Extending the deadline for evacuation from Afghanistan after August 31 is unlikely, UK Defense Minister Ben Wallace said this morning. The Taliban warns that they do not intend to agree to extensions.more
More than 800 migrants crossed the English Channel to the UK on Saturday - setting a new record for crossings in a single day. The Home Office said nearly 200 people making the trip were also stopped by the French authorities.more
The author of the recently published biography of Prince Philip reveals unknown facts about the life of Queen Elizabeth II's husband in the pages of his book. Using numerous interviews, archival recordings and statements from people around the Duke of Edinburgh, he created a comprehensive portrait of the husband of the British monarch. more
Activists from the environmental organization Extinction Rebellion (XR) launched a two-week protest in London, during which they demanded that the British government halt new investments in fossil fuels.more
The Changing the Guard ceremony has been performed at Buckingham Palace for the first time since the beginning of the Covid pandemic. The colourful military spectacle was halted about 18 months ago to avoid attracting huge crowds of tourists during lockdown.more
Hundreds of anti-vaccine protesters have stormed a building containing the headquarters of ITN, the company that produces ITV news and Channel 4 News, in central London. Footage shared on social media showed people gathering inside the building on Grays Inn Road on Monday, while police were seen outside the building.more
Female directors at the UK’s biggest companies are still being paid a fraction of the amount their male counterparts receive, new research shows, underlining the pay gap that still exists between men and women in Britain’s boardrooms.more
The UK has "hours now, not weeks" to evacuate people from Afghanistan, the defence secretary has said. Ben Wallace said troops would leave Kabul's airport when the US withdrew, which is due to happen on 31 August.more
More than 80 private Covid travel test providers listed on the government's website will be issued two-strike warnings over misleading prices, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has announced. A further 57 firms will be removed from the website on Monday, because they either no longer exist or do not actually provide the relevant tests.more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will personally ask US President Joe Biden during the virtual summit of G7 leaders to extend the time limit for US troops to remain at Kabul airport beyond August 31, British media reported today.more
Waitrose has been rated Britain’s worst large online retailer for grocery freshness, according to research. The consumer group Which? investigated the quality and longevity of fresh produce from British supermarkets. Twelve undercover shoppers ordered more than 1,000 items from six retailers to examine how fresh their food and drink products were.more
Antibody tests are to be widely offered to the UK public for the first time in a new programme that aims to find out more about how much natural protection people have after getting coronavirus.
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Seven Afghan civilians have died in the pressing crowd trying to reach Kabul airport, the British Defense Ministry said yesterday, adding that conditions on the ground were "extremely difficult".more
The US withdrawal from Afghanistan is "tragic, dangerous and unnecessary" and the decision of US President Joe Biden was taken because of "the moronic slogan of ending endless wars," said former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.more
The final of the European football championship at Wembley significantly contributed to the spread of COVID-19, according to the government agency Public Health England. As reported, probably 2,295 people at the stadium were already infected then, and a further 3,404 became infected there.more
British chief of diplomacy Dominic Raab was called by Downing Street to return from a vacation in Crete as Afghanistan plunged into chaos, but persuaded Prime Minister Boris Johnson to let him stay for two more days, The Times revealed.more
Karolina Kaczorowska died yesterday at the age of 90. She was the widow of the last President of the Republic of Poland in Exile, Ryszard Kaczorowski, and an active activist of Polish emigration in Great Britain.more
London's protests by environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) have cost taxpayers over £ 50m in the past two years, London Metropolitan Police said. As she added, each such protest means that there will be no officers there somewhere.more