United Kingdom

United Kingdom

What are the UK-EU sticking points over a post-Brexit trade deal?

London and Brussels face a race against time to strike agreement before the transition period expires at the end of the year.

26/02/2020

No Comment

Cultural impact of kimono examined in new exhibition

This new exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum is called 'Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk', and features more than 300 items that reflect its cultural impact.

26/02/2020

Living

Selfridges, Weleda and SALT Resorts crowned sustainable champions

The Positive Luxury Awards reward luxury and lifestyle brands for their green credentials.

26/02/2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. The loss of Caroline Flack has put the impact of online abuse on mental health in sharp focus ǀ View

The tears on the cheeks of those who mourn the death of Caroline Flack are yet to dry, but now is the time to stop this from happening to anyone else.

26/02/2020

United Kingdom

Scotland set to be first country in world to make period products free

The new legislation would put a legal obligation on the government to provide free sanitary products to "everyone in Scotland who needs to use period product"

25/02/2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Britain’s “Hostile Environment” is destroying the lives of those who contribute to the UK ǀ View

I had never heard the phrase “hostile environment” until I moved to the UK in 2016, just a few months before the Brexit vote. I assumed - perhaps naively, perhaps arrogantly - that this hostility was reserved for vulnerable refugees, illegal immigrants or convicted criminals.

25/02/2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Momentum for change at the COP 26 is building but success is not guaranteed ǀ View

Instead of rhetoric, “greenwashing” and abstract, long-term goals, what is needed is concrete action to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and build resilience. Now.

24/02/2020

United Kingdom

Julian Assange faces extradition hearing in London

Supporters of Assange have gathered outside the London court where the US extradition case against the Wikileaks founder is set to begin

24/02/2020

Sport

England power past Ireland in the Six Nations

Irish dreams of a Grand Slam are over, but both teams are still in contention for the championship

23/02/2020

United Kingdom

Protesters march for Assange

Hundreds of protesters in London march for Assange to be released and for his extradition to be stopped

22/02/2020

United Kingdom

Rollout of UK's new blue passports to begin in March

"The British passport will once again be entwined with our national identity and I cannot wait to travel on one," said UK interior minister Priti Patel.

22/02/2020

United Kingdom

British woman pleads guilty to St Paul's Cathedral terror plot

Safiyya Shaikh, 36, was planning on planting a bomb at the famed London cathedral as she prepared her pledge of allegiance to the so-called Islamic State group.

21/02/2020

United Kingdom

Police say London mosque stabbing 'not terror-related'

The suspect was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

20/02/2020

Living

Designer fills London store with 90,000 plastic bottles

Instead of launching with a flashy London Fashion Week event, Anya Hindmarch used her platform to raise awareness.

20/02/2020

No Comment

This violinist played her instrument during brain surgery

It was part of a bid to help surgeons avoid damaging key parts of her brain.

19/02/2020

World

Let UK nationals keep EU citizenship, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan is urging the EU and the UK government to allow British people to remain EU citizens.

19/02/2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. In Brexit Britain, Northern Ireland must again turn to the US to uphold our rights ǀ View

In the face of a British government abdicating its responsibilities to the Northern Ireland peace accord, the people of Northern Ireland are turning once again to the US.

19/02/2020

United Kingdom

‘Speak English’ in order to work in UK, post-Brexit migrants are told

The UK’s future immigration policy includes a points-based system designed to end ‘cheap labour from Europe’.

19/02/2020

United Kingdom

UK blasts EU's Barnier for rejecting post-Brexit Canada trade deal

The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier says the UK cannot have a Canada-style trade deal with the bloc, prompting an angry response from Downing Street.

19/02/2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. The refusal of Zamira Hajiyeva’s appeal is not the victory the NCA think it is ǀ View

Enthusiasts for the UK’s still relatively new system of Unexplained Wealth Orders are cheering the recent victory of the NCA against Zamira Hajiyeva in the Court of Appeal. There are, however, at least two reasons why the rest of us should be more circumspect about cheering this particular result.

18/02/2020

No Comment

Flooding after UK hit by second big storm in a week

Towns and villages across the UK were flooded following the second large storm in as many weeks.

18/02/2020

United Kingdom

We won't accept supervision in post-Brexit deal, UK tells EU

"To think that we might accept EU supervision on so-called level playing field issues simply fails to see the point of what we are doing", the British negotiator David Frost said in a speech he gave on a visit to Brussels.

17/02/2020

United Kingdom

Watch: Pilot lands 394-ton A380 sideways as Storm Dennis rages

The Etihad Airways A380 from Abu Dhabi was forced into a special manoeuvre when landing at Heathrow due to strong crosswinds.

17/02/2020

Green News

Is playing video games making climate change worse?

FIFA 20's carbon emissions from manufacturing were equivalent to powering 68 homes for a year.

17/02/2020

United Kingdom

'Pandemonium': Heathrow systems outage causes flight delay chaos

Thousands of passengers were facing delays on Sunday after a systems failure affecting all terminals at London Heathrow airport.

16/02/2020

United Kingdom

Storm Dennis death toll rises in UK

The storm's confirmed death toll rose on Monday as West Mercia Police said a body had been found in the search for a 55-year-old woman who had been missing near Tenbury in Worcestershire since Sunday.

15/02/2020