Image copyright AFP Image caption Sharm el-Sheikh attracted hundreds of thousands of UK visitors each year Direct flights from the UK to Sharm el-Sheikh are to resume after the government ended a ban imposed in 2015. Flights to the Egyptian resort were stopped after 224 people died in the bombing of a Russian airliner, linked […]
“What is the alternative action available to us?” Mr. Johnson told lawmakers as he rallied them round the deal. “To undo Brexit?” Mr. Johnson said he would pull his Brexit deal altogether if Parliament attempted to block its progress and delayed ratification until January. A victory in the vote wouldn’t on its own bring to […]
The day after the crash, the United States Embassy in London told the Foreign Office that the wife of an air force base employee had been involved in a traffic accident, Mr. Raab told the House of Commons on Monday. On the same day, the police applied to waive Ms. Sacoolas’s immunity in the case, […]
Amazon is adding to its own-label product line with its first spirit brand in the U.K. called Tovess Gin. The drink is listed as a premium single batch crafted dry gin and sells for £24.99 ($32.32) for a 70cl bottle, and is produced at a distillery on the outskirts of Birmingham in the U.K. Available […]
The UK is planning to invest in Argentina’s controversial oil shale industry using a £1bn export finance deal intended to support green energy, according to government documents seen by the Guardian. UK Export Finance, the government’s foreign credit agency, promised in 2017 to offer loans totalling £1bn to help UK companies export their expertise in […]
Shamima Begum, the woman who left Britain as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State in Syria, has launched an appeal against the Home Office’s move to revoke her citizenship and prevent her from returning to London. At a partially secret hearing before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac), lawyers for Begum, who is now 20, […]
Image copyright Getty Images Home rentals site Airbnb has warned a tax inquiry by HM Revenue & Customs could lead to legal proceedings. A note in newly filed accounts for Airbnb UK said it had been contacted by HMRC over “tax laws or regulations impacting the company’s business”. “The company is also subject to tax […]
Image copyright Justice4Harry19 Image caption Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash with a Volvo The US Embassy told the British government the suspect in a crash which killed Harry Dunn would be leaving the UK, the foreign secretary has said. Mr Dunn, 19, died after a collision outside […]
Britain’s divorce from the European Union was once again in disarray on Monday after the House of Commons speaker John Bercow refused to allow politicians to hold a second vote on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal. That means that plans for the U.K. to leave […]
Britain’s divorce from the European Union was once again in disarray on Monday after the House of Commons speaker John Bercow refused to allow politicians to hold a second vote on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal. That means that plans for the U.K. to leave […]
