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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

JMV Turner's famed British seascape up for auction, says report

The painting that can be viewed at Soth­eby's London auction house is ex­p­ected to sell for between £4 million and £6 million ($5.5 million to $8.3 million.)

British royal Kate goes into self-isolation after Covid-19 contact

Kate, wife of Queen Elizabeth's grandson Prince William, attended a number of events last week, most prominently the Wimbledon tennis championships on Friday.

Matt Hancock quits as UK health secretary after social distancing row

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock has resigned after he breached social distancing guidance by kissing a colleague, according to media reports on Saturday.

To bolster security, Britain joins Indian Ocean monitoring hub in Gurgaon

The IFC-IOR, which was established in April 2019, has liaison officers from five countries - the US, France, Japan, Australia and now the UK

Goldman Sachs expands transaction bank to Britain for steadier revenue

Goldman Sachs has launched its transaction bank in Britain, the firm said Monday, expanding the business after launching in the United States last year as it looks for steadier sources of revenue

Three barriers that stop people from getting vaccinated against Covid-19

For it to be successful, those responsible for the vaccine rollout need to ensure that the public are sufficiently capable, have sufficient opportunity, and are sufficiently motivated to take vaccine

Britain emerges as a test case in Europe as it attempts to control Covid-19

Levels of infections are now back to their highest since February and the pound is taking a hit on concern a recovery may be slipping further into the future