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Coronavirus: UK urges 'No Mom' on Mother's Day

UK PM Boris Johnson urged Britons to video call or Skype their mothers on Mothers' Day "to avoid any unnecessary physical contact or proximity” during the coronavirus pandemic.

22/03/2020

United Kingdom

Spaniards and Italians in UK shocked by coronavirus response

Italy, Spain and France are on lockdown. Spaniards and Italians in the UK are shocked London hasn't followed suit.

20/03/2020

United Kingdom

COVID-19: Vulnerable Britons must stay at home for 12 weeks

COVID-19: Vulnerable Britons must stay at home for 12 weeks, Boris Johnson announces in update speech

19/03/2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. The levy to fight financial crime in the UK could prove a breaking point for regulated firms ǀ View

Why it should be the businesses in the regulated sector rather than the state that should have to fund the fight against financial crime? These businesses are the gatekeepers to a financial and economic system that is open to abuse by money launderers and terrorist financiers.

18/03/2020

United Kingdom

Watch back: Boris Johnson quizzed on UK coronavirus strategy

Boris Johnson will take questions in parliament.

18/03/2020

United Kingdom

Electric scooters get the green light to be used on British roads

They've had their fair share of bad press, but the UK has finally given the go-ahead to e-scooters.

17/03/2020

World

Coronavirus takes toll on European supply chains and business

In the English midlands — the heartland of the UK car parts industry — the economic impact of the slump triggered by the new coronavirus is already being felt.

12/03/2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. The challenge for the SFO now is showing how different it is after the failed Barclays case ǀ View

A jury clearing three Barclays executives of fraud was a bad result for the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The failed prosecution was the legacy of the agency’s previous director. But seems to be little indication that the SFO’s new regime is making progress.

06/03/2020

United Kingdom

Victims of coronavirus scams lost a huge amount of money in February

Scammers conned victims in the UK using phishing emails where they posed as groups associated with the World Health Organization.

06/03/2020

World News

Dubai's ruler found guilty of campaign of fear against wife

The ruler of Dubai conducted a campaign of fear and intimidation against his estranged wife and ordered the abduction of two of his daughters, a British judge ruled in documents that were unsealed Thursday.

05/03/2020

Europe News

'Very serious' differences on post-Brexit relationship, says Barnier

Michel Barnier said there were disagreements around fair competition, cooperating over crime and fishing.

05/03/2020

United Kingdom

Thousands stranded as Europe's largest regional airline collapses

All Flybe flights have been grounded and passengers told not to go to airports unless they have alternative flight arrangements.

05/03/2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. The UK’s Serious Fraud Offices’ failure in the landmark Barclays case has exposed its flaws ǀ View

Following the dramatic acquittal of all three senior Barclays’ executives last week, John Binns and Harry Travers, partners in the Business Crime team at BCL Solicitors analyse what went wrong and why it matters for the SFO.

04/03/2020

Europe News

Belgian fishermen fear Brexit fish fight fallout

We travel to Ostend where Belgian fishermen are worried that their livelihoods are at risk as the EU and UK kick off trade talks.

02/03/2020

Canada

Canada to cease security funding for Harry and Meghan

"The assistance will cease in the coming weeks, in keeping with their change in status," said the Office of the Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair.

27/02/2020

Europe News

Barnier: EU will not conclude post-Brexit trade deal 'at any price'

EU ministers have formalised the bloc’s post-Brexit negotiating stance ahead of upcoming trade talks with the UK.

25/02/2020

United Kingdom

Rollout of UK's new blue passports to begin in March

"The British passport will once again be entwined with our national identity and I cannot wait to travel on one," said UK interior minister Priti Patel.

22/02/2020

World

Will Brexit boost UK and GCC trade relations?

The United Kingdom has officially left the European Union on 31 January and, being free to negotiate its own trade deals, regions like the Middle East are looking like a new exciting, investment arena.

21/02/2020

United Kingdom

British woman pleads guilty to St Paul's Cathedral terror plot

Safiyya Shaikh, 36, was planning on planting a bomb at the famed London cathedral as she prepared her pledge of allegiance to the so-called Islamic State group.

21/02/2020

Georgia

Russia behind massive cyber attack on Georgia, say Western allies

It was part of a long-running campaign of hostile activity Georgia, the UK's foreign office said,

20/02/2020