Birmingham shopping center evacuated
An armed man was arrested at the scene.
Last week, The Bullring shopping center in Birmingham was evacuated due to the presence of a man armed with a knife and a suspicious bag at the scene…
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Prince Charles speaks of symptoms that have not disappeared
He was diagnosed with Covid-19 in March
Prince Charles, who tested positive for covid-19 in March, has since returned to normal life and has recovered. However, some symptoms are still persisting…
United Kingdom: over 40% of companies at liquidity risk
Situation is due to the covid-19 pandemic.
According to official statistics on the impact of the new coronavirus, more than 40% of British companies have less than six months of available funds and about 80% have resorted to the government’s lay-off regime. One million British companies are under this scheme, with a total of 8.4 million workers…
Brexit: EU accuses UK of backing off commitments
Negotiations on the future trade relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union continue despite the pandemic.
Negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union have made no “significant progress” this week, with the European Union demanding “respect” from the United Kingdom for the process…
UK imposes quarantine for anyone entering the country
All people entering the country from abroad as of yesterday are required to confine themselves for 14 days to contain the covid-19, a measure that aviation and tourism companies contest…
Man won covid-19 while battling leukaemia
He was considered the most serious patient at Liverpool Hospital.
A 65-year-old man won the fight against covid-19 while fighting another powerful enemy, leukaemia…
Wales investigates potential of nicotine patches against Covid-19
Doctors routinely distribute nicotine patches to patients with coronaviruses and smokers.
Everyone knows that smokers are more likely to experience Covid-19 more severely, so a group of doctors in Wales will investigate the potential of nicotine patches to fight coronavirus. According to The Guardian, at the Royal Glamorgan hospital, doctors routinely distribute nicotine patches to patients with coronavirus and smokers…
Police investigates newborn’s death and arrests couple in Newbury
A baby less than a month old died last Saturday, following a cardiac arrest.
English police are investigating the death of a newborn baby in Newbury, Berkshire.
Authorities have already arrested a couple, but are looking for anyone who might have more information about the case…
UK registers more than 384 deaths
In total, there are more than 34,000 deaths from Covid-19.
In the last few days, more than 384 people died from Covid-19 in the United Kingdom.
There are more than 34,00 deaths due to the new coronavirus.
Nurses accused of spreading covid-19
Health professionals went to the supermarket with their work uniforms
Two nurses have been accused by supermarket workers of spreading covid-19 for shopping in the UK in uniform. After a 14-hour shift, Mary Gibson and Lisa Willott went to the supermarket to buy something to eat, but ended up leaving the place…
UK surpasses 32.000 deaths
In the last 24 hours, there were 3877 new cases and 210 deaths
In the last 24 hours, 210 people in the UK have died of covid-19, the lowest number since 29th March. The United Kingdom thus surpasses the mark of 32 thousand death, in a total of 32 065. There were also 3,877 new cases, giving a total number of 223,060 infected people…
UK tests plasma treatment
Treatment is being tested on patients with covid-19, using plasma from patients who have recovered from the disease…
The British National Health Service is preparing to treat patients hospitalized with Covid-19 through the plasma of people who have recovered from the disease.
Man opens fire at a Manchester funeral
The shooter suffered knife wounds on his face.
A gunman shot a group of people who were at a funeral at Manchester’s Gorton Cemetery, in the late afternoon of past Thursday…
Boris Johnson went back to work and asks the British people for patience
The prime minister wants people to keep confined in order to avoid new waves of infections because of this “restraint of impatience”.
Boris Johnson, infected with Covid-19 virus, was speaking at the door of the official residence in Downing Street, to where he returned this Sunday, after having been in treatment outside London for two weeks. To the British people, he asked to “contain impatience, in order to avoid the economic disaster that a second wave of the pandemic could represent”…
Harry sees this phase as a “challenge”
Prince and Meghan Markle recently moved to the United States.
“I don’t know how his career is going to unfold, but yes, I’ve been talking to him. I believe he is taking all of this as a challenge”. The statement, made to the Daily Mail, is from Jane Goodall, an anthropologist and close friend of Prince Harry…
Truck driver found guilty of the Essex deaths
Maurice Robinson was responsible for the deaths of 39 people in October 2019.
