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d93854b10c56a41a88c7905bb0429704 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-johnson-va/uks-johnson-says-there-will-be-no-compulsory-covid-vaccination-idUSKBN2832QG | UK's Johnson says there will be no compulsory COVID vaccination | UK's Johnson says there will be no compulsory COVID vaccination
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a virtual news conference on the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Downing Street, London, Britain November 23, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool
LONDON (... |
381bfd9e3fa4ced235523bdc6cbf6d3d | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-johnson/britain-must-not-move-too-soon-on-coronavirus-measures-pms-spokesman-idUSKCN21Y1QZ | Britain must not move too soon on coronavirus measures: PM's spokesman | Britain must not move too soon on coronavirus measures: PM's spokesman
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
10 Downing Street is seen with rainbow posters in the window in support of the NHS, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
LONDON (Reuters) - B... |
19c7cb489592468f99ab28bfd73d61cc | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-johnson/britain-will-boost-coronavirus-testing-to-500000-a-day-by-end-of-october-pm-johnson-idINKBN2672MS?edition-redirect=in | Britain will boost coronavirus testing to 500,000 a day by end of October: PM Johnson | Britain will boost coronavirus testing to 500,000 a day by end of October: PM Johnson
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: Officials wait for a next vehicle to arrive at a drive-in coronavirus testing centre amid an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Twickenham in London, Britain September 16, 2020. RE... |
1b14861a025699e292054ee3c0db18f0 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-johnson/british-pm-johnson-is-self-isolating-after-covid-19-contact-idUSKBN27V0P1?feedType=mktg&feedName=topNews&WT.mc_id=Partner-Google | PM Johnson self-isolating after COVID-19 contact | PM Johnson self-isolating after COVID-19 contact
By William Schomberg3 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, a fresh setback after infighting among his top advisers plunged Downing Street into chaos las... |
06ba023e78239a9c35f1357b8e135ca6 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-johnson/uk-pm-johnson-staying-in-coronavirus-isolation-with-mild-symptoms-idUSKBN21L1RQ | UK PM Johnson staying in coronavirus isolation with mild symptoms | UK PM Johnson staying in coronavirus isolation with mild symptoms
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was remaining in isolation on Friday as he still had mild symptoms of the coronavirus including a high temperature seven days after he tested positive for the viru... |
883dd85259a8e8587216381d521e8093 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-legal/doctors-launch-legal-challenge-to-uk-government-over-protective-kit-idINKCN22533P?edition-redirect=in | Doctors launch legal challenge to UK government over protective kit | Doctors launch legal challenge to UK government over protective kit
By Reuters Staff3 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - Two British doctors who have been exposed to COVID-19 patients have launched a legal challenge against the government over what they say is a lack of protective kit and unclear guidance on when and how it s... |
73a8693aff8da84a9c6214524d195859 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-lockdown/british-pm-johnson-does-not-want-second-national-coronavirus-lockdown-idINKBN2672Q5?edition-redirect=in | British PM Johnson does not want second national coronavirus lockdown | British PM Johnson does not want second national coronavirus lockdown
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to 10 Downing Street after a cabinet meeting in London, Britain, September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday h... |
9bc9761e49e2e0b0275670427fc3a1bf | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-london/london-mayor-proposes-new-covid-19-restrictions-idUKKCN26C2UJ?edition-redirect=uk | London Mayor proposes new COVID-19 restrictions | London Mayor proposes new COVID-19 restrictions
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: Mayor of London Sadiq Khan participates in a rally to support his re-election campaign in London, Britain March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
LONDON (Reuters) - London Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Monday he had agreed with local council... |
3231595e34331ff6d768a98da40c2cc2 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-luxembourg-idINKCN24V389?edition-redirect=in | UK to impose 14-day quarantine on arrivals from Luxembourg: BBC | UK to impose 14-day quarantine on arrivals from Luxembourg: BBC
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will announce a 14-day quarantine period for passengers arriving from Luxembourg, the BBC reported on Thursday, echoing a decision earlier in the day by Scotland’s devolved government.
“I understand the... |
1f5941fc15cd9a6a09717cfe5eab10de | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-luxembourg-idINKCN24V3GH?edition-redirect=in | UK government adds Luxembourg arrivals to 14-day quarantine list | UK government adds Luxembourg arrivals to 14-day quarantine list
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: A Luxembourg sign is pictured on the border crossing of Germany and Luxemburg of Schengen, the little town along the Moselle river known for the the EU Schengen Treaty during the spread of the coronavirus disease (CO... |
b33ef730020d34b3ca0d58b31b4d8e0a | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-moderna-idUKKBN27W2E3?edition-redirect=uk | Britain secures 5 million doses of Moderna's COVID vaccine: health minister | Britain secures 5 million doses of Moderna's COVID vaccine: health minister
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has secured 5 million doses of Moderna’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine after interim data indicated it was 94.5% effective, health minister Matt Hancock said on Monday.
