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UK to start COVID vaccine booster programme
COVID infection rates remain stubbornly high in Britain, despite a mass vaccination programme that has seen some 81% of all adults receive two doses of a...
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UK to vaccinate over 12s against COVID
Britain has been one of the countries hardest hit by COVID-19, recording more than 134,000 deaths.
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South Africa hopes to be removed from the UK’s COVID-19 red list
In August, the UK government received a petition with thousands of signatures calling for the travel ban to be lifted.
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Rugby chiefs push back over new global 'World 12s' event
The 'World 12s' event, which is backed by a UK-based financial consortium and has yet to attain the backing of any federation, aims to pit the globe's top players against each other in a 12 v 12 format over 30-minute matches.
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Streaming giants spur film and TV shift to UK's 'golden triangle'
Plans for the vast Sunset Studios facility near Broxbourne in Hertfordshire are another sign of the production industry booming both in this stretch of southeast England and nationwide.
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Taliban takeover is world's failure - UK
The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan is a 'failure of the international community', Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Monday, assessing that the West's intervention was a job only half-done.
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UK police to review Prince Andrew allegations
Cressida Dick, the head of London's Metropolitan Police, said the force would review the claims, after previously opting not to open an investigation.
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UK launches $1 billion COVID insurance scheme for live events
The scheme, worth £750 million ($1 billion, 880 million euros) and announced by the country's finance ministry late Thursday, follows pressure from organisers and venues for the government to provide a cushion from COVID uncertainty.
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UK police arrest 11 for racist tweets to England footballers
The UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) launched a hate crime investigation following the comments directed at some of England's black players after the game on July 11, which the Azzurri won on a penalty shootout.
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UK to offer COVID vaccine to healthy 16 and 17 year-olds
The move follows updated guidance from British health regulators that the country's vaccine drive should be extended to those aged 16 and 17 without underlying health issues after a review of the latest data.
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France lashes out at 'discriminatory' England quarantine rule
The UK singled out France due to the government's concern over the 'persistent presence' of the Beta variant, which is believed to be more resistant to vaccines.
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E.Guinea blasts 'illegal' UK sanctions against president's son
The UK on Thursday imposed sanctions on Teodorin Obiang, the vice president of the central west African country and the president's son, for his involvement in the misappropriation of state funds into his own personal bank accounts.
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14 Zimbabweans deported from the UK in quarantine
Writing on Twitter, government spokesman Nick Mangwana said Zimbabwe welcomed these deportees home and said they would be safe.
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UK grocers warn of shortages amid virus 'pingdemic'
With millions of workers and schoolkids currently forced to stay home under Covid-19 tracing rules -- in what has been dubbed a "pingdemic" after the phone app used to contact, or ping, people who need to self-isolate -- various industries are starting to suffer.
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Scientists round on UK over plan to end COVID-19 curbs
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said this week it was "highly probable" the worst of the coronavirus pandemic was over as he pressed ahead with Monday's reopening, despite the Delta variant spreading out of control.
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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.
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UK lawmakers clear PM of conduct breach over luxury holiday
After a months-long probe, the House of Commons Committee on Standards concluded Johnson had accurately declared how he paid for the controversial trip with his then fiancee - now wife - Carrie Symonds to the privately owned island of Mustique over Christmas 2019.
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COVID cases rise again in Europe with Delta variant
Russia has recorded 20,400 daily cases for the last seven days, or a 25% increase in a week, while the United Kingdom has registered 16,400 daily infections, up 70%.
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UK says Delta variant 60% more transmissible
The Delta variant, which first emerged in India, has caused a rise in cases in Britain, prompting questions about whether social distancing restrictions will be lifted as planned from June 21.
