Browsing: UK News briefing

The Queen has awarded the NHS the George Cross for their work during the pandemic and beyond, saying the staff had worked “with courage, compassion and dedication”

Gareth Southgate is urging his England side to end their semi-final hoodoo by beating Denmark and reaching their first final since 1966.

The UK is expecting another travel list update this month, and The Telegraph is reporting three’s plenty of countries that could be added to the UK’s green list. 

Labour’s Kim Leadbeater – sister of murdered MP Jo Cox – has narrowly won the Batley and Spen by-election. 

Angelina Jolie was, according to The Sun, spotted on a ‘romantic date’ with The Weekend in Los Angeles. 

On Thursday, Prince William and Prince Harry will unveil a statue dedicated to their mother Princess Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday. We look back on her life and death in pictures.

Prime minister Boris Johnson says he’s hoping England will return to as close as ‘normal’ as possible on 19 July. 

American actress Allison Mack has been sentenced to three years behind bars for her role in the Nxivm sex cult. 

US actor James Franco has agreed to pay $2.2m to settle a legal case in which the actor was accused of sexual misconduct. 

In 2012, Adrian Bayford scooped a massive £148 million Euromillions win. One of his big purchases was a £6.5 million Grade II listed Georgian manor house which he put up for sale three years ago.