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Young drug mules disguised as nurses and Deliveroo workers were utilized by criminal gangs to deliver cocaine, heroin and illegally acquired prescription drugs during coronavirus lockdown, according to a senior officer in charge of tackling county lines dealing at one of the UK’s biggest police forces. The name “county lines” …

Riot police were showered with bottles, bricks and other projectiles while trying to break up an illegal rave in west London on Friday night. At least seven officers were injured during the hostilities. The police were called to the scene in White City following reports of a number of people …

Seven police officials were injured in violence at an unlicensed musical event in the British capital as they sought to break up a crowd that posed a risk to public health during the coronavirus pandemic, police said on Saturday. Those at Friday’s event became violent and threw projectiles at police …

The British government unveiled on Friday a list of 59 countries, where people in England can travel to and from without quarantining for two weeks. The countries include most EU countries, including France, Italy, Spain, and Germany, as well as countries like Japan, Jamaica, New Zealand, and South Korea. The …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned Israel against proceeding with plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, calling them illegal. Writing in an article published in Hebrew on the front page of Israel’s top-selling daily, Yediot Aharonot, Johnson, despite saying he is a “passionate defender of Israel,” …

The EU and Britain have launched an intense five weeks of negotiations on a deal to define their post-Brexit relations, with London keen to wrap things up quickly. The new round of talks which began in Brussels on Monday was the first to be held face-to-face since the coronavirus shutdown …

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ditching his libertarian instincts and considering state interventions to tackle the U.K.’s high obesity levels. The coronavirus crisis has persuaded Johnson that ministers have a duty to address excess weight as a major health issue, he told Times Radio on Monday. The prime minister …

A rare manuscript of a 15th-century Quran has recently sold for £7,016,250, almost 12 times more than its estimated price, in an auction held in London by Christie’s. Written in Naskh on heavy colored Chinese paper, the magnificent manuscript belongs to the Timurid dynasty (1370–1507), which was a Muslim dynasty …

A senior member of the UK Labor Party has called for banning the import of products from the West Bank if the Israeli regime goes ahead with the illegal annexation plan. Lisa Nandy, the shadow foreign secretary, said that the UK must ban the import of goods from illegal settlements …

Police in Scotland has cordoned off streets in Glasgow after a man was stabbed in what police have described as a targeted attack, Scottish Television (STV), and the Daily Mail newspaper reported. STV quoted a police inspector, Gareth Griffiths, as saying it was a “targeted assault and we do not …

Britain will be ready to quit its transitional arrangements with the European Union “on Australia terms” if no deal on their future relationship is reached, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, told his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki on Saturday. Britain left the bloc on Jan. 31. A transition period, during which Britain …

Three people have reportedly been killed and a number of others injured in a stabbing attack in Glasgow city center. Authorities have confirmed that the suspect was shot dead and a police officer was stabbed during the incident. Around 20 police vehicles, armed officers, sniffer dogs and riot shields are …

Four years on from the UK’s Brexit vote, a majority of British voters would now opt to remain inside the European Union, says new research. According to the European Social Survey (ESS), a pan-European poll carried out every two years, 56.8% of respondents in the UK indicated that they would …

British police officers were attacked while attempting to disperse an illegal party overnight in west London, the second such incident in two days. As Britain eases strict coronavirus lockdown rules, police have had to deal with a number of illegal parties and raves across the country. “We know that having …

Jacob Rees-Mogg, true to his bizarre nature, has implied that “the weather” is to blame for the skyrocketing UK death toll from coronavirus. He also directed blame at “the practices of individual cultures and societies” – although he did not expand on the thesis. This astonishing reasoning came after a …

An impromptu block party in Brixton, South London resulted in chaos after police called to the scene were assaulted and forced to flee. At least 15 officers were reportedly injured. Officers came under attack by a large crowd that had assembled near Angell Town estate in Brixton, according to media …

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that people across England will be able to go to restaurants and pubs, hair salons, museums, and cinemas from July 4, in the most significant relaxation of restrictions since they were imposed three months ago. “All hospitality indoors will be limited to table …

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the Emir of Abu Dhabi, transported water tanks from Evian, France, to his Grade II listed mansion Ascot Place, near Windsor Great Park in Berkshire A super-rich sheikh has filled the water tanks of an 18th-century mansion he hardly ever visits with Evian mineral water, …

A 25-year-old Libyan man, Khairi Saadallah, was named as the suspect in a stabbing spree that left three people dead in the UK, local media reported. The crime is being investigated as a terrorist attack. Saadallah is reportedly being questioned by the police. According to the media, security forces are …

Three people have been killed and three others seriously injured after a man went on a stabbing rampage in a park in the southern English city of Reading. Thames Valley Police said they had launched a murder investigation and were not treating Saturday’s incident as terror-related after making one arrest …