Britain

Britain has no immediate plans to use COVID-19 certificates to control entry into pubs and other venues when they are allowed to reopen for indoors trading in May, Housing Minister ...

Two pilots are alive and undergoing medical checks after ejecting from a British military jet in south-west England, which later crashed into a field. The pilots did not sustain life-threatening ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested on Wednesday that some pubs might require customers to produce vaccine certificates, an idea that he had previously deemed unlikely. Almost 29 million people have ...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to provide a full-scale travel update on restrictions on April 5. Speaking at the government’s latest Covid-19 briefing on Tuesday, Johnson said he “...

Ryanair is reasonably confident that Britons will be taking holidays in Europe in June, July and August, defying gloom in the sector as COVID-19 cases rise in some holiday destinations. “...

Holiday company TUI said it would shut 48 retail stores across Britain, adding to the 166 it has already closed there during the pandemic. The shop closures will mean additional cost savings ...

Capitalism and greed gave Britain its success in vaccinating its population, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told lawmakers in a closed meeting, praising pharmaceutical companies for developing a shot in record ...

Travellers from England will face 5,000 pound ($6,900) fines in new legislation designed to deter non-essential trips and barricade the nation against imported COVID-19 infections. The news was a disappointment to millions ...

Britain on Monday demanded the European Union allow the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines it has ordered as tensions over a possible export ban on EU-manufactured shots mounted and Brussels pointed ...

Britons were warned not to book summer holidays abroad by government ministers as COVID-19 cases in parts of Europe soar, sending travel and airline stocks down by as much as 8% ...

Two police officers were seriously injured and at least two police vehicles were set on fire in the city of Bristol in southwest England during violent scenes after a peaceful ...

Britain administered 873,784 COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday, a second daily record in as many days, the government said. More than 26.8 million people in Britain, or over half the adult population, have ...

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford, who has influenced British government policy on food parcels for poor children, is seen kicking down Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s front door in a ...

Half of all adults in Britain have now had at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, making the country the world’s first major economy to hit that milestone, health minister ...

Holidays abroad are “extremely unlikely” for most Britons this summer due to the risk of importing new variants of Covid-19, a scientist who advises the government said on Saturday, leaving ...

More than 60 British lawmakers have written to interior minister Priti Patel calling for protests to be allowed in England during lockdown. Under England’s coronavirus rules, it is unlawful for ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received his first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Friday and urged the public to do the same, saying “he did not feel a ...

Britain will pilot using COVID-19 certificates to re-open sport to fans, culture secretary Oliver Dowden said on Friday, saying it was crucial to get crowds back to major events this ...

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon denied on Thursday that she had misled parliament over how she handled sexual misconduct claims against her predecessor, in a dispute that threatens her ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that the Oxford/AstraZeneca and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out in Britain were safe and he was due to have his ...

Britain said on Thursday that there were lumps and bumps in the global vaccine supply chain that were causing slower deliveries than expected and scolded the European Union for threatening ...

Football Association chief executive Mark Bullingham offered a “heartfelt apology” to the survivors of historical sexual abuse for failing to protect them. An independent review by Clive Sheldon QC said ...

Britain is reviewing the idea of vaccine certificates to allow access to travel, hospitality and entertainment and discussing the best way to proceed in terms of fairness, said business minister ...

Plans to send plainclothes police to British nightclubs and improve public lighting to increase women’s safety in the wake of a high-profile murder case were criticised as “laughable” by ...