United Kingdom Meet the workers missing out on the UK's job retention scheme UK finance minister Rishi Sunak announced the support on March 20, vowing to reimburse 80% of workers’ wage costs to a cap of £2,500 per month, backdated to March 1, 2020. The scheme sees employees put on temporary leave, called being furloughed. 22/05/2020
United Kingdom Coronavirus: Don't open schools on June 1, experts tell UK government A governmental advisory body said a two-week postponement would "halve" the risk to primary and secondary school children, the ones expected to return to school first. 22/05/2020
United Kingdom UK to scrap healthcare surcharge for foreign NHS and care workers The UK government has pledged to scrap a healthcare surcharge for foreign NHS and care workers - although other migrants will still see an increase to their fees. 21/05/2020
United Kingdom Brexit: UK backtracks on pledge to avoid N. Ireland customs checks Before he became prime minister, Boris Johnson had promised businesses in Northern Ireland they would face "no forms, no checks, no barriers." 21/05/2020
United Kingdom Release the hounds: UK deploys dogs to sniff out coronavirus Medical detection dogs already have a successful history catching the presence of malaria and certain types of cancers in humans. 21/05/2020
United Kingdom UK introduces bolstered terrorism Bill - here's what it means Controversial new legislation introduced to the British parliament seeks to increase sentencing and monitoring for terrorism offences. 20/05/2020
View Online youth art projects are promoting creativity and community during COVID-19 ǀ View On Thursday 21 May, the Art World Records project that Seb Blanc, Rob and I have launched is aiming to break the world record for largest online art lesson. 20/05/2020
Ideas Thousands of kids' shoes appear in London square as a form of protest Why is London's Trafalgar Square covered in children's shoes this week? 19/05/2020
United Kingdom UK mother who got stuck in Ukraine with surrogate baby shares ordeal Nadene had her baby through surrogacy in Ukraine and got stuck there after the borders closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. She tells Euronews about her new family’s epic first weeks. 19/05/2020
Good Morning Europe Meet the British family enrolled as COVID-19 vaccine guinea pigs Euronews hears from a mother, father and daughter all taking part in an Oxford University coronavirus vaccine trial. 19/05/2020
United Kingdom Project Restart: How the Premier League aims to resume football season On Monday, club shareholders voted unanimously to return to small group training on Tuesday, in a first step towards resuming competition. 18/05/2020
United Kingdom How one Brit sneaked into France for a lockdown haircut A far shave? Our British reporter tests the limits of coronavirus travel checks – and explores the fringe benefits of France's open salons. 18/05/2020
United Kingdom Life after lockdown: How COVID-19 has changed the way Britain builds How hard is it to socially-distance on a construction site? Easier than you'd think. 17/05/2020
United Kingdom Meet the only place in Europe that marks VE Day on May 16 Alderney's entire population was evacuated in 1940 as Adolf Hitler's forces closed in. What happened next is still largely a mystery. 16/05/2020
United Kingdom Dozens wrongly charged in UK under coronavirus law In April, all court cases brought under the Coronavirus Act in the UK were withdrawn. 15/05/2020
United Kingdom Explained: The 'embarrassment' and 'chaos' of Scottish football A controversial vote to abandon the 2019-20 season had angered several clubs, leading to calls for an independent investigation. 15/05/2020
United Kingdom Transport for London receives £1.6bn bailout as revenue drops 90% London's public transport received a government bailout that Mayor Sadiq Khan said wasn't the deal he wanted. Who is really going to pay for this bailout? 15/05/2020
United Kingdom UK government 'optimistic' on deal to rescue London Undergound London Mayor Sadiq Khan warned on Thursday morning that services would have to be cut if the government didn't provide emergency funding for the capital's public transport system, hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. 14/05/2020
View In the blink of AI: How facial recognition technology is capitalising on the COVID-19 crisis ǀ View What will happen when we emerge into the post-coronavirus world? Will these often invasive technological powers be de-escalated when the threat has passed? Or will they be held in place under the pretence of public protection? 14/05/2020
Good Morning Europe New gene research aims to identify those most at risk from COVID-19 A new genetic research project aims to identify and ultimately protect those most at risk from the current and potential future waves of COVID-19 14/05/2020
Ideas The 18-year-old activist changing the climate conversation in the UK She led 5,000 kids onto the roads in protest, now Noga Levy-Rapoport is trying to reform the education system. 14/05/2020
United Kingdom UK's iconic Old Vic theatre facing financial collapse due to pandemic The institution's funding primarily derives from ticket sales. British theatres and cinemas do not yet know when they'll be able to reopen. 13/05/2020
United Kingdom Hard-hit UK should have quarantined airport arrivals 'much earlier' "The whole response has been disjointed and this quarantine proposal is no different in that at all stages the government has followed on behind and played catch up,” Professor Gabriel Scally tells Euronews. 13/05/2020
Good Morning Europe Confusion persists as England goes own way in relaxing lockdown rules Lockdown loosening measures for England are in place from today despite criticIsms that the rules remain confusing and may endanger the lower-paid. It comes as the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer extends the furlough scheme until October. 13/05/2020
View Failing to collaborate over fisheries will sink any hope of a deal at the EU-UK negotiations ǀ View Fisheries remain one of the main bones of contention during the EU-UK negotiations, putting the entire post-Brexit compromise at risk. Game theory suggests two styles of negotiation: collaboration or blame-game, but which approach will prevail? 13/05/2020
United Kingdom UK faces further lockdowns if it follows current path, scientists warn The Independent SAGE group says the UK government should be doing more to suppress COVID-19 rather than simply managing its spread. 12/05/2020