“We have today secure... |
cedd9c85d5157ee7103ba29a2d69ecb5 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-music-band-idUSKBN22X1SQ | Rock 'n' roll never dies: One British band jams away in isolation | Rock 'n' roll never dies: One British band jams away in isolation
By Natalie Thomas, Dylan Martinez2 Min Read
NORFOLK, England (Reuters) - When the world was told to stay at home to escape the novel coronavirus, one British band had a choice: abandon live music or come together to jam. They chose rock.
Below a glass ch... |
d2e49d938908f4e36faa6eabfedeccda | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-newmeasure/factbox-british-pm-johnson-sets-out-new-covid-measures-for-december-2-idUSKBN28328C?il=0 | Factbox: British PM Johnson sets out new COVID measures for December 2 | Factbox: British PM Johnson sets out new COVID measures for December 2
By Reuters Staff3 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out new measures on Monday that will come into effect when England’s national COVID lockdown ends on Dec. 2, returning to a toughened tiered regional approach to ... |
cd2760dafd14facbe841479ef2e4e47f | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-newwave-ru/riding-the-coronacoaster-of-uk-rules-idUSKBN28411F | Riding the CoronaCoaster of UK rules | Riding the CoronaCoaster of UK rules
By Steve Stecklow5 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - In the beginning, there was “Stay at Home. Protect the NHS. Save Lives.”
An NHS test and trace worker talks to a driver at a drive-through testing centre following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bolton, Britain, S... |
0ce2d8006d559c6e7bed326a5ebd7084 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-newwave-sp/special-report-50000-covid-19-deaths-and-rising-how-britain-failed-to-stop-the-second-wave-idUSKBN284112 | Special Report: 50,000 COVID-19 deaths and rising. How Britain failed to stop the second wave | Special Report: 50,000 COVID-19 deaths and rising. How Britain failed to stop the second wave
By Reuters Staff26 Min Read
HALIFAX, England, Nov 24 (Reuters) - By Andrew MacAskill, Stephen Grey, Ryan McNeill, Steve Stecklow, Tommy Wilkes and Andrew R.C. Marshall
FILE PHOTO: People walk past a social distancing marker fo... |
2e868064805a0c6df50014f146477369 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-nireland/sinn-fein-protests-coronavirus-call-for-british-military-help-in-northern-ireland-idUSKCN21T0SW | Sinn Fein protests coronavirus call for British military help in Northern Ireland | Sinn Fein protests coronavirus call for British military help in Northern Ireland
By Amanda Ferguson3 Min Read
BELFAST (Reuters) - Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein expressed concern on Saturday over a request by Northern Ireland’s health minister for British military assistance in response to the coronavirus, saying i... |
354eea4ec13c04419fc7f809fa4e25e8 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-parliament/suspended-by-coronavirus-uk-parliament-plans-virtual-return-idUSKCN21W2PL | Suspended by coronavirus, UK parliament plans virtual return | Suspended by coronavirus, UK parliament plans virtual return
By Reuters Staff3 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s parliament plans to restart some proceedings next week, the Speaker of the House of Commons said on Tuesday, adapting a centuries-old institution for the coronavirus outbreak by going largely virtual.
FI... |
90e1243d4f0e866d09529cfbee7676af | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-parliament/uk-parliament-holding-feet-to-the-fire-via-zoom-idUSKCN2231I5 | UK parliament: holding feet to the fire via Zoom? | UK parliament: holding feet to the fire via Zoom?
By William James, Kylie MacLellan5 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s House of Commons, where lawmakers notoriously jeer at rivals seated two sword-lengths away, is about to find out whether it can make ministers sweat over Zoom.
