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Eat Out to Help Out Scheme enables Brits to enjoy meals at subsidised rates

Editorial Bureau August 3, 2020

LONDON (UK) – On Monday, people across the country dug into half-price meals with the government coming out with its “Eat Out to Help Out Scheme”. This is aimed at boosting business in the hospitality industry after the lockdown. As per the scheme, diners can avail 50%

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UK to receive millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses from India’s Wockhardt

Editorial Bureau August 3, 2020

BENGALURU (INDIA) – Indian drugmaker Wockhardt Ltd announced on Monday that it would supply millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines to the UK and they include the shot being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. As part of a deal with the British government, the firm has reserved fill-and-finish capacity – the final step of […]

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Supreme Court to examine citizenship case of IS recruit who went to Syria

Editorial Bureau August 1, 2020

LONDON (UK) – The Supreme Court is slated to examine the case of a Britain-born woman who went to Syria when she was a school girl to join the Islamic State. This comes after the government appealed against a court ruling to allow her to return to fight for her citizenship. Born to Bangladeshi parents, […]

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Will come down hard on workplaces that are not COVID-secure: Johnson

Editorial Bureau July 31, 2020

LONDON (UK) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would crack the whip on employers who do not make their workplaces safe while giving them more discretion to decide on telecommuting. “If employers don’t keep their workplaces COVID-secure then that’s a matter that can be enforced in law,” Johnson said during a briefing when asked […]

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PM to postpone easing of lockdown curbs by two weeks due to rising infections

Editorial Bureau July 31, 2020

LONDON (UK) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that the next stage of easing curbs would be put on hold for at least two weeks because of the rise in coronavirus cases. “On Saturday 1 August we had hoped to reopen in England a number of the higher-risk settings that had remained closed […]

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House prices hit record high in 11 years, says Nationwide

Editorial Bureau July 31, 2020

LONDON (UK) – Price of houses in the country showed the biggest spurt in 11 years this month, indicating that the economy is some sectors are rebounding faster as restrictions are being lifted. According to mortgage lender Nationwide, the average house prices went up by 1.7% in July. It is the biggest monthly spurt since […]

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Coronavirus pandemic: It isn’t all over yet, says PM Johnson

Editorial Bureau July 30, 2020

LONDON (UK) – Although novel coronavirus infections are under some measure of control in the country, its resurgence in some European countries has made it clear that the pandemic is not over yet, said Prime Minister Boris Johnson. “This country has had a massive success now in reducing the numbers of those tragic deaths, and […]

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One in three furloughed workers returned to work in first two weeks of July: Official data

Editorial Bureau July 30, 2020

LONDON (UK) – According to official data released on Thursday, one in three furloughed workers in the country returned to work in the first two weeks of this month as the hospitality industry began to reopen. According to businesses surveyed between June 29 and July 12, 7% of their employees had returned within two weeks […]

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Celltrion of South Korea gets Britain’s nod for trials of COVID-19 antibody drug

Editorial Bureau July 30, 2020

SEOUL (SOUTH KOREA) – Celltrion Inc said on Thursday said it has received regulatory approval from British authorities for a phase I clinical trial of its experimental COVID-19 antibody drug. The pharmaceutical firm will rope in participants for a clinical study in the UK following approval from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), […]

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Fans can safely return to stadiums soon, says sports minister Huddleston

Editorial Bureau July 29, 2020

LONDON (UK) – The sports minister has said that the government is confident of putting in place measures to ensure that spectators safely return to stadiums. The government will announce plans this month to allow spectators at select sport events to “stress test” new norms. It also aims to reopen stadiums for spectators for certain […]