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New report, which shows black and Asian people in England more likely to die from Covid-19, was not accompanied by specific government advice for those populations. Black and Asian people in England are up to 50 percent more likely to die after becoming infected with Covid-19, an official study said …

Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is planning to extend significant support to the UK’s domestic telecommunications companies as part of a more muscular foreign policy. The Times is reporting that the PM is “examining options” to boost “state investment” into British telecoms companies to help them “compete in the 5G technology …

British drugmaker GSK said on Thursday that its previous flu pandemic vaccine, which used some of the same ingredients as COVID-19 vaccines currently under development, was not linked to a rise in cases of the sleep disorder narcolepsy. A spokesman for GSK said the “science has moved on” since concerns …

The Guardian and Mirror newspapers reported that Cummings, who lives in London, was seen at the property in Durham, northeast England, at the end of March. The British government faced accusations of hypocrisy on Saturday after the revelation that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top adviser, Dominic Cummings, traveled more than …

Data published on Tuesday showed the number of people claiming unemployment benefits rose by 856,500 –– the biggest ever month-on-month jump –– to 2.1 million, a 69 percent increase from March. The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in Britain leapt in April to its highest level in nearly 24 …

Britain and the European Union both demanded that the other side give ground in talks on a new post-Brexit trade deal or risk severe damage in tetchy exchanges after the latest bout of bargaining ended with scant progress on Friday. The United Kingdom left the EU on January 31, but the main terms …

The government’s decision to replace its flagship “stay at home” slogan with “stay alert” drew criticism from opposition parties who argued that PM Johnson’s new message is too ambiguous. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday urged people to “stay alert” to coronavirus risks, as he prepared to outline plans …

10 Downing Street has started devising schemes to ease coronavirus restrictions in order to slowly get the country back to work and avoid plunging the national economy into a full-fledged crisis. However, many believe that these efforts have been too swift. Trade unions slammed “incomplete” back-to-work guidelines drafted by the …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the five main conditions under which measures taken in the crisis of the outbreak and spread of the new Corona virus will be eased in the country. There are five key tests that we must satisfy before we can adjust the current measures. …

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has bypassed parliamentary scrutiny and given new powers to the UK security and intelligence organization, GCHQ, to allow it to obtain information from public-health IT systems until the end of 2020. The National Health Service (NHS) has been instructed by Hancock to hand over information to …

The crash happened in Station Road, Rochdale, at about 14:10 BST, according to Greater Manchester Police. North West Ambulance Service said five people have been taken to hospital, one with “a significant leg injury”. None of the injuries are life-threatening. Richard Street and Station Street have been temporarily closed as …

Shocking fresh statistics show the devastating impact Covid-19 is having on the UK, revealing that it has recorded its highest weekly death toll since comparable records began in 1993. New figures released by the Office for National Statistics on Tuesday show that a total of 22,351 people died in the …

A spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to rule out the possibility that stringent social distancing measures aimed at controlling the spread of Covid-19 could remain in place until next year. Asked about the prospect of some lockdown measures lasting into 2021 during a press briefing on Thursday, …

Life is unlikely to return to normal even when the tightest coronavirus restrictions are lifted, and social distancing measures could be in place for the rest of this year and beyond, Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Thursday. Britain’s Westminster government has been under pressure to outline its plans …

Amnesty International has written to the Premier League saying it “risks becoming a patsy” unless it takes a serious look at Saudi Arabia’s human rights record before sanctioning Newcastle United’s £300m takeover by an alliance in which the country’s sovereign wealth fund would hold an 80% controlling stake. Saudi’s Public …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus and is self-isolating at his Downing Street residence but said he would still lead the government’s response to the accelerating outbreak. Johnson, 55, experienced mild symptoms on Thursday, a day after he answered at the prime minister’s weekly question-and-answer session …

The UK Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed 798 cases of COVID-19 in the UK, after 208 new cases were confirmed during the previous 24 hours, the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak. A total of 11 people have died so far in the United …

Scotland has had its first death of a patient with coronavirus, an elderly patient with underlying health conditions, Scotland’s chief medical officer said on Friday. “The patient, who was being treated by Lothian Health Board was an older person who had underlying health conditions,” Catherine Calderwood, chief medical officer for …