanced pregnancy will be released from prison after Britain’s Court of Appeal reduced her sentence Tuesday.
 
Sadie James shows a document from a housing association at her home, in London, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. For Sadie James, the cost-of-living crisis in Britain just never seems to ease. First, it was skyrocketing energy and food costs stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Now, the 61-year-old worries whether she can keep a roof over her head. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
As UK housing costs soar, anxiety grips homeowners and renters: ‘I’m in meltdown’
For millions in the U.K., the cost-of-living crisis just never seems to ease. First, it was skyrocketing energy and food costs stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Now, it’s soaring housing costs as interest rates spike to 15-year highs.
 
FILE - Boris Johnson leaves his house in London, on March 22, 2023. A U.K. court on Thursday, July 6, 2023, rejected the British government's request to keep former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's unredacted WhatsApp messages and diaries from being made public at an official COVID-19 inquiry. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
UK court rejects a government bid to withhold Boris Johnson’s messages from a COVID-19 inquiry
A U.K. court has rejected the British government’s request to keep former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages and diaries from being made public at an official COVID-19 inquiry.
 
FILE - A woman sunbathes near the River Thames in front of a view of the City of London, on June 17, 2022. The U.K. sweltered through its hottest June since records began in 1884, the country’s weather agency said Monday, July 3, 2023, adding that human-induced climate change means such unusual heat will become more frequent in the next few decades. The average temperature for June in the U.K. hit 15.8 degrees Celcius ( Fahrenheit) — 0.9C hotter than the joint previous record of 14.9C in 1940 and 1976, according to the Met Office's provisional figures. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
The UK had the hottest June since records began in 1884, with climate change a factor
The U.K.'s weather agency says the country sweltered through its hottest June since records began in 1884. Scientists say that human-induced climate change means such unusual heat will become more frequent in the next few decades.
 
FILE - Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the balcony of Buckingham Palace watch the Royal Air Force Red Arrows fly over after their coronation ceremony, in London, on May 6, 2023. A change in monarchs, double-digit inflation and ongoing costs of renovating Buckingham Palace contributed to a 5% increase in publicly-funded spending by Britain's royals, royal accounts published Thursday, June 29, 2023 showed. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
British royals’ public spending has gone up 5% in a year of historic change
Royal accounts show that a change in monarchs, double-digit inflation and ongoing costs of renovating Buckingham Palace contributed to a 5% increase in publicly funded spending by Britain’s royals.
 
FILE - An offshore wind farm is visible from the beach in Hartlepool, England, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. The U.K. government's climate advisers on Wednesday slammed officials for their slow pace of action in meeting their “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions target and backtracking on fossil fuel commitments, saying Britain has “lost its clear global leadership position on climate action." (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
Climate watchdog slams UK government for backtracking on its fossil fuel pledges
The U.K. government’s climate advisers have slammed officials for their slow pace in meeting their net zero target and backtracking on fossil fuel commitments.
 
Loreli King holds up the pictures of her husband Vincent Marzello during a demonstrates as former Minister for Health, Matt Hancock arrives the Dorland House to give evidence at the Covid Inquiry in London, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
UK was ill-prepared for pandemic because resources were diverted to Brexit, ex-health chief says
Britain’s former health secretary has told an official inquiry that the U.K. was ill-prepared for a pandemic partly because government resources had been diverted away from pandemic planning to brace for a possibly chaotic no-deal Brexit.
 
Camilla becomes queen, but without the sovereign’s powers
After seven decades, the United Kingdom has a new woman to call queen. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, will be known as Queen Consort, a title that came with Queen Elizabeth II’s blessing after many years of contention, dating back to the years before she even married Prince Charles.
 
UK public tribunal to probe Uighur genocide allegations
A prominent British human rights lawyer is convening an independent tribunal in London to investigate whether the Chinese government’s alleged rights abuses against Uighur Muslims in the far western Xinjiang region constitute genocide or crimes against humanity.
 
UK’s Liberal Democrat party elects Ed Davey as new leader
Britain’s Liberal Democrats have announced a new leader, the party’s first permanent chief since it suffered a disastrous result in the 2019 election.
 
Glamour, glitz at London Fashion Week despite stormy weather
Gale force winds and a deluge of rain may be causing havoc to much of Britain, but for the fashion crowd the show must go on.
 
Climate change protest brings flares to London Fashion week
Climate change activists have stolen the show on the opening day of London Fashion Week by stopping traffic with a street protest demanding the cancellation of the British capital’s five-day style extravaganza.
 
Influential dancer, mime artist Lindsay Kemp dies at 80
Influential British dancer, choreographer and mime artist Lindsay Kemp, known for tutoring singers David Bowie and Kate Bush during his career, has died at 80.
 
UK’s May orders probe into contaminated blood scandal
British Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered a public inquiry into how contaminated blood was used to treat thousands in the 1970s and ‘80s, killing 2,400 people, according to officials.
 
Archbishop: Church of England ‘colluded’ to hide sex abuse
The head of the Church of England says the institution “colluded” with and helped to hide the long-term sexual abuse of young men by one of its former bishops.
 
Parents of missing UK girl still hopeful she’s ‘out there’
The parents of Madeleine McCann, the British 3-year-old who vanished during a family vacation to Portugal in 2007, say they are still hopeful they will one day be reunited with their daughter.
 
Brides for sale: European women lured for sham marriages
She knew he did not want her, or her child. He wanted her European identity card.
 
Cameron considers more powers for Scotland _ but not fiscal
Sturgeon called the talks “constructive,” and said the two agreed that previously drawn up plans to transfer greater governing powers from London to Scotland should be implemented as soon as possible. But she said she and Cameron disagreed on whether Scotland should control all of its tax and spendi
 
London black cabs get break over rivals on bus lanes
The city’s expensive black cabs benefit from a rule that allows them to move around quickly by using lanes set aside for buses. Rivals, such as Uber cars or cheaper taxis known as minicabs, are banned from the lanes.
 
Ex-Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe dies at 85
LONDON (AP) — Jeremy Thorpe, an influential British politician who helped revive the Liberal Party before his career was cut short by scandal, died on Thursday.
 
AstraZeneca fends off Pfizer with new growth plan
The U.K.-based company on Friday spurned Pfizer’s third acquisition proposal, this time for about $106 billion. AstraZeneca PLC, the No. 8 drugmaker, called that inadequate and said the potentially lucrative “pipeline” of new drugs it is developing would be disrupted by a takeover.
 
Tom Ford ‘knocks off’ Jay Z in latest London show
That’s a playful reference to Jay Z, who recorded a song called “Tom Ford” and wore a similar jersey — without the sequins — at his concerts. Versions of that jersey are now sold online, independent of the luxury design label. (61 refers to Ford’s year of birth.)
 
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