When parliament returns this week for... |
4934f1693ed5795e238a1ec3635e4e86 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-pfizer/pfizer-biontech-seeks-full-marketing-approval-from-uk-for-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28C22V?rpc=401 | Pfizer-BioNTech seeks full marketing approval from UK for COVID-19 vaccine | Pfizer-BioNTech seeks full marketing approval from UK for COVID-19 vaccine
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado R... |
3b571bf8d50c32ce027d2938f02af40f | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-pharmacies-idUSKBN29J009?taid=5fffb28b5dad480001743aa5&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter | Pharmacies join UK's mass COVID-19 vaccination rollout | Pharmacies join UK's mass COVID-19 vaccination rollout
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - Pharmacies in Britain will begin administering the COVID-19 vaccination on Thursday, the government said, as it seeks to accelerate the rollout of shots to millions of people a week to meet an ambitious delivery target.... |
ec54de6de54d965ae4a17f10a2bafea7 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-press/out-of-covid-isolation-british-pm-to-give-news-conference-idUSKBN2860JZ?il=0 | Out of COVID isolation, Johnson to give news conference | Out of COVID isolation, Johnson to give news conference
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears on screen during Question Period at the House of Commons in London, Britain November 25, 2020. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Bori... |
5df72d63b0182a318a32cd371ec46b2d | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-prevalence/english-lockdown-might-have-reduced-covid-19-infections-more-than-thought-scientists-say-idUKKCN24G1BK?edition-redirect=uk | English lockdown might have reduced COVID-19 infections more than thought, scientists say | English lockdown might have reduced COVID-19 infections more than thought, scientists say
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - The reproductive number of COVID-19 in England may been lower than previously thought in May, research published by British scientists said on Wednesday, suggesting the government’s CO... |
cc0b67a02518d4378e0d878cb553c83e | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-prices/uk-shop-prices-fall-at-fastest-pace-since-at-least-2006-brc-idUKKBN23A351?edition-redirect=uk | UK shop prices fall at fastest pace since at least 2006: BRC | UK shop prices fall at fastest pace since at least 2006: BRC
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: People walk through a empty shopping area in Liverpool, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Liverpool, Britain, April 19, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - Prices in shops ... |
87fbda16357931d98a609fb336ccc454 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-pubs/englands-pubs-to-close-early-to-tackle-covid-19-rise-the-sun-idUKKCN26C2L2?edition-redirect=uk | England's pubs to close early to tackle COVID-19 rise - The Sun | England's pubs to close early to tackle COVID-19 rise - The Sun
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: People drink outside a pub at the Covent Garden shopping and dining district, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain, August 2, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters... |
30b78bba3fbbb1c7d8d14c6064e92ebd | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-pubs/english-pub-payment-plan-draws-scorn-from-landlords-idUKKBN28B5OF?edition-redirect=uk | English pub payment plan draws scorn from landlords | English pub payment plan draws scorn from landlords
By Paul Sandle, Alistair Smout3 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will make a one-off payment of 1,000 pounds ($1,335) to pubs that cannot open due to coronavirus restrictions, but industry leaders said it will not be enough to save many establishment... |
1ef42451c35e609c0666ea02699795ea | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-quarantine/start-travel-bubbles-for-low-risk-countries-heathrow-urges-uk-government-idUSKBN22U0XB | Start 'travel bubbles' for low-risk countries, Heathrow urges UK | Start 'travel bubbles' for low-risk countries, Heathrow urges UK
By Reuters Staff3 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should set up “travel bubbles” with low-risk countries to allow the movement of people, instead of bringing in new coronavirus quarantine rules when flights restart, according to Heathrow Airport.
Slid... |
01367ea63d15545ea5a6eabcec480213 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-quarantine/uk-considers-reducing-quarantine-period-for-covid-19-contacts-sky-news-idUSKBN27A096?il=0 | UK considers reducing quarantine period for COVID-19 contacts | UK considers reducing quarantine period for COVID-19 contacts
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
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(Reuters) - Britain’s government is looking at how long those exposed to COVID-19 need to quarantine, Northern Ireland minister Brandon Lewis told Sky News on Sunday, commenting on reports that the self-isola... |
42b3e72b26112618010ac0e83bc64980 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-r-idINKBN27F20P?edition-redirect=in | UK R number edges down to 1.1-1.3, growth rate slows | UK R number edges down to 1.1-1.3, growth rate slows
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - The reproduction “R” number of the COVID-19 epidemic in Britain fell slightly for the second week in a row, government scientists said on Friday, adding the estimated growth rate had slowed too.
The “R” number was 1.1-1.3... |
318116c9ee9b9a3c21c87c97c12bf142 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-r-idINKBN27M1V2?edition-redirect=in | UK 'R' number unchanged, estimated between 1.1-1.3 | UK 'R' number unchanged, estimated between 1.1-1.3
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - The estimated range for the reproduction “R” number of COVID-19 in Britain is unchanged at between 1.1 and 1.3, the Government Office for Science said on Friday, with the daily growth rate in infections also unchanged at be... |
d70d6521fa1c98e0203ba6b257930ba7 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-raab-factb/who-is-dominic-raab-britains-standby-leader-idUSKBN21O0Y6 | Who is Dominic Raab, Britain's standby leader? | Who is Dominic Raab, Britain's standby leader?
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign affairs Dominic Raab leaves 10 Downing Street in London as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
LONDON (Reuters) - British fore... |
f5189da0a0eb75fafab9ab5d4068b007 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-regulator-idINKBN2440MT?edition-redirect=in | Britain to extend pandemic relief in auto finance, high-cost credit | Britain to extend pandemic relief in auto finance, high-cost credit
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority on Friday proposed extending pandemic relief measures for consumers with car financing contracts or high-cost credit until the end of October.
