King Charles will hold a reception on Friday for world leaders gathered in London for his coronation this weekend, the biggest ceremonial event to be staged in Britain for 70 years. Charles, 74, and his wife Camilla will be crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey in a glittering but solemn religious …
Read More »Majority of Britons opposed to funding King Charles III coronation, survey finds
More than half of Britons are opposed to funding the upcoming coronation of King Charles III by British taxpayers in face of the nation’s record-breaking inflation and cost-of-living crisis, a new poll has found. The survey, conducted by the London-based YouGov market research firm and published on Tuesday, shows that …
Read More »US and UK to blame for EU weakness – Moscow
By destroying ties with Russia, Brussels is playing into the hands of London and Washington, Russia’s deputy foreign minister says A senior Russian diplomat has accused the EU of falling victim to a US-UK ploy in Ukraine, and losing the chance to become an independent player in a multipolar world. …
Read More »UK Home Secretary exploits loophole to ‘milk’ expenses system to get £25,000 to pay for personal household bills, report reveals
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has “milked” the expenses system to get taxpayers to foot her household bills, a report has revealed, as ordinary citizens are struggling to pay their bills amid the cost-of-living crisis. A damning report, published by The Mirror newspaper on Sunday, has revealed that the senior …
Read More »UK asylum seekers threatened with deportation – report
Refugees have complained of overcrowding and malnutrition, a charity has claimed. People seeking asylum in the UK who complain of overcrowding, poor food, and mental health problems have been warned that they may be deported to Rwanda, according to the findings of a report by the Refugee Action charity released …
Read More »London police riven with institutional ‘racism, misogyny’
A report has found that London’s Metropolitan Police Service, the biggest police force in Britain, is riddled with deep-seated racism and misogyny. The review, published Tuesday, noted that London police have lost the confidence of the public, stressing that it must “change itself” or risk being broken up. “It is …
Read More »Hate crimes against Russians rising in UK – Sky News
The British police have recorded dozens of such offenses since the start of the Ukraine conflict, according to the outlet’s investigation Russians in the UK have been subject to an increasing number of hate crimes, including violent assaults, abuse, and vandalism, a Sky News investigation released on Friday found. In …
Read More »Four-day working week ‘more productive’: UK study
A four-day working week is more productive for most staff and companies than the traditional five days, one of the biggest trials of its kind conducted in the UK reported on Tuesday. Over 60 firms in Britain took part in the six-month experiment allowing almost 3,000 employees to work one …
Read More »Former guard at British embassy sentenced to 13 years in prison for spying for Russia
A man who passed highly sensitive information to the Russian state while working as a security guard at the British embassy in Berlin was on Friday jailed for 13 years and two months in a London court. The court heard David Ballantyne Smith, 58, collected confidential information for more than …
Read More »MI5 and Bank of England buildings painted orange (VIDEOS)
‘Just Stop Oil’ eco-campaigners target several buildings in London Climate activists from the ‘Just Stop Oil’ group have sprayed paint onto several major buildings in Central London, all of which “represent the pillars” supporting the fossil fuel industry, according to the group. The headquarters of the British domestic intelligence service, …
Read More »Fresh photos of UK PM Johnson drinking reignite ‘Partygate’ row
New photographs of Prime Minister Boris Johnson drinking at a leaving party at his Downing Street residence have been published, reigniting opposition accusations that he breached his own COVID-19 lockdown rules. The photographs, obtained by ITV News, were taken at a gathering in honour of Downing Street’s outgoing director of …
Read More »Thousands in London mark 74th anniversary of ‘Nakba’, pay homage to slain Palestinian journalist
Thousands of people from all walks of life have staged a mass rally in the United Kingdom to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the ‘Nakba,’ or Catastrophe when more than 700,000 Palestinians were forcibly driven from their homes as Israel proclaimed its illegal existence in 1948. People gathered in front …
Read More »UK Labour’s Starmer to offer to resign if fined for COVID rule breach – Sky News
Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer will offer to resign if he is found by police to have broken COVID rules at a gathering last year, Sky News reported on Monday without citing sources. Starmer is due to make a statement at 1500 GMT, a Labour spokesperson said. The …
Read More »Rare case of monkeypox confirmed in England
The patient, who is believed to have contracted the infection on a trip to Nigeria, is being treated at a specialist unit in London. Though monkeypox can be spread through close contact, there is a very low risk of transmission to the public.
Read More »UK PM Johnson loses London strongholds as scandals bite in local elections
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party lost control of traditional strongholds in London and suffered setbacks elsewhere in local elections, with voters punishing his government over a series of scandals.
Read More »UK police arrests man with knife after confrontation near PM Johnson’s residence
British police closed a road in central London near Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s official residence on Monday and said they had arrested a man armed with a knife who had confronted two Ministry of Defense police officers. Whitehall, which is home to several government departments including the finance ministry, Foreign …
Read More »UK’s Johnson rejects calls to resign amid ‘partygate’ fine
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to resign after being fined for breaking his government’s pandemic lockdown rules, saying he would instead redouble efforts to strengthen the economy and combat Russian aggression in Ukraine. London police fined Johnson and other people Tuesday for attending a birthday party thrown for …
Read More »UK: Assassin of MP David Amess sentenced to life in prison
Judge says the killing of the conservative politician by the IS supporter was an attack “on the heart of democracy” Islamic State group sympathizer Ali Harbi Ali was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for killing British MP Sir David Amess and plotting terrorist attacks on others, including Michael …
Read More »UK set to bring in new COVID restrictions after Christmas -media
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson may introduce new restrictions to slow the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant after Christmas, the Times and other media reported on Monday. Britain has reported record levels of COVID-19 cases over the past week, with officials and ministers warning that hospitalizations are also rising. …
Read More »London declares ‘major incident’ over Omicron
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced a ‘major incident’ in the UK capital over the quickly deteriorating epidemiological situation prompted by the fast-spreading Omicron variant. “Today I have declared a major incident in London because of the serious threat of Covid-19 to our city. This will help us avoid …
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