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UK PM to set out $14-billion tax hike to fix social care funding crisis

After spending huge amounts of money to fight pandemic, Johnson is returning to an election pledge to address Britain's creaking social care system, where costs are projected to double

Britain ends 20-year military campaign in Afghanistan as troops fly back

It has been the UK's largest military evacuation since World War II.

Britain says its final civilian flights will soon leave Afghanistan

The UK will conclude its evacuation programme of civilians from Afghanistan on Saturday with only troops left to be flown out after that ahead of the August 31 exit deadline, Britain said

Bidding war for British supermarket chain Morrisons heats up

Shares in British supermarket chain Morrisons spiked higher Friday after New York-based private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice trumped a previous offer for the company with a 7 billion-pound ($9.5 billion) bid. Morrisons' board has accepted the offer and said shareholders should vote in favor of the takeover at a meeting due in early October. That means the company has withdrawn its recommendation for investors to accept a previous 6.7 billion-pound takeover deal from a consortium led by rival private equity firm Fortress, which said it was considering its options. The news of the new offer and the possibility of a continuation in the bidding war buoyed Morrisons' share price. In morning trading in London, it was up 4.3% at 291.20 pence. Morrisons is Britain's fourth-largest retailer, employing about 110,000 people in nearly 500 stores and over 300 gas stations. The new offer comes a week after CD&R was given an extended deadline until Friday afternoon by British ...

Over 1 in 10 contracted Covid in hospital in UK's coronavirus first wave

Of every 10 Covid-19 patients in hospital at least one and sometimes more caught the infection inside the health facility during first wave of pandemic in UK, reveals a study published in The Lancet.

Scientists fear Covid-19 cases in Britain may surge after summer lull

As Britain enjoyed a summertime lull in COVID-19 cases, the nation's attention turned to the end of pandemic-related restrictions and holidays in the sun

Heathrow reports busiest month since March 2020 as travel recovery begins

Heathrow also called on Britain and the US to reach an agreement to allow Britons to travel to the US

UK eases travel restriction as industry leaders urge for more

Britain opened its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from US and EU as travel industry leaders urged the government to further ease restrictions

Great Britain clinch historic gold in first-ever Triathlon Mixed Relay

The United States took silver

Britain revises SPAC rules to attract listings to London market

SPACs list on an exchange and must use the proceeds to buy an existing or target company within a set timeframe

Covid: Mixed feelings, PM Johnson in quarantine mar UK's 'freedom day'

Corks popped, beats boomed out and giddy revelers rushed onto dancefloors when England's nightclubs reopened Monday as the country lifted most remaining restrictions after more than a year

Britain retains mandatory quarantine for vaccinated travellers from France

Britain announced on Friday that it is lifting mitigation measures against the spread of Covid for visitors from France, which should take effect on Monday due to the presence of a beta variant

Britain reports 54,647 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours

Britain has reported 54,674 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of Covid cases in country to 5,386,340, according to official figures released on Saturday.

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Access to mRNA shots is the new pandemic divide

Study finds long Covid has as many as 200 symptoms, Africa sees a record million cases in a month, and other pandemic-related news across the world

Great Britain women's football team to take a knee at Olympics

The Great Britain's women's football team has decided to take a knee before their matches at the Tokyo Olympics to support the fight against racism and discrimination.

Britain coronavirus update: Another 36,660 Covid-19 cases reported

Britain has reported another 36,660 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 5,191,459

Re-nationalising British Rail

Vinayak Chatterjee looks at the stresses in public-private partnerships

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Rare nerve complication with J&J vaccine

FDA adds warning on Johnson & Johnson vaccine, lockdown extensions looms in Sydney and other pandemic-related news across the globe

World Coronavirus Dispatch: A fight of survival for world's best nightclubs

Tanzania sees 300% rise in infections, Tokyo volunteers and anticipating fans suddenly have nothing to do, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

British Open back in a bubble after Covid-19 cancellation

As tradition goes at the British Open, it might feel as though nothing has changed. Shane Lowry, a popular champion on Irish soil at Royal Portrush, returns the silver claret upon his arrival Monday at Royal St. George's in England for a ceremonial start to the 149th edition of golf's oldest championship. It's like clockwork, with one exception: The British Open is one year behind. Strange as it was for the Masters to be played amid autumn hues of November, and for the U.S. Open to be played in September for the first time in nearly a century, the biggest fallout in golf last year from the COVID-19 pandemic was the British Open not being played at all. Now it's back, though not quite to normal. It might look that way with the British Open allowing 32,000 spectators a day to roam the expansive links off Sandwich Bay, just up the coast from the English Channel. Major championship golf hasn't seen a crowd that large since Portrush two summers ago. I'm keen to get as many spectators