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Oil prices surge as US bans Russian crude, Britain launches phase out

Oil prices settled around 4% higher on Tuesday as the US banned Russian oil imports and Britain said it will phase them out by year end

Britain gets first 'smart' prison with no window bars and gadgets

The cells at Her Majesty's Prison Five Wells at Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, will be called 'rooms' and inmates 'residents' by prison staff as part of the rehabilitation process

New Zealand signed free trade deal with Britain: PM Jacinda Ardern

New Zealand and Britain signed FTA on Tuesday that unlocks unprecedented access to the British market and accelerates New Zealand's Covid-19 recovery, said New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth catches Covid, has mild symptoms: Windsor Palace

Elizabeth, the world's oldest monarch, marked the 70th anniversary of her accession to the British throne in early February.

UK lifts all Covid testing requirements for vaccinated travellers

Unvaccinated people still have to take tests both before and after arriving but no longer need to self-isolate until they get a negative result

Britain scrambles $12 billion to soften 54% household energy price blow

Second major increase in energy bills in 6 months, largest on record; set to drive millions of households into fuel poverty

British Covid trial deliberately infecting young adults found to be safe

The world's first "human challenge" trial in which volunteers were deliberately exposed to Covid-19 to advance research into the disease was found to be safe in healthy young adults

Indian-origin experts urge UK to back patent waiver for vaccine parity

India and South Africa had introduced a proposal at the WTO for such a patent waiver for fairer vaccine access for the developing world

Partygate report will be published in full, vows PM Boris Johnson

The much-anticipated Cabinet Office inquiry report, being compiled by top civil servant Sue Gray and said to be in its final stages

UK PM Boris Johnson says he won't resign as 'partygate' report due

UK PM Boris Johnson is facing fresh allegations in the ongoing partygate scandal as details emerged of a surprise party, organised for him at the peak of first lockdown

Boris Johnson's peril mounts as police probe lockdown parties

Johnson is battling for his political survival over a slew of reports about events in his Downing Street office

Unlucky fat genes to blame for obesity disease risks, finds UK study

They also found some other diseases previously thought to be related to someone's weight, such as Alzheimer's, appear to be unconnected

UK inflation hits near 30-year high, pressuring BoE and households

The annual rate of consumer price inflation increased to 5.4% from November's 5.1%, the highest since March 1992

British suspect of Texas synagogue siege was known to UK spies

Malik Faisal Akram, 44, was on the radar of the MI5 intelligence service during the second half of 2020

Jitendra Singh calls for collaboration between India, UK on food security

Singh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi even ensured that no person goes hungry during the pandemic time

UK PM Johnson forced to deny ex-aide's damaging 'partygate' attack

Dominic Cummings was a key official at 10 Downing Street in May 2020 at the time of a garden party for which Johnson apologised to the House of Commons last week

British hostage-taker demanding Pak scientist's release shot dead in US

The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said it was aware of the death of a British man in Texas and are in contact with the local authorities

Omicron spread: UK expands Covid booster vaccine rollout to teenagers

Previously, third doses were only recommended by the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to 18 and over

10th century idol discovered in England, handed over to India

The Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Gaitri Issar Kumar, took formal charge of the sculpture

Britain, India aim to finalise free trade agreement by year-end

Indian trade minister Piyush Goyal and his British counterpart Anne-Marie Trevelyan said they would also launch an 'early harvest' or a limited-scope interim trade agreement in the next few months