LONDON (Reuters) – British police will start contacting more than 50 people who are believed to have attended lockdown parties at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Downing Street by the end of this week as part of their investigation. The police said in a statement they would be sending formal questionnaires to more than 50 people …
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By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – People in England with COVID-19 will from late February no longer be legally required to self-isolate to stem the spread of COVID-19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, proposing to speed up existing plans to live with the virus. Johnson ended almost all COVID-19 restrictions in England last …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain wants to see enough progress in talks with the European Union over the Northern Irish protocol in the next 10 days to demonstrate to unionists in the province that things are moving in the right direction after they pulled out of government. Northern Ireland’s first minister Paul Givan last week resigned …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s national terrorism threat level has been reduced from severe to substantial, PA media reported on Wednesday, citing interior minister Priti Patel. The change means an attack is considered likely rather than highly likely. (Reporting by William James; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
LONDON (Reuters) – England’s COVID-19 prevalence was 1 in 19 people in the week ending Feb. 5, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday, slightly higher than the 1 in 20 recorded the previous week. (Reporting by Alistair Smout; Editing by Kate Holton)
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson repeated a warning to the European Union on Wednesday, saying London would take action to suspend post-Brexit customs checks on some goods moving to Northern Ireland if the bloc did not show “common sense”. “We must fix it (the problems with the so-called Northern Ireland protocol) and …
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WARSAW (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit Poland and NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday amid tensions over the security situation in Ukraine. Johnson will visit British soldiers stationed in Poland together with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and will also meet President Andrzej Duda, a Polish foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Lando Norris will remain a McLaren Formula One driver until at least the end of 2025 after committing to a new four-year deal, the Woking-based former champions said on Wednesday. The 22-year-old, whose four podium finishes earned him sixth in the overall standings and secured fourth in the constructors’ battle for McLaren …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will fly to Moscow on Wednesday to meet her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and discuss the situation in Ukraine. “I’m visiting Moscow to urge Russia to pursue a diplomatic solution and make clear that another Russian invasion of a sovereign state would bring massive consequences for all …
LONDON (Reuters) – British health department minister Gillian Keegan has apologised for continuing a meeting after she was informed she had tested positive for COVID-19. In a thread on Twitter published late on Tuesday, Keegan said was informed that a precautionary lateral flow test had returned a positive result whilst speaking to a group in …
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