‘It was a huge shock to find out she’d died’
Relatives of British woman whose body lies in Paphos morgue have been found The relatives of a British woman whose body has lain unclaimed in...
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Cyprus remains on UK’s amber list
Cyprus will remain for another three weeks on the UK’s amber list for the coronavirus, under the latest travel review decided by the British government...
UK, U.S. impose sanctions on Russian intelligence agents over Navalny poisoning
Britain and the United States imposed sanctions on Friday on men they said were Russian intelligence operatives responsible for the poisoning one year ago of...
Tourist arrivals in July reached almost 300,000
The arrivals of tourists reached 297,308 in July 2021, recording an increase of 358 per cent compared with July 2020, during which 64,914 arrivals were...
All 16 and 17-year-olds in England to be offered first COVID vaccine dose by August 23
All 16- and 17-year-olds in England will be offered their first COVID-19 vaccine dose by Aug. 23, according to a target set by British Health...
UK says its citizens must have right to vote in local elections
The British High Commission has stressed the need for UK nationals to continue to vote and be eligible to stand as candidates in local elections...
Gatwick Airport urges UK to ease travel rules
Britain’s Gatwick Airport urged the government to make international travel easier after lockdown restrictions drove it to a first-half loss of 245 million pounds ($338...
After $4 billion in losses, Heathrow tells UK to open up travel
London’s Heathrow Airport urged Britain to open up travel to vaccinated passengers after its recovery fell behind hubs elsewhere in Europe, pushing its cumulative pandemic...
Coronavirus: UK opens door for Brits to come to Cyprus for non-essential travel (updated)
The UK has lifted travel advice to British nationals to avoid all but essential travel to Cyprus, based on the current assessment of Covid-19 risks,...
UK government will not impose flexible work model on finance, says minister
Financial firms should use their experience in the COVID-19 crisis to consider how flexible working could help create a more diverse workforce but the government...
UK house prices rise by most since 1988
British house prices saw their most widespread rises since 1988 last month, but fewer homes were put up for sale and buyer demand grew less...
Britain’s financial bosses could see pay linked to workforce diversity
Senior managers at financial firms could see pay linked to their progress in making their workforces more diverse and inclusive, Britain’s financial regulators said in...
Britain proposes tech company listing reforms to catch up with New York
Britain’s financial watchdog on Monday proposed making it easier for tech companies to list in London to strengthen the capital’s ability to compete with New...
Britain’s Morrisons agrees $8.7 bln offer from US investment group
Morrisons has agreed a takeover offer from Fortress Investment Group, which values Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket operator at 6.3 billion pounds ($8.7 billion). The offer from...
Food group’s call to relieve UK lorry driver crisis
Premier Foods (PFD.L), one of Britain’s biggest food companies, has called on the government to consider using the army to distribute goods to help relieve...
More UK workers furloughed than first estimated, data shows
More British workers were furloughed in late May than first estimated, according to new government data that pointed to a less optimistic outlook for unemployment...
Britain publishes CO2 permit free allocation list for aviation
Britain has published a list of the number of free UK carbon permits each aircraft operator will receive from 2021-2025 under the country’s domestic emissions...
Coronavirus: Tourism industry counts the cost of more lost time
Tourist industry stakeholders paint a grim picture of upcoming July following the UK’s announcement that Cyprus would remain in the amber category, effectively delaying the...
EU future relationship with City of London ‘hinges on trust’
The European Union is not intent on stealing business from the City of London, but future access for Britain to the bloc’s financial market will...
Recovering tax take helps narrow UK public borrowing chasm
British public borrowing fell in May from the sky-high levels of a year earlier when the government was ramping up a huge spending response to...