Britain

England’s coronavirus crisis could return again surprisingly quickly and the country is not yet out of the woods, chief medical officer Chris Whitty said on Thursday ahead of the ...

Britain reported another 42,302 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, the highest since mid-January, according to official figures released Wednesday. The country also recorded another 49 coronavirus-related deaths. These figures only ...

The head of the Financial Reporting Council, the UK regulator overseeing financial reporting, told the Financial Times that it had botched the handling of a series of business scandals that ...

Travellers returning to England from the Spanish islands of Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca will have to self-isolate at home unless they have had two Covid vaccine shots, following a change ...

A senior Russian security official warned Britain on Wednesday not to sail its warships near Russian-annexed Crimea again unless it wanted its sailors to get hurt. The warning, issued by ...

Britain’s top domestic spymaster cautioned the population on Wednesday to treat the threat of spying from Russia and China as vigilantly as terrorism, warning that foreign spies were seeking ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell social media companies on Tuesday to do more to tackle online abuse, condemning racist comments made against England soccer players as coming from “...

Harry Kane has told those who racially targeted some of England’s players after the Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy “we don’t want you” while boss Gareth Southgate described ...

By Michael Holden and Mitch Phillips Black players in the England soccer team have been subjected to a storm of online racist abuse after their defeat in the final of ...

British police have so far arrested a total of 86 people during and following Sunday’s Euro 2020 soccer final between Italy and England, they said on Monday. The Metropolitan Police said ...

Jamaica plans to ask Britain for compensation for the Atlantic slave trade in the former British colony, a senior government official said, under a petition that could seek billions of ...

A WHO epidemiologist said she had been devastated to watch unmasked crowds singing and shouting at the Euro 2020 soccer final in London on Sunday, expressing concerns that it would spur ...

By Costas Pitas and Alistair Smout British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged people on Monday to show caution when nearly all remaining COVID-19 restrictions are lifted in England next week, ...

Thousands of members of Northern Ireland’s Orange Order began to take part in parades across the region on Monday with the peak of the annual marching closely watched this ...

The UK government is confident that plans to lift a range of COVID-19 restrictions will go ahead on July 19 in England but mask-wearing in indoor enclosed places will be expected, ...

A group of airports and airlines launched legal action against the British government over its travel curbs on Friday, challenging ministers to be more transparent over decisions on rating COVID-19 ...

Trade disruption could return if British holidaymakers head for European summer breaks, the head of the country’s biggest port said, calling on the government to urgently reconsider funding to ...

“Football’s coming home,” is the chant of England football fans at this year’s Euro 2020 tournament, but with it may come COVID-19. England face Italy on Sunday in the ...

Fully-vaccinated Britons returning from medium-risk amber list countries will no longer have to quarantine when they arrive home from July 19, transport secretary Grant Shapps said on Thursday. The rule change ...

British finance minister Rishi Sunak said the government was looking at changes to its COVID-19 app due to frustration among the public about the continued need for 10 days of self-isolation ...

People who have been fully vaccinated and children will from Aug. 16 no longer have to self-isolate after close contact with someone who tests positive for COVID-19, health minister Sajid Javid ...

The European Union urged London on Tuesday to consider a Swiss-style veterinary agreement with Brussels on agri-foods to end a post-Brexit ‘sausage war’ row over certain goods moving between Britain ...

The world can no longer think only about COVID-19 and ignore the other critical health issues, economic problems, and education challenges that have build up during the pandemic, Britain’s ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out plans on Monday to end social and economic COVID-19 restrictions in England in two weeks’ time, a test of whether a rapid vaccine ...