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FILE PHOTO: Dominic Cummings, special adviser for Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, leaves his home in London, Britain, March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resisted calls on Saturday from opposition parties to sack adviser Dominic Cummings after he travelled 400 km while his wife showed COVID-19 symptoms

FILE PHOTO: Dominic Cummings, special adviser for Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, leaves his home in London, Britain, March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resisted calls on Saturday from opposition parties to sack adviser Dominic Cummings after he travelled 400 km while his wife showed COVID-19 symptoms

FILE PHOTO: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is seen as he arrives at Downing Street, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 13, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom has drawn up plans to require employers to cover 20% to 30% of furloughed employees’ wages from August

(Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning to reduce Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s involvement in Britain’s 5G network in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported bit.ly/2zmI2DE. Prime Minister Boris Johnson opens the Hidden Harms Summit via Zoom from the White Room of 10 Downing Street

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s closest adviser, Dominic Cummings, travelled more than 400 km from his London home after showing symptoms of coronavirus, breaking the government’s lockdown rules, the Guardian and Mirror newspapers reported on Friday. Dominic Cummings, special advisor for Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives in Downing Street, following the

LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom will later on Friday spell out details of its plans for a COVID-19 quarantine for travellers arriving from overseas, a measure that airlines have warned will devastate their industry. FILE PHOTO: An aircraft comes in to land at Heathrow Airport in west London April 21, 2010. REUTERS/Toby Melville The

FILE PHOTO: gency service ambulances are seen at the Aintree University Hospital before the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Liverpool, Britain, May 21, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble LONDON (Reuters) – Britain should have learned more from other countries who were tackling coronavirus outbreaks

A social distancing sign is seen as teacher Rhiannon Sharman makes preparations for Watlington Primary School to reopen to children on June 1, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Watlington, Britain, May 21, 2020. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh LONDON (Reuters) – It should be for British schools to decide when to reopen following nationwide closures

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is enduring its deepest recession in centuries but the havoc wrought by the coronavirus pandemic will not be enough to push the Bank of England to adopt negative interest rates, a Reuters poll found. FILE PHOTO: General view of the Canary Wharf financial district, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia, after bringing its coronavirus outbreak largely under control, said on Friday it is seeking an exemption from a requirement that travellers arriving in the UK quarantine for 14 days to prevent the spread of COVID-19. FILE PHOTO: Travelers wearing protective face masks depart the arrivals section of the international terminal of

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s system for tracing those with the novel coronavirus was under fire on Thursday as it grappled with the development of a tracking app and health workers warned the government that unless there was clarity it could suffer a second deadly wave. FILE PHOTO: UK National Health Service employee Anni Adams shows

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Thursday it had agreed to acquire over 10 million coronavirus antibody tests from Roche and Abbott which would be rolled out to health and care workers from next week. Britain’s Secretary of State of Health Matt Hancock is seen at Downing Street, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy shrank again in May as the government’s coronavirus lockdown remained largely in place, but at a slower pace than April’s crash. FILE PHOTO: Police officers are seen in Waterloo station during the morning rush hour following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy flattened out a bit this month from its nosedive in April caused by the coronavirus lockdown, but it remains in the grip of a severe contraction, a business survey showed on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Police officers are seen in Waterloo station during the morning rush hour following the outbreak of

FILE PHOTO: Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney speaks to media in a count centre, during Ireland’s national election, in Cork, Ireland, February 9, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo DUBLIN (Reuters) – Britain’s proposal on Wednesday that its Brexit divorce deal would require no new customs infrastructure in Northern Ireland will be met with scepticism

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s inflation rate sank in April to its lowest since August 2016 as the coronavirus pandemic pushed down global oil prices and clothing stores slashed prices, bolstering the prospect of more Bank of England stimulus next month. Consumer price inflation dropped to an annual rate of 0.8%from 1.5% in March, official data

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 Wednesday that a programme to track and trace those suspected of having been in contact with people who have tested positive for

Signs are seen at Signs ‘R’ Us, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Evesham, Britain, May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge LONDON (Reuters) – The death toll in the United Kingdom from confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose to 35,704, an increase of 363 on the day, culture minister Oliver Dowden said at a daily

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Wednesday it saw no need for new customs infrastructure with Northern Ireland as it unveiled its proposals for how the border with the province would work next year when a status quo transition period ends with the EU. FILE PHOTO: Different coloured road markings and a line in the

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Cambridge University became one of the first in the world on Wednesday to announce that all its lectures would be delivered online over the next academic year because of the coronavirus outbreak. FILE PHOTO: Bikes are seen outside Cambridge University, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Cambridge, Britain,

FILE PHOTO: An NHS worker wearing a protective face mask opens an ambulance during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Liverpool, Britain, May 14, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 official death toll has reached nearly 43,000, underlining

FILE PHOTO: Former British Army Officer Captain Tom Moore looks at a spitfire and hurricane from RAF Coningsby that fly over his house as part of celebration of his 100th birthday and a gesture of appreciation for his fundraising achievements for the NHS, in Bedfordshire, Britain, April 30, 2020. Emma Sohl/Capture the Light Photography/Handout via

LONDON (Reuters) – There are tentative signs that children may not spread the novel coronavirus as much as adults, two top epidemiologists said on Tuesday, though they cautioned that the bad news was that human immunity may not last that long. FILE PHOTO: A man and children wearing protective face masks walk near a Chessington

European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and British Prime Minister’s Europe adviser David Frost 5 are seen at start of the first round of post -Brexit trade deal talks between the EU and the United Kingdom, in Brussels, Belgium March 2, 2020. Oliver Hoslet/Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union is offering

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove arrives at Downing Street in London, Britain February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/ LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom wants a Brexit free trade deal but there are significant differences with the European Union because it does not seem to understand that it is negotiating

FILE PHOTO: Ambulance and air ambulance crews work to stabilise a patient with possible COVID-19 symptoms who was found unconscious having suffered a cardiac arrest while cycling in Botley, near Southampton, Britain May 6, 2020. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – A consortium of British aerospace, automotive and medical companies said they were ramping

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s rail network on Monday added more services for the first time since the country went into coronavirus lockdown two months ago, testing new measures to ensure social distancing and prevent crowding. Workers are seen standing on “Keep Clear” signs on the ground at Waterloo Underground Station in London, following the outbreak

FILE PHOTO: A man walks his dog past coronavirus artwork painted on the shuttered windows of a pub following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dublin, Ireland, May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne DUBLIN (Reuters) – Northern Ireland gently eased its coronavirus restrictions on Monday, allowing small groups to meet outside and churchgoers to

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Secretary of State of Health Matt Hancock speaks at the daily digital news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain May 15, 2020. Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Britain expanded its testing scheme on Monday to allow anyone aged over five

A lady goes down the escalator at Canary Wharf Underground Station in London, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson LONDON (Reuters) – The number of people who have died in the United Kingdom after testing positive for COVID-19 rose by 160 to 34,796, the health department