United Kingdom

On the pitch, Marcus Rashford is one of Manchester United's top scorers. Off it, he's putting pressure on the U.K. government to end child food poverty.

The U.K. Is Facing a Child Hunger Crisis. A Sports Star Won't Wait for the Government to Act

On Wednesday night, U.K. lawmakers voted against a motion that would have e...

On Wednesday night, U.K. lawmakers voted against a motion that would have extended free school meals to children over school vacations, helping to offset a growing hunger crisis in the country that has left as...

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at BBC Broadcasting House to appear on the Andrew Marr show, in London, Oct. 4, 2020.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Defends Coronavirus Strategy as Infections Soar

Britain has Europe’s highest coronavirus death toll with more than 42,400 d...

Britain has Europe’s highest coronavirus death toll with more than 42,400 dead

People take part in a 'We Do Not Consent' rally at Trafalgar Square, organised by Stop New Normal, to protest against coronavirus restrictions, in London on Sept. 26, 2020.

Thousands Protest COVID-19 Restrictions in London as U.K. Battles Second Virus Wave

Speakers at the rally denied they were conspiracy theorists, arguing they w...

Speakers at the rally denied they were conspiracy theorists, arguing they were standing up for human rights

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street for the House of Commons to deliver a statement on tightening coronavirus restrictions amid widespread increase in daily infection rates across the U.K., on 22 September, 2020

‘A Perilous Turning Point.’ How England's COVID-19 Reopening Went Terribly Wrong

Pubs, bars and restaurants will be forced to close from 10 p.m. in England ...

Pubs, bars and restaurants will be forced to close from 10 p.m. in England from Thursday in new measures to combat rising cases of COVID-19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday. Britain recorded 4,422 cases...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street on July 01, 2020 in London, England.

'I Was Too Fat.' Prime Minister Boris Johnson Says Brits Must Lose Weight to Fight Coronavirus

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday that he was "way overweight" ...

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday that he was "way overweight" in April when he was hospitalized with COVID-19, as his government launched a campaign to cut the country's obesity rates as part of...

Contractors use ropes to secure A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020, by prominent British sculptor Marc Quinn, which has been installed in Bristol on the site of the fallen statue of the slave trader Edward Colston, as they prepare to remove and load it into into a recycling and skip hire lorry.

Statue of Black U.K. Protester Removed From Plinth in Bristol

(BRISTOL, England) — Officials in the English city of Bristol on Thursday r...

(BRISTOL, England) — Officials in the English city of Bristol on Thursday removed a statue of a Black Lives Matter activist that was installed on a plinth once occupied by a monument to a 17th-century...

Bowing to U.S. Pressure, U.K. Bans 5G Equipment From China's Huawei Over Security Concerns

New Huawei equipment will be banned from the U.K.'s 5G telecoms infrastruct...

New Huawei equipment will be banned from the U.K.'s 5G telecoms infrastructure beginning in 2021, the British government announced Tuesday, reversing its previous stance on the Chinese company — in a move it described as...