Crowning achievement for Queen Elizabeth II

After 63 years and 216 days on the job, Her Majesty is in the record books since ascending to the throne at age 25

• Sep 9, 2015

U.K. admits to assassinating two Britons in Syria

"There was a terrorist directing murder on our streets and no other means to stop them," Prime Minister David Cameron says

• Sep 7, 2015

UK to re-settle up to 20,000 Syrian refugees

Meanwhile, Italy retrieves 60 bodies from shipwreck and Greece moves thousands from "miserable" conditions on island as crisis deepens

• Sep 7, 2015

Austria and Germany will allow migrants to enter

As tens of thousands of migrants pour into countries across Europe, nations scramble to find solutions

• Sep 4, 2015

Brits admit Big Ben's bongs not quite on time

Iconic clock has been helping Londoners tell time for the last 156 years; clock chimes every 15 minutes and bongs every hour

• Aug 25, 2015

Century-old message in a bottle reaches its destination

Tossed into the North Sea in the early 1900s, the bottle was discovered by a couple on a German beach

• Aug 21, 2015

Britain and France boost security at Channel Tunnel

Measures aimed at "migrants trying to come abroad with organized criminal gangs" says British home secretary

• Aug 20, 2015

Former U.K. PM accused of child abuse

Allegation emerges as public inquiry investigates possible cover up of sexual abuse by powerful people in U.K. over several decades

• Aug 4, 2015

Migrant crisis becomes political between Britain and France

As thousands more migrants are rescued again in waters off Italy, tunnel linking France and Britain becomes symbol of crisis

• Aug 2, 2015

4 killed when jet crashes into car auction site at U.K. airfield

Witness says executive jet "nosedived into the cars and exploded on impact," engulfing the plane and several vehicles in flames

• Jul 31, 2015

Weird horse-cows, other oddities found in Iron Age site

"Hybridized" skeletons and signs of sacrifice are uncovered at an ancient settlement in southern England

• Jul 21, 2015

Israel wants "permanent standoff" with Iran, UK minister says

Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says "Israel has shown time and again that it can be pragmatic"

• Jul 15, 2015

Suspects detained in Tunisia attack as victims' remains go home

Government minister says investigation "has allowed us to discover the network behind the operation"

• Jul 2, 2015

Nicholas Winton, known as "Britain's Schindler," dies at 106

Humanitarian almost single-handedly saved more than 650 Jewish children from the Holocaust

• Jul 1, 2015

Glow-in-the-dark paint protects cyclists then washes off

A new highly reflective paint designed by an auto manufacturer could keep roads safer

• Jun 10, 2015

Fashion ad banned for "unhealthily underweight" model

Yves Saint Laurent ad in Elle UK magazine has been banned after a regulator deemed it "irresponsible"

• Jun 4, 2015

UK roller coaster crash leaves 4 with "serious injuries"

Witness tweets that he saw "blood everywhere" after collision on the Smiler ride at the Alton Towers amusement

• Jun 2, 2015

Brain surgeon tells of triumphs, failures in memoir

In "Do No Harm," neurosurgeon Henry Marsh sheds light on life and death in the operating room

• Jun 1, 2015

UK teen's bid to become jihadi bride in Syria foiled by reporter

Daily Mail reporter posed as teen girl wishing to travel with 16-year-old whose older sister is allegedly a recruiter for ISIS

• May 22, 2015

Close U.K. election may not have clear winner after voting

Election deemed too close to call widely predicted to lead to frantic political horse-trading to form majority in Parliament

• May 7, 2015

Woman dies from toxic diet pills bought online

"She was literally burning up from within," mother says, as police warn about supplements containing "highly toxic" chemical DNP

• Apr 21, 2015

Five times politicians failed at food

British Prime Minister David Cameron is being mocked for his delicate method of eating a hot dog, but he's in good company

• Apr 8, 2015