Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of 209,331 km2 (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island, and the ninth-largest island in the world. In 2011, Great Britain had a population of about 61 million people, making it the world's third-most populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The island of Ireland is situated to the west of Great Britain, and together these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands, form the British Isles archipelago.
The M25/M1 motorway junction near St Albans in Hertfordshire, which joins two of Britan's busiest motorways, shows less traffic than normal ahead of the Easter school holidays as the UK continues in..
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British foreign minister Dominic Raab is designated to take over leadership of the country if Prime Minister Boris Johnson, currently ill in hospital with persistent symptoms of the coronavirus, is.. Reuters - Published
Britain's temporary hospitals are seeking volunteers from airlines, calling on cabin crew members who are currently grounded to use their first-aid skills and calm manner to help get the new.. Reuters - Published
Britain's failure to join a European Union procurement programme for ventilators to treat those ill with coronavirus was due to a communications issue, Business Secretary Alok Sharma said. Reuters - Published
Britain's order of 10,000 ventilators from bagless vacuum cleaner company Dyson is dependent on them passing safety and regulatory tests, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said on Thursday. Reuters - Published
British cinema chains, theaters and arts venues began closing their doors on Tuesday as the entertainment industry adopted the government's latest guidance aimed at trying to control the spread of the.. Reuters - Published
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled much more stringent measures to tackle the coronavirus outbreak after new research indicated a quarter of a million people would have died under previous.. Reuters - Published
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cautioned that more families will lose their loved ones to the coronavirus but has taken a distinctly different approach to tackling the outbreak. Reuters - Published
British passengers from the Grand Princess cruise ship, which was stranded off the Californian coast for days due to an outbreak of coronavirus on board, are now on a U.S. flight back to Britain, the.. Reuters - Published
A team-mate's shot left Great Britain forward Sam Ward virtually blind in one eye, but after returning to action for his club, he is now aiming for the 2020 Olympics. BBC News - Published
A team-mate's shot left Great Britain forward Sam Ward virtually blind in one eye, but after returning to action for his club, he is now aiming for the 2020 Olympics. BBC News - Published
Britain is urgently exploring options to for its nationals to leave the Chinese city of Wuhan, the centre of a coronavirus outbreak, and is finalising the details of the plan, a spokesman for Prime.. Reuters - Published
Great Britain will send a women's football team to the Tokyo Olympics - but have no warm-up fixtures in place with six months to go. So how is Phil Neville preparing Team GB? BBC News - Published
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the arrest of Britain's ambassador to Tehran, a spokesman from Johnson's office said in a statement issued after the.. Reuters - Published
Great Britain miss out on the ATP Cup semi-finals as they fall to a narrow defeat in the decisive doubles rubber against Australia. BBC News - Published
The United States is making a final pitch to Britain ahead of a UK decision on whether to upgrade its telecoms network with Huawei equipment, amid threats to cut intelligence-sharing ties, people with.. Reuters - Published
Great Britain will play hosts Australia in the ATP Cup quarter-finals after Belgium do them a favour by beating Bulgaria in a thrilling group finale. BBC News - Published
A student from Indonesia was identified as Britain's most prolific rapist on Monday after being convicted of more than 150 offences, including 136 rapes. Reuters - Published
Britain's navy will accompany UK-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz to provide protection after the United States killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in an air strike, inflaming.. Reuters - Published
Cameron Norrie ensures Great Britain start the inaugural ATP Cup with a victory after battling past Bulgaria's Dimitar Kuzmanov in three sets. BBC News - Published
In the first of a series looking back at some of the greatest sporting moments of the decade, Tom Fordyce recalls Super Saturday, when Great Britain won six gold medals at the London Olympics. BBC News - Published
A British man who prosecutors say was a member of the hacking collective known as "The Dark Overlord" appeared in federal court in St. Louis on Wednesday following his extradition to face conspiracy.. Reuters - Published
The leak of classified UK-U.S. trade documents online, tied to a previous Russian disinformation campaign, has all the hallmarks of an attempt to interfere in Britain's upcoming election, a British.. Reuters - Published
British police on Friday shot dead a man who had strapped a fake bomb to his body and stabbed a number of people in what they said was a terrorism incident in the London Bridge area of the capital. Reuters - Published
Great Britain and England hockey player Sam Ward is doing "all he can" to return to hockey after losing the sight in his left eye. BBC News - Published
Captain Leon Smith says Great Britain can be excited about their chances of future success in the Davis Cup despite a heartbreaking semi-final defeat by a Rafael Nadal-inspired Spain. BBC News - Published
Great Britain miss out on a place in the Davis Cup final as Spain's Rafael Nadal and Feliciano Lopez edge out Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski in a heartbreaking doubles defeat. BBC News - Published
Britain's opposition Labour Party unveiled its election manifesto on Thursday, including a sweeping programme of nationalization reversing decades of pro-privatisation public policy. Reuters - Published
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