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Liverpool fans celebrate team finally lifting Premier League trophy

Despite calls for supporters to stay away, thousands of fans gathered around Anfield stadium as Liverpool brought home the Premier League trophy

23/07/2020

Green News

Oil drilling could soon begin on the Isle of Wight

Community wants to protect UNESCO biosphere reserve Isle of Wight from being an oil exploration site

22/07/2020

United Kingdom

Watch: Boris Johnson defends UK government track record on Russia

Boris Johnson is expected to be pressed on yesterday's release of a revelatory report on Russian meddling.

22/07/2020

United Kingdom

Amber Heard says Depp tried to throw her sister down stairs

Amber Heard dismissed accusations that she fabricated allegations of domestic violence against ex-husband Johnny Depp in her testimony at a High Court in London.

22/07/2020

United Kingdom

COVID-19 vaccine could be ready for Christmas, says UK health minister

"We're working really hard on this but I can't promise to play Santa," said UK health minister Matt Hancock, speaking about the possibility of a COVID-19 vaccine by Christmas.

21/07/2020

United Kingdom

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 'constructive' talks with Johnson

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in London to holds talks with UK prime minister, Boris Johnson.

21/07/2020

United Kingdom

UK 'actively avoided' probing possible Moscow meddling in Brexit vote

The UK parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee has released the findings of its long-awaited report into Russian interference in British politics.

21/07/2020

United Kingdom

Above-inflation pay rise for almost 900,000 UK public sector workers

Doctors and Teachers are set to be the biggest beneficiaries of wage increases as the Chancellor praised the "vital contribution" of all frontline public sector workers during the pandemic.

21/07/2020

Living

This project is turning CO2 emissions into fish food

Food for the animals we eat is being made using carbon emissions captured from a power station.

20/07/2020

United Kingdom

'Good news': Trials show COVID-19 vaccine produces immune response

The experimental COVID-19 vaccine has produced an immune system response in hundreds of volunteers as part of its early clinical trial.

20/07/2020

United Kingdom

UK government secures 90 million coronavirus vaccine doses

There are three candidate vaccines for which the UK has secured early access.

20/07/2020

United Kingdom

Hong Kong: UK suspends extradition treaty over security law

Amid deteriorating relations with China, the UK's foreign minister announced a suspension of the country's extradition treaty with its former colony, Hong Kong.

20/07/2020

United Kingdom

Russia's UK ambassador rejects coronavirus vaccine hacking claims

Britain, the US and Canada said earlier this week that a hacking group called APT29 — also known as Cozy Bear and said to be part of Russia's intelligence services — has been targeting various organisations involved in COVID-19 vaccine development in the three western countries.

19/07/2020

United Kingdom

Brexit: COVID-19 leaves UK companies even less prepared, report warns

"The coronavirus crisis has made a difficult task much harder," the report from the Institute for Government states.

19/07/2020

United Kingdom

Princess Beatrice wears Queen's dress and tiara on wedding day

Beatrice, Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter, married her property tycoon beau in a private ceremony on Friday. The couple were initially scheduled to tie the knot on May 29 but the event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

19/07/2020

United Kingdom

London policemen sanctioned after 'disturbing' arrest on black man

The lawyer of Marcus Coutain said the incident “mirrors almost identically what happened to George Floyd” and demanded police an apology.

18/07/2020

United Kingdom

UK weather radar confuses insect swarms for rain

A swarm of ants flying over the UK was so big on Friday that it was picked up on radar and confused for rain, the Met Office has said.

18/07/2020

United Kingdom

Police officer suspended for 'kneeling on neck' of black suspect

An officer has been suspended after video footage emerged showing police kneeling on a man's neck in north London, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement on Friday.

17/07/2020

Eco-Innovation

The London Underground could soon run on 100% renewable energy

The Tube is about to go green.

17/07/2020

United Kingdom

Captain Tom Moore receives knighthood from the Queen

The 100-year-old received his knighthood from the Queen in a unique private ceremony at Windsor Castle.

17/07/2020

United Kingdom

Watch: UK PM unveils new COVID-19 measures, €3.3 billion for NHS

The prime minister said that a national lockdown was "the right thing to do," it was now time to control the virus at a local level.

17/07/2020

United Kingdom

British Airways retires entire Boeing 747 fleet

"It is unlikely our magnificent 'queen of the skies' will ever operate commercial services for British Airways again due to the downturn in travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic," the carrier said in a statement.

17/07/2020

United Kingdom

UK Health Secretary criticised over coronavirus lockdown date

Matt Hancock claimed the lockdown in the UK started on March 16, but the Prime Minister Boris Johnson didn't enforce a lockdown until March 23.

16/07/2020

United Kingdom

Chief scientific advisor admits UK’s coronavirus outcome ‘not good’

Giving evidence to a committee of MPs, the government’s own chief scientific advisor Sir Patrick Vallance said it is “clear the outcome has not been good in the UK”.

16/07/2020

United Kingdom

French health workers just got a pay rise. Will NHS staff get one too?

Health workers were regularly applauded during the height of COVID-19. France has just given them a pay rise. What about in the UK?

16/07/2020

United Kingdom

Russia accused of trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine research

"It is completely unacceptable that the Russian Intelligence Services are targeting those working to combat the coronavirus pandemic," said UK foreign affairs minister Dominic Raab.

16/07/2020