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Jill Lawless
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on October 31, 2020 to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus. (Alberto Pezzali / POOL / AFP)
November 1, 2020, 1:56 am
England to enter new lockdown as UK virus cases surpass 1 million
Month-long closure must still be approved by parliament; PM Johnson: ‘Unless we act, we could see deaths in this country running at several thousand a day’
By Jill Lawless
Sean Connery arrives at the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award event honoring Al Pacino in Los Angeles on June 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
October 31, 2020, 3:31 pm
Sean Connery, the ‘original’ James Bond, dies at 90
He walked away from iconic role at 41 but continued to flourish, disproving Hollywood snipers who predicted nobody would hire a balding, middle-aged actor with a funny accent
By Jill Lawless and Bob Thomas
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, Sept. 23, 2020 (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
September 26, 2020, 8:20 am
As virus surges, critics say UK hasn’t learned from mistakes
Experts say government’s insistence on going its own way, epitomized by Britain’s exit from the EU, has hobbled its COVID response, with testing system a key failure
By Jill Lawless
Film director Alan Parker arrives at the opening ceremony of 26th Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow on June 18, 2004. Parker, whose movies included 'Bugsy Malone,' 'Midnight Express' and 'Evita,' has died at the age of 76. A statement from the director’s family says Parker died Friday in London after a long illness. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File)
July 31, 2020, 9:36 pm
Alan Parker, director of ‘Midnight Express’ and ‘Bugsy Malone,’ dies at 76
A Briton who became a Hollywood heavyweight, Parker also directed ‘Fame,’ ‘The Commitments’ and ‘Mississippi Burning.’ Together his movies won 10 Academy Awards
By Jill Lawless
A Muslim man uses hand sanitizer at the Bradford Grand Mosque as Muslims gathered for Eid al-Adha prayers, in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, July 31, 2020. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)
July 31, 2020, 4:42 pm
UK puts lockdown-easing on hold as virus spread accelerates
Hours before planned rollback of restrictions set to take effect, Johnson says country needs to ‘squeeze [the] brake pedal’ as infections start to climb for first time since May
By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless
Colleagues and pupils of teacher James Furlong stand together to take part in a period of silence at the Holt School, in Wokingham, England, in memory of teacher James Furlong, a victim of a terror attack in nearby Reading, June 22, 2020. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP)
June 22, 2020, 5:47 pm
English town Reading mourns victims of suspected terror attack
Students light candles, lay flowers for history teacher James Furlong; family of another victim, Joe Ritchie-Bennett from Philadelphia, stranded in US due to virus lockdown
By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless
Armed police officers work at a block of flats off Basingstoke Road in Reading after a stabbing attack at Forbury Gardens park in the town center of Reading, England, June 20, 2020. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP)
June 21, 2020, 3:54 am
3 slain in stabbing at UK park; police say motive unclear
Despite initial reports suggesting the opposite, local force says attack ‘not currently being treated as a terrorist incident’
By Jill Lawless
Black Lives Matter supporters during a protest at Trafalgar Square in central London, June 13, 2020. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
June 20, 2020, 6:02 am
Bank of England apologizes for past links to slavery, as UK reckons with past
UK’s central bank disavows former governors who had ties to slave trade; global anti-racism movement forcing British institutions to grapple with uncomfortable histories
By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA
Police officers form a line to block protesters in central London on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 after a demonstration over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Protests have taken place across America and internationally, after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck while the handcuffed black man called out that he couldn’t breathe. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
June 4, 2020, 5:25 am
Thousands in Europe decry racial injustice, police violence
Protests in UK, sparked by George Floyd killing, shift focus to racial disparities closer to home; police fire teargas at 4,000 demonstrators outside US embassy in Athens
By Pan Pylas and Jill Lawless
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L)with Douglas Ross, parliamentary under-secretary of state for Scotland, in Moray, Scotland, November 7, 2019. (Stefan Rousseau / PA via AP)
May 26, 2020, 3:09 pm
Minister quits UK government over aide’s lockdown breach
Dominic Cummings traveled over 250 miles to his parents’ house during nationwide lockdown while suffering virus symptoms
By Jill Lawless
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks from 10 Downing Street praising NHS staff in a video message, after he was discharged from hospital a week after being admitted with persistent coronavirus symptoms, in London, April 12, 2020 (Pippa Fowles/10 Downing Street via AP)
April 26, 2020, 2:05 pm
UK’s Johnson to return to work amid growing criticism over virus policies
Opposition politicans say coronavirus death toll could have been lower if government had imposed lockdown earlier; questions asked over when and how restrictions will be eased
By Jill Lawless
People exercise social distancing as they take their exorcise on the Long Walk in front of Windsor Castle during the Easter bank holiday weekend, as the UK continues in lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, in Windsor, England, April 10, 2020. (Steve Parsons / PA via AP)
April 10, 2020, 8:40 pm
UK reports worst day, with nearly 1,000 virus deaths; Johnson improves
Friday’s 980 fatalities are higher single day tally than ever in Spain, Italy; British government implores people not to travel over Easter holiday
By Jill Lawless
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London, Jan. 22, 2020. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
April 9, 2020, 10:08 pm
UK’s Johnson out of intensive care as his condition improves
Downing Street says PM has been moved back to ward, ‘will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery’
By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA
A video screen displays a message urging people to stay home in a nearly deserted Piccadilly Circus in London, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
April 8, 2020, 9:24 pm
UK’s Johnson remains in ICU with coronavirus, condition improving
Britain’s confirmed death toll reaches 7,097 on Wednesday, an increase of 938 from 24 hours earlier
By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA
In this screen grab taken from video, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses the nation from 10 Downing Street, in London, Monday March 23, 2020. (UK Pool via AP)
April 7, 2020, 5:33 pm
UK’s Johnson is stable in ICU with coronavirus, received oxygen
Spokesman says premier is not on ventilator, is in ‘good spirits’; doesn’t specify what oxygen treatment he is getting
By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA
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