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Capt. Tom Moore, 100, is being awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II after raising more than $39 million in charity for medical workers. Moore walked 100 laps in his garden to earn donations.

Tom Moore, U.K.'s 100-Year-Old Hero, Is Awarded Knighthood For Fundraising Walks

11:59am May 20, 2020

by Bill Chappell

"I hope she's not very heavy-handed with the sword, because by then I might be rather a poor old weak soul," the World War II veteran said of a possible knighthood ceremony with Queen Elizabeth II.

A pint of beer is poured at the 2015 Great British Beer Festival in London. A brewery in the northeast of England is giving away beer to help raise money for the National Health Service during the coronavirus pandemic.

An English Brewery Offers Free Beer In Exchange For Donating To Health Workers

12:53pm May 01, 2020

by Frank Langfitt

The company in Alnwick, northeastern England, gives away beer on Fridays, so far raising close to $600 for the National Health Service.

A medical worker cleans an ambulance at St. Thomas' Hospital, one of the many hospitals dealing with coronavirus patients in London. U.K. health care personnel say they are not receiving enough tests for the virus themselves.

U.K. Health Workers Decry Low Rate Of Coronavirus Tests For Medical Staff

8:16pm April 02, 2020

by Frank Langfitt

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.

A couple wear face masks as they visit Buckingham Palace in London on Saturday. After criticism for responding slowly, the United Kingdom has urged the public to avoid unnecessary contact.

U.K. Steps Up Coronavirus Prevention, But Its Hospitals Have Already Been Strained

3:42pm March 17, 2020

by Frank Langfitt

The virus pandemic comes at a vulnerable time for the Britain's overburdened public health care system.

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This Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, image provided by NASA shows a view of Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station as it churned over the Atlantic Ocean.

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Hurricane Dorian Reaches Category 5 Status As It Approaches The Bahamas

8:19am September 01, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Forecasters warned the storm will bring "life-threatening storm surge" and "devastating winds" when it reaches the archipelago before continuing toward the southeastern U.S.

Britain's Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt arrives at 10 Downing Street in central London on March 13.

British Health Services Failed To Send Mammogram Notices And Some Women May Have Died

6:13pm May 03, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Nearly half a million English women around age 70 did not get notified that they were due for a mammogram because of a "computer algorithm error," the health secretary says.

Protesters marched in London on Feb. 3 to demand more money for Britain's National Health Service, as winter conditions are thought to have put a severe strain on the system.

U.K. Hospitals Are Overburdened, But The British Love Their Universal Health Care

1:56pm March 07, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

Budgets are tight, wait times have grown and drugs are being rationed. But most of the U.K. believes the advantages of their taxpayer-funded coverage outweigh the frustrations.

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