Tag: Boris Johnson

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 11:52 UTC

  UK government's lockdown “sex ban” faces widespread mockery

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government faced widespread mockery on Tuesday over coronavirus rules which were cast by some media as a “sex ban”, though a junior minister said the regulations were aimed at keeping people safe.

• Friday, May 29th 2020 - 07:25 UTC

  Johnson, under growing pressure over Cummings issue, announces easing of lockdown conditions

  

  The coronavirus lockdown will ease next week for most of Britain's population, Boris Johnson announced on Thursday, as a row persisted over the prime minister's closest adviser taking a long-distance journey during lockdown.

• Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 08:13 UTC

  Stubborn Johnson insists in keeping Cummings: 59% believe the advisor should resign

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Britain on Wednesday to move on from what he described as a “very, very frustrating episode” when his closest adviser provoked outrage for taking a long-distance drive during the coronavirus lockdown.

• Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  Boris Johnson will resume Brexit talks next month in Brussels

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will resume Brexit talks in Brussels next month, the Times newspaper reported on Thursday. Britain's negotiator with the European Union, David Frost, said Johnson will meet the presidents of the European Commission and Council to formally assess the state of the talks, according to the newspaper.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 07:19 UTC

  Donald Tusk quips about Brexit mastermind Cummings and his trip

  

  A senior European Union politician couldn't help a Brexit quip as he waded into Britain's row over Dominic Cummings, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top adviser and mastermind of leaving the bloc who is accused of violating coronavirus travel curbs.

• Monday, May 11th 2020 - 07:36 UTC

  UK schools and shops to begin opening June first; Outdoor exercises and some sports from Wednesday

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday announced a phased plan to ease a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, with schools and shops to begin opening from Jun 1 - as long as infection rates stay low.

• Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 07:40 UTC

  PM Johnson for the first time in Parliament since 25 March, said lockdown ease to begin next week

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he could begin to ease a nationwide coronavirus lockdown next week, but warned he would do nothing that would risk a new surge of cases.

• Wednesday, May 6th 2020 - 07:00 UTC

  British new car sales slumped to its lowest level since February 1946

  

  British new car sales slumped by an annual 97% in April to the lowest level of any month since February 1946 as factories and dealerships shut due to the coronavirus outbreak.

• Monday, May 4th 2020 - 07:38 UTC

  Doctors treating Boris Johnson were prepared to announce a “death of Stalin” type scenario

  

  Doctors treating Boris Johnson for coronavirus prepared to announce his death after he was taken to intensive care, the British prime minister said on Sunday, in his first detailed comments about his illness.

• Friday, May 1st 2020 - 21:56 UTC

  Falklands congratulates 'Colonel' Tom Moore on his 100th birthday and amazing contribution to the NHS

  

  The Falkland Islands has joined in paying tribute to the remarkable Captain Tom Moore, on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Captain Tom, now made an honorary colonel, has raised more than 30 million pounds for the NHS by walking laps of his back garden.