Captain Tom Moore received online abuse in weeks before death
Britain’s Captain Tom Moore, the World War Two veteran who raised millions of pounds for health service workers battling the coronavirus, received online abuse in the weeks before he ...
Queen Elizabeth’s husband, Philip, admitted to hospital
Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s 99-year-old husband, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday evening as a precautionary measure with an ailment that is not COVID related.
“The Duke’s admission ...
UK preparing staged exit from Covid lockdown, pubs to open in May
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering a staged exit from COVID-19 lockdown that would see pubs and restaurants reopen in May, and hospitality and domestic holiday industries not fully ...
Johnson wants ‘cautious but irreversible’ path out of lockdown (Update 2)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday he would plot a cautious but irreversible path out of the COVID-19 lockdown this week after the vaccination of 15 million vulnerable people.
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UK’s Johnson says world needs pandemic treaty
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that world powers should clinch a global treaty on pandemics to ensure proper transparency after the novel coronavirus outbreak which originated in ...
British children in limbo over gender therapy after court ruling
– Almost as soon as she could speak, Nina told her parents she was not a boy and she has lived as a girl since she was seven. Until recently, she ...
Locked down and lonely, London Zoo faces fight to survive (with pics)
London Zoo should be teeming with children released from school by half-term holidays.
But instead, the monkeys’ pranks are unobserved, King Cobra is coiled friendless in the reptile house and ...
England’s quarantine hotels open for arrivals from red listed countries
Passengers arriving in England from Monday from any of 33 “red list” countries will have to spend 14 days quarantined in a hotel room under new border restrictions designed to stop new ...
UK hits 15m vaccinations as pressure to unlock builds (Update)
By William James
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed a “significant milestone” on Sunday as data showed 15 million first doses of COVID-19 vaccinations had been delivered, fuelling calls for the ...
UK ministers in push to boost Covid-19 vaccine uptake
British ministers, health workers and volunteers will join a weekend drive to encourage those in the most vulnerable groups to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, as the government nears its target ...
Coronavirus: UK ministers in push to boost Covid-19 vaccine uptake
British ministers, health workers and volunteers will be part of a weekend drive to encourage those in the most vulnerable groups to receive a Covid-19 vaccination, as the government nears ...
UK’s Duchess Meghan wins privacy battle against ‘dehumanising’ tabloid paper
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, said on Thursday a British tabloid had been held to account for its “dehumanising practices” after she won a privacy claim against the paper for ...
BBC World News barred from airing in China
British television channel BBC World News has been barred from airing in China, the National Radio and Television Administration said on Friday, a week after Britain’s media regulator revoked ...
EU rejects most UK demands on Northern Ireland trade
The European Union rejected most of Britain’s demands for easier trade with Northern Ireland but said it was examining more flexibility on steel.
In a letter to British Cabinet ...
Get used to idea of re-vaccinating against Covid, UK PM Johnson says
British people should expect to receive repeated vaccinations against COVID-19 in future to keep pace with mutations of the virus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday.
As vaccines are ...
EU gives Britain till end of April to ratify Brexit trade agreement
The European Union will ask Britain if it can take an extra two months to ratify the Brexit trade agreement by extending until April 30 provisional application of the deal.
The ...
UK says it’s not yet at ‘gin and tonic’ stage with EU after Brexit
By Guy Faulconbridge
Britain said on Tuesday its relations with the European Union after Brexit had been problematic due to differences over everything from vaccines and Northern Ireland as well ...
UK’s Princess Eugenie has had baby son – Buckingham Palace
Britain’s Princess Eugenie, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, has given birth to her first child, a baby son, with husband Jack Brooksbank, Buckingham Palace announced on Tuesday.
Eugenie, the 10th ...
Britain tightens travel with hotel quarantine and prison threat
Britain said it would bring in tighter border controls next week against new variants of the coronavirus, requiring hotel quarantine for arrivals and threatening rule-breakers with up to 10 years in ...
What changes does Britain want to N. Ireland post-Brexit rules?
Britain is demanding the European Union agree to rework the post-Brexit trade rules governing trade with Northern Ireland, seeking more time, better solutions and, in some cases, a renegotiation of ...
TUI banking on vaccinated Brits for summer recovery
TUI Group, the world’s biggest holiday company, needs a summer recovery to relieve pressure on its strained finances and is banking on vaccinated Britons going abroad in the peak ...
Exports from UK to EU down 68% since Brexit trade deal, say hauliers
Exports from Britain to the European Union fell by 68% in January as trade was disrupted after the end of a transition period following Britain’s departure from the European Union, ...
UK says it wants all vaccine priority groups to have first shot by May
Britain wants to have offered all adults over the age of 50, most vulnerable people and health workers a vaccination against Covid-19 by May, the government said on Friday, setting a ...
Britain’s COVID-19 hotel quarantine policy to start Feb. 15
Britain will place travellers arriving from COVID-19 hot spots in quarantine in hotels from Feb. 15, the government said, after criticism that it was not moving fast enough to bring in ...