Essex lorry deaths: Men jailed for killing 39 migrants in trailer
Four men have been jailed for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex. British forensic officers working on...
British lawmakers seek investigation into UK-registered firm possibly linked to Beirut blast
Two senior British parliamentarians called on Friday for an investigation into a British-registered company possibly linked to last year’s devastating explosion in Beirut, after Reuters...
UK police break up COVID rule-breaching wedding with 400 guests
British police said on Friday they had broken up a wedding with almost 400 guests in violation of COVID lockdown rules, which only allow six...
UK researchers say lateral flow tests detect the most infectious COVID cases
Rapid lateral flow tests will likely identify the most infectious COVID-19 cases with higher viral loads despite concerns over the overall sensitivity of the tests,...
Baby Trump blimp acquired by Museum of London
The Donald Trump baby blimp, which flew over Parliament Square in London during the US president's visit to the UK, has found a new home....
Britain invites G7 leaders to Cornish resort for June summit
Britain announced plans to hold the first in-person meeting of the G7 for nearly two years in June, inviting the leaders of major developed economies...
UK sees third-highest daily death toll with new cases at three-week low
Britain reported its lowest number of daily new coronavirus infections since the start of the year on Saturday, adding to signs that a national lockdown...
UK nurse concerned about Kiwi Covid response
Much younger patients are becoming very ill very fast, says a New Zealand nurse working in Britain on the frontline of the response to the...
Critical care staff suffer trauma and severe anxiety due to COVID-19 – UK study
Nearly half of staff working in intensive care units (ICU) in England in the COVID-19 pandemic have severe anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder, with...
Iran bans importation of US, UK Covid vaccines
Iran’s Supreme Leader has banned the purchase of coronavirus vaccines made by United States and United Kingdom companies, limiting the country’s options as it confronts...
UK sees record daily COVID deaths, London hospitals on brink
The United Kingdom recorded its highest daily death toll on Friday since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as London declared a major incident, warning...
UK conman injects a woman, 92, with a bogus CAVID-19 vaccine.
British police on Friday hunted a trickster who tricked a 92-year-old woman into handing over £160 to receive a fake coronavirus vaccine jab in...
UK sees record daily Covid deaths, London hospitals on brink
The United Kingdom recorded its highest daily death toll yesterday since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic as London declared a major incident, warning that...
UK scientists worry vaccines may not protect against South African coronavirus variant
UK scientists have expressed concern that Covid-19 vaccines being rolled out in Britain may not be able to protect against a new variant of the...
New York finds first case of more contagious, ‘UK’ strain of coronavirus
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says his state has found its first case of the more contagious, “UK” strain of the coronavirus, raising concerns about...
United Kingdom Judge refuses the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States
A British judge ordered that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could not be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges, including violation of the...
Covid-19: Boris Johnson announces new England lockdown
Everyone in England must stay at home except for permitted reasons during a new coronavirus lockdown beginning at midnight, Boris Johnson has announced. Photo: AFP...
Assange faces UK court ruling on extradition to US
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a UK court ruling on Monday over whether he should be extradited to the United States on espionage charges for...
Scotland to enter another effective national lockdown – The Times
Scotland will on Monday enter another effective national lockdown, likely to last until spring, The Times newspaper reported. Scottish government leader Nicola Sturgeon said earlier...
Bola Tinubu’s whereabouts: Seyi, son says not positive for COVID-19, currently getting vaccinated in the United Kingdom
Seyi Tinubu, son of the national leader of APC, Bola Tinubu, has refuted claims that his father has tested positive for COVID19 and is undergoing...
Stricter lockdown restrictions probably on the way, says UK Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday tougher lockdown restrictions were probably on the way as COVID-19 cases keep rising, but that schools were...
Liverpool FC anthem singer Gerry Marsden dies aged 78
Gerry and the Pacemakers singer Gerry Marsden, whose version of You'll Never Walk Alone became a football terrace anthem for his hometown club of Liverpool,...
PM Johnson could lose his seat and majority at next election – poll
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on course to lose his own seat and neither of the two main political parties is likely to win...
UK reactivates emergency COVID-19 hospitals, closes London primary schools
Britain reactivated emergency hospitals built at the start of the pandemic and shut primary schools in London on Friday to counter the rapid spread of...
I was raped 36 times from the age of five till 2017 – British erotic artist, Ruth Bircham
She has been vilified for her kind of art. She has also been excoriated for being female. And the worst of it all, she has...