The watchdog set out opti... |
e0dfad99c61e8492058a808dee9c1bd3 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-restaurant/cant-dine-out-uk-restaurants-offer-diy-meal-kits-to-survive-lockdown-idUSKBN2850PB | Can't dine out? UK restaurants offer DIY meal kits to survive lockdown | Can't dine out? UK restaurants offer DIY meal kits to survive lockdown
By Will Russell3 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - From fast food to fine dining, some restaurants in Britain are relying on home kits to keep them afloat during lockdown, turning clients into cooks who recreate favourite meals in the comfort of their own... |
c784ae9af3ef5048fc8d8c98539b6d7e | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-restrictio/britain-to-detail-post-lockdown-restrictions-in-england-idUSKBN286004?il=0 | Britain to detail post-lockdown restrictions in England | Britain to detail post-lockdown restrictions in England
By Reuters Staff3 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government on Thursday will set out which COVID-19 restrictions each local authority in England will face when a national lockdown ends next week allowing businesses to reopen in areas where infection rates... |
7cd23173a19259fb5078eb04ca6ad80a | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-roche-hldg/uk-follows-eu-u-s-in-approving-roche-covid-19-antibody-tests-idUKKBN22P362?edition-redirect=uk | UK follows EU, U.S. in approving Roche COVID-19 antibody tests | UK follows EU, U.S. in approving Roche COVID-19 antibody tests
By Guy Faulconbridge, Kate Holton5 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is in talks with Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG to buy an accurate COVID-19 antibody test, following the lead of the European Union and United States which have already given prelimina... |
dda8d7c6338e1c33f8057ef1a16ec254 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-royals/queen-elizabeth-cancels-birthday-plans-as-coronavirus-hits-britain-idUSKBN2200EZ | Queen Elizabeth cancels birthday plans as coronavirus hits Britain | Queen Elizabeth cancels birthday plans as coronavirus hits Britain
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: A message from Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is displayed on a screen in Piccadilly Circus, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
LONDON ... |
92e609926484933defe285d34afd7ab2 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-satisfied/uk-pm-johnson-satisfied-with-senior-aides-explanation-spokesman-idUKKBN2321NV?edition-redirect=uk | UK PM Johnson satisfied with senior aide's explanation: spokesman | UK PM Johnson satisfied with senior aide's explanation: spokesman
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a daily news conference with Public Health England's (PHE) Medical Director Yvonne Doyle (not pictured), on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing Str... |
be42f8c84a48a02112cb087d76842c19 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-saudiarabi-idUSKBN2842ZL | UK and Saudi Arabia discuss importance of global access to COVID vaccines | UK and Saudi Arabia discuss importance of global access to COVID vaccines
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed the importance of worldwide access to COVID-19 vaccines during a call on Tuesd... |
e60db59022d609a8164ee566426cbe97 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-sewage-idUKKBN27738M?taid=5f92566f4f522800015fcfca&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter | Sewage can reveal COVID outbreaks, UK project finds | Sewage can reveal COVID outbreaks, UK project finds
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by th... |
037c76be4578ce4d0b16438843c638a7 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-singing/singing-is-no-more-of-a-covid-19-risk-than-talking-but-volume-matters-uk-study-finds-idUKKBN25G1LQ?edition-redirect=uk | Singing is no more of a COVID-19 risk than talking but volume matters, UK study finds | Singing is no more of a COVID-19 risk than talking but volume matters, UK study finds
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: Fans wearing protective masks react while enjoying a band's performance at a club in Hong Kong, China February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
LONDON (Reuters) - Singing is no more risky than speaki... |
e1eb7a144ca7d1240fe2241291f3c99b | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-spain-tui/tui-cancels-all-holidays-to-mainland-spain-to-aug-9-idUSKCN24R0CT?il=0 | TUI cancels all holidays to mainland Spain to Aug. 9 | TUI cancels all holidays to mainland Spain to Aug. 9
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: TUI sign is seen at the check-in area at Gatwick Airport, as travel restrictions are eased following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Gatwick, Britain July 10, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
LONDON (Reuters) - TUI, E... |
9da0202f1767c9132cb4c5c7b7a84084 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-spain/spain-is-safe-minister-insists-as-british-quarantine-move-sows-dismay-idUSKCN24R05V?il=0 | Spain is safe, minister insists as British quarantine move sows dismay | Spain is safe, minister insists as British quarantine move sows dismay
By Ingrid Melander, Nathan Allen5 Min Read
(This July 26 story corrects to fix spelling of name in penultimate paragraph to Talavera from Tavares)
MADRID/LONDON (Reuters) - Spain is safe for tourists and Spaniards, the government insisted on Sunday ... |
5b1e51200e950b2689e0727e4ec6dcdd | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-spread/uk-health-official-says-covid-is-not-just-a-problem-in-northern-england-idUKKBN26X1EF?edition-redirect=uk | UK health official says COVID is not just a problem in northern England | UK health official says COVID is not just a problem in northern England
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam arrives at Downing Street, in London, Britain October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
LONDON (Reuters) - The problem of increasing COVID-19 cases in England is not li... |
f85d3175b8717455daa8ee98acd53c72 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-study-idUSKBN28A00H | England's COVID-19 infections down 30% during national lockdown: survey | England's COVID-19 infections down 30% during national lockdown: survey
By William James2 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - COVID-19 infections have fallen by 30% during England’s month-long national lockdown and the virus is now in retreat, a large-scale study of more than 100,000 volunteers showed on Monday.
