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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the Canal Side Heritage Centre in Beeston near Nottingham, England, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. The government is launching a new cycling intuitive to help get people fitter. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, Pool)

Plan to get more bikes on road wobbles as UK tackles obesity

Associated Press

Boris Johnson Portrait by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The dizzying, death-defying first year of Boris Johnson

By Lee Cohen

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds crabs caught on the Carvela with Karl Adamson at Stromness Harbour in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland, during a visit to the Highlands and Northern Isles of Scotland, Thursday July 23, 2020. (Robert Perry/PA via AP)

Johnson stresses ‘sheer might’ of UK union on Scotland trip

By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, March 14, 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks in front of a Russian National flag in Sevastopol, Crimea. An influential committee of British lawmakers plans to publish its findings Tuesday July 21, 2020, reporting on Russian interference in British politics, amid criticism the government delayed its release for more than six months to shield Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party from embarrassment. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, FILE)

UK looks to new laws on spies after critical intel report

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions session, in parliament in London, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

UK’s Johnson nudges workers back to office as lockdown eases

By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a face mask, visits the headquarters of the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust in London, Monday July 13, 2020. (Ben Stansall/Pool via AP)

Boris Johnson, British PM, backs mask-wearing in shops to limit COVID-19 spread

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, May 21, 2020 file photo, a woman and child wearing face masks past a coronavirus related artwork displayed on screens in the window of the Flannels clothing store on Oxford Street, in central London. People in England won't have to wear masks in shops, a British official suggested on Sunday, in comments that caused confusion after Prime Minister Boris Johnson indicated a tougher line was needed for face coverings indoors. Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove encouraged people to use masks while inside but stopped short of endorsing their mandatory use in England, saying he trusted people to use “common sense.” (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)

UK official suggests masks won’t be required in shops

By KELVIN CHAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020 file photo, participants wave British and U.S. flags during a rally demanding electoral democracy and call for boycott of the Chinese Communist Party and all businesses seen to support it in Hong Kong. Only five years ago, former British Prime Minister David Cameron was celebrating a “golden era” in U.K.-China relations, bonding with President Xi Jinping over a pint of beer at the pub and signing off trade deals worth billions. Those friendly scenes now seem like a distant memory, with hostile rhetoric ratcheting up this week over Beijing’s new national security law on Hong Kong. China has threatened “consequences” after Britain offered refuge to millions in the former colony. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, file)

UK-China ties freeze with debate over Huawei, Hong Kong

By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

Stanley Johnson, father of Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaks with local reporters outside his Villa Irene in Horto village, Mount Pelion (also known as Pilio), central Greece, Friday, July 3, 2020. Stanley Johnson, arrived in Athens on Wednesday evening after flying via Bulgaria due to a current ban on direct flights from the Britain, before visiting his villa on Mount Pelion. (Dimitris Kareklidis/magnesianews.gr via AP)

Boris Johnson’s father defends trip to Greece via Bulgaria

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, June 8, 2020 file photo, passengers wearing face masks arrive at London's Heathrow Airport. The British government said Friday, July 3, 2020, it is scrapping a 14-day quarantine rule for arrivals from about 60 countries deemed “lower risk” for the coronavirus, including France, Spain, Germany and Italy — but not the United States. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

UK scraps quarantine for some visitors as pubs set to reopen

By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, May 28, 2020, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson applauds on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street in London. Johnson has said his government will introduce White House-style televised press briefings, in a shakeup to the traditional system of political communication, reports The Financial Times on Friday July 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, FILE)

In shake-up, UK government plans televised media briefings

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A statue of Cecil Rhodes, the controversial Victorian imperialist who supported apartheid-style measures in southern Africa stands mounted on the facade of Oriel College in Oxford, England, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. The governing body of Oriel College are meeting today to discuss the future of the statue. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

British PM Johnson opposes taking down imperialist Rhodes’ statue at alma mater

By Anna Dollar - The Washington Times

Members of the military operate a walk-in mobile Covid-19 testing centre at Spinney Hill Park in Leicester, England, Monday June 29, 2020. The British government is reimposing lockdown restrictions in the central England city of Leicester after a spike in coronavirus infections, including the closure of shops that don’t sell essential goods and schools. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)

Businesses chafe in Leicester as UK city faces new lockdown

By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

Opposing Forces to sink Trump and Brexit Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Four years on, the elite progressive opposition still tries to sink Trump and Brexit

By Lee Cohen

A worker for Leicester City Council disinfects public toilets in Leicester, England, Monday June 29, 2020. The central England city of Leicester is waiting to find out if lockdown restrictions will be extended as a result of a spike in coronavirus infections. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)

UK city of Leicester sees lockdown tightened on virus spike

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the construction site of Ealing Fields High School in west London, Monday June 29, 2020. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP)

Boris Johnson says COVID-19 has been a disaster for Britain

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, May 8, 2019, Britain's National Security Adviser Mark Sedwill shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, in Beijing. Britain’s top civil servant Mark Sedwill announced Sunday June 28, 2020, he will resign from his role as Cabinet Secretary, national security adviser and head of the Civil Service in September 2020. (Florence Lo/Pool FILE via AP)

Britain’s top civil servant steps down from powerful role

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated July 25, 2017, an RAF Voyager used by the Prime Minister and members of the royal family which is to be repainted in the colours of the Union flag. Johnson’s spokesman, James Slack, said Wednesday June 17, 2020, that the grey RAF Voyager was being painted in the British union flag colours to “better represent the U.K. around the world with national branding.&quot; (Steve Parsons/PA FILE via AP)

Air Boris: Johnson’s plane gets red, white and blue makeover

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In this photo issued by 10 Downing Street, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures, during a Coronavirus media briefing in Downing Street, London, Wednesday June 10, 2020. (Pippa Fowles/10 Downing Street via AP)

UK cuts development ministry, merges it with Foreign Office

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Protesters gather in Leeds, England, Sunday June 14, 2020, during a protest by Black Voices Matter. Global protests are taking place in the wake of George Floyd’s death who was killed on May 25 while in police custody in the U.S. city of Minneapolis. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)

U.K.’s Boris Johnson calls for anti-racism commission; critics want more

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press