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UK economy suffers 'largest fall in output for 300 years', says Sunak

The UK finance minister has told parliament that the economic emergency is only just beginning, as he outlines the government's spending plans.

25/11/2020

World

UK equalities watchdog says windrush report finds 'serious injustices'

The report states that thousands of children were adversely affected by immigration rules introduced in 2012

25/11/2020

United Kingdom

Scotland becomes first nation in world to provide free period products

The Scottish parliament unanimously passed legislation requiring the government to make period products available for free to those who cannot afford them.

25/11/2020

United Kingdom

Charles Darwin's notebooks reported stolen from Cambridge library

The notebooks, estimated to be worth millions of pounds, include the 19th-century scientist’s famous "Tree of Life" sketch. They haven’t been seen since 2000.

24/11/2020

United Kingdom

'A blip along the way': Harry Dunn's mum defiant after losing appeal

The parents of Harry Dunn, a British teen who died after colliding with a car being driven on the wrong side of the road in the UK, have lost their High Court appeal.

24/11/2020

Travel News

British Airways sells off collectibles from its retired 747 fleet

Travel enthusiasts who are missing being able to jet across the world can recreate the inflight dining experience at home this Christmas

24/11/2020

United Kingdom

AstraZeneca executive awaiting 'relatively fast' EU vaccine approval

The company's Executive Vice President for Europe and Canada told Euronews that once approved the vaccine could be distributed "very fast" across all EU member states.

24/11/2020

Travel News

Lockdown has made UK holidaymakers more eco-conscious

COVID-19 and the impact of nationwide lockdowns has had a big influence on people’s attitudes towards the tourism industry and its effect on the environment.

23/11/2020

United Kingdom

UK top court to rule on Shamima Begum's demand to return to Britain

Begum left her parents' home in East London in 2015 when she was just 15 to travel to Syria to join IS. She was stripped of her nationality in 2019, a decision she is legally challenging.

23/11/2020

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: England arrivals will be able to cut quarantine with test

Passengers arriving in the UK from COVID-19 high-risk areas will soon be able to more than halve their quartine period by taking a private test.

23/11/2020

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: England facing tighter restrictions when lockdown ends

Prime minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce changes to the existing tiered system, putting some parts of England under tighter restrictions after the national lockdown ends on December 2.

22/11/2020

United Kingdom

UK signs trade deal with Canada to prepare for Brexit

The deal signed with Canada means the two countries will continue to trade under the same rules as when the UK was an EU member state while they negotiate a "bespoke" agreement.

21/11/2020

United Kingdom

COVID-19 patients have immunity for six months, study finds

Once infected with Coronavirus, you are unlikely to get it again for six months, according to a report from Oxford University

20/11/2020

Travel News

Plans are underway to build a road beneath this prehistoric monument

Plans have been approved to build a tunnel which will run beneath a UK UNESCO world heritage site.

20/11/2020

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London black cabs lie in 'taxi graveyard' amid COVID-19 lockdown

Around 150 London black cabs are being stored in a field outside the UK capital because of a lack of demand for rides amid the latest lockdown.

20/11/2020

United Kingdom

UK PM rescues interior minister after report finds she bullied staff

Instead of Patel resigning, the PM's advisor on ministerial standards quit.

20/11/2020

United Kingdom

Millennium Seed Bank celebrates 20 years of preserving plant heritage

The Millennium Seed Bank, the world’s largest collector of wild plant seeds, has stored 2.4 billion seeds in the 20 years since it opened.

19/11/2020

Travel News

Guaranteed no-quarantine trips to the Caribbean have been launched

`The ultimate game of travel roulette has just dropped with this new holiday package, which also guarantees you won't have to quarantine when you return to the UK.

19/11/2020

Culture news

Booker Prize 2020: Scottish writer Douglas Stuart wins for debut novel

Booker Prize 2020: Scottish writer Douglas Stuart wins for debut novel

19/11/2020

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson announces huge hike in UK defence funding

The additional £16.5 billion (€18.4 billion) will put the UK second in defence spending among NATO allies after the United States.

19/11/2020

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