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UK admits debt owed to Iran over decades-old defense deal
Sep 05, 2020 07:03British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has for the first time acknowledged his country’s debt owed to Iran over a decades-old arms deal.
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Nicola Sturgeon outlines post-Covid future
Aug 31, 2020 09:33Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has set out a vision for a coronavirus-free Scotland as her government prepares to unveil its latest policy and legislative agenda.
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Officials are optimistic of overall positive trend of infections across the UK
Aug 21, 2020 11:53Despite the large spike in the number of positive tests reported by England's test and trace service earlier, the level of coronavirus in the community has remained stable during the past week according to the Office for National Statistics.
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US, UK desperately pushing back Iran but get ‘humiliated’ by Iranians: Zarif
Aug 19, 2020 01:32Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the US and the UK have desperately been trying to push back Iran to the era before the victory of the country’s Islamic Revolution in 1979, but are “humiliated” by the Iranian people.
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China grants COVID-19 vaccine patent to CanSino; UK seeks volunteers for vaccine trials
Aug 17, 2020 11:06China’s vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc has won a patent approval from Beijing for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate Ad5-nCOV, state media reported, citing documents from the country’s intellectual property regulator.
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UK household finances worsen in August over job worries
Aug 17, 2020 09:16The financial health of British households deteriorated in August at a faster pace than last month, in an unpromising sign for the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey showed on Monday.
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Northern Ireland to let teachers decide GCSE grades after A-level disaster
Aug 17, 2020 09:09Northern Irish GCSE students will be given grades decided by their teachers after an outcry over the use of an algorithm to award marks for A-level. Peter Weir, the Education Minister for the Northern Ireland executive, announced the move just days before the publication of results on Thursday, but said the change would not cause a delay.
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Retailer Debenhams on the brink of collapse
Aug 16, 2020 03:08One of the UK’s oldest department stores is on the verge of collapse as the coronavirus-induced recession continues to ravage the British economy.
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Explosions reported as fire breaks out next to runway in Suffolk
Aug 14, 2020 02:33Explosions have been reported at the Parham Airfield in Suffolk where a huge fire has broken out with enormous clouds of black smoke visible from miles away.
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UK economic output collapses by 20.4% in second-quarter
Aug 12, 2020 03:37Britain’s economy shrank by a record 20.4% between April and June, when the coronavirus lockdown was tightest, the largest contraction reported by any major economy so far, official figures showed on Wednesday.