Ex-NHS staff return Some 20,000 ex-NHS staff return to work to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, prime minister Boris Johnson has said. In a video…
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The United Kingdom, made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, is an island nation in northwestern Europe. England – the birthplace of Shakespeare and The Beatles – is home to the capital, London, a globally influential centre of finance and culture. England is also the site of Neolithic Stonehenge, Bath’s Roman spa and centuries-old universities at Oxford and Cambridge.
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Brief. BrIEf.Me In today’s briefing update, the Sunday Papers report on the evergrowing coronavirus crisis in the UK, including the PM’s “bleak message” to the…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In Tuesday’s News briefing, The headlines are – UK, the government is under growing pressure to halt construction work to…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given the UK new stricter measures to tackle the coronavirus. The new measures include a ban on public gatherings of…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are – UK, MPs are to debate emergency legislation that would grant special powers…
UK to announce new financial measures to support the economy during Covid-19 after PM tells the public to avoid social contact. The government will announce…
Volunteers helping the self-isolated in London and around the rest of the country have offered up their spare time, in an attempt to help stop…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are – The UK government will hold daily televised press conferences to update the…
Brief. BRIEF.Me During a week that has been dominated by the outbreak of Coronavirus, the Sunday papers are all focussed on the government’s plan and…
WHO declares coronavirus a pandemic, giving the virus the highest level classification the World Health Organisation can give. https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1237777021742338049 WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are – a UK MP has been diagnosed with coronavirus, the health minister had…
Brief. BrIEf.Me In today’s briefing update, the Sunday papers report on the government’s contingency plan in response to the coronavirus outbreak. In our special feature,…
The spreading of the coronavirus and the growing worry about it has reportedly led to UK consumers panic buying. There is a growing number of…
White terror suspects that have been arrested in the UK is higher than those of Asian appearance for the second year in a row. Figures…
Two men are being questioned under terror laws over an attack on a prison officer at HMP Whitemoor – a maximum security jail. The officer…
The COVID-19 disease has spread to more countries and capitals with almost nine times as many cases reported outside China as inside in the past…
New cases of infection from a new coronavirus that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year are being reported daily around…
Anyone returning to the UK from parts of northern Italy are now on lockdown because of the coronavirus and must self-isolate. All travellers from Italy…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are – In Indonesia, thousands have been caught in floods that have crippled much…
Steve Walsh, a British man linked to 11 coronavirus cases has spoken for the first time. He is still in a quarantined hospital but confirmed…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are: Daesh has claimed responsibility for the knife attack in south London on Sunday.…
All flights to and from mainland China have been stopped by British Airways because of the coronavirus outbreak, the airline has said. The airline’s announcement…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are: the US has imposed new visa rules to prevent ‘birth tourism’ – where…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are: Lebanon has formed a new government after months of mass protests and financial…
BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, The headlines are: Israeli jets strike Syria – Syrian military has said Israeli jets have struck…