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UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart: the Official Charts Company's weekly ranking of the UK's biggest artist albums since July 1956, combining CD, vinyl, download sales and weighted streams (16 most-streamed tracks ÷ 1,000), unveiled Fridays on BBC Radio 1.
UK Biobank
UK Biobank is a large biomedical database and prospective cohort study following 500,000 UK volunteers recruited at ages 40 to 69 between 2006 and 2010 for research into disease.
UK Championship
UK Championship: professional snooker ranking tournament, first held 1977 (Patsy Fagan winner), ranking event since 1984, Triple Crown event with World Championship and Masters, held at York Barbican, reigning champion Mark Selby (2025).
UK Climate Projections
The UK Climate Projections (UKCP18) are the Met Office's national climate projections, observations, and tools covering how the UK's climate is likely to change through 2100, replacing UKCP09.
UK Data Service
The UK Data Service is the United Kingdom's principal national repository of economic, population, and social research data, founded in 2012 and funded by UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council.
UK Digital ID
UK Digital ID, also known as BritCard, was the UK government's proposed digital identity scheme, announced in September 2025, redesigned as voluntary in 2026, then not proceeded with.
UK drill
UK drill is a London-born offshoot of Chicago drill rap, emerging around 2014 with sliding 808s, a 1-2-2 hi-hat pattern, and grime-inherited bounce; known for 67 and Headie One, mainstream hits like Russ's "Gun Lean", and heavy policing over lyrics used as court evidence.
UK garage
UK garage (UKG), also called British garage, speed garage and 2-step, is a UK-born electronic dance genre from the mid-1990s: sped-up US garage house with heavy bass, MCs and swung 2-step rhythms.
UK hardcore
UK hardcore, also called UK happy hardcore, is a euphoric British electronic dance music style, around 170 BPM, that grew out of 1990s happy hardcore.
UK Independence Party
UK Independence Party (UKIP), British eurosceptic party founded in 1993 to campaign for EU withdrawal; won 24 of 73 UK European Parliament seats in 2014, took 12.6% at the 2015 general election but one seat, and declined after Brexit to successor parties.
UK miners' strike (1984–85)
The UK miners' strike of 1984–85 was a year-long national strike by coal miners, led by Arthur Scargill's NUM against pit closures, ending in defeat in March 1985.
UK National Quantum Technologies Programme
The UK National Quantum Technologies Programme (NQTP) is a British government program established in 2014 that links agencies, universities, and industry to develop quantum technologies.
UK Open
UK Open (darts), the PDC's 'FA Cup of Darts' ranking major since 2003, an unseeded open-draw knockout at Butlin's Minehead since 2014; Phil Taylor won the first edition, Luke Littler the 2025 and 2026 titles.
UK parliamentary by-elections 1945–1959
The UK parliamentary by-elections of 1945–1959 were 165 contests held to fill vacant House of Commons seats across four parliaments, marked by strong anti-government swings.
UK parliamentary by-elections 1997–2010
The UK parliamentary by-elections of 1997–2010 were contests held to fill House of Commons seats vacant during New Labour's three parliaments, including Labour's 2003 loss of Brent East.
UK parliamentary by-elections 2010–2019
UK parliamentary by-elections 2010–2019 were contests filling vacant House of Commons seats between general elections, marked by steep governing-party losses and turnout drops averaging 22.7 points.
UK Power Networks
UK Power Networks (UKPN) is a British electricity distribution network operator serving London, the South East, and East of England, created in 2010 and sold to ENGIE in 2026.
UK Research and Innovation
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the UK body that funds publicly supported research and innovation, launched in April 2018 under the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.
UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart
The UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart is a weekly Official Charts Company ranking of the UK's biggest rock and metal songs, compiled from sales of downloads, CDs, and vinyl.
UK SAF Mandate
The UK SAF Mandate is a legal obligation on UK aviation fuel suppliers to include a rising share of sustainable aviation fuel, taking effect on 1 January 2025.
UK Singles Chart number-one records and milestones
A list of records for reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart, led by Elvis Presley with 21 chart-toppers, the Beatles with 18, and Madonna's female record of 13.
UK Sovereign AI Fund
The UK Sovereign AI Fund is a £500 million British government program, launched in April 2026, that invests in early-stage UK AI companies and gives them supercomputer access.
UK Space Agency
The UK Space Agency, also known as the United Kingdom Space Agency, is the government body for UK civil space policy, founded in 2010 and merged with DSIT in 2026.
UK Statistics Authority
The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) is an independent non-ministerial UK government department, established in 2008 and accountable to Parliament, which safeguards official statistics through the Office for National Statistics and the Office for Statistics Regulation.
UK undercover policing scandal
The UK undercover policing scandal, also known as the spycops scandal, revealed from 2011 that Met Police undercover units infiltrated political groups, deceiving women into relationships.
UK underground rap
UK underground rap: rap made in Britain outside major-label distribution, spanning 1980s Britcore, 2010s DIY labels High Focus and Blah, and the 2023-2025 SoundCloud wave of fakemink, EsDeeKid, and Jim Legxacy, distinct from grime and drill.
UK–Ireland Interconnector (gas pipeline)
The UK–Ireland Interconnector is a natural gas pipeline carrying gas from Moffat in southwest Scotland to Ireland, first completed in 1993 and supplying most of Ireland's gas.
UK–Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
The UK–Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) is a free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and Japan, signed in Tokyo in 2020 and in force from January 2021.
Ukai Dam
Ukai Dam, forming the Vallabh Sagar reservoir, is a multipurpose dam on the Tapi River in Gujarat, India, completed in 1972 for flood control, irrigation, and power.
Ukai Thermal Power Station
This coal-fired power station, operated by GSECL near the Ukai Dam in Gujarat, India, began operations in 1976 and is currently adding an 800 MW supercritical expansion.