The Chinese ambassador to London has been informed that he cannot attend parliament as long as the sanctions imposed by Beijing on several British parliamentarians remain in force.more
Sainsbury’s has joined the list of retailers planning to give staff the day-off on Boxing Day, with plans to close its supermarkets, convenience stores and petrol stations on December 26.more
Brexit controls on food and animal products that were due to come into effect in January are being postponed until July 2022 because of the potential impact on businesses, the British government has announced.more
Higher national insurance payments will leave low-paid frontline workers potentially more than £1,000 a year worse off, while also depriving firms of the cash needed to invest, according to the latest analyses.more
Johnson was setting out plan for tackling Covid over winter in a briefing with Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance. PM adds he can't 'rule out completely' the possibility of mandating vaccine passports.more
The third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine will begin next week in the UK, Health Minister Sajid Javid announced. He added that it is possible to restore some restrictions if the epidemic situation worsens in autumn and winter.more
The British capital is once again struggling with heavy rainfall. Difficult conditions for the patient's emergence to many difficulties in movement - were flooded, among others Tower Bridge station where the store was closed.more
The British government terminated the contract with the French company Valneva for the supply of 100 million vaccines against Covid-19, the company said. Small vaccines to be produced at her facility in Scotland.more
For the first time in history, the number of jobs offered in the UK has surpassed one million; the number of full-time employees has returned to the level before the coronavirus pandemic, the National Statistical Office of the ONS reported.more
The British supermarket chain Marks & Spencer has branded the EU’s Brexit border controls “pointless bureaucracy” as the UK government considers delaying checks on food imports amid fears of mounting pressure on supermarket supplies in the run-up to Christmas.more
The stained glass "Apollo. The Copernicus System" - reconstructed on the basis of a design by Stanisław Wyspiański - will be presented at the exhibition at the William Morris Gallery in London.more
Children aged 12 to 15 can be offered Covid vaccinations, the UK’s four chief medical officers have decided, saying the likely impact in reducing disruption to schools meant such a plan could be clinically justified.more
British Prince Andrew's lawyers plan to challenge the jurisdiction of a US court to adjudicate in a civil suit brought by a woman accusing him of sexual assault, court files say.more
Charlotte Johnson Wahl, the mother of the prime minister, has died at the age of 79. The portrait painter passed away “suddenly and peacefully” at a London hospital on Monday, the family said in a statement shared with the Daily Telegraph.more
Nicola Sturgeon has asked the UK government to agree to another Scottish independence referendum "in the spirit of co-operation". Scotland's first minister told SNP members at the party's conference on Monday that "democracy must - and will - prevail", to allow the country another vote on its future.more
The largest European producer of frozen foods, including fish sticks, will start working on the production of fish meat and seafood using the cellular method (in a laboratory), announced the Reuters Agency. Nomad Foods will work on the product in cooperation with the American company BlueNalu.more
There is strong evidence that British American Tobacco (BAT) has paid a bribe to former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, according to a journalistic investigation, the results of which will be presented on Monday on BBC Panorama.more
The British royals, who trace their history back more than 1,000 years, could be gone within two generations, writer Hilary Mantel said in an interview published on Saturday.more
Guidance to work from home and the mandatory use of face masks are likely to be retained as options in the Covid winter plan due to be set out by Boris Johnson.
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Fully vaccinated people accounted for just over 1%. of all those who died from Covid-19 in England in the first half of the year, with most contracting the infection before they were fully immune, the National Statistics Office reported.more
The boss of budget airline Ryanair has warned holiday prices are likely to rise sharply next year as consumer demand for travel rebounds.
Michael O'Leary told The Sunday Times fewer flights, inflation and more taxes would drive airfares up.more
Venues and other businesses should still demand Covid passports if they believe they are “necessary”, a minister says – despite the government ditching plans to force them to do so.more
Pilot blood tests are beginning in England to detect 50 types of cancer before any symptoms appear. This could be a revolution in cancer diagnosis, reports the NHS.more