United Kingdom

United Kingdom

UK to open 'path to citizenship' for Hong Kong's UK passport holders

An estimated 300,000 Hong Kong residents were granted British Nationals (overseas) passports before the territory was handed back to China in 1997.

29/05/2020

Sport

English Premier League will resume on June 17 after 100-day absence

Matches have been suspended since March 13 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

28/05/2020

United Kingdom

UK PM Boris Johnson announces further easing of lockdown

UK lockdown to ease from Monday allowing groups of up to six to meet outside, says PM Boris Johnson

28/05/2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. COVID-19 is sparking change in how high-risk patients are cared for with remote treatments ǀ View

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to a change our usual care practices and to rely on remote patient monitoring. Even when the COVID-19 crisis is over, this change is likely to bed itself in routine clinical practice.

28/05/2020

United Kingdom

England launches COVID-19 test-and-trace scheme

It comes ahead of schedule but weeks after similar test-and-trace schemes were introduced in Germany and France.

28/05/2020

United Kingdom

Could UK's migration stance leave nation short of essential workers?

"We’re not bringing them in because they are cheaper, we’re bringing them in because there aren’t people in this country that want to do this work," says care manager.

28/05/2020

United Kingdom

Locked down working mothers do bulk of childcare and housework

Researchers warned that "there is a risk of reversing some of the progress made in narrowing the gender wage gap over recent decades" because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

27/05/2020

United Kingdom

What is Barnard Castle and why is everyone talking about it?

During the sixteenth century the phrase “That’s Barney Castle!” became idiomatic of a cowardly excuse after Sir George Bowes, who was steward of the Fortress, shut himself up inside it.

26/05/2020

United Kingdom

'I don’t regret what I did': PM’s advisor defends 400km lockdown trip

Boris Johnson's chief advisor Dominic Cummings has insisted he “made the right judgment” in travelling 400km from London to Durham at the height of the coronavirus lockdown.

25/05/2020

United Kingdom

Who is Dominic Cummings and why do so many people want him sacked?

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's closest ally is accused of breaking the government's own rules during the coronavirus lockdown to arrange childcare for his four-year-old son.

25/05/2020

United Kingdom

Watch: Johnson says aide 'acted responsibly' in lockdown travel

Boris Johnson defended top aide Dominic Cummings amid mounting criticism over his travelling during lockdown.

24/05/2020

United Kingdom

Explained: Inflammatory syndrome possibly linked to COVID-19

There have been hundreds of cases of children with a multisystem inflammatory syndrome. Here we explain the possible link to COVID-19 and the symptoms to look out for.

24/05/2020

United Kingdom

UK PM advisor made second lockdown trip, say new reports

Downing Street said Johnson aide Dominic Cummings "believes he behaved reasonably and legally" when he travelled 400 kilometres during lockdown to visit family.

23/05/2020

United Kingdom

Thousands of people to take part in Oxford vaccine's new trial phase

The University of Oxford has said it is ready to begin its second and third phase of clinical testing a possible vaccine for coronavirus.

22/05/2020

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

United Kingdom

Euroviews. 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

Green News

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

World

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