FILE PHOTO: An... |
26691526e917800ab0446486aba49569 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-sunak-idINKBN27D1G0?edition-redirect=in | UK's Sunak to announce one-year spending plan on Nov. 25 | UK's Sunak to announce one-year spending plan on Nov. 25
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain, October 22, 2020. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak ... |
afa21461f8da6342b21b01f20cb07afd | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-sunak-idUKKBN2460UL?edition-redirect=uk | UK Treasury, British Business Bank reviewing access to state-backed loan schemes - Telegraph | UK Treasury, British Business Bank reviewing access to state-backed loan schemes - Telegraph
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is seen as he arrives at Downing Street, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 13, 2020. REUTERS/John S... |
b0a9e46439a250fd3ad3837704a782f3 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-sunak-jobs-idCAKCN26F1WX?edition-redirect=ca | UK's Sunak unveils new job support scheme; warns he cannot save every business | UK's Sunak unveils new job support scheme; warns he cannot save every business
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak announced a new jobs support scheme on Thursday that would help firms employ people on shorter hours, but warned he could not save every business or job.
“The... |
fef23c1457a3b15abfffae54ba640b96 | https://www.historyandpolicy.org/opinion-articles/articles/the-government-must-remember-britains-naval-traditions | The Government must remember Britain’s naval traditions | The Government must remember Britain’s naval traditions
The defence cuts proposed by the Government are deep and strategically incoherent. The Prime Minister has said that 'we need to be more thoughtful, more strategic and more co-ordinated in the way we advance our interests and protect our national security' but the ... |
269244cde9d965377c09cca96668370e | https://www.historyandpolicy.org/opinion-articles/articles/the-grenfell-fire-and-the-destruction-of-the-british-council-estate | The Grenfell fire and the destruction of the British council estate | The Grenfell fire and the destruction of the British council estate
As dawn broke over West London on Wednesday and people began the long process of piecing together the chilling details of the Grenfell fire it was not immediately obvious how to classify this structure. Responsibility seemed to lie in an indeterminate ... |
1cf6966185a90e0bd6328cb88e80aabf | https://www.historyandpolicy.org/opinion-articles/articles/the-peace-of-utrecht-why-britain-is-forgetting-to-remember | The Peace of Utrecht: why Britain is forgetting to remember | The Peace of Utrecht: why Britain is forgetting to remember
Three hundred years ago, a peace treaty was signed that ended nearly a quarter of a century of continuous warfare, acknowledged Britain's status as a major power and cemented the post-1688 balanced constitution that we retain today. The Peace of Utrecht will b... |
6c86c2fe95c153037f29cfb5e5b1b867 | https://www.historyandpolicy.org/opinion-articles/articles/the-political-art-of-duelling | The political art of duelling | The political art of duelling
The challenge to a duel in Hyde Park from a Polish nobleman to a British politician created something of a time warp. The exchange, of words only, between Janek Zylinski and UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage prior to the election has reopened the old question of what is an unaccept... |
1f59f5854768eddaeef7dfb618d9b0c3 | https://www.historyandpolicy.org/opinion-articles/articles/the-protectionist-side-of-outsourcing | The protectionist side of outsourcing | The protectionist side of outsourcing
'Unless we wish to remove our mills to China . . . and let our men either emigrate or lie idle,' we need protectionism, thundered the American Economist in 1919. A similar observation had been made across the Pacific 60 years earlier when William Robinson of Melbourne stated: 'Free... |
c40e576d769915064a862b0d217ac9e2 | https://www.historyandpolicy.org/opinion-articles/articles/the-uks-current-chumocracy-would-have-been-all-too-familiar-to-our-early-modern-forebears | The UK’s current ‘Chumocracy’ would have been all too familiar to our early modern forebears. | The UK’s current ‘Chumocracy’ would have been all too familiar to our early modern forebears.
