UK strikes free trade deal with Australia in first major post-Brexit agreement
Boris Johnson has agreed a free trade deal with Australia in the first major post-Brexit trading agreement.
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TOURISM
June 15, 2021 UK ‘unlikely to reopen foreign travel to major European resorts until August’
Britain is unlikely to reopen overseas travel to the major European holiday destinations until the beginning of August, UK ambassadors have warned.
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UK NEWS
June 15, 2021 UK unemployment rate drops again as firms hire more staff
UK unemployment fell for the fourth month in a row in April as businesses took on more staff in response to the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions.
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UK NEWS
June 7, 2021 Steel industry fears UK will be flooded by cheap imports
Britain’s steel industry is braced for a decision on the UK’s tariff protections as soon as this week – potentially opening the floodgates to a wave of cheap imports.
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HEALTH
June 6, 2021 UK wants whole world vaccinated by end of 2022 and will ‘send 100m jabs abroad’
Britain is calling for the whole world to be vaccinated by the end of 2022 with Boris Johnson to urge the G7 to “rise to the greatest challenge of the post-war era” and “defeat Covid”.
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UK NEWS
May 31, 2021 Exclusive: UK vaccine passport plans to be scrapped
Plans to make Covid-19 passports a legal requirement for large events are set to be dropped, The Telegraph understands.
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HEALTH
May 31, 2021 SAGE scientist warns UK on a ‘knife edge’ as Britons take advantage of sunnier weather
The busy bank holiday is expected to bring the warmest weather of the year so far, with temperatures expected to hit 25C today. But as many people flock to beaches, parks and beer gardens, one of the country’s top scientists has warned that the next two weeks are critical for the way out of the […]
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AUTO MOTO
May 17, 2021 Electric cars in the UK: are we ready for the EV revolution?
The UK car industry has weathered several storms in recent years, with Brexit uncertainty causing significant difficulties, and Covid-19 closing dealerships and factories. But with a free-trade agreement with the EU now in place for cars, and the UK’s vaccine rollout well under way, things – while some way off being ‘normal’ – are more […]
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UK NEWS
May 17, 2021 Ireland worried UK wants to rewrite Brexit deal – RTE
LONDON (Reuters) -Ireland is increasingly concerned that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to completely rewrite the Northern Ireland section of the Brexit deal, RTE reported on Monday after London said the agreement was not sustainable.
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UK NEWS
May 17, 2021 Campaigners find plastic waste from the UK dumped as far away as Turkey
The UK is continuing to dump waste on other countries with supermarket packaging and plastic bags found as far away as Turkey, according to a report.
