world news Famous venues in London and Paris help out with COVID-19 testing The London cricket club Lords has been a vaccination centre since mid-January and an iconic gay nightclub in Paris started hosting tests this weekend. 06/02/2021
brussels bureau MEPs approve no-deal preparations, but still favour Brexit agreement Members of the European Parliament voted in favour of the Commission's no-deal Brexit contingency plans on Friday, but were still holding out hope that an agreement could be reached in time. 18/12/2020
United Kingdom Jittery Gibraltar fears economic hit from a no-deal Brexit Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has warned "life will change radically for the worse if there is no deal" agreed with the EU. 05/12/2020
World WWI was meant to be the war that ended all wars. It wasn't. H.G. Wells predicted in 1914 that the First World War would usher in a new world order. 11/11/2020
United Kingdom UK marks Remembrance Sunday with socially-distanced event The ceremony marks the end of WW1 in 1918. 08/11/2020
United Kingdom UK music industry in COVID-19 crisis as artists struggle Artists as diverse as Russell Watson and the Undertones are demanding guidance and practical help from the government as the UK music industry's COVID-19 related shutdown crisis shows no sign of abating. 31/10/2020
United Kingdom COVID Christmas? How the 'rule of six' could scupper festive trade Pubs and clubs and those who work in them were hit hard by the coronavirus lockdown. With the 'rule of six' it could be about to get worse. 16/09/2020
