Tag: United Kingdom
COVID-19 out of control in UK: Hancock health secretary admits
By Agency Reporter Britain’s health secretary Matt Hancock on Sunday admitted that the COVID-19 is out of control in the…
UK govt to pay low-income earners to self-isolate
The UK government announced on Thursday that people with low incomes living in areas with a high incidence of COVID-19…
UK officially in recession for first time in 11 years
Britain officially entered recession, with data set showing a collapse of around 20 percent of gross domestic product in the…
No respite for UK: Coronavirus deaths surge to 12,073
There is no respite for the United Kingdom as Coronavirus continues to surge, killing 744 people in England alone in…
UK posts biggest spike yet in coronavirus death toll
Coronavirus death toll in the UK recorded its biggest spike yet on Saturday, moving up by 708 to 4,353.
UK announces another record coronavirus deaths, overtakes China
The UK announced 684 more coronavirus deaths on Friday, more than the 569 on Thursday, taking the national total to…
Coronavirus: UK’s death toll spikes
The UK on Friday recorded its biggest coronavirus death toll, on a day Prime Minister Boris Johnson disclosed his shocking…
Boris Johnson toughens stay-at-home order(Video)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has toughened his stay-at-home order to Britons to halt the spread of coronavirus, by imposing curbs…
Boris Johnson closes United Kingdom
Prime Minister Boris Johnson effectively closed down the United Kingdom on Friday, ordering pubs, restaurants, theatres, cinemas and gyms to…
Trump extends travel ban to UK, Ireland
The United Kingdom and Ireland are no more exempted from the 30-day European flight ban imposed by US President Donald…
Boris Johnson steps us coronavirus war, amid fears thousands infected
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stepped up the response to the coronavirus outbreak on Thursday, amid suggestions that between 5,000…
Coronavirus: Britain fears 100,000 could die
Officials in the UK fear that up to 100,000 people could die before they could contain the spread of the…
UK records first death from Coronavirus
The United Kingdom has confirmed the first death from Coronavirus, after the deadly disease invaded its territory.
Coronavirus cases in UK jump to 90
Scotland has reported three more patients testing positive for coronavirus. This takes the country’s total to six, with 90 people…
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson puts army on standby in battle plan
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled his country’s plans to battle coronavirus to a standstill, with the military being…
UK says farewell to EU
Britain on Friday ended 47 years of European Union membership, making a historic exit after years of bitter arguments, the…
UK leaves EU today
The United Kingdom will finally have its Brexit at 11 pm on Friday, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson expected to…
Buhari shares his vision for new Commonwealth, post-Brexit in an OpEd
A renewed sense that there are ties that bind us through the Commonwealth, and a concerted effort to grow those…
UK makes fresh bid to confiscate Ibori’s £117m assets
A British prosecutor launched a fresh attempt on Thursday to confiscate tens of millions of pounds stolen from an oil-producing…
Iran summons UK envoy over anti-govt protests
Iran has summoned the ambassador of the United Kingdom to the country, Rob Macaire over anti-government protests in the country.
Let the healing begin: Boris Johnson’s speech after historic victory (Video)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on Friday for unity to heal the Brexit divisions that have riven the United Kingdom.
Scotland wants to leave UK, in election fall out
Scotland must be allowed to hold another referendum on its place inside the United Kingdom following the crushing victory of…
Shocking: United Kingdom still has an African colony
Africa's decolonisation is far from being complete as the United Kingdom holds onto an archipelago, a group of islands in…
UK going to the polls on December 12
United Kingdom will go to the polls on 12 December, the first pre-Christmas election since 1923.
London on tenterhooks
Anxiety writ large in the United Kingdom as it awaits Brussels' decision on Brexit after the House of Commons forced…
UK leaves the EU with Johnson’s Brexit deal
The United Kingdom will ultimately leave the European Union on the terms of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal even…
UK to leave the European Union on October 31
The United Kingdom will leave the European Union on Oct. 31, hopefully, with a deal, Finance Minister Sajid Javid said…
Scots want to quit United Kingdom, poll shows
Scottish voters would back independence and they want another referendum in the next two years, a poll published on Monday…
Boris Johnson set to become British prime minister
Boris Johnson is expected to be elected leader of Britain’s governing Conservative Party and the country’s next prime minister today,…
UK break-up imminent, Ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown warns
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned that the United Kingdom is heading for a break-up if Conservative frontrunner…