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UK announces stronger measures to curb Omicron variant spread

The UK will move to "Plan B" restrictions to combat the rapid spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant this winter, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced

UK govt advisor resigns amid Downing Street Christmas party video row

A UK government advisor has resigned following a backlash over a video that showed her joking about an alleged Christmas party at Downing Street last year while London was under Covid-19 restrictions

Boris Johnson moves to Plan B Covid measures as UK logs more Omicron cases

UK PM announced tougher measures such as work from home where possible, expanded face mask rules and use of COVID-19 vaccination certificates for entry to venues

UK PM apologises, orders probe into leaked video of Downing Street 'party'

He, however, maintained that no party actually took place that would have been in breach of the lockdown rules at the time

UK reports over 100 new cases of Omicron Covid variant; tally reaches 437

Britain registered 45,691 new Covid-19 infections

UK's pre-departure Covid test rules in force to slow Omicron spread

Any contacts of a suspected Omicron case are already required to self-isolate for 10 days, including those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

With a total of 336 cases, UK now has community transmission of Omicron

The UK's health minister said the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 is now in transmission within the community across regions of England

British Airways aims to be 1st to use sustainable commercial aviation fuel

British Airways will become the first airline to use sustainable aviation fuel produced on a commercial scale in the UK after signing a multi-year agreement with Phillips 66 Limited.

Omicron: UK adds pre-departure travel tests, bans travel from Nigeria

The UK has re-introduced compulsory pre-departure tests for all travellers entering the country and added Nigeria to its travel ban red list amid fears of the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid.

UK records more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases, tally at 10,379,647

Britain registered 50,584 new Covid-19 infections bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 10,379,647

China accuses MI6 chief of pushing 'fake news' after its 'debt trap' remark

The Chinese embassy in the UK accused Richard Moore of "peddling fake news" after the MI6 chief claimed Beijing targets poor countries with "debt" and "data" traps

India says it's working with UK on prototype for landslide warning system

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) in collaboration with the British Geological Survey (BGS) has developed a prototype regional Landslide Early Warning System (LEWS) for India, the government said

UK approves new Covid treatment, may work against Omicron variant

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said Xevudy or sotrovimab is for people with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are at high risk of developing severe disease

US, Australia, UK sign agreement for delivery of nuclear-powered submarines

The US, Australia and the United Kingdom have engaged in an 18-month consultation period to seek an optimal pathway for delivery of nuclear-powered submarines, United States President Joe Biden said

UK watchdog directs Facebook to sell online GIF platform Giphy

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Tuesday ordered Facebook's parent company Meta to sell online database and search engine Giphy

Scotland detects 6 Omicron Covid-19 variant cases, UK total at 9

Six cases of the new COVID-19 Omicron variant have been identified in Scotland on Monday, taking the UK's total to nine following three cases detected in England earlier. The Scottish government said four cases have been found in Lanarkshire and two in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area. While all three of England's previously detected cases had a travel link with southern Africa, some of the people identified in Scotland have no travel history and may have caught the potentially highly transmissible variant in the community. "In some of the cases, we are aware that there is no travel history involved. So what that tells us is that there must be a degree of community transmission of this particular strain of the virus," Scotland Deputy First Minister John Swinney told the BBC in reference to the cases detected in Scotland. But the minister reiterated that it is too early to say whether even tougher social distancing norms may be required against what is feared to be a potentially ..

Outgoing UK Chief of Defense Staff describes Russia as most acute threat

Outgoing UK Chief of Defense Staff Gen Nick Carter said that from his point of view Russia poses the most acute threat to the UK national security

UK temporarily ban flights from Africa over Covid-19 variant worries

Singapore on Friday also moved to restrict travel from South Africa and nearby nations, following Israel, which acted late Thursday after the U.K. announced its measures

As Europe virus cases surge, UK plows on with its new normal

Not for the first time in the pandemic, Britain is out of step with many of its neighbours

UK government says no plans for ministers to attend Beijing Winter Olympics

Jacob Rees-Mogg, the UK Leader of the House of Commons on Thursday confirmed that "no tickets have been booked" for UK government ministers to attend the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.The announcement was made in response to a question from Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP, co-chair of the cross-party Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), on whether the UK government would announce a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics.Jacob Rees-Mogg answered: "...It is up to the British Olympics Committee to decide whether or not athletes go. As regards Government Ministers, whether they would wish to go to the People's Republic of China, I can tell the honourable gentleman that no tickets have been booked."The announcement follows growing international momentum behind a diplomatic boycott of the Games, with the Biden Administration reportedly set to announce that no US government officials will be attending the Games, IPAC said in a statement.The move comes amidst global concern for ...