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COVID-19 pandemicin the United Kingdom,British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. On 23 March 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a nationwide lockdown to curb a widening outbreak of COVID-19, closing many sectors and ordering the public to stay at home. This was incrementally lifted, starting from several weeks later.
The 2020 Great North Run, scheduled for 13 September, is cancelled because of the COVID-19 outbreak. [145] 16 June – The UK government announces that the school meals voucher scheme will be extended to cover the summer holidays, allowing 1.3 million disadvantaged children to access free meals during the holidays.
5 March – The first death from COVID-19 in the UK is confirmed, [ 31] as the number of cases exceeds 100, with a total of 115 having tested positive. England's Chief Medical Officer, Chris Whitty, tells MPs that the UK has now moved to the second stage of dealing with COVID-19 – from "containment" to the "delay" phase.
The UK government announces plans to give Ofcom more powers over the BBC's online content, including BBC News. [29] The UK government rejects calls from Welsh MPs to add the Six Nations Championship to the list of guaranteed free-to-air sporting events on British television. [30] 24: The 2024 Brit Award nominees are announced.
11 September. Canada has reported 704 new cases The highest daily case count since June 6 2020, bringing the total number to 135,632. [ 75] Malaysia has reported 182 new cases, bringing the total to 9,810. 14 people have recovered, bringing the total number of recovered to 9,181.
The 2020 Full Gear was the second annual Full Gear professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was broadcast on Saturday, November 7, 2020. While the majority of the event aired live from Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida, the Elite Deletion match was taped one week prior at Matt Hardy 's home ...
Reform UK placed third in the share of the vote in the 2024 election and had MPs elected to the Commons for the first time. [3] The Green Party of England and Wales also won a record number of seats alongside a number of independent MPs. [4] The Scottish National Party (SNP) lost around three quarters of its seats. [5]
5. February 2, 2020. $17,682,959. Bad Boys for Life became the first film in 2020 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. [ 6] 6. February 9, 2020. Birds of Prey. $33,010,017.