The ‘Chumocracy’ of the UK government, as it has been dubbed by the media, has been criticised for apparently awarding Coronavirus-related contracts to friends, neighbours and business associates. Many of us have been left won... |
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On 24 March 2021, the UK government updated its Union Flag Flying Guidance for UK Government Buildings. There are just sixteen designated days plus the respective national saint’s day when flags ‘must’ be flown on UK government buildings. However, a significan... |
8de7febe1e6dcaa6986be67df8e6e792 | https://www.historyandpolicy.org/opinion-articles/articles/the-ziz-zagging-of-british-prime-ministers | The ‘ziz-zagging’ of British Prime Ministers | The ‘ziz-zagging’ of British Prime Ministers
On becoming Prime Minister Gordon Brown presented himself as a collegiate chief supportive of collective Cabinet government. He also reduced the number of staff at No.10 and began transferring key functions away from it. This approach seemed strange given his reputation as a... |
d3e0b06abc225003e4b766b5085ba3df | https://www.historyandpolicy.org/opinion-articles/articles/these-outrages-are-going-on-more-than-people-know | ‘These outrages are going on more than people know’ | ‘These outrages are going on more than people know’
From Kate Lampard’s ‘lessons learnt’ report it is clear that hospitals such as Stoke Mandeville and Leeds Infirmary failed to safeguard children from sexual abuse. The role of volunteers, casual staff, and fundraisers is hazy and regulation of them more so, with inade... |
084d29a24ce0744731ca78fb8a7a2dea | https://www.historyandpolicy.org/opinion-articles/articles/thucydides-on-epidemics-and-social-norms | Thucydides on epidemics and social norms | Thucydides on epidemics and social norms
In the summer of 430 BCE, in the second year of the Peloponnesian War between the Athenians and the Spartans, the city of Athens was struck by a devastating plague. The historian Thucydides, who caught the disease and survived, provides a calm, detailed and forensic account of i... |
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A 100 years ago, the First World War spoiled an earlier Magna Carta commemoration. With the 700th anniversary of the document due in 1915 (15 June 1215 is the best date we have for its conception), a distinguished committee with international membership formed at... |
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We live in an uncertain, dangerous and complex time. The UK faces a new era of constant “systemic competition” with hostile states; an era of blurred lines between war and peace, between domestic and international threats. The UK now has to o... |
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Many pressures wait to exert themselves on the incoming British Prime Minister, Theresa May. One centres on the means by which she came to office. Those seeking to challenge her legitimacy are already drawing attention to the fact that she took up residence at No.10 Downing Street without a ... |
2ff85558625d89139d3c5530667fa3de | https://www.historyandpolicy.org/opinion-articles/articles/whats-a-back-office-for-the-case-of-policing | What’s a ‘back office’ for? The case of policing | What’s a ‘back office’ for? The case of policing
British police forces are regarded as among the best in the world. The (mainly) unarmed British 'Bobby', policing by consent, is still an attractive ideal - as shown by the demand for British officers in other countries. In current discussions of public spending cuts, th... |
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In a Commons debate in 1971, Keith Joseph, Secretary of State for Health and Social Services, said:
There is no doubt that the occasional scandal does an enormous amount for a social service.
Joseph was speaking about the White Paper, Better Services for th... |
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5b2a9e1dc7fabdc108a94c8fda91a350 | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/10256 | Presidential Tapes and Transcripts: Crafting a New Historical Genre | Presidential Tapes and Transcripts: Crafting a New Historical Genre
Click here for a response to this article by Philip Zelikow, Ernest May, Timothy Naftali.
Introduction
Though it has been slow to develop and achieve recognition, it is now becoming apparent that scholarly works based on the extraordinary cache of pres... |
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The Taft-Hartley Act was a major revision of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (the Wagner Act) and represented the first major revision of a New Deal act passed by a post-war Congress. So, in order to understand the Taft-Hartley Act, one must begin with the Wagner Act. T... |
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In 2008 Boston University historian Andrew Bacevich released, The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism. In the book he pulls no punches--presenting a stark assessment of the U.S. in the post-Cold War world. He questions the sustainability of the cur... |
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Related Links 2002: Year of the ScandalPlagiarismBooks About History ScandalsHistorian AffiliationAlleged OffenseOutcomeStephen AmbroseIndependent scholar, deceasedAccused in 2002 of plagiarizing passages from a dozen books published from
1970s to 1990s; accused of sloppy scholarship. In 201... |
965238f9cd450a3a9125ede6eacf7cb6 | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/10903 | How the NYT Missed the Story of the Holocaust While It Was Happening | How the NYT Missed the Story of the Holocaust While It Was Happening
What did The New York Times report about the Holocaust and how did its coverage affect America’s response to the Nazi genocide?
Throughout World War II, the American media published and broadcast timely, detailed, and accurate accounts of what was hap... |
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Comparing Kennedy's death to Lincoln's gives you a host of weird coincidences.
Some examples are:
Both Presidents were shot in the back of the head, on the Friday before a major
holiday, while seated beside their wives, neither of whom were injured.
Both wer... |
42b953f88bbfb17cb3ff418f0ca4fb7c | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/1136 | Jihad: How Academics Have Camouflaged Its Real Meaning | Jihad: How Academics Have Camouflaged Its Real Meaning
In the speech itself, Yasin would elaborate on this point:
Jihad, in its truest and purest form, the form to which all Muslims aspire,
is the determination to do right, to do justice even against your own interests.
