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'I have got to stress that we are not out of the woods yet', Boris Johnson said following the grim milestone

UK coronavirus death toll surpasses 50,000

Coronavirus • 11 Nov

British Trade Secretary Liz Truss and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi in Tokyo today

UK signs major post-Brexit trade deal with Japan

Business • 23 Oct

Simon Coveney was speaking on the margins of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels

EU not impressed by UK parliamentary lock - Coveney

Brexit • 21 Sep

Unilever wants to end 90 years as a hybrid since Britain's soap-making Lever Brothers merged with Margarine Unie in the Netherlands

Dutch vote brings Unilever step closer to unification

Business • 21 Sep

The UK's International Trade Secretary Liz Truss

UK agrees first major post-Brexit trade deal with Japan

Business • 11 Sep

Since the Brexit vote, talks on a new trade deal have so far made little headway

No-trade deal Brexit fears rise as talks stuck

Business • 04 Sep

Retail sales rose above pre-pandemic levels in July

Economic recovery in Britain gathers pace

Business • 21 Aug

A Dover Pilot Harbour Patrol boat taking dingys out to sea

UK names 'Channel threat commander' as crossings surge

World • 09 Aug

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told the BBC yesterday that it was 'clear that there are gross, egregious human rights abuses going on'

China hits back at Raab accusations about Uighurs

World • 20 Jul

Home Secretary Priti Patel claimed the new system would be "firmer, fairer and simpler"

British MPs vote for new post-Brexit immigration system

Brexit • 18 May

Police officers in a patrol car move sunbathers on in Greenwich Park, London

Johnson to ease lockdown with 'extreme caution'

Coronavirus • 09 May

A woman wearing a face mask walking past a 'Thank You' to NHS sign in London

Five dead in NI as UK announces 413 more virus deaths

Coronavirus • 26 Apr

Professor Chris Whitty believes that the UK death toll is nearing a peak

UK 'reaching virus peak', claims chief medical officer

Coronavirus • 15 Apr

Graves are prepared in Sixmile Cemetery in Co Antrim as Covid-19 death toll rises in Northern Ireland

UK virus deaths climb above 10,000 as 11 more die in NI

World • 12 Apr

British health secretary Matt Hancock

980 more virus deaths in Britain

Coronavirus • 10 Apr

Underground carriages remain crowded in London

Concern over crowded London Underground carriages

Coronavirus • 24 Mar

The Bank of England has confirmed that a scheme to buy debt from larger businesses would start today

First stage of UK's £330 billion loan guarantee

Business • 23 Mar

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged people not to visit their parents on Mother's Day

UK coronavirus death toll now at 233

Coronavirus • 21 Mar

Emma DeSouza and her husband Jake with Hilary Clinton

Emma DeSouza to march in New York parade

Ireland • 25 Feb

The rebound in retail sales was the largest increase since March 2019

Brexit clarity helps British retail sales to rebound

Business • 20 Feb

Google's UK users are currently managed under its Irish subsidiary - and so subject to EU laws

Google to move UK accounts from Irish oversight

Business • 20 Feb

Lloyds Banking Group was hit with a £1.8 billion fine relating to the payment protection insurance scandal

Lloyds Bank reports 26% drop in profits due to PPI fine

Business • 20 Feb

British consumer prices rose at their highest rate in six months during January

British inflation rose to 1.8% in January - ONS

Business • 19 Feb

Four patients have now tested positive for coronavirus in England

Fourth person tests positive for coronavirus in UK

Ursula Von Der Leyen insisted there would need to be checks and controls on goods going between Britain and Northern Ireland

Von der Leyen contradicts Johnson on Brexit checks

Brexit • 01 Feb

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