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June 23, 2023
Seventy-five years ago, a ship landed at Tilbury Dock near London, carrying more than 800 passengers from the Caribbean to…
A view of the coffin of former RAF Sergeant Peter Brown
May 25, 2023
Peter Brown was one of about 5,500 men from the former British West Indies who volunteered to fight for Britain…
British teen Ademola Adedeji
November 21, 2022
British teen Ademola Adedeji has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his alleged involvement with criminal gang activity.
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September 8, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96.
August 29, 2022
The annual Notting Hill Carnival is back for the first time since 2019, with more than a million people expected…
June 14, 2022
As Britain plans to send its first group of asylum-seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday amid outcries and legal challenges...
May 23, 2022
An adviser to the World Health Organization calls the outbreak a "random event" that might be explained by sexual behavior…
July 15, 2021
The British women’s soccer team plan to take a knee before kickoff at the Tokyo Olympics, taking a public anti-racism…
COVID-19 vaccine thegrio.com
June 27, 2020
South Africa is the first African nation to participate in a COVID-19 vaccine trial that started Wednesday. Britain and Brazil…
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May 12, 2020
Lifetime has greenlit a TV movie about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s decision to leave the British Royal Family which…
March 27, 2020
Johnson’s office said he was tested after showing mild symptoms and is self-isolating and continuing to lead Britain’s response to…
UK South Africa thegrio.com
August 28, 2018
British Prime Minister Theresa May pledged Tuesday to make Britain the biggest investor in Africa from the developed world.
June 25, 2015
On the morning of Saturday the 6th  of August 2011, all was well in London. In a city that prides
May 6, 2015
LONDON (AP) — Errol Brown, the lead singer of the band Hot Chocolate, has died in the Bahamas, his manager…
February 17, 2014
LONDON (AP) — The force of 'Gravity' was strong at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday — but it…
January 8, 2014
LONDON - '12 Years' had 10 nominations, including nods for star Chiwetel Ejiofor, supporting performers Lupita Nyong'o and Michael Fassbender…
October 10, 2013
LONDON — It was hardly a Gangsta’s Paradise, but hip-hop legend Coolio made himself at home with a group of…
October 10, 2013
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who was convicted for sponsoring atrocities in Sierra Leone, will…
October 1, 2013
LONDON -- A chemical mist which turns perpetrators florescent green is being used to target thieves in Britain.
August 5, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Gabrielle Turnquest, from Windermere, has demonstrated superior academic prowess to become the youngest person to quality as…