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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the new lockdown will begin on Thursday and last until at least Dec. 2. Bars and restaurants can only offer take-out and non-essential shops most close.

The countries reached a deal Tuesday after France initially closed its borders to U.K. travelers on Sunday following news of an outbreak of a new strain of the coronavirus in England.

Sterling K. Brown, Jon Batiste, and Shasheer Zamata learn their family histories.

The European Union Parliament's visa exemption plan will put the U.K. in the same category as more than 60 other countries — including the U.S.

Linda Schmitmeyer did a very brave thing; she wrote a memoir detailing her family's decades-long ordeal dealing with her husband's mental illness. Linda...

A 25-year-old man stabbed several park-goers with a knife, killing three of them. The U.K.'s Counter Terrorism Policing unit has declared it a terrorist incident and is taking over the investigation.

Britain's farming minister favors leaving the European Union. But some farmers fear losing subsidies and foreign workers if that happens. "As a farmer," says one, "I want to stay in business."

Brexit strategy talks have pushed the government of British Prime Minister Theresa May to the brink. With high-profile, pro-Brexit officials leaving her government, what is the path forward?

The British government is under fire for only testing a tiny percentage of National Health Service staff as deaths from COVID-19 in the United Kingdom quickly rise to nearly 3,000.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Karen Pierce, the new U.K. ambassador to the U.S., about the impact of COVID-19 in the U.K. — including the positive diagnosis of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.