By Paul Sandle and Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -An Atlantic storm battered northwestern European on Friday with record winds of up to 122 miles per hour, killing at least nine people, knocking out power for tens of thousands and shredding the roof of London’s O2 arena. Storm Eunice, which brewed in the central Atlantic and …
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Friday that Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency was almost certainly involved in cyber attacks on Ukrainian banks this week. “The decision to publicly attribute this incident underlines the fact that the UK and its allies will not tolerate malicious cyber activity,” the British foreign ministry said. (Reporting by Jahnavi …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign ministry said on Friday the country’s embassy in Ukraine was moving away from the capital Kyiv and it told British nationals to leave the country while commercial means of travel were still available. The embassy office in Kyiv was relocating temporarily and staff were operating from an embassy office in …
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By Hritika Sharma BEIJING (Reuters) -Britain edged 2018 Olympic champions Sweden 12-11 in an extra end in a tense showdown on Friday to advance to the women’s curling gold-medal contest against surprise finalists Japan at the Winter Games on Friday. Twenty years after Rhona Martin skipped Britain to victory in Salt Lake City, the country …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A woman was killed in London when a tree fell and crushed a car in which she was travelling during Storm Eunice on Friday, police said. “The passenger in the car – a woman aged in her 30s – was pronounced dead at the scene,” London’s Metropolitan Police said. The driver of …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain pleaded with people on Friday to stop taking storm selfies as record-breaking winds lashed northern Europe and sent waves curling over the roofs of coastal property. Storm Eunice has battered Britain with winds of up to 122 miles per hour, a record for England, and killed at least one person in …
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Friday reported 47,685 new cases of COVID-19 and 158 further deaths within 28 days of a positive test, government statistics showed. That compared with 51,899 cases and 183 deaths reported on Thursday. (Reporting by Kylie MacLellan, Editing by Paul Sandle)
(Reuters) – British researchers led by Oxford University said on Friday that the current understanding of long COVID and options to treat it is emerging as a major long-term issue for global healthcare systems after reviewing the illness’ effects on patients. The review, published in the European Heart Journal, looked at direct impacts of a …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Scrapping COVID tests and isolation periods in England could lead to rapid epidemic growth as people’s behaviour changes more swiftly than at previous times in the coronavirus pandemic, government advisers said in a document published on Friday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will outline his plans for living with COVID on Monday, and …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A total of 436 flights were cancelled across the United Kingdom amid record winds from storm Eunice, according to Cirium data. Twenty percent of flight cancellations were to/from Heathrow Airport – making it the hardest hit UK airport for cancellations, the data showed. (Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; Editing by Kate Holton)
