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EU chief tells UK it’s ‘high time we get Brexit done’

Editorial Bureau June 30, 2022

London (UK)- European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic said it was “high time we got Brexit done” as he fired the latest salvo against Boris Johnson’s government over the Northern Ireland Protocol. Mr Sefcovic told an audience in London that UK legislation designed to

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Prince Charles charity funded GCHQ charity with Bond cash

Editorial Bureau June 29, 2022

London(UK)- Financial records from the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund appear at first glance to show a grant to an unexpected recipient – the GCHQ security agency. Alongside grants for causes such as the Red Squirrel Survival Trust and Exeter Cathedral is £100,000 for “GCHQ”. But the 2014 payment is understood to be a donation […]

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Britain and its allies face”1937 moment” General Sanders to warn

Editorial Bureau June 28, 2022

General Sir Patrick Sanders is expected to say deterring Russia “means more of the army ready more of the time” and that he expects “all ranks to get ready, train hard and engage.” London(UK)- Britain and its allies face their “1937 moment” following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and must do everything possible to avert another […]

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UK presses on with Brexit rules rewrite; EU calls it illegal

Editorial Bureau June 27, 2022

London(UK)-UK presses on with Brexit rules rewrite, Britain is ramping up a feud with the European Union by pressing on with a plan to rip up parts of the post Brexit trade deal it signed with the bloc. Legislation that rewrites trade rules for Northern Ireland is scheduled to get its first major House of […]

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Covid infections in UK rise as hospitalisations in England jump 40 per cent

Editorial Bureau June 25, 2022

UK Covid infections surge as 300,000 people infected in last week London (UK)-The ONS said the latest increase was “likely caused by infections compatible with Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5”, which are now thought to be the most dominant strains in much of the UK. This is the highest estimate for total infections since the […]

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Conservative co-chairman Oliver Dowden quits after by-election losses

Editorial Bureau June 24, 2022

London (UK)- Conservative co-chair Oliver Dowden has resigned following two by-election losses for the party to Labour and the Liberal Democrats. The Lib Dems overturned a huge Tory majority in Tiverton and Honiton, Devon, their third by-election victory over Boris Johnson’s party in a year. And Labour retook the seat of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, which […]

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UK Conservatives lose 2 elections in blow to Boris Johnson

Editorial Bureau June 24, 2022

London (UK)- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a double blow as voters rejected his Conservative Party in two special elections dominated by questions about his leadership and ethics. The party’s chairman quit after the results early Friday, saying the party “cannot carry on with business as usual.” The centrist Liberal Democrats overturned a big Conservative

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Diversity is Commonwealth’s strength; says Prince Charles

Editorial Bureau June 24, 2022

Rwanda (Kenya)- The Prince of Wales is expected to tell Commonwealth leaders their diversity is a “strength” at the opening of a global summit in Rwanda. The Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting begins in Kigali later, with Prince Charles representing the Queen. He will tell leaders their differences are a positive they can use to […]

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UK By-elections Pose Fresh Threat to PM Boris Johnson

Editorial Bureau June 23, 2022

London (UK)- Voters head to the polls on Thursday in two closely watched UK by-elections that risk renewing pressure on beleaguered Prime Minister Boris Johnson following months of scandals and setbacks. His ruling Conservatives are tipped to lose both contests, for the parliamentary seats of Tiverton and Honiton in southwest England and Wakefield in the […]

Health UK

Polio found in U.K. for the first time in nearly 40 years

Editorial Bureau June 23, 2022

London(UK)- For the first time in nearly 40 years, health officials in the U.K. have identified a likely outbreak of polio in London. So far, there have been no cases of polio detected directly in the U.K. But instead, scientists have discovered the outbreak through an indirect route. They’ve found multiple versions of the virus […]