Last week, the young truck driver faced a judge in London and pleaded guilty to the deaths of 39 people, all of Vietnamese nationality. The five men accused in the case attended the hearing via videoconference. Gheorghe Nica, 43, denied 39 counts of felony murder…
Young woman died after contracting Covid-19 while waiting for a transplant
Katie Horne, 21, succumbed to the virus
About four weeks ago, a young woman was urgently admitted to King’s College Hospital in London with a severe liver condition.
Katie, a native of West Sussex, ended up testing positive for Covid-19, which dropped her chance of being on the list for receiving a liver transplant…
Nurse feels bad, continues to work and shortly after he dies of covid-19
British young man died hours after showing the first symptoms.
A 23-year-old male nurse died of covid-19, just hours after having the first symptoms.
John Alagos was taking a 12-hour shift at Watford General Hospital when he started feeling bad. He asked to go home but, due to the lack of nurses, he had to finish his shift…
Boris Johnson hospitalized for further exams
British Prime Minister continues to show persistent symptoms of covid-19.
English Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who tested positive for the new coronavirus ten days ago, was hospitalized yesterday for further tests.
“On the advice of his doctor, the prime minister was admitted to the hospital for tests”, the Downing Street spokesman said in a statement, adding that it was a “precautionary measure”.
Boris Johnson, 55, said he had tested positive for the new coronavirus on March 27 and has since remained isolated at his official London residence…
Two years in prison for those who cough on purpose on police in the UK
A containment regime has been imposed since Monday.
According to the British prosecutor, anyone who threatens to Covid-19 contagion by coughing on purpose from elements of the emergency services, such as doctors or police, can be punished with up to two years in prison…
Mother and daughter infected with coronavirus after attending funeral
Susan Nelson, 65, ended up dying.
The woman, born in Halesowen, in the United Kingdom, is one of the fatal victims of Covid-19 in the country. On March 13th, the woman attended an aunt’s funeral, where she contracted the disease. Susan, who had no record of other pathologies, was admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham and died last Tuesday.
Young man charges money to colleagues in exchange for disinfectant
A boy made his schoolmates believe that the gesture was important to protect themselves from the new coronavirus.
The student took advantage of the Covid-19 global pandemic to earn money, so he was suspended from the Dixons Unity Academy, a school he attends in Leeds, UK.
The young man charged his colleagues money in exchange for some hand sanitizing gel.
He made friends believe that this was essential to protect themselves from the new coronavirus.
Post-Brexit migrants will have to speak English and have qualifications
UK provided details on the new immigration rules.
The UK provided details on the new rules for post-Brexit immigration, which will hinder access for EU citizens and impose requirements, such as speaking English, qualifications and a minimum wage of £ 25,600 (€ 30,800). “We are going to put in place a system that works in the interest of the whole UK and prioritizes the skills that a person has to offer, not where they come from. For too long, distorted by the right of European free movement, the immigration system has not responded to the needs of the British people”, says the government.
Young man who pushed child in London admitted he wanted to kill someone
“In the latest months, I had it in my head that I had to kill someone”, reveals the young man, in a recording released by the British media.
The young British was detained after pushing a French child from a balcony at London’s Tate Modern museum in August 2019. A few months before the incident he was already planning to kill someone, the media reports.
In December, during his trial at the Old Bailey criminal court in the UK’s capital, Jonty Bravery, 17 at the time of the incident, pleaded guilty to pushing the six-year-old from the museum’s 10th floor.
UK anticipates ban on gasoline and diesel vehicles to 2035
Measure anticipates the previously established term by five years.
The UK plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles until 2035, in an attempt to accelerate the reduction of carbon emissions and combat climate change, announced British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The measure anticipates the deadline previously set, up to 2040, by five years, including automobiles and vans and, for the first time, hybrid vehicles that combine fuels that generate emissions with clean technologies.
Company gives four more days of vacation to non-smokers
At stake is the time that smokers spend on breaks during working hours.
A logistics company in Swindon, has taken an unconventional step, rewarding employees who do not smoke at work with four extra days of vacation.
At stake is the time that smokers spend on breaks, absent from work several times a day.
Queen approves Brexit law
Legislation passed in the British Parliament, which defines the terms of application of Brexit and the UK Withdrawal Agreement, is already law, after having received the royal seal.
After completing the parliamentary process, the document lacked only the seal of Queen Elizabeth II to be promulgated.
January 31st is the stipulated date for leaving…
Father and daughter find out they have cancer on the same day
Man was diagnosed with kidney cancer, while the girl found out that she has breast cancer for the second time.
