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You Decide: The UK’s Top 7 Cycling Spots for Mountain Biking

Editorial Bureau July 30, 2021

Cycling has become one of the UK’s favourite sports in the past year. Welcoming healthier and active transport during the pandemic, government data reported that cycling had increased up to 384 per cent in May 2020 when compared to the start of March. In the past year, more people have been on

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British minister says Italian fans must not travel to UK for Euro final

Editorial Bureau July 9, 2021

LONDON (UK) – British transport minister Grant Shapps has told Italian soccer fans not to try to travel to England for the final of this year’s Euro 2020 tournament on Sunday. England face Italy on Sunday in the final at London’s Wembley Stadium, where crowds of around 60,000 people are expected but few of them […]

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UK confirms 18,270 new coronavirus cases, highest since February 5

Editorial Bureau June 26, 2021

LONDON (UK) – The United Kingdom recorded 18,270 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, the highest daily rise since February 5, and 23 deaths, official data showed. Daily positive cases have been rising in Britain for a month but a rapid vaccination programme appears to have largely broken the link between infections and deaths, with daily […]

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UK sees record spike in employee numbers in May

Editorial Bureau June 15, 2021

LONDON (UK) – The number of employees on British company payrolls increased by a record amount in May as COVID restrictions were relaxed. Pubs and restaurants resumed indoor service, though it continues to be more than half a million below its pre-pandemic peak. Tax data released on Tuesday showed that British companies increased their number […]

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Britain reportedly plans to delay lockdown lifting until July 19

Editorial Bureau June 11, 2021

LONDON(UK)- A news website has reported that the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to delay lockdown lifting to July 19 after cases of the Delta variant, first identified in India, rose in the country. Under plans that will be announced on Monday, a two week review will be included meaning COVID-19 restrictions could be dropped on […]

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Britain confirms 3,383 new COVID-19 cases and one death

Editorial Bureau May 31, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Britain on Monday reported 3,383 new cases of COVID-19, government figures showed, with one new death within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test result. The total number of people who had received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine was up to 39,379,411, the figures showed.

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UK to aid vulnerable countries against Russia, China cyber threat

Editorial Bureau May 12, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Britain said on Wednesday it would make an investment of 22 million pounds ($31 million) to extend aid to vulnerable countries in Africa and the Indo-Pacific bolster their cyber defences to prevent Chin a, Russia and others from filling a cyberspace vacuum. British foreign minister Dominic Raab said Britain and its partners […]

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Restaurants in UK see more diners as restrictions ease

Editorial Bureau May 6, 2021

LONDON (UK) – As hospitality businesses in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland partly reopened after months of coronavirus lockdown restrictions, the restaurants in Britain saw more diners than the week before. Britain’s Office for National Statistics said seated diner reservations on May 1 were 71% of their level on the equivalent Saturday two years ago, […]

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UK regrets ‘pervasive racism’ over commemoration of Black and Asian war dead

Editorial Bureau April 22, 2021

LONDON (UK) -Britain expressed apology on Thursday for failures that meant “pervasive racism” may have rejected a proper commemoration to as many as 350,000 Black and Asian service personnel who died fighting for the British Empire. An independent inquiry commissioned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) found that hundreds of thousands of mostly

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UK undermines criticism of Australian minister before trade talks

Editorial Bureau April 21, 2021

LONDON (UK) -Britain on Wednesday downplayed a newspaper report in which an unnamed government source expressed remarks about Australian trade minister Dan Tehan as inexperienced, with British counterpart Liz Truss vowing that he would get a warm welcome in London for talks. Tehan is due to arrive this week for talks on a trade deal […]