United Kingdom

UK reports triple rise in alcoholic parent numbers

Apr 01, 2019 01:58

A British charity focused on helping families gripped by alcohol misuse says the number of parents drinking addictively and causing problems for their adult children has increased by three times in five years.
UK police given vast stop and search powers amid surge in knife crime

Apr 01, 2019 01:52

Police in the United Kingdom have been allowed to openly use stop and search powers to better tackle knife crime despite concerns that the decision could unfairly affect black people and other minorities.
May under pressure to rule out long Brexit delay

Mar 31, 2019 05:32

British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a new push by members of her Conservative Party to lead Britain out of the European Union in the next few months, even if it means a potentially damaging no-deal Brexit.
Workers in UK’s Swindon march to save Honda plant

Mar 31, 2019 02:47

Thousands of workers and their family members have attended a mass rally in the UK town of Swindon to ask Japanese carmaker Honda to reverse its decision to close its factory in the city as concerns grow over job security after Britain’s departure from the European Union.
UK PM mulls fourth bid to pass Brexit deal in parliament

Mar 30, 2019 12:08

British Prime Minister Theresa May is reportedly trying to find a way to put her European Union withdrawal deal to a fresh vote of the parliament after failing to gain the approval of the chamber on three occasions.
Brexit supporters, opponents rally outside parliament

Mar 30, 2019 03:09

Thousands of supporters and opponents of Britain’s divorce from the European Union have swarmed through the streets of London after British lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a third time.
UK lawmakers reject Brexit deal for third time

Mar 30, 2019 02:57

British MPs on Friday rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal for a third time, opening the way for a long delay to Brexit -- or a chaotic "no deal" withdrawal in two weeks.
Yemen says UK complicit in Saudi war crimes, can’t be peace-broker

Mar 30, 2019 02:51

A senior Ansarullah official has lashed out at British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt for supporting continued exports of lethal weapons to Saudi Arabia, saying that London cannot be a peace-broker in Yemen while it is still arming the invaders.
Pound falls after UK parliament rejects Brexit plan

Mar 30, 2019 01:28

The pound fell Friday after Britain's parliament again rejected a proposed deal to withdraw from the European Union.
Germany extends ban on Saudi arms sale by 6 months despite France, UK criticism

Mar 29, 2019 03:44

Germany has extended its ban on all arms exports to Saudi Arabia for a further six months, in a move which drew criticism from fellow European arms exporters, including France and Britain.