United Kingdom

United Kingdom

UK live music industry calls for help to save summer festival season

Because of the uncertainty caused by COVID-19, UK festival organisers say they need government insurance support to save summer events such as Glastonbury.

06/01/2021

United Kingdom

UK registers more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in latest 24-hour period

BREAKING: UK registers more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in latest 24-hour period

06/01/2021

United Kingdom

Nicola Sturgeon tells Donald Trump he can't come to Scotland for golf

Scotland's first minister repeated the current coronavirus lockdown rules as she addressed reports that the US president plans to swerve Joe Biden's inauguration by going on a transatlantic golfing trip.

06/01/2021

United Kingdom

Julian Assange denied bail due to concerns he could abscond

Julian Assange's lawyers had hoped an earlier decision to block an extradition request to the US would work in his favour for bail.

06/01/2021

No Comment

London and Edinburgh quiet after new COVID lockdowns announced

The fresh lockdowns are aimed at stemming a steep rise in COVID-19 cases, driven by a new variant of the disease.

05/01/2021

Green News

1 in 6 people are making environmental New Year’s resolutions in 2021

A new survey reveals over half of Brits want to get better at recycling in 2021 and are putting the planet first.

05/01/2021

My Europe Series

Nine Brexit deal claims by Boris or his ministers that are untrue

The UK prime minister and his government has made some questionable assertions about Brexit, particularly the EU-UK trade deal struck on Christmas Eve.

05/01/2021

United Kingdom

One in 50 in England had COVID last week, new figures show

Surging cases of the virus and a heavy burden on health services require extremely strict social distancing, the UK's chief medical officers have advised.

05/01/2021

United Kingdom

Schools closed and exams scrapped as England enters third lockdown

In the first lockdown schools and colleges were given little more than 48 hours to set up remote education. This time they are much better prepared, according to the Association of School and College Leaders.

05/01/2021

United Kingdom

The UK is struggling badly against COVID-19 — here's why and how

The four nations of the UK are up against a fast-spreading variant of COVID-19, which appears to reached all areas of the nation. Its strategy now relies mostly on the vaccine.

05/01/2021

United Kingdom

Spanish workers in Gibraltar cautiously optimistic after Schengen deal

Alfredo Valencia, a Spanish citizen who has worked in Gibraltar for 12 years is cautiously celebrating the preliminary post-Brexit border agreement that he hopes is "going to knock down the Gibraltar Gate".

05/01/2021

World

Alastair Campbell slams UK government for mixed messaging over COVID

Government responses to the pandemic have been very different across Europe and the UK's has been driven by populism, according to political strategist and author Alastair Campbell.

05/01/2021

United Kingdom

Explainer: Who's Julian Assange and why do US want to extradite him?

The UK's High Court has overturned a ruling stopping Julian Assange's extradition to the United States after a long-running saga. Here's the back story.

04/01/2021

Green News

Giant pandas could be set to leave UK after zoo loses €2m in lockdown

Edinburgh Zoo is facing tough decisions as closures last summer had a 'huge financial impact'.

04/01/2021

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson announces new national lockdown for England

All primary and secondary schools have been ordered to close and people told to stay at home.

04/01/2021

United Kingdom

Is Julian Assange's extradition ruling a victory for free speech?

Alan Rusbridger, the former editor-in-chief of the British newspaper, The Guardian, says the US case against Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange should be a concern to all journalists.

04/01/2021

United Kingdom

Scotland announces another nationwide lockdown beginning at midnight

The lockdown is the first of 2021 for Scotland as it and the wider UK struggles to control the new variant of COVID-19.

04/01/2021

United Kingdom

Julian Assange's lawyers to ask for his release from prison

A British judge ruled on Monday that Julian Assange should not be extradited to the US due to concerns for his mental health - and now his lawyers are seeking for his release.

04/01/2021

United Kingdom

UK inoculates first patient with Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

The UK began distributing the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Monday after becoming the first country to authorise it.

04/01/2021

Green News

Euroviews. Why are black people more likely to be exposed to toxic air pollution?

Francisca Rockey considers the role of environmental racism in the death of 9-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah.

04/01/2021

United Kingdom

UK opens 20 COVID-19 testing sites for France-bound hauliers

Thousands of hauliers were stranded in the UK last week after France demanded they show a negative #COVID19 test before crossing the border following the discovery of a new, highly-transmissible variant of the virus.

03/01/2021

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: Demands for school closures in England as cases soar

A leading teachers union is calling for all primary and secondary schools to remain closed in England for two weeks because of rising coronavirus cases.

02/01/2021

Living

How are designers blending urban style with authentic sustainability?

Meet the brands looking to uphold ethical values, while introducing a genuinely urban sense of style.

02/01/2021

United Kingdom

Period poverty: UK becomes latest country to abolish 'tampon taxes'

The move comes after Scotland became the first country in the world to offer women free sanitary products. Other countries have followed suit and removed taxes.

01/01/2021

United Kingdom

UK posts fourth successive day of COVID-19 cases above 50,000

The figures came as the UK changed its vaccinate rollout strategy to ensure more people receive a first dose earlier.

01/01/2021

United Kingdom

'An act of cultural vandalism': Erasmus alumni on UK leaving scheme

The UK's Brexit transition period for leaving the EU has ended and with it the country's membership of the decades-old Erasmus programme. Here's what alumni of the scheme have to say about the UK leaving it.

01/01/2021