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Warns that several countries have seen third wave of the virus

REMAP-CAP trial analyses more than 900 severely ill trial participants in intensive care

I want to be clear, NHS will never ask anyone to pay for a Covid vaccine, says Vaughan Gething, Minister for Health

Health secretary says we’ve now vaccinated around a third of the over-80s in this country

Britain aims to vaccinate around 14 million people by the middle of February

The 94 years old Queen and her 99 years old husband Phillip were kept in priority category in Covid-19 vaccine rollout

British scientists also expressed concern that vaccines may not be able to protect against the new variant

Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that Assange will have to remain in custody in Britain

Amid travel bans, PIA flies one passenger from Manchester to Islamabad

The United States accuses Australian-born Assange, 49, of 18 offenses relating to the release by WikiLeaks

The government has also cancelled reopening of schools in and around London but teaching unions want wider closures

First detailed survey of public’s perception of Johnson’s handling of the Brexit talks and the Covid-19 pandemic

The National Education Union called on the government to move learning online in all primary schools

Around Rs4.5b already debited from the accounts of the Pakistani mission in London

Customs formalities on the island nation’s frontier with Europe return for the first time in several decades

Amount to be debited from HC account in London as NAB fails to clear liabilities to lobbyist firm

After five years of frenzied gyrations of the Brexit crisis that have dominated European affairs

UK battles a major winter surge driven by a new, highly contagious variant of the virus

The South Asian nation reports 20 cases of a new infectious strain of Covid first detected in the UK

Finance ministry withdraws summary from cabinet agenda

Agreement lays groundwork for more comprehensive agreement in future

Three UK-returned passengers test positive for new variant

There were 357 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test

Those dying with Covid-19 on their death certificates puts the UK’s death toll at 79,349

Govt hopes to give the first dose of Oxford or the Pfizer vaccine to 2 million people over the next two weeks

The new variant of coronavirus was detected in Sweden after a traveller from the United Kingdom tested positive

Recognises that trade and investment require conditions for “a level playing field for open and fair competition”

French and British governments agree to end the blockade

South Africa identifies a new variant of coronavirus, which authorities believe is driving a surge in infections

In stepped-up efforts to prevent a new variant of the novel coronavirus from spreading

Passengers departing from the UK for the US must provide written documentation of their laboratory test result

We have taken back control of our destiny, says British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Plans to ease curbs over Christmas across the nation either dramatically scaled back or scrapped altogether

Britain heads for a much more distant relationship with its biggest trade partner than almost anyone expected

UK government says mass testing is part of its strategy with cases spiking and as it battles the new variant

Public Health England says rapid flow tests being deployed in mass-testing programme can identify the variant

Virus samples from two students who returned to Hong Kong from UK appeared to match British variant of the coronavirus

After Paris lifted its ban on freight coming from Britain because of a new strain of coronavirus

LCCI chief for exchange of delegations, exhibitions to increase cooperation

WHO officials say no evidence that variant made people sicker or was more deadly than existing strains

NCOC takes cue from EU closing borders with UK; PIA cancels flights for Saudi Arabia

Strain is said to be up to 70% more transmissible than the previously dominant strain in UK

New strain prompts Britain’s neighbours, several countries to close doors to travellers from the country

British govt faces criticism for abruptly scrapping plans to ease restrictions for Christmas

Sowing chaos for families and companies just days before exiting the EU’s orbit

World Health Organization has also asked European countries to redouble their health measures

The rule is intended to prevent the entry of foods that could spread diseases

Lord Stephen Greenhalgh stresses on need to enhance trade volume between the two countries

Pakistan can capitalise on this by diversifying trade, deepening linkages with UK

Imposes lockdown on over 16 million people amid a new virus strain up to 70% more transmissible than the original