Cautious hugging and pints indoors: UK PM Johnson eases England’s lockdown
By Kate Holton and Guy Faulconbridge British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday gave the green light to cautious hugging and the serving of pints...
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Europe dares to reopen as 200 millionth vaccine dose delivered
As its vaccination drive reaches a third of adults and COVID-19 infections ease, Europe is starting to reopen cities and beaches, raising hopes that this...
Key Scottish election as pro-independence party heads for win
The Scottish National Party (SNP), which has vowed to hold an independence referendum that could tear the United Kingdom apart should it be returned to...
UK advises under-40s to take alternative to AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot
Britain’s panel of vaccine advisers on Friday said that people under 40 should be offered an alternative to Oxford/AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot where possible, due to...
Firefighters tackle blaze at 19-storey in east London tower block
Firefighters in London were tackling a blaze at a 19-storey block of flats in the east of the city on Friday, with smoke emerging from...
PM Johnson’s party sweeps aside Labour in northern English town (Update 2)
Britain’s governing Conservative Party won a new seat in parliament on Friday, ousting the Labour Party in the northern English town of Hartlepool with a...
Airlines, British holidaymakers brace for limited travel restart
Airlines, holiday companies, tourists and vast swathes of southern Europe are looking forward to hearing the UK’s plan to relaunch travel but only a limited...
UK regulator says some evidence AstraZeneca clots occur more in women than men
Britain’s medicine regulator on Thursday said there was some evidence that uncommon blood clots linked to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine occurred more in women than in...
UK withdraws patrol boats from Jersey after French Brexit row (Updated)
Britain withdrew its Royal Navy vessels from the waters off Jersey on Thursday but said it would remain on standby to support the Channel island...
EasyJet ahead of green list warns UK risks being left behind in travel
The chief executive of easyJet said Britain was likely to be left behind the rest of Europe if the government does not allow quarantine-free travel...
Scotland votes to decide the fate of independence movement
Scotland votes today Thursday in an election that could trigger a showdown with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson over a new independence referendum just five...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...