It is an individual struggle for per... |
1b8bf9e890c611242c0c784012350ffb | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/114785 | The Uses and Abuses of History: An Interview with Margaret MacMillan | The Uses and Abuses of History: An Interview with Margaret MacMillan
Historian Margaret MacMillan has just published
HNN Book of the Month
. In it she examines the ways in which history is used to shore up arguments, make territorial claims, and generally used to set the course of the present and future. The following... |
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The River
History of the United States
History of the United States
History of the United States
The book that had captivated Springsteen was The Pocket History of the United States by Allan Nevins and Henry Steele Commager. Published in 1942 and intended, at the height of World W... |
61001bd44ac463ed4547781ad798786b | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/116291 | How Did Men End Up in the Delivery Room? | How Did Men End Up in the Delivery Room?
In 1938, half of all American babies were born in the hospital; by 1955 it was 95 per cent. Yet along with professionalized medical care, an expectant mother now found herself “alone among strangers” on a kind of conveyor belt moving from admissions to a prep room, where she was... |
37bbc654b69b29368770bd6e81e554ba | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/116462 | The Phoenix Program Was a Disaster in Vietnam and Would Be in Afghanistan--And the NYT Should Know that | The Phoenix Program Was a Disaster in Vietnam and Would Be in Afghanistan--And the NYT Should Know that
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
New York Times
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In actual fact, the PRU’s served as one of the most brutal and corrupt colonial proxies of the United States in its history. They we... |
0f67c756255823926a451471ec6793ba | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/11744 | The Grim and Overlooked Anniversary of the Murder of the Rev. George W. Lee, Civil Rights Activist | The Grim and Overlooked Anniversary of the Murder of the Rev. George W. Lee, Civil Rights Activist
The FBI’s decision to exhume the body of Emmett Till has riveted attention on a notorious atrocity of the modern civil rights era. More Americans than ever have now heard the tragic story of the brutal slaying of the fou... |
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Seagull Books has just published the latest in its “What Was Communism” series. The new title, “The Idea of Communism” is written by journalist, author and filmmaker Tariq Ali. This short book was written on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berl... |
7089c28214cf21a528957a5ee972fe19 | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/12071 | Does Islam Condone Beheadings? | Does Islam Condone Beheadings?
Lately, losing one’s head for Islam has most appropriately referred to livid, murderous mobs in Afghanistan and Pakistan who, unfortunately, took at face value Newsweek and its false story of American interrogators’ desecration of the Qur’an at Gitmo. Lest we forget, however—since it has... |
967371a95f6c3d01bb7d3710cd1947af | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/121083 | Teddy Roosevelt's Secret Deal with Japan: An Interview with James Bradley | Teddy Roosevelt's Secret Deal with Japan: An Interview with James Bradley
James Bradley author of “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Flyboys” has just published
. HNN contributor Aaron Leonard recently sat down with him in New York to discuss the book.
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0aed3d3d7860da98ad4ef96a6f615114 | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/122147 | Interview with AHA President-elect Anthony Grafton | Interview with AHA President-elect Anthony Grafton
Bring Out Your Dead: The Past as Revelation
Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West
What made you interested in the field of historiography?
Reading the work of Arnaldo Momigliano when I was an undergraduate.You are currently research... |
1287c6eda3f3ceef4a69f6d6e155f1bc | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/122231 | The Scholarly Flaws of "Liberal Fascism" | The Scholarly Flaws of "Liberal Fascism"
Jonah Goldberg tells us he wrote this book to get even. The liberals started it by “insist[ing] that conservatism has connections with fascism” (p. 22). Conservatives “sit dumbfounded by the nastiness of the slander” (p. 1). “The left wields the term fascism like a cudgel”... |
61cd1ed2936c779fb65fd0628489b71d | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/122778 | Who Was Stepan Bandera? | Who Was Stepan Bandera?
On January 22, 2010 Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko honored Stepan Bandera by posthumously bestowing on him the state honor, “Hero of Ukraine.” The Soviet KGB assassinated Bandera, a Ukrainian nationalist-in-exile, in 1959. Many Ukrainians, including Ukrainian émigré groups in Canada... |
6b30efb134e8936851dbd9afc98d5750 | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/123121 | Mexican War Traitor, Hero, and Irishman: The Three Faces of John Riley | Mexican War Traitor, Hero, and Irishman: The Three Faces of John Riley
By the end of the Mexican-American War, 1846-48, John Riley wore three labels – American traitor, Mexican hero, and Irish nationalist. Which of these three best fits the tough, charismatic Galway man? The answer is that they all do.
