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Benches stand taped off to try and stop people sitting on them, on the South Bank of the River Thames with St Paul's Cathedral in the background in London, during the lockdown to try and stop the spread of coronavirus, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. The British government is promising to test thousands of nursing home residents and staff for the new coronavirus, as it faces criticism for failing to count care-home deaths in its tally of victims. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

UK government extends virus lockdown by at least 3 weeks

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In this image made available by British government because no media allowed into 10 Downing Street because of the coronavirus pandemic, showing Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, right, holding a digital press conference about the COVID-19 coronavirus, with Deputy Chief Medical Officer Doctor Jenny Harries, centre, inside 10 Downing Street, London, Thursday March 26, 2020. Sunak on Thursday announced measures to give financial help to self-employed people. (Pippa Fowles/10 Downing Street via AP)

‘Not forgotten’: UK unveils big new scheme for self-employed

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A man covers his face with a football scarf as he waits at a tube station in London, Friday, March 13, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

UK departs from Europe in virus response, draws criticism

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Post-Brexit UK reverting to blue passports - made in the EU

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UK announces plan to fine firms for harmful online content

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Police forensic officers work at the scene following a terror stabbing attack in the Streatham area of south London Monday Feb. 3, 2020. Police in London say the man identified as 20-year-old Sudesh Amman was wearing a fake bomb and stabbed two people Sunday before being shot to death by police was recently released from prison, where he was serving for terrorism offenses.(Aaron Chown/PA via AP)

U.K. to end early release of terror convicts after stabbings

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

A Flybe flight departs from Manchester Airport, England, Monday Jan. 13, 2020. Britain's leaders are considering whether to support a rescue deal for the struggling regional airline Flybe, with discussions under way as to whether the carrier should receive tax relief on passenger duty levies. (Pete Byrne/PA via AP)

UK says it has struck deal to save troubled airline Flybe

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China’s Jingye comes to the rescue of British Steel

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, to go to the Houses of Parliament in London, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. Britain's Parliament is set to vote in a rare Saturday sitting on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new deal with the European Union, a decisive moment in the prolonged bid to end the Brexit stalemate. Various scenarios may be put in motion by the vote. (AP Photo/Vudi Xhymshiti)

The Latest: Johnson sends EU request for Brexit delay

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Tourists sheltering underneath a British Union flag umbrella walk across Westminster Bridge in the rain towards the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Saturday drama: Brexit battle to be decided in UK Parliament

By GREGORY KATZ and MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Britain scraps plan aimed at blocking minors’ access to porn

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to attend Parliament in London, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. The U.K. offered the European Union a proposed last-minute Brexit deal on Wednesday that it said represents a realistic compromise for both sides, as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the bloc to hold &quot;rapid negotiations towards a solution&quot; after years of wrangling. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

EU demands U.K. ‘realism’ as Boris Johnson tries to save Brexit plan

By Jill Lawless and Raf Casert - Associated Press

People queue to enter Manchester Central Convention Centre, where Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson will later deliver the Leaders's speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, England, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. Britain's ruling Conservative Party is holding their annual party conference. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

The Latest: EU Parliament’s Brexit official cautious on plan

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People are silhouetted with umbrellas in the rain backdropped by the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. In a major blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Britain's highest court ruled Tuesday that his decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks in the crucial countdown to the country's Brexit deadline was illegal. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

The Latest: Johnson urges opposition to call confidence vote

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker listens Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019 in Strasbourg, eastern France, as members of the European Parliament discuss the current state of play of the UK's withdrawal from the EU. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

EU’s Juncker: Irish border controls needed in no-deal Brexit

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on during a visit to West Yorkshire in England, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Prime Minister Boris Johnson kept up his push Thursday for an early general election as a way to break Britain's Brexit impasse, as lawmakers moved to stop the U.K. leaving the European Union next month without a divorce deal. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)

The Latest: UK Lords pass law to block no-deal Oct 31 Brexit

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks with prison staff during a visit to Leeds prison, Northern England, Tuesday Aug. 13, 2019. In an announcement on Sunday Johnson promised more prisons and stronger police powers in an effort to fight violent crime. ( AP Photo/Jon Super)

UK planning post-Brexit freight service for vital medicines

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FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 file photo, a copy of D.H Lawrence's book &quot;Lady Chatterley's Lover&quot; that was the judge's personal version used in the infamous 1960 Chatterley trial, on view in Sotheby's auction house in London. The British government has on Monday, May 13, 2019 used its powers to preserve the nation’s cultural treasures to halt the export of a tattered paperback copy of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover.” The copy of the once-scandalous book was used by the judge in the U.K. obscenity trial of Penguin Books, prosecuted in 1960 for publishing D.H. Lawrence's novel about an affair between a wealthy woman and her husband's gamekeeper.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

UK halts export of ‘Lady Chatterley’ copy from famous trial

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FILE - In this Friday, April 12, 2019 file photo, climate change demonstrators hold banners in front of the Winston Churchill Statue during a protest near Parliament in London. An independent committee that advises the British government on climate change says the UK should target net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, recommending the rapid adoption of policies to change everything from how people heat their homes to what they eat. The report released Thursday, May 2 by the Committee on Climate Change stresses that it is time for ambitious goals to curb the emissions that cause climate change. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)

UK climate panel sets big goals: less meat, electric cars

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

In this file photo dated Tuesday, June 5, 2018, a plane takes off over a road sign near Heathrow Airport in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Campaigners against Heathrow expansion lose legal challenge

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press