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People wear protective face masks as they walk down Whitehall in the Spring sunshine in central London. (AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Everybody needs a Whitsun holiday while UK ponders visa rule changes

As the weeks have gone by, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks less and less in charge

27 May 2020 7:04 PM

United Kingdom government accused of coronavirus testing failures. (AFP Photo)

UK government accused of coronavirus testing failures

The UK authorities initially sought to trace and test everyone who had been in contact with people infected with the coronavirus

19 May 2020 3:57 PM

Cyclists ride along The Mall next to a police car near Buckingham Palace in central London on May 16, 2020, following an easing of lockdown rules in England during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. AP Photo

Farrukh Dhondy: In UK, it is rich who exit cities as Covid blurs Left-Right lines

In Britain the only movements one can compare to the exodus from Indian cities is the movement of rich from, London, to the second homes

16 May 2020 6:59 PM

A woman runs across London Bridge, backdropped by Tower Bridge, as she exercises in central London. (AFP)

Work and exercise restrictions ease in England

The pandemic has killed more than 36,000 people in Britain, according to official statistics

13 May 2020 2:52 PM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that a mass vaccine for the novel coronavirus may be over a year away. (AP Photo)

Covid19 vaccine may never be found, warns UK PM Boris Johnson

A mass vaccine or treatment may be more than a year away, said Johnson

12 May 2020 4:18 PM

Britain's prime minister Boris Johnson. (Handout image released by 10 Downing Street)

No end to lockdown yet: Boris Johnson

Britain has, however, announced a limited easing of restrictions as the death rate and hospital admissions keeps falling

11 May 2020 11:12 AM

File image of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AFP)

Boris Johnson: At low point, doctors prepared my death announcement

The prime minister returned to work on April 27, after recovering from coronavirus

05 May 2020 12:34 PM

n this file photo taken on March 7, 2020 Britain's prime minister Boris Johnson (left) with his partner Carrie Symonds attend the Six Nations international rugby union match between England and Wales at the Twickenham in west London. Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds have named their son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson in a tribute to their grandfathers and the doctors who helped save the prime minister's life. (AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy: Won’t Boris be on paternal leave after weeks off for coronavirus?

Boris is entitled to paternal leave of absence from his job

03 May 2020 3:47 PM

Britain's prime minister Boris Johnson displaying his Get Well Soon cards sent in by children while he was ill with the novel coronavirus COVID-19. (Handout image released by 10 Downing Street)

UK had contingency plans for Boris Johnson death

Johnson returned to work on Monday, a month after testing positive for COVID-19

03 May 2020 11:45 AM

A medical worker takes a swab to test for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 from a visitor to a drive-in testing facility at the Chessington World of Adventures Resort, in Chessington. (AFP)

UK shadows Italy as worst hit in Europe

United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll rose by 621 on Saturday to a total of 28,131 as of May 1

03 May 2020 11:04 AM

Medical staff from Britain's NHS (National Health Service) in scrubs walk outside the ExCeL London exhibition centre, which has been transformed into the "NHS Nightingale" field hospital in London. (AFP)

Britain hits coronavirus testing target as death toll leaps again

Johnson and his government have been criticised for not stepping up testing, and also for moving slowly on bringing in the lockdown

02 May 2020 1:36 PM

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson becomes father of a baby boy

Only recently, Johnson returned to 10 Downing Street after battling coronavirus

29 Apr 2020 3:16 PM

Handout image released by 10 Downing Street shows Britain's prime minister Boris Johnson as he delivers a television address after returning to 10 Downing Street after being discharged from St Thomas' Hospital, in central London on April 12, 2020. Johnson was discharged from hospital on Sunday, a week after being admitted for treatment for coronavirus and spending three days in intensive care. (AFP)

London Diary: Boastful Boris and the not-so-flat sombrero

During his fortnight away, the PM left behind a real vacuum: who''ll do the press conference!

13 Apr 2020 10:11 PM

Boris Johnson hospitalised for Covid19

News of his hospitalisation came an hour after Queen Elizabeth delivered a speech to British public saying they will overcome coronavirus

06 Apr 2020 11:35 AM

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would "massively increase testing" amid a growing wave of criticism. (Photo- AFP))

UK mulls massive testing for coronavirus amid wave of criticism

There have also been reports of staff being turned away from drive-in test centres because they did not have the correct paperwork

02 Apr 2020 5:28 PM

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak (L) and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) attend a news conference addressing the government's response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, inside 10 Downing Street in London. AFP Photo

UK unveils 330 billion pounds relief package to tackle Covid19 outbreak

The Chancellor of the Exchequer joined British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during his daily briefing from 10 Downing Street in London

18 Mar 2020 11:08 AM

Shoppers wearing masks are faced with partially empty shelves at a supermarket in London on March 14, 2020, as consumers worry about product shortages, leading to the stockpiling of household products due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Faced with supermarkets being emptied and online shopping overrun due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UK retailers are appealing to consumers to come to their senses and ensure that the country will not run out of food. (AFP)

London Diary: We can't have a herd immunity approach to coronavirus in Britain

For herd immunity to work, experts say around 60 per cent of the population, some 40 million people, need to catch the virus

16 Mar 2020 6:40 PM

Mantri on rampage: Priti Patel is bullying London’s top babus

This investigation will look into whether Ms Patel’s behaviour in high office transgressed the ministerial code.

07 Mar 2020 7:09 AM

British PM to get married, in office

Meanwhile, this will be the first wedding in over 200 years of a sitting Prime Minister. Bring out the buntings!

02 Mar 2020 3:09 AM

Of hate speech, misfits, weirdoes and ‘thought police’ in Boris’ Britain

The boast of modern democratic societies is that they uphold the principles of freedom of speech.

22 Feb 2020 3:20 AM

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