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Britain’s Labour Party leader Keir Starmer leaves his home in London, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, April 29, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley LONDON (Reuters) – Opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that according to his calculations 27,241 people had died in Britain from COVID-19. “That makes a total to

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry is helping “Thomas and Friends” celebrate their 75th anniversary by introducing a special episode which features the cartoon trains as well as some members of the royal family. Britain’s Prince Harry is pictured during the recording of his on-camera introduction to the new animated special “Thomas & Friends: The

Medical staff test a person at a coronavirus test centre in the car park of Chessington World of Adventures, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Chessington, Britain, April 28, 2020 REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge LONDON (Reuters) – A contact tracing app designed to let people know if they have been in close contact with

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Secretary of State of Health Matt Hancock arrives in Downing Street, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is examining whether there is a link between an inflammatory disease which severely affects children and COVID-19, a health official

ROME/LONDON (Reuters) – Countries from Italy to New Zealand have announced the easing of coronavirus lockdowns but Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, back at work on Monday after being hospitalised with the disease, said it was too early to relax restrictions there. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside 10 Downing Street after recovering from

LONDON (Reuters) – Britons can be broadly split into three groups by their response to the coronavirus lockdown: those accepting the situation, those suffering as a result of it and those resisting it, analysis published by King’s College London showed on Monday. FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a face mask walks across Westminster Bridge with

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s stand-in leader resisted pressure on Sunday to explain how the government plans to ease a coronavirus lockdown that has been in place for a month, warning that hasty action could result in a second peak of infections. FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference on the ongoing

FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves as he leaves Downing Street, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. London, Britain, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be back at work on Monday, a Downing Street spokeswoman confirmed on Saturday, after having recovered from a case

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most senior aide, Dominic Cummings, took part in meetings of a scientific panel that has shaped the British response to the coronavirus outbreak, the Guardian reported on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Dominic Cummings, special advisor for Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves his home in London as the spread

FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference on the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London, Britain March 22, 2020. Ian Vogler/Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in good shape and recovering after falling gravely ill with COVID-19, health minister Matt Hancock said

LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s economy is crumbling under the strain of the coronavirus lockdown and government borrowing is soaring to the highest levels in peacetime history, increasing pressure on the government to set out an exit strategy. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, recuperating at his country residence after being seriously ill with COVID-19, is

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. London, Britain, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is recovering well from grave COVID-19 complications and will be back at work soon, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said on

LONDON (Reuters) – The British government came under sustained pressure over all aspects of its coronavirus response on Wednesday as members of parliament got their first major opportunity in a month to hold it to account. With the latest hospital death toll from the virus rising to 16,272 in England alone and persistent reports of

LONDON (Reuters) – While goats run riot in Welsh villages and oystercatchers flock to Norfolk shores, Britain’s coronavirus lockdown is not all good news for wildlife. A lack of visitors means many of the country’s nature reserves face an uncertain future. A goat is seen in Llandudno as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

A man wearing a protective face mask and gloves walks over Westminster bridge as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – The true extent of the death toll in England and Wales from COVID-19 was 41% higher than the daily figures from the government

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s record-breaking Queen Elizabeth turns 94 on Tuesday but the coronavirus lockdown means there will be little fanfare to mark the occasion. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II visits the headquarters of MI5, which is the United Kingdom’s domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, at Thames House in London, Britain February 25, 2020.