Johnson locks down England as UK Covid cases pass 1 million
Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered England back into a national lockdown after the United Kingdom passed the milestone of one million COVID-19 cases and a...
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UK’s Johnson considering new national lockdown for England
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering imposing a new month-long national lockdown in England next week after scientists warned the coronavirus was spreading faster than their worst...
Britain to restrict export of flu vaccines to protect UK supplies
Britain said on Friday it will restrict the export of flu vaccines being used in the country this winter, adding that there are sufficient supplies...
Britain says it is doing everything it can to avoid national lockdown
Britain will do everything it can to avoid ordering a second national COVID-19 lockdown because it believes it will do more harm than good to...
UK rejects ‘Britain First’ trade policy, taking swipes at US and EU
Britain will on Thursday chide the “pernicious” trade practices of the United States and Europe, even as it tries to pin down deals with its...
Amid France-Turkey row, UK calls on NATO allies to defend free speech
Britain‘s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab called on NATO allies to stand shoulder-to-shoulder on values of tolerance and free speech, in a veiled rebuke to Turkey...
UK police say dealing with incident aboard vessel off English coast
British police said on Sunday they were dealing with an ongoing incident aboard a vessel near the coast of the Isle of Wight, an island...
Britain records 23,012 new COVID cases on Saturday
Britain recorded 23,012 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, up from 20,530 on Friday, government data showed. There were 174 deaths within 28 days of a...
Irish PM confident on Brexit, believes British PM wants deal
Ireland’s prime minister said on Saturday he thinks Britain and the European Union will strike a post-Brexit trade deal and that the resumption of talks...
Back at the Brexit table, UK and EU try to tackle fish
The chief negotiators of Britain and the European Union meet on Friday for intensive negotiations on a last-minute trade deal that would stave off a...
‘I’m 83, I don’t give a sod’; UK pensioner sums up frustration with new Covid curbs
Britons increasingly frustrated by months of restrictions to stem the spread of COVID-19 have found an unlikely new champion in pensioner Maureen Eames who declared:...
Sunak stumps up more help for COVID-hit businesses
British finance minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday was forced to offer more financial help to businesses grappling with a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic, which...
EU, Britain agree to resume trade talks after week-long hiatus
Britain will resume talks with the European Union on Thursday, marking a new push by the two sides to protect billions of dollars worth of...
More of northern England put into highest COVID-19 lockdown tier
South Yorkshire in northern England will move into the very high lockdown tier on Saturday to tackle rising levels of COVID-19 infections, the mayor of...
EU’s Michel says UK has a choice to make, Barnier claims deal is still possible
Britain has sovereign choices to make on Brexit and they will determine its future access to the EU’s internal market, the chairman of the bloc’s...
U.S., Britain trade talks enter final stretch
The United States and Britain expressed optimism about the prospects of a trade deal as they launched the latest round of talks focused on goods...
UK says trade talks with US are intensifying
Britain and the United States are intensifying trade talks, trade minister Liz Truss said on Tuesday, announcing the start of a fifth round of negotiations...
UK tells EU door still open for deal, Barnier and Front to talk later today
Britain said on Monday the door was still open if the European Union wanted to make some small concessions to save Brexit trade talks, but...
UK lockdowns: Wales and Manchester head towards tougher lockdowns
About six million people in the United Kingdom face tougher COVID-19 lockdowns in coming days as Wales and Manchester, the country’s third largest city, mull...
‘Door is ajar’ on Brexit trade talks if EU is serious – UK’s Gove (Updated)
The door is still ajar for Britain and the European Union to strike a post-Brexit trade deal but the bloc needs to change its approach...
