UK risks twice-as-big second COVID wave without better testing, study finds
Britain faces a second wave of COVID-19 this winter twice as widespread as the initial outbreak if it reopens schools without a more effective test-and-trace system...
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EU eyes softening key state aid demand in Brexit talks
The European Union is willing to compromise to rescue troubled Brexit talks by softening its demand that Britain heed EU rules on state aid in...
Alan Parker, director of “Bugsy Malone” and “Mississippi Burning”, has died – UK media
British filmmaker Alan Parker, director of movies ranging from “Bugsy Malone”, a gangster comedy featuring children armed with machineguns that fired cream, to the tense...
Second wave? UK tightens lockdown in northern England
Britain imposed a tougher lockdown in swathes of northern England after a rise in the rate of novel coronavirus transmission, raising concerns that a second...
UK worried about second wave in Europe, won’t hesitate to act on quarantine
Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Thursday he was worried about a second wave of coronavirus infections in Europe and that the government would...
PM Johnson seeks TV face to ‘communicate with nation’
Britain is advertising for a skilled communicator to front newly-televised government media briefings – a job billed as “speaking to the nation” for Prime Minister...
UK names new MI6 spy chief to tackle challenges from China, Russia
Britain on Wednesday named career diplomat and intelligence officer Richard Moore as the new chief of the MI6 spy service as the West seeks to...
TUI UK cancels holidays to Balearics and Canary Islands until Aug. 4
TUI UK on Wednesday said it had cancelled holidays to the Balearics and Canary Islands until August 4 after Britain advised against all non-essential travel...
Coronavirus vaccine unlikely to be widely available before mid-2021
Germany awarded three biotech companies grants to help them speed up the development of coronavirus vaccine candidates, but Research Minister Anja Karliczek said any vaccine...
Heathrow calls for UK passenger testing to win ‘quarantine roulette’
Heathrow Airport, once Europe’s busiest airport, called on Britain to urgently back a passenger testing regime, warning that without one, the country’s strict quarantine rules...
German police dig up garden in McCann investigation
German police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have searched a garden plot in Hannover in connection with their probe, prosecutors said. Julia Meyer, a...
UK quarantine on Spain is not disproportionate – junior minister
British junior minister Simon Clarke said the government disagreed with the Spanish prime minister’s assessment that imposing a quarantine on travellers from Spain was disproportionate....
Brazil mayors say UK dam case vital in David-Goliath struggle with BHP
A Brazilian mayor, part of a 200,000-strong group claim against miner BHP over a 2015 burst dam, has told an English court that suing the Anglo-Australian...
‘Hopeless addict’ Depp was a violent misogynist, court hears
Johnny Depp was a drug addict prone to violent rages and a misogynist who assaulted his wife and used abusive language about women, a London court was...
UK keeps eye on France, Germany after slapping quarantine on Spain (update)
Britain is closely watching rises in coronavirus cases in other European destinations such as France and Germany after slapping a 14-day quarantine on travellers from Spain at...
Prince Harry took offence at brother’s advice, says book
Britain’s Prince Harry took offence at what he thought was Prince William’s “snobbishness” when he advised his brother to “take as much time as you...
British decision to quarantine travellers from Spain causes anger, worry
By Elena Rodriguez and Guillermo Martinez British tourists flying home on Sunday from holidays in Spain reacted angrily to the UK government’s abrupt decision to...
Travellers arriving to Britain from Spain told to quarantine
British tourists flying home on Sunday after a holiday in Spain angrily reacted to an abrupt decision by their government to make everyone arriving from...
UK PM Johnson says maybe he could have managed pandemic differently
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has been criticised for acting too slowly in the COVID-19 pandemic, said on Friday there may have been things...
Scottish support for independence rises
James Henderson has spent most of his life fiercely opposed to Scottish independence. Now, reluctantly he is backing it. The 71-year-old former marine engineer voted...
