UK royal Meghan wins copyright case over letter to father
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, on Wednesday won her outstanding copyright claim against a British tabloid after London’s High Court heard neither Queen Elizabeth nor a former senior royal ...
Scottish nationalists unlikely to win a majority, poll indicates
Scottish nationalists are unlikely to win an outright majority in Thursday’s parliamentary election, a blow to their hopes of demanding an independence referendum that could split apart the United ...
Greece, Spain excluded from UK’s travel ‘green list’
People from Britain will be able to fly to Gibraltar and Malta but not to Spain and Greece under UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s green light scheme, The Sun ...
UK on course to ditch social distancing rule in June, says PM
Britain is on course to ditch the COVID-19 social distancing rule requiring people to stay at least one metre apart towards the end of next month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson ...
Man United v Liverpool postponed after fans storm pitch
Manchester United’s Premier League match against Liverpool was postponed on Sunday after United fans forced their way into the stadium and stormed the Old Trafford pitch to protest against ...
Johnson faces more questions over personal spending
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced more allegations on Sunday about his expenditure on the refurbishment of his apartment and on childcare for his young son, which his foreign minister ...
Risk from variants remains after first Pfizer jab- UK study
A single dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine may not generate a sufficient immune response to protect against dominant new variants, except in people who have already been infected with ...
Post-vaccine Covid infections and deaths rare, UK study says
A very small number of mainly frail, elderly COVID-19 patients are being hospitalised and dying even after having a first dose of Pfizer’s or AstraZeneca’s vaccines, but this ...
Nigel Farage: Brexiteer, scourge of the woke – and eco-warrior?
Love him or hate him, it’s hard to accuse Nigel Farage of being boring or predictable – and Britain’s Brexit champion has blindsided his critics once again.
Fresh from ...
Pound expected to drop after Scotland election – analysts
The pound, enjoying a period of calm after 4-1/2 years of Brexit-linked chaos, may suffer some turmoil if an election next week raises the chances of Scottish nationalists calling — and ...
Nothing to see here, UK PM Johnson says of apartment refurbishment probe
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday there was nothing to see or to worry about in an electoral watchdog investigation into the funding of the refurbishment his Downing ...
Wales manager Giggs denies charges of assaulting two women
Wales manager Ryan Giggs has denied charges of assaulting two women and controlling or coercive behaviour.
The former Manchester United winger pleaded not guilty to an allegation he was violent ...
PM Johnson under pressure over apartment renovation
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under growing pressure on Wednesday to explain who financed the refurbishment of his Downing Street apartment after his former chief adviser suggested he may ...
EU lawmakers clear post-Brexit trade deal with Britain
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly backed the post-Brexit trade deal between Britain and the European Union, clearing the last hurdle towards its ratification, while expressing clear mistrust of the British ...
Self-driving cars to appear on UK motorways before year end
The UK government on Wednesday became the first country to announce it will regulate the use of self-driving vehicles at slow speeds on motorways, with the first such cars possibly ...
Leeds’ Super League T-shirt to feature in National Football Museum
One of the European Super League protest T-shirts worn by Leeds United ahead of their Premier League match against Liverpool last week is to be exhibited at the National Football ...
EU lawmakers hold final Brexit debate before decisive vote
EU lawmakers kicked off a last debate on Tuesday on the post-Brexit trade agreement between the European Union and Britain, ahead of a vote that is expected to give the ...
UK imposes sanctions on Russians, South Africa’s Guptas in first use of anti-corruption law
Britain imposed sanctions late on Monday on 14 Russians, on the Gupta family of South African businessmen and on officials accused of aiding Central American drugs cartels, in the first use ...
UK denies report that PM Johnson said ‘let the bodies pile high’
A newspaper report that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that he would rather bodies piled “high in their thousands” than order a third lockdown is not true, Defence Secretary ...
UK opposition calls for probe into PM’s flat refurbishment
Britain’s opposition Labour Party on Saturday called for an investigation into how Prime Minister Boris Johnson funded a refurbishment of his Downing Street flat following claims by his former ...
Former UK aide Cummings denies leaking ventilator messages, blasts PM
Dominic Cummings, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s former top adviser, on Friday denied reports he leaked Johnson’s private communications over COVID-19 ventilators and criticised the British leader’s competence ...
UK police to charge former soccer star Ryan Giggs with assault against two women
British police have been authorised to charge former Manchester United soccer star Ryan Giggs, who is also the current manager of the Wales national soccer team, with charges of assault ...
China could rule world’s technology, UK cyber spy chief says
The West must urgently act to ensure China does not dominate important emerging technologies and gain control of the “global operating system”, Britain’s top cyber spy said on Friday.
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‘Keep your fish!’ French fishermen block British trucks in port
French trawlermen angered by delays getting licences to fish inside British waters blocked lorries carrying UK-landed fish with burning barricades as they arrived overnight in Europe’s largest seafood processing ...