Downing Street says any easing of lockdown guidelines next week will be "very limited" and the Government has adopted a four-nation approach where the UK nations should exit the lockdown at the same time
Metropolitan Police says a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a police officer was attacked in an alleyway in north west London
1 year agoUnited Kingdom: Boris Johnson, facing the opposition after seeing the number of deaths surging
1 year agoAerolineas Argentinas flight AR1130 from Bueons Aires to London has turned around over the Atlantic. Reason unknown
China's ambassador to UK condemns some MPs for attacking China over coronavirus, such as by comparing it to former Soviet Union. @AmbLiuXiaoMing says "such talks are a political virus. If they go unchecked they'll poison UK-China relations & even international solidarity"
Irish Foreign Minister Coveney: Unless There Is Significant Progress In Brexit Talks, We Will Reach Another Crisis Point
The ONS says the total number of deaths with covid19 in care homes has almost doubled in a week to 5,890 in England and Wales (data is up to April 24th)
US spy planes could be pulled from the UK as the @WhiteHouse seeks to understand the knock-on implications of letting @Huawei construct part of Britain's new 5G wireless network, reports @benrileysmith in the @Telegraph
A total of 28,734 people had died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Sunday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said, up by 288 from 28,446 the day before
British Prime Minister: Drug companies should produce the vaccine against the Coronavirus, and countries should work together to distribute it
Downing Street says the London NHS Nightingale Hospital will be placed "on standby" with no new COVID19 admissions expected in coming days
A man has been charged after two officers were assaulted and a police dog fired at with a catapult in Amesbury
Downing St spokesman says that Conor Burns has resigned as a trade minister following a report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
@USNavy and @RoyalNavy entered the BarentsSea. Four US6thFleet ships are sailing with HMSKent, conducting maritimesecurity operations above the Arctic Circle.
British Defense Secretary: China needs to be transparent on Coronavirus issue
1 year agoBritish frigate HMS KENT F78 refueling from USNS SUPPLY T-AOE6 on 3 May while carrying out exercises above the Arctic Circle with US forces including destroyer DONALD COOK DDG75. The springtime weather featured temps down to about -10C
French official source: Quarantine to be lifted for all arrivals from the European Union, the Schengen area and the United Kingdom
US6thfleet @USNavy and @RoyalNavy are conducting an anti-submarine warfare exercise above the Arctic circle❄️. 2 partners, 4 ships, 1 U.S. sub, and a P-8A are enhancing maritime security.
British Prime Minister: We have passed the peak of the Coronavirus outbreak and we have many reasons for long-term optimism
The Treasury says UK newspapers will receive up to £35m in additional government advertising revenue as part of its COVID19 communications campaign
Downing Street spokesman says the Government does not want to relax social distancing measures in any way that could lead to an exponential spread of COVID19 again
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says a further 60 COVID19 related deaths have been reported in hospitals in Scotland taking the total to 1,475
FM @NicolaSturgeon confirms for first time that 11 NHS and social care workers with covid19 have died in Scotland
Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a "healthy baby boy at a London hospital earlier this morning". Both mother and baby are doing very well, their spokesman said
Sky News understands Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not take PMQs today and First Secretary Dominic Raab will take his place
1 year agoQRA mission over North Sea
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Milley spoke with the UK's Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Sir Nicholas Carter today by phone. They "discussed the current security environment throughout the Middle East as well as ways to fight COVID19," according to Milley's spokesperson
1 year agoStaff nurses at St Thomas Hospital staged a protest on #WorkersMemorialDay over @PHE_uk PPE guidance and the government's handling of PPE supplies.
1 year agoA new poll published by @emireland suggests 32% in the Republic believe there'll be a United Ireland within the next 10 years.
The Office for National Statistics says there were 21,284 deaths involving COVID19 recorded in England and Wales as of 17 April compared with 13,917 deaths in hospital over the same period
