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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds the daily news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak with the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty (not pictured) and the Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance (not pictured), at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain May 28, 2020. Pippa Fowles/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) –

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears before the Liaison Committee via Zoom from the cabinet room at 10 Downing Street, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain May 27, 2020. Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out the next steps on easing

A person walks past a closed shop in Newcastle, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Newcastle, Britain, May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Lee Smith LONDON (Reuters) – Nearly half of businesses in Britain which temporarily closed or paused trading because of the coronavirus lockdown are unsure when they will restart trading, a survey by the

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Britain on Wednesday to move on from what he described as a “very, very frustrating episode” when his closest adviser provoked outrage for taking a long-distance drive during the coronavirus lockdown. Dominic Cummings has refused to quit after it was revealed that he had travelled 400 km

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears before the Liaison Committee via Zoom from the cabinet room at 10 Downing Street, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain May 27, 2020. Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will resume Brexit talks in Brussels next month, the Times

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Britain on Wednesday to move on from what he described as a “very, very frustrating episode” when his closest adviser provoked outrage for taking a long-distance drive during the coronavirus lockdown. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears before the Liaison Committee via Zoom from the cabinet room

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the House of Commons during question period, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in London, Britain May 20, 2020. ?UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he wanted to “double down” on his previous promises of investing more in infrastructure

FILE PHOTO: Head teacher Polly Goodson and Deputy Head Claire Cowgill measure out social distancing lines at the entrance to St Anne’s CE primary school as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Sale, Britain, May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government hopes it will get the go-ahead from scientists

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask and gloves cleans a shopping trolley outside a Tesco supermarket in Kensington, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay LONDON (Reuters) – UK grocery sales rose by 14.3% during the 12 weeks to May 17, the fastest rate

LONDON (Reuters) – French utility EDF has submitted an application to Britain’s regulators to build the 17-18 billion pound Sizewell C nuclear plant in the east of England, it said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: A logo of French electric company EDF is seen at an office building in La Defense business district in Courbevoie near

LONDON (Reuters) – British health minister Matt Hancock said he would talk to colleagues about fines imposed on families for breaking lockdown rules, after a top government adviser received widespread public condemnation for his lockdown travel. Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock holds a daily news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing

Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock holds a daily news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain May 26, 2020. Pippa Fowles/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s health minister Matt Hancock did not announce a review of lockdown fines when he was questioned by a member

FILE PHOTO: Newly elected President of European People’s Party Donald Tusk speaks during the EPP congress in Arena Zagreb hall in Zagreb, Croatia November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A senior European Union politician couldn’t help a Brexit quip as he waded into Britain’s row over Dominic Cummings, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top

FILE PHOTO: An ampule of remdesivir is pictured during a news conference at the University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, Germany, April 8, 2020, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. Ulrich Perrey/Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will provide anti-viral drug remdesivir to certain COVID-19 patients that it is most likely to

FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians walk past the Punch Tavern on Fleet Street in London, Britain March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson LONDON (Reuters) – Opening up pubs, restaurants and bars after the coronavirus lockdown is difficult and so there will be no standing at the bar in pubs for a long time, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s closest aide refused to resign on Monday, saying he had done nothing wrong by driving 250 miles from London to access childcare when Britons were being told to stay at home to fight COVID-19. Dominic Cummings, special advisor for Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, makes a statement

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson applauds outside 10 Downing Street during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain, May 21, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will reopen thousands of high street shops, department stores and shopping

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Downing Street following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday he believed that none of his staff had undermined the public health message for how people can help tackle

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced mutiny in his party and fury across Britain on Monday for refusing to sack his closest aide Dominic Cummings, accused of flouting the coronavirus lockdown by driving 250 miles from London. Dominic Cummings, special advisor for Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves his house in London following

Staff put up some signs at the NHS Nightingale Hospital as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 3, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley LONDON (Reuters) – A hospital in southwest England has temporarily stopped admitting new patients, including to its emergency department, because of a high number of coronavirus cases, it said

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak attends a news conference on the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London, Britain, March 17, 2020. Matt Dunham/Pool via REUTERS (Reuters) – British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has authorised a bailout plan to rescue companies that are seen as strategically important, with the

LONDON (Reuters) – Soccer players will be able to tackle in close-contact training, and boxers spar with partners, in the next step towards Britain’s elite athletes returning to live sport after the COVID-19 lockdown, guidance published on Monday said. FILE PHOTO: Men are seen practicing boxing in Thames Barrier Park following the outbreak of the

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson backed his senior adviser Dominic Cummings on Sunday, despite calls from within his own Conservative Party for the aide to resign for driving 250 miles during the coronavirus lockdown. Cummings, architect of the 2016 campaign to leave the EU, came under pressure when newspapers reported he had

Dominic Cummings, special advisor for Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to his house in London, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 24, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s aide Dominic Cummings, who is under pressure over a long journey made while coronavirus restrictions were

LONDON (Reuters) – Dominic Cummings, the mastermind of Brexit who openly scorned the British elite, is fighting for his job as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s senior adviser after claims he flouted the government’s coronavirus lockdown rules. FILE PHOTO: Dominic Cummings, special advisor for Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives in Downing Street, following the outbreak

LONDON (Reuters) – Lawmakers from Britain’s ruling Conservatives Party on Sunday called for the resignation of Dominic Cummings, the senior adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson who travelled 400 km (250 miles) to northern England during the coronavirus lockdown. Cummings, who masterminded the 2016 campaign to leave the European Union, travelled from London to Durham

FILE PHOTO: Dominic Cummings, special advisor for Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives outside Downing Street following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 14, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s senior adviser Dominic Cummings denied a report that he made a second trip to his family in

FILE PHOTO: Professor Adrian Hill speaks to members of the media at The Jenner Institute in Oxford, southern England January 16, 2015. Photograph January 16, 2015. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh (Reuters) – The University of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine trial has only a 50% chance of success as the coronavirus seems to be fading rapidly in Britain, the

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson opens the Hidden Harms Summit via Zoom from the White Room of 10 Downing Street during COVID-19 in London, Britain May 21, 2020. Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will next week update the public on the coronavirus crisis as

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resisted calls on Saturday from opposition parties to sack senior adviser Dominic Cummings after he travelled 400 km (250 miles) to northern England while his wife showed COVID-19 symptoms. Cummings, who masterminded the 2016 campaign to leave the European Union during the Brexit referendum, travelled to Durham