United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Oxford vaccine is safe and provokes response in adults over 56: study

Older people are at a disproportionate risk of severe COVID-19 disease, so it is essential that any vaccine adopted for use is effective in this group.

19/11/2020

Food and Drink

English winemakers take on the French with their very own 'Nouveau'

A vineyard in the west of England has created the first UK take on Beaujolais Nouveau thanks to increasing summer temperatures.

18/11/2020

United Kingdom

No-deal Brexit 'bonanza' for organised crime, says N Ireland minister

UK MPs have heard that Brexit risks negative impacts on crime and trade in Northern Ireland when the transition period expires at the end of the year.

18/11/2020

Green News

The UK’s Green Revolution plan is ‘nowhere near enough’, say critics

Boris Johnson's new climate pledge is worth £12 billion, but does it go far enough?

18/11/2020

United Kingdom

UK unveils £12 billion plan to create a Green Industrial Revolution

The UK government said the money would go towards making buildings more energy-efficient and roads cleaner but opposition parties say it's too little.

18/11/2020

United Kingdom

Jeremy Corbyn told he cannot sit as Labour MP amid anti-Semitism row

Current leader Keir Starmer made the move after Corbyn was readmitted to the party this week, having been suspended for playing down the extent of anti-Semitism in Labour ranks.

18/11/2020

United Kingdom

Ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn reinstated to UK opposition party

Corbyn was suspended in October after stating that allegations of antisemitism in the party were "dramatically overstated".

17/11/2020

Green News

PETA demands celebs stop buying designer dogs and adopt from shelters

The latest animal rights' group campaign launches today with the message: ‘Dear Famous People, Stop Buying Dogs’.

17/11/2020

United Kingdom

Easyjet reports first-ever annual loss amid coronavirus pandemic

The COVID-19 crisis saw planes grounded across the world and EasyJet's passenger numbers halved.

17/11/2020

Green News

Ultra-rare rhino birth is caught on camera at Chester Zoo

The new calf is a major milestone for her species, as there are fewer than 1,000 eastern black rhinos left on earth.

16/11/2020

World

Irish FM says EU and UK have to make 'big progress' ahead of deadline

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney believes that talks have ‘got to make big progress.’

16/11/2020

United Kingdom

Liverpool introduces mass testing for secondary school pupils

Soldiers are manning sites all over the city after the army was been drafted in to carry out the tests. The first phase of a government scheme known as 'Operation moonshot'.

16/11/2020

Green News

How dogs are using their special powers to help us save water

With a sense of smell 10,000 times sharper than ours, dogs can have a significant impact in the conservation sector.

16/11/2020

United Kingdom

'I feel great,' says Johnson as he starts COVID-19 self-isolation

UK PM Boris Johnson goes into isolation after contact with a person infected with COVID-19.

15/11/2020

United Kingdom

Brexit talks: Cummings goes but does it make a trade deal more likely?

Boris Johnson's office says his special adviser's abrupt departure does not change the government's insistence that an EU deal must respect UK sovereignty.

14/11/2020

United Kingdom

Yorkshire Ripper: 1970s UK serial killer Peter Sutcliffe dies

Sutcliffe was one of Britain's most notorious criminals and his murderous rampage during that period mesmerised the country amid a massive police manhunt.

13/11/2020

United Kingdom

UK: Cummings to quit as Downing Street in-fighting clouds Brexit talks

A power struggle among Boris Johnson's top advisers has cast doubt on the government's focus on securing a Brexit trade deal and tackling the coronavirus pandemic.

13/11/2020

Green News

‘World first’ as UK bans products linked to illegal deforestation

Pressure is rising for the UK to become a world leader on environmental issues ahead of COP26.

12/11/2020

Eco-Innovation

This air purifier combats pollution by strapping onto your shoe

It was invented by a student after he was fed up of the air quality on the London Underground. But how does it work?

12/11/2020

United Kingdom

Small businesses in UK fear lockdown impact in run up to Christmas

While bigger businesses can afford lawyers to interpret the definition of 'essential' goods, smaller enterprises fear they will see their stock go unsold.

12/11/2020

United Kingdom

UK economy saw record rebound before new COVID-19 restrictions

The British economy grew by 15.5 per cent over the summer but monthly data suggest trouble lurks ahead once more

12/11/2020

United Kingdom

UK nurse charged with murder over multiple baby deaths

Lucy Letby, 30, is to appear in court on Thursday where is facing eight counts of murder and 10 of attempted murder over the death of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.

12/11/2020

United Kingdom

UK firm Metalysis wins contract to extract oxygen from moon rock

A British firm has won a €280,000 European Space Agency contract for technology to extract oxygen from moon dust and rocks.

11/11/2020

United Kingdom

UK deaths from COVID-19 pass 50,000 milestone

UK becomes the first country in Europe to pass 50,000 deaths from COVID-19

11/11/2020

United Kingdom

Watch: Boris Johnson faces Keir Starmer at PMQs

MPs grilled the British prime minister on COVID-19 and other issues.

11/11/2020

United Kingdom

Statue of feminist icon causes controversy

Statue in honour of feminist Mary Wollstonecraft unveiled in London on Tuesday caused mixed reactions from the public as it depicts a naked woman.

11/11/2020