Jill Lawless

Associated Press

In this Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 file photo, fishermen arrange crabs after their boat returned from a fishing trip to the harbour in Hartlepool, England.

Brexit Red Tape Leaves Catch Rotting

Fishing communities are facing ruin.

A woman cycles on a Brompton folding bicycle past a sign outside Waterloo Station reminding people they are required to wear face coverings inside the station and whilst traveling on trains, in London, during England's second coronavirus lockdown, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020.

British Bike Maker Pedals on Despite Brexit Uncertainty

The company, which exports hand-made folding bikes to 47 countries, looked at the uncertainty and started stockpiling parts.

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19.

Scientists Question Quick Test Accuracy

Has the market gone 'completely mad'?

Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel meets students and staff working on 'carbon capture' at Imperial College London in South Kensington, London, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2020. Britain has announced a new post-Brexit “points-based immigration system” said Patel, that will assess prospective immigrants on a range of skills, qualifications, salaries or professions, starting next year.

UK Employers Fear Worker Shortages

The country is shutting out people its deems 'low-skilled' workers.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, right, and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attend the launch of the upcoming COP26 UN Climate Summit in London, Feb. 4, 2020.

UK to Ban New Gas Vehicles by 2035

The announcement moves the goal up five years form its previous target.

Britain's Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech in London, England on Wednesday, Nov. 27 ahead of the general election on Dec. 12.

UK’s Labour Accuses Govt of Secret Trade Talks with US

The Labour Party’s Jeremy Corbyn waved 451 pages of documents at a press conference Wednesday.

The statue of former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill stands in London's Parliament Square on Monday, Oct. 28.

EU Grants Brexit Delay to Jan. 31

The decision was welcomed by politicians in the U.K. and the bloc — but not by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

British candy producers show their products at the international candy fair ISM in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Approx. 5 % of German production of sweets, with a value of around 800 million Euro, is exported to the important United Kingdom market.

1/3 of UK Firms Consider Move

While headlines have focused on big companies, less notice has been given to smaller U.K. businesses and their plans to relocate.

In this grab taken from video, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks, during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019.

EU Leaders Say No to Brexit Deal

The main issue is a 'backstop' provision, which keeps the U.K. in a customs union with the EU, removing the need for checks along the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.

Planes are grounded at Gatwick airport, near London, as the airport remains closed with incoming flights delayed or diverted to other airports, after drones were spotted over the airfield last night and this morning, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. London's Gatwick Airport remained shut during the busy holiday period Thursday while police and airport officials investigate reports that drones were flying in the area of the airfield.

Drones Shut Down London Airport

London Gatwick closed its runway Wednesday evening after two drones were spotted.

The United States installation 'Face Values', by designers Zachary Lieberman, sat demonstrating in the chair, and R. Luke DuBois, not pictured, which explores the role of facial detection technology in society is displayed during a media preview for the London Design Biennale at Somerset House in London, Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. The event runs from September 4 to 23.

Hidden World of Facial Recognition

The technology is far from perfect.

The restored Bluebird K7, which crashed killing pilot Donald Campbell in 1967, takes to the water for the first time in more than 50 years off the Isle of Bute on the west coast of Scotland, Saturday Aug. 4, 2018. The famed jet boat Bluebird has returned to the water for the first time since a 1967 crash that killed pilot Donald Campbell during a world speed-record attempt. Watched by Campbell's daughter Gina Campbell, the restored Bluebird was lowered Saturday into Loch Fad on Scotland's Isle of Bute, where it will undergo low-speed tests.

Bluebird Jet Boat Floats 51 Years After Fatal Crash

The 1967 crash killed the pilot during a world speed-record attempt.