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- UK pulls back from clash with Big Tech over private messaging https://www.ft.com/content/770e58b1-a299-4b7b-a129-bded8649a43b 302 comments
- UK MP takes parliaments ceremonial mace https://twitter.com/BBCSussex/status/1072243438593196034 4 comments
- Former PM takes on UK-China investment role http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42377177 15 comments europe
- There’s an AI Candidate Running for Parliament in the UK | If it wins, “AI Steve” will be represented by businessman Steve Endacott in Parliament. Endacott says he’ll merely be a conduit, and the AI will make the policy decisions. https://www.wired.com/story/ai-candidate-running-for-parliament-uk/ 16 comments europe
- Russian oil getting into UK via refinery loophole, reports claim https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68018660 2 comments worldnews
- EU threatens tougher vaccine export curbs in dispute with UK, U.S. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-vonderleyen/eu-threatens-tougher-vaccine-export-curbs-in-dispute-with-uk-u-s-iduskbn2b91lx?il=0 260 comments worldnews
- Japan finds new COVID strain, distinct from UK and Africa types https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/coronavirus/japan-finds-new-covid-strain-distinct-from-uk-and-africa-types 1880 comments worldnews
- UK bars Korea from selling FA-50 fighter jets to Argentina https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/uk-bars-south-korea-from-selling-fa-50-to-argentina 110 comments worldnews
- UK to offer citizenship 'route' to HK residents https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52900700 8 comments worldnews
- Covid-19 coronavirus: UK Prime Minister 'on oxygen' after being hospitalised https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12322956 4672 comments worldnews
- UK Elects Highest Number Of Women Lawmakers To Parliament https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/record-number-of-female-lawmakers-elected-in-united-kingdom-election-2148544 5 comments worldnews
- Iran sentences four men for spying for US and UK https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/01/iran-sentences-four-people-for-spying-for-us-and-uk 3 comments worldnews
- Scottish court hears move to stop UK parliament's suspension https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-49509712 10 comments europe
- UK commits to 'net zero' emissions by 2050 | That means emissions from homes, transport, farming and industry will have to be avoided completely or - in the most difficult examples - offset by planting trees or sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48596775 12 comments worldnews
- iPhone XR best-selling smartphone in the UK, but Samsung #1 brand across Europe https://9to5mac.com/2019/04/16/best-selling-smartphone-in-the-uk/ 46 comments apple
- Rangers have become the first football club in the UK to adopt a revolutionary new device which will change the Ibrox experience for blind and visually impaired fan https://rangers.co.uk/news/club/rangers-change-the-game/ 4 comments soccer
- Mother found guilty of FGM in UK https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/01/europe/fgm-uk-court-case-scli-gbr-intl/index.html 3 comments worldnews
- UK's richest man backs Theresa May's Brexit deal, months after announcing he is moving to Monaco https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-deal-theresa-may-jim-ratcliffe-ineos-eu-withdrawal-agreement-business-a8655706.html 22 comments worldnews
- Trump: soft Brexit will 'kill' UK's chances of US trade deal https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/12/may-bids-for-trump-brexit-backing-with-vow-to-rip-up-red-tape 6 comments politics
- 77% of British public have an unfavourable view of Donald Trump ahead of his visit to the UK http://www.itv.com/news/2018-07-12/77-of-british-public-have-an-unfavourable-view-of-donald-trump-ahead-of-his-visit-to-the-uk/ 546 comments politics
- Britain's missing billions: Revised figures reveal UK is £490bn poorer than previously thought http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/10/15/britains-missing-billions-revised-figures-reveal-uk-490bn-poorer/ 17 comments europe
- EU and UK zero in on their first Brexit agreement: food quotas http://www.politico.eu/article/eu-and-uk-zero-in-on-their-first-brexit-agreement-quotas/amp/ 9 comments europe
- Back to School UK 2017. https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/6r98tz/back_to_school_uk_2017/ 62 comments apple
- Tiger kills zookeeper UK Hamerton Zoo Park http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/29/europe/tiger-kills-zookeeper-uk-hamerton-zoo-park/index.html 4 comments worldnews
- UK military to build prototype 'laser weapon' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38510344 11 comments worldnews
- The UK knew China was planning a massacre at Tiananmen Square in 1989 two weeks before it happened https://qz.com/878627/the-uk-knew-china-was-planning-a-massacre-at-tiananmen-square-in-1989-two-weeks-before-it-happened/ 69 comments worldnews
- Three people shot dead in Lincolnshire, UK, at swimming pool http://news.sky.com/story/three-people-shot-dead-in-lincolnshire-10505800 24 comments europe
- New Law Requires all Dogs in the UK to be Microchipped as of 6 April, 2016 http://futurism.com/microchipping-dogs-becomes-mandatory-uk/ 23 comments technology
- UK Government urged to come clean about secret plan to ship weapons-grade uranium to US http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14157268.uk_government_urged_to_come_clean_about_secret_plan_to_ship_weapons_grade_uranium_to_us/ 4 comments europe
- UK's oldest tree is undergoing sex change, botanists say http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/02/uks-oldest-tree-is-undergoing-sex-change-botanists-say 8 comments nottheonion
- Microsoft begins to take pre-orders for Lumia 950 and 950 XL in UK http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsoft-taking-pre-orders-lumia-950-950-xl-uk-1526048 27 comments windowsphone
- David Cameron threatens to shut down pornography websites in the UK if strict age requirements are not met http://news.sky.com/story/1527857/cameron-threatens-to-shut-down-porn-websites 8 comments worldnews
- Yet another neoliberist failure: first private company to run public hospital in the UK pulls out because it's unprofitable. As always, the government to pick up the pieces. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jan/09/circle-exit-private-contract-hinchingbrooke-nhs 28 comments europe
- UK conservatives remove WebCameron from YouTube http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/14/conservatives-remove-webcameron-from-youtube 3 comments europe
- Does Heathrow detention suggest UK is becoming a police state? http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3965/does-heathrow-detention-suggest-uk-is-becoming-a-police-state 77 comments europe
- UK police gathered intelligence on trade union activists and passed the information to a clandestine blacklisting agency that unlawfully stored secret files on thousands of worker http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/18/police-activists-blacklisting-agency-alleged 29 comments worldnews
- UK ISPs Secretly Start Blocking Torrent Site Proxies http://torrentfreak.com/uk-isps-secretly-start-blocking-torrent-site-proxies-130611/ 48 comments technology
- Nigel Farage claims a "sea of change in British politics" as his UK Independence Party marks its strongest electoral performance. http://news.sky.com/story/1086321/local-council-elections-ukip-make-big-gains 8 comments europe
- Eldridge Financial Blog: UK In Recession Again As Recovery Is ‘Paralyzed’ By The European Debt - FreePressReleaseCenter.com http://www.freepressreleasecenter.com/pressrelease/pressrelease/188338.html 6 comments business
- UK Redditors, if you haven't already done so please sign this petition to lobby the government to push for an *international* investigation into the flotilla attacks http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/flotillattacks#petition 38 comments worldnews