Jessica Duffield, 22, was diagnosed with the disease three years ago. At 19, the young woman from Newcastle was forced to stop college because she had to undergo chemotherapy treatments.
Royal family meets in emergency meeting
Queen Elizabeth II meets with Harry, William and Prince Charles to discuss the future of the Dukes of Sussex. Meghan Markle is expected to participate in the Canadian telephone discussion.
Senior members of the British royal are meeting at this time in an emergency meeting set up by Queen Isabel II to discuss the future of Harry and Meghan.
Couple throws away thousands of euros accidentally
Money was found at a recycling center in Midsomer Norton, England.
About 17,000 euros were in a box in a paper bin, which were discarded without the owners noticing.
The couple dumped boxes belonging to a deceased family member and did not realize the existence of the money.
The situation could have been tragic…
Drugged, raped and filmed 48 men
A 36-year-old Indonesian man has been sentenced to life in prison for 159 sex offenses committed in the UK for over a decade.
Reynhard Sinaga drugged, raped and filmed 48 men in his Manchester apartment.
Sinaga must face at least 30 years in prison before the sentence can be reviewed.
A female dog was found drowning with body-bound rock
An animal was saved by a woman by the Trent River, in England.
Yesterday, Bella, a German Shepherd breed, was about to drown when a woman came across the animal in distress.
The woman did not hesitate to enter the river and became the dog’s heroine, who had a rock tied to its body.
Doctor diagnosed fake cancers to children
The goal was to convince parents to pay for treatments.
Mina Chowdhury, 44, worked as a pediatrician at a hospital in Scotland, where she convinced several parents that their children suffered from different types of fake cancers.
The doctor claimed that public facilities would take a long time and this could worsen the health of the minors. Therefore, it would be ideal to perform tests such as echocardiograms and blood tests at a private healthcare clinic, in Glasgow.
Brexit: British Parliament Approves Boris Johnson Plan
Conservative majority House of Commons passes Brexit law with 358 votes in favor.
The bill, which sets out the legal framework under for Brexit and implements the agreement negotiated with the European Union, was approved on the 20th of December with 358 votes in favor and 234 against. The vote came as no surprise, since after the last elections the Conservative party won an absolute parliamentary majority.
British vote to try to unlock Brexit
British voters will go to polling stations to elect 650 deputies
About 46 million Britons will vote on the 12th of December in the early parliamentary elections, in the United Kingdom, called by the government to try to unblock the impasse created in parliament over the process of leaving the country from the European Union (EU).
Whale Dies With 100 Pounds of Plastic In Stomach
Fishing nets, ropes, bags and plastic cups were some objects found in the animal’s stomach.
The whale was found dead on Luskentyre Beach, on the Isle of Harris, in Scotland.
In the animal’s stomach a tangle of fishing nets, ropes and other plastics were found.
Bus reviewer beaten by passenger in London
The bus was linking Limehouse to Tower Gateway.
British media reveals that the reviewer was the target of racist slurs after asking a passenger to take his feet off a seat.
The man ignored him and when the reviewer tried to take his feet off the seat he began to verbally attack him and then kicked him. The moment was captured by some people who were on the bus.
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Woman locks children in the room and arranges a date in a hotel
Three children were locked up with bucket, toilet roll and bag of food.
A woman locked her three children under five y.o in a room in Burnley.
The children were locked only with a bucket, a roll of toilet paper and a suitcase with food so that the woman could have a sexual encounter in a hotel.
Brexit: what will happen after sealing a deal?
Boris Johnson tries to get majority in Parliament to approve THE document. Brussels is apprehensive about the possible rejection in the British Parliament.
The uncertainty surrounding Brexit process is not over, even after the agreement reached between the European Union and the United Kingdom. After a day of gains, the stock markets have agreed to fall slightly, with investors expecting the British parliament vote on this understanding. The agreement is going to be voted in the British Parliament tomorrow and the outlook is at least uncertain.
Theresa May requests Brexit delay until June 30
The British prime minister formalized today a second request for postponing Brexit until the last day of June due to the preparations for European elections in May.
Tusk: There’s a “special place in hell” for whoever promoted Brexit
President of the European Council strongly criticized those who defend leaving the European Union without having a plan. Nigel Farage has already “hitted back” and speaks about “paradise”.