No U.S. Army... |
614ef1b84dfedfa0f631a06f181c42c8 | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/123398 | Lenin's Brother: An Interview with Philip Pomper | Lenin's Brother: An Interview with Philip Pomper
Alexander Ulyanov, was V.I. Lenin’s older brother. Like his brother he was a revolutionary committed to the overthrow of the Russian autocracy. Unlike his brother, who went on to head the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (later the Communist Party), “Sasha” becam... |
d5bc2f311d217f8f7e38ec0036194092 | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/124003 | Why Saladin Continues to Captivate the Arab World | Why Saladin Continues to Captivate the Arab World
On October 2, 1187, the demoralized Christian defenders of Jerusalem watched Saladin, the ruler of the Muslim Near East, enter the city. This day – by coincidence, the anniversary of the Prophet’s Night Journey to Heaven, marked the defining moment of the sultan’s c... |
88a92a6cba64b0bd14df93cef2906c7a | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/124581 | Marx for a New Century: An Interview with Bertell Ollman | Marx for a New Century: An Interview with Bertell Ollman
Bertell Ollman is a Marxist scholar and professor of politics at New York University. His work is a canny mix of serious scholarship and novel popularization through such books as Dance of the Dialectic: Steps in Marx’s Method, and How to Take An Exam...and... |
637115d6cf1d1558ac74bb08e4f2d6b1 | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/126632 | Reflections on President Obama's University of Michigan Commencement Speech | Reflections on President Obama's University of Michigan Commencement Speech
On May 1, 2010, before a crowd of about eighty thousand people in the University of Michigan Stadium, President Obama gave one of his best speeches since becoming president. It was a commencement address that attempted to outline a proper gover... |
75ee1619e31d0338846f72c59bcaa0f5 | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/127006 | Dean King: The Saga of the Women of the Long March | Dean King: The Saga of the Women of the Long March
Dean King has just published Unbound A True Story of War, Love, and Survival, which retraces the historic Chinese Long March which pitted the Chinese Communist Party’s Red Army against Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist Kuomintang. King carves into this through the part... |
2944920740c619262470e6596f3d1e67 | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/127541 | HNN Hot Topics: Obama & the Gulf Oil Spill | HNN Hot Topics: Obama & the Gulf Oil Spill
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1b9d51e023c4c23a808ef693c68c1649 | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/129695 | William Astore: Our Military's Disturbing Transition to Warriors | William Astore: Our Military's Disturbing Transition to Warriors
A subtle change has been happening right before the eyes of Americans. Our troops are being told they're no longer primarily citizen-soldiers or citizen-airmen; they're being told they're warriors. Indeed, they're reminded of this linguistic turn in" c... |
03791441747318c30133d4a602976525 | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/130956 | Extradition as Foreign Policy | Extradition as Foreign Policy
A couple of prominent extradition cases have been sprawled across the headlines this summer, the famous and now resolved case involving film director Roman Polanski, and the ongoing and highly charged case involving accused Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who is about to be surrendered... |
db4611c2ad3578701fbd01239a1ced76 | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/131904 | On the Trail of the Poet: Seattle Writer Frances McCue on Her Quest for Richard Hugo—and Beyond | On the Trail of the Poet: Seattle Writer Frances McCue on Her Quest for Richard Hugo—and Beyond
Small towns of Washington, Oregon and especially Montana “triggered” or inspired many of the major poems of Richard Hugo. From each place, he drew images that led to memorable works “that capture the torque between temp... |
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Historical sense and poetic sense should not, in the end, be contradictory, for if poetry is the little myth we make, history is the big myth we live, and in our living, constantly remake. Robert Penn WarrenHistory does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another. Max BeerbohmTo know the t... |
bdca9a4f7faeede660ab1cfe082d270c | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/133458 | Do Arms Races Cause Wars? | Do Arms Races Cause Wars?
Ever since Britain’s Foreign Secretary Lord Grey in 1914 declared that the arms race had made war “inevitable,” the question of whether military rivalry causes war has perplexed policymakers and scholars alike.
In 1919 the peacemakers agreed with Lord Grey. To guarantee lasting peace, th... |
42f44983c22e9576289b67a21856fe1f | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/133484 | Who Really Won the 1960 Election? | Who Really Won the 1960 Election?
November 8, 2010 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the presidential election of 1960, which still very much interests those who care about disputed elections and how best to resolve them. The clearest sign of that continuing interest is the steady stream of new scholarly books on t... |
64ee113f64d91bc584d6e708ea631583 | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/134009 | Remembering William H. Goetzmann | Remembering William H. Goetzmann
On September 7, 2010 the Austin American-Statesman carried two articles on William H. Goetzmann. One was his formal obituary. The other was a book review, originally published by the Washington Post, about my study of the Voyager mission. The review did not mention Bill Goetzmann... |
1133dadaf169e94fff49900ed24e877b | https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/134223 | The Golden Age of Euphemism | The Golden Age of Euphemism
H.L. Mencken called the early nineteenth century a “Golden Age of Euphemism.” A combination of religious fervor and fastidious concern about propriety among the upwardly mobile fueled a constant demand for evasive words at this time, not just in the usual areas of sex, secretions, and bo... |
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