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Prime minister Johnson and wife expecting another baby – media reports

Editorial Bureau July 31, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie are expecting a second baby, as per reports from British media on Saturday. Their first child, Wilfred, was born in April last year. Newspapers said Carrie told friends in a post on social media app Instagram that she felt

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Johnson stresses caution on drawing conclusions from dip in COVID cases

Editorial Bureau July 28, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged caution on Wednesday on drawing conclusions from a seven-day decline in COVID-19 cases in Britain, saying it was too early to assess whether it was a definite trend. “We have seen some encouraging recent data. There’s no question about that but it is far, far too early […]

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Falling COVID-19 cases in UK, PM urges people not to get carried away

Editorial Bureau July 27, 2021

LONDON (UK) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that people should not get carried away by six days of better COVID-19 infection data, while one of the country’s top epidemiologists said the end of the pandemic could be just months away. Johnson has lifted restrictions in England and is betting he can get […]

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Ex-adviser to prime minister: We discussed ousting Johnson

Editorial Bureau July 21, 2021

LONDON (UK) – The former top adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was in talks over the possibility of toppling Johnson shortly after an election triumph in 2019 because Brexit campaigners were being sidelined inside Downing Street. Dominic Cummings told the BBC that by January 2020, after the November 2019 election, Johnson did […]

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PM Johnson rejected the idea of COVID-19 lockdown as only elderly would lose lives, ex-aide says

Editorial Bureau July 20, 2021

LONDON (UK) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was not prepared to impose lockdown restrictions to stop the spread of COVID-19 to save the elderly and denied the National Health Service would be overwhelmed, his former top adviser said in an interview aired on Monday. In his first TV interview since leaving his job last year, […]

Finance

Surge in coronavirus infections, FTSE 100 hits a two-month low

Editorial Bureau July 19, 2021

The FTSE 100 fell to a two-month low on Monday on concerns that a spike in coronavirus infections could derail a nascent economic recovery, while a recent surge in inflation raised fears of a quicker tapering in global monetary stimulus. The blue-chip FTSE 100 was down 1.4% by 0709 GMT, with BP and Royal Dutch […]

UK

Johnson emphasises on caution as ‘Freedom Day’ arrives in England

Editorial Bureau July 19, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson put an end to more than a year of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in England on Monday. He has urged the public to remain cautious, however, putting his faith in vaccines to protect the country even as infections are surging. On what local media have dubbed “Freedom Day”, Johnson’s […]

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Boris Johnson to set out plan to ‘level up’ Britain

Editorial Bureau July 15, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson will pledge on Thursday to “level up” the forgotten parts of Britain without damaging those areas that are already thriving when he sets out plans for the flagship policy that helped him win election. Johnson, who won a 2019 national vote thanks largely to voters in struggling regions […]

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UK cautions tech platforms: take action over racist Euros messages

Editorial Bureau July 13, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Britain warned social media platforms they must take action over racist messages levelled at England’s Black soccer players following the Euro 2020 final defeat or they would face consequences. At least three Black players have been subjected to online racist abuse since the final on Sunday night. The Times reported that the […]

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Johnson tells racist abusers of England players: ‘Crawl back under your rocks’

Editorial Bureau July 12, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned the racist online abuse suffered by Black players in the England soccer team after their defeat in the final of Euro 2020, saying he hoped the abusers crawled back under their rocks. “For those who have been directing racist abuse at some of the players, I […]