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UK Home Secy "horrified" by Manchester synagogue attack, urges to follow a
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has expressed her concern following the deadly attack outside a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
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UK news outlet 'The Guardian' leaves Elon Musk-owned social media platform
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
British news publisher The Guardian on Wednesday said that it is quitting the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, citing billionaire owner Elon Musk's influence during the US presidential election process.
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Prince Harry's phone was 'extensively' hacked by tabloid, UK High Court ru
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Justice Fancourt awarded Prince Harry Pound 140,600 (USD 179,000) after ruling that 15 stories published by MGN about him utilised unlawful information gathering methods, including voicemail hacking and the use of private investigators.
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Remark on Salman Rushdie's attack taken out of context: Imran Khan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 21 (ANI): Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the UK newspaper had taken his comments on author Salman Rushdie's attack "out of context".
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Grant special visas to Afghan staff at risk from Taliban: UK media urges P
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK] August 5 (ANI): A coalition of UK news organisations on Wednesday wrote a letter to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, demanding to provide special visas to "Afghan staff who have worked for the British media so that they and their families can le
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McDonald's to close restaurants in UK, Ireland over COVID-19 pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], Mar 23 (Sputnik/ANI): McDonald's will shut down all restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Monday evening (local time) to help maintain social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic, McDonald's UK and Ireland CEO Paul Pomroy said in a statement.
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Over 37,500 Indians receive UK student visa in 2019, marking 93 pc increas
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Over 37,500 Indian students received a Tier 4 (study) visa to the United Kingdom in 2019 -- a 93 per cent increase from the previous year, marking Indians as the fastest-growing nationality for student visa applications to Britain, as per the latest UK Immigr
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More coronavirus cases 'highly likely' in UK as London confirms first case
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 13 (ANI): More cases of the new strain of coronavirus are highly likely to be reported in the United Kingdom, country's health officials have warned, as they confirmed the ninth case of the deadly virus, involving a woman who flew into the country from China -- the epicentre
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UK reports 4th case of coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 9 (ANI): The UK Health authorities on Sunday confirmed the fourth case of coronavirus in the country, involving a person who was a "known contact of a previously confirmed UK case" and caught the virus in France.
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Philip Barton appointed Britain's new High Commissioner to India
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 6 (ANI): Britain announced on Thursday it has appointed Philip Barton as its new High Commissioner to India, in succession to Dominic Asquith.
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UK prepone planned ban of new gasoline, diesel cars by 5 years
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 5 (ANI): The United Kingdom has decided to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars beyond 2030, five years earlier than the planned date, to deal with the climate crisis and help cut the country's carbon emissions to "net zero" by 2050.
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Brexit bill becomes law after receiving Queen's assent
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Jan 23 (ANI): Britain Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit bill finally became law after receiving royal assent from Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, just days ahead of the country's withdrawal from the European Union at the end of this month.
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