We loved him for the extraordinary diving.... perhaps even more for the extraordinary knitting! One of the UK's greatest sportspeople Tom Daley has announced his retirement following a fifth Olympic medal in Paris. Thank you, Tom - truly the end of a special era.

Happy #InternationalYouthDay! Last year’s #Coronation themes of sustainability, diversity, and youth are reflected in our friends and partners at @PoF_Educators, who bring climate education to children around the world – including here in #SF for our Coronation celebration.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued a joint statement along with the leaders of the United States, France, Germany, and Italy on the situation in the Middle East.

This is great news for UK and US engineering firms and professionals. Streamlining the process of recognition of qualifications will offer more opportunities to develop talent, boost collaboration and take UK-US services trade even further 👇

#AI is already benefitting industry, spurring advancements across the board from climate to online safety. These benefits, though, are not without risk. Fantastic to explore both #innovation and safety with CA partners last week -- a critical conversation as #tech scales.

Hello, #Sacramento! We're excited to be back in the state capital today meeting with friends and partners. #UKinSacramento

This year, the UK elected the most gender-balanced cabinet to date, including its first female chancellor Rachel Reeves. Today, we met with her counterpart @FionaMa -- who is breaking glass ceilings in CA -- to discuss growing our economies and reducing emissions together.

Clean energy and economic growth are the heart of the new UK government's agenda 🇬🇧 Fantastic to discuss these key areas with Sacramento partners today including the CalEPA, CARB, and GO-Biz. #UKinSacramento #green #energy

The UK and CA have set some of the most ambitious #climate targets in the world, with the UK pledging to 🌞Treble solar capacity 🍃Double onshore wind 🌊Quadruple offshore wind All as key milestones towards achieving zero-carbon power by 2030 🌍🌎 (1/2)

(2/2) Great to discuss shared priorities with #climate leaders across California state government ahead of important international summits #ClimateWeekNYC and #COP29. #UKinSacramento

Great picture from a tea-riffic meeting with CA State Treasurer Fiona Ma in #Sacramento this week! Eagle-eyed followers may note the 🇬🇧 and CA State Treasury mugs for State Treasurer Fiona Ma, CPA and CG Tammy Sandhu M.B.E., respectively ☕️

Slava Ukraini! Heroiam Slava! Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes! #SlavaUkraini #StandWithUkraine #MakeNoiseForUkraine

The largest conference room in BCGSF is nicknamed “London” for its size and capacity 🏙️ While not quite hitting the city’s tens of millions, we still gathered a respectable quorum of reps from Scotland, N Ireland, and England in SF’s own #London to discuss economic cooperation!

One of the things we're most proud of as a country is the Marshall Scholars programme which gives Americans from all walks of life the chance to study in the UK. Our brilliant alumni have gone on to do incredible things, including Team USA Paralympian Ahalya Lettenberger. 🧵1/3

The Tokyo Paralympic Games silver medallist is about to represent the US again - in swimming - before heading to the UK to study at Loughborough University for a Master of Science Degree in Sport Biomechanics. Her second year will be an MSc in Disability, Design and Innovation at UCL.

Preparing our #MarshallScholars for the UK with a quintessentially British tea service ☕ Looking to join the next year's Marshalls class? Make sure to submit your application before the September 24 deadline ⬇️⬇️ marshallscholarship.org/apply

To mark Ukrainian Independence Day, we came together to raise the Ukrainian flag at Office of San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed and celebrate the strength and resilience of the Ukrainian people. Our support for Ukraine won't waver -- for as long as it takes. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraini

Delighted to see British company @Ocean_Infinity's state-of-the-art survey vessel making waves in California's offshore wind industry 🌊 #OffshoreWind #energy #innovation

Great to see LACl and California Governor partners in the UK engaging with our transport system 🚍🚆 We're looking forward to supporting CA as they work to make #LA28 a #clean and #green Olympics! UK Consulate in LA

First Grand Slam semi final for this exciting talent. 🇬🇧🎾🇺🇸