China confirms first case of UK COVID-19 variant
China has confirmed its first case of a new coronavirus variant that was recently detected in Britain, health officials said. The new strain, which experts...
Brexit: New era for UK as it completes separation from European Union
A new era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the European Union. Boris Johnson after signing the Trade...
Father of Brexit agitator, Boris Johnson seeks French citizenship
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s father Stanley confirmed plans on Thursday to seek French citizenship as the free movement of Britons in the EU comes...
British family doctors criticize change of plan on vaccine boosters
British doctors have said a government decision to delay giving a coronavirus vaccine booster shot to vulnerable patients who have already had a first dose...
UK widens English lockdowns as COVID variant surges
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered millions more people to live under the strictest COVID-19 restrictions from Thursday to counter a new variant of the...
Britain approves AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency supply
AstraZeneca and other developers have said they are studying the impact of the new variant but expect that their shots will be effective against it....
Covid-19: ‘Extreme concern’ as UK sets new daily record of cases
Britain has reported 53,135 new cases of Covid-19 for the day, the highest number since mass testing started in mid-2020 and up sharply from the...
Coronavirus variant detected in Portugal’s Madeira in travellers from Britain
The new variant of the coronavirus linked to a rapid rise in infections in Britain has been detected on the Portuguese island of Madeira, the...
UK reports 30,501 new COVID cases on Sunday
The United Kingdom on Sunday reported 30,501 new COVID-19 cases, government statistics showed, with a further 316 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus...
‘War Minus The Shooting’: When Soviet Soccer Took On the Brits After World War II
Tens of millions of people were dead. Cities and towns lay in rubble months after the bloodiest conflict the world had ever known. With much...
Brexit: What are the key points of the deal?
Almost at the 11th hour, the UK and EU have struck a Brexit deal that will have many implications for everyday life and the UK's...
George Blake, last in line of Cold War spies who betrayed Britain, dies at 98
George Blake, who died in Russia on Saturday at the age of 98, was the last in a line of British spies whose secret work...
Brexit trade deal published as UK calls for end to ‘ugly’ divisions
Britain on Saturday published the text of its narrow trade agreement with the European Union just five days before it exits one of the world’s...
UK records 210 more COVID-19 deaths, cases rise to 34,693
The United Kingdom recorded 210 COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, down from 570 the day before, while cases rose 1,968 to 34,693, the government said, citing...
Britain says thousands of lorries cross Channel after virus testing stepped up
More than 4,500 lorries, among a huge backlog of trucks stranded for days in the British port of Dover, crossed the Channel on Friday after...
Breaking tradition: Royals bypass Sandringham get-together
By Rebecca Armitage and Lucia Stein for the ABC Christmas at Sandringham is about family and tradition. It's light-hearted moments where the Royals come together...
Queen’s Christmas speech: ‘You are not alone’
The Queen has used her Christmas Day message to reassure anyone struggling without friends and family this year that they "are not alone". Queen Elizabeth...
World reacts to the Brexit trade deal
Britain clinched a Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday local time, seven days before it exits one of the world's biggest trading...
Brexit trade deal explained in five basic questions
British and European Union negotiators sealed a Brexit deal on Thursday, just a week before the United Kingdom finally leaves the orbit of the 27-nation...
Virus strain to cause more deaths in Britain: study
A mutated coronavirus strain spreading in Britain is on average 56 percent more contagious than the original version, scientists have warned in a study, urging...
China to suspend UK flights indefinitely -foreign ministry
China will suspend direct flights to and from Britain indefinitely over fears of a new strain of the coronavirus, Wang Wenbin, a foreign ministry spokesman...
‘Parting is such sweet sorrow’: EU and UK clinch narrow Brexit accord
Britain clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday, just seven days before it exits one of the world’s biggest trading...
Report-How a British COVID-19 vaccine went from pole position to troubled start
On June 5, researchers at the University of Oxford quietly made a change to a late-stage clinical trial of their COVID-19 vaccine. In an amendment...
On cusp of Brexit trade deal, EU and UK haggle over fish
Britain and the European Union were on the cusp of striking a narrow trade deal on Thursday, swerving away from a chaotic finale to a...
New Zealanders in UK beg to return as new Covid variants spread
The rapid spread of new Covid-19 strains in the UK has some New Zealanders pleading with the government for help to get home. Passengers wearing...