Tag: England

• Friday, July 10th 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Wales mirrors England and Scotland air bridges to safe countries, but includes Spain

  

  Welsh Government has amended its coronavirus regulations to allow people to travel to dozens of countries and overseas territories without having to quarantine on their return. The steps by the Government also means residents from those countries can now travel to Wales for summer holidays without having to self isolate.

• Monday, July 6th 2020 - 06:52 UTC

  “It's crystal clear” that drunk people cannot socially distance, London police

  

  Britain's police said on Sunday that revelers who packed London's Soho district the night pubs finally reopened made it “crystal clear” that drunk people cannot socially distance.

• Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Portuguese tourism industry furious with England over the quarantine measures

  

  Portugal's tourism sector reacted with fury and disbelief at Britain's decision to maintain a quarantine regime for travelers coming from Portugal despite having a higher number of coronavirus cases and deaths.

• Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 07:09 UTC

  Germany makes up skirting a criminal offence punishable with up two years in prison

  

  Germany is making up-skirting, surreptitiously taking photographs or filming under a person's clothing, a criminal offense punishable with fines or up to two years in prison.

• Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 07:02 UTC

  England's travel corridors: countries and territories exemption list

  

  From 10 July 2020, unless they have visited or stopped in any other country or territory in the preceding 14 days, passengers arriving from the following countries and territories will not be required to self-isolate on arrival into England.

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 08:09 UTC

  British car sales remained in May at 90% their level a year ago

  

  British car sales edged up in May after falling to their lowest since 1946 in April but still remained almost 90% below their level a year earlier as coronavirus restrictions limited sales.

• Friday, May 15th 2020 - 07:15 UTC

  How to keep beer flowing in England: Home delivery pub

  

  Britain’s pubs may be shut, but one east London brewer has found a novel way to keep the beer flowing - by packing his kegs into a van and pulling pints on people’s doorsteps.

• Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 07:18 UTC

  COVID-19 deaths of deprived areas in England are double those of well-off locations

  

  Deaths from COVID-19 in deprived areas of England was more than double that found in well-off locations, with London by far the worst affected, according to official figures released on Friday.

• Thursday, March 12th 2020 - 07:35 UTC

  Coronavirus: Bank of England cuts interest rate 50 basis points to 0.25%

  

  The Bank of England (BOE), the UK's central bank, cut interest rates by 0.5 percentage points on Wednesday morning as part of an emergency response to the coronavirus, or COVID-19.

• Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  Portsmouth to strengthen twinning relations with the Falkland Islands

  

  The city of Portsmouth in England will continue to seek global relationships following the UK's departure from the European Union by twinning with the Falkland Islands and Halifax in Canada, reports the Plymouth News.