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A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson appearing in the House of Commons in central London on 22 January 2020, during the Prime Minister's Questions (PMQ) session. Picture: AFP

Brexit

UK bill to override N.Ireland Brexit deal back in parliament

By AFP

Brussels threatened legal action after the UK government earlier this month introduced the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill to unilaterally change trading terms...

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    Bird-brained new Brexit rule threatens pigeon racing across English Channel

    UK correspondent Gavin Grey gives a roundup of stories making headlines in the UK and Europe.

    48 days ago
  • Demonstrators hold placards as they protest against Britain's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, outside the High Court in London on 13 June2022. UK campaigners get their last chance in court to stop the government's first flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda, as protests mount against the policy. Picture: Niklas Hallen/AFP

    UK slams European court ruling on Rwanda as 'politically motivated'

    "You've got to look at the motivation," said Britain's interior minister Priti Patel.

    56 days ago
  • Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a statement on coronavirus statistics and testing and lockdown measures during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on 5 November 2020. Picture: AFP

    UK PM Johnson survives Tory MPs' no-confidence vote

    The Brexit figurehead called the 211-148 split a "convincing result, a decisive result".

    67 days ago
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    Data shows UK inflation jumps to 6.2%, its highest since 1992

    British inflation accelerated in February to hold at a near three-decade peak on soaring energy prices, official data showed.

    143 days ago
  • FILE: Projects will also he held in Birmingham, Blackpool, Caernarfon, Edinburgh, Hull, Inverness, Leicester, Newcastle and Swansea. Picture: Facebook

    UK's 'festival of Brexit' begins, without nationalism

    The festival called "Unboxed: Creativity in the UK" draws inspiration from arts, science, engineering, technology and mathematics.

    165 days ago
  • The Eurotunnel's Shuttle service. Picture: @LeShuttle/Twitter

    France blocking Britons from transiting to EU homes

    Under new travel rules being applied since 28 December by French authorities, only Britons whose official primary residence is in France are being allowed in.

    226 days ago
  • Drivers sit in their cabs as they wait at a truck stop off the M20 leading to Dover near Folkestone in Kent, southeast England on 22 December 2020, after France closed its borders to accompanied freight arriving from the UK due to the rapid spread of a new coronavirus strain. Picture: AFP

    UK eases foreign trucker rules to tackle supply chain crisis

    Global bottlenecks caused by reopenings from coronavirus lockdowns and foreign workers leaving Britain after Brexit have caused an acute shortage of lorry drivers, leading to supply chain issues across the country.

    302 days ago
  • Farmer Richard Warttig tends to the traditional old breed Bronze and White turkeys are reared on 'Eastfield Turkeys' farm in the village of Oxspring, near Sheffield in northern England on 12 October 2021. The Warttig family have reared and produced turkeys on their family farm since 1933. The birds are reared from day-old chicks until they are slaughtered, plucked, hung and prepared all on-site, ready for Christmas. Picture: AFP

    UK worker shortage threatens Christmas turkey supply

    Faced with a labour shortage in the poultry sector, UK farmers across the country have been advertising for workers. But applications are extremely rare and this could threaten the country's Christmas turkey supply.

    304 days ago
  • Motorists queue for petrol and diesel fuel at a petrol station off of the M3 motorway near Fleet, west of London on 26 September 2021. Picture: Adrian Dennis/AFP

    British soldiers to deliver fuel to ease supply crisis

    The week-long crisis has triggered panic-buying and sparked violence at forecourts as critics blame Britain's exit from the European Union, the coronavirus pandemic and a lack of foresight in replacing thousands of foreign drivers leaving the country.

    318 days ago
  • Motorists queue for petrol and diesel fuel at a petrol station off of the M3 motorway near Fleet, west of London on 26 September 2021. Picture: Adrian Dennis/AFP

    Fuel pumps run dry in UK as govt blames panic buying

    The government says a lack of tanker drivers to deliver fuel and unprecedented demand is behind the crisis.

    320 days ago
  • FILE: Britain's Transport Secretary Grant Shapps gives a virtual press conference inside the new Downing Street Briefing Room in central London on 7 May 2021. Picture: Tolga Akmen/AFP

    UK urges public calm over shut fuel stations

    The UK government on Friday urged the public against panic-buying as some petrol stations closed pumps due to a lack of lorry drivers to deliver fuel.

    323 days ago
  • FILE: The British flag (L) stands next to the European Union flag at the European Union Commission headquarter in Brussels, 17 July 2017. Picture: AFP

    Brussels warns UK its Brexit bill is final

    Accounts published last month by the European Union give a figure of 47.5 billion euros (40.8 billion pounds, $56.5 billion) that Brussels says it is owed by the UK government, to be paid over several years.

    400 days ago
  • Former British prime minister Tony Blair. Picture: AFP.

    Northern Ireland needs South Africa-style truth commission: Blair

    Modelled on South Africa's post-apartheid experience, the commission would be a better approach than endless recriminations in court prosecutions, said the former British prime minister.

    458 days ago
  • Flames lick up the front of a police vehicle as police officers are attacked by nationalist youths in the Springfield Road area of Belfast on April 8, 2021 following days of loyalist violence. Picture: Paul Faith/AFP

    Belfast in turmoil as Brexit stokes tensions in Northern Ireland

    The unrest started last week in the pro-UK unionist community, where tensions are high because of new post-Brexit rules some feel are dividing the region from Britain.

    491 days ago
  • Pro-Union Loyalists demonstrate against the Northern Ireland Protocol implemented following Brexit, on the road leading to the Port of Larne in County Antrim, Northern Ireland on 6 April 2021. Picture: PAUL FAITH/AFP

    Northern Ireland riots signal dark new chapter for Brexit

    The unrest emanates from the unionist community -- which believes in Northern Ireland's status as part of the United Kingdom -- and where some feel a new post-Brexit 'protocol' is an existential threat.

    493 days ago
  • FILE: Clare James said the cost of a British nanny at around £2,000 per month was prohibitively expensive for most British families. Picture: shangarey/123rf.com

    Britain's au pair system 'killed' by Brexit

    Under post-Brexit working terms, au pairs now must earn a minimum of £20,000 ($28,000) per year to obtain a work visa. That is significantly higher than the £5,000 per year typically given in the past.

    535 days ago
  • British Flag. Picture: AFP.

    New Year, new rules: UK begins post-Brexit future

    New Year's Day newspapers reflected the historic but still deeply divisive change, which will have repercussions for generations to come.

    589 days ago
  • The European Union Commission headquarters in Brussels. Picture: AFP

    EU member states endorse Brexit trade deal

    This will provisionally allow tariff-free trade with Britain to continue after it leaves the EU single market at the New Year.

    593 days ago
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