Tag: United Kingdom

• Friday, January 14th 2022 - 08:52 UTC

  Queen's son stripped of his titles to face charges as a private citizen

  

  Queen Elizabeth has decided to strip Prince Andrew of all of the royal offices and honorary military titles to have him face charges as a private citizen in the saga of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal in New York City.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentina claims Wallace's remarks are “inappropriate and unacceptable”

  

  The Argentine foreign ministry reacted strongly to Defense Secretary Ben Wallace's statements published on Monday in the Daily Telegraph arguing that his belligerent threats and denigratory remarks towards Argentina are not compatible with the current level of diplomatic relations.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 13:41 UTC

  North Sea Oil Operators Set For Near Record Cash Flows

  

  By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com – UK North Sea operators will see near-record cash margins and profits this year as they will look to extend field lives amid high oil and gas prices in a “now or never” regulatory environment, energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie says.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 19:46 UTC

  Royal Navy frigate underwater sonar struck by Russian submarine

  

  The Royal Navy Type 23 frigate was involved in a collision at sea when a piece of the ship’s underwater tracking equipment came into contact with a Russian submarine, it has been revealed. HMS Northumberland's sonar apparatus was struck while deployed underwater by a vessel it was tracking in the North Atlantic in late 2020.

• Friday, January 7th 2022 - 20:49 UTC

  First fatal victim of bird flu reported in UK

  

  British health authorities Friday reported what seems to be the first fatal case in humans of the H5N1 variant of bird flu, which rarely infects humans, but when it does, it has a mortality rate of about 60%.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 07:37 UTC

  UK/Falklands 2021 trade in goods and services was down 9,7% compared to the previous year

  

  Total trade in goods and services (exports plus imports) between the UK and Falkland Islands was £112 million in the four quarters to the end of Q2 2021, a decrease of 9.7% or £12 million from the four quarters to the end of Q2 2020. Figures are from the UK ONS, Office for National Statistics.

• Friday, December 31st 2021 - 18:15 UTC

  Boris Johnson celebrates success of vaccine program in New Year's message

  

  British Prime Minister will deliver his New Year’s message today (Friday 31 December) where he will celebrate the achievements of the vaccination program over the last year with over 7 in 10 eligible adults in England boosted so far - an increase of 8 million top-up jabs (45%) since the target was brought forward on 12 December.

• Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  France now tolerant to Britons willing to return to their EU countries of residence

  

  The Government of France Thursday announced it had decided to show some “tolerance” for Britons wishing to return to their homes elsewhere in the European Union, thus reversing a surprise ban that affected thousands of travelers on the grounds that they were no longer citizens of the EU and deserved no special treatment.

• Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  British student makes bad joke about being Maddie McCann

  

  A British student named Harriet Brookes has claimed on social media she was in fact Madeleine McCann, the three-year-old girl who disappeared in May 2007 while on vacation in Portugal with her family.

• Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 20:35 UTC

  Channel Islands UK/France fishing licenses dispute far from over

  

  Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune said France is considering litigation proceedings against the United Kingdom over the remaining post-Brexit fishing licenses still pending to be awarded in the island of Jersey. The UK/French licenses dispute at the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, off the French coast, has been ongoing for weeks.