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Kellogg's takes Britain to court over new sugar rules

Kellogg's is taking the British government to court over new rules that would stop some of its breakfast cereals being displayed prominently in grocery stores because of their high sugar content.

News • 27 Apr 22

The regulator, Ofcom, said in a statement it was not satisfied that RT could be a responsible broadcaster

Russian state-funded TV channel RT's UK licence revoked

Britain's media regulator said today it has revoked Russian-backed television channel RT's licence to broadcast in the UK with immediate effect after a probe into the impartiality of its coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine • 21 Mar 22

Britain's Queen Elizabeth cuts a cake to celebrate the start of the Platinum Jubilee during a reception yesterday

Britain's Queen Elizabeth marks Platinum Jubilee

Britain's Queen Elizabeth has become the first British monarch to reign for seven decades, and has expressed her "sincere wish" for Camilla, the wife of her heir Prince Charles, to ultimately be known as Queen Consort.

UK • 06 Feb 22

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin (C) speaks next to Belgium's Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden at the meeting

Surveillance plane to monitor Channel migrant crossings

France has announced that the EU's border agency is to deploy a plane 24-hours-a-day over the Channel coast to monitor migrant crossings, after pushing its European partners for help in cracking down on people-smuggling.

World • 28 Nov 21

A spectacular display of the Northern Lights seen over Derwentwater, near Keswick in the Lake District

Aurora Borealis lights up the night sky

News Lens • 04 Nov 21

The month-on-month rise in exports to Britain followed a plunge, surge and second drop earlier this year

EU exports to Britain rose in June

European Union exports to Britain rose in June after a volatile start to the country's first year outside the single market, while the bloc's exports to the rest of the world dropped slightly in the same month.

Business • 13 Aug 21

Britain has been seeking the status as part of its post-Brexit policy shift to focus more on the high-grow the economies of Asia and the Indo-Pacific

Britain granted 'dialogue partner' status by SE Asian

Britain has been granted "dialogue partner" status by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a step forward in London's push to build stronger diplomatic ties in Asia following its exit from the European Union.

Business • 04 Aug 21

Dominic Cummings has repeatedly accused Boris Johnson of being too slow in imposing the second lockdown

Cummings says PM was reluctant to heighten restrictions

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he no longer believed "all this NHS overwhelmed stuff" as he resisted imposing England's second coronavirus lockdown, leaked messages suggest.

Britain • 20 Jul 21

Protocol: Frost speech to put relations on a knife-edge

Next week, the UK government will announce its latest approach to the Northern Ireland Protocol. It will be the latest flashpoint following six months of strife and will signpost what kind of clash we might expect in the autumn.

Analysis and Comment • 17 Jul 21

Dublin has emerged as the biggest beneficiary with 135 relocations by financial firms due to Brexit

Dublin biggest beneficiary of Brexit relocations

Over 400 financial firms in Britain have shifted activities, staff and a combined £1 trillion in assets to hubs in the European Union due to Brexit, with more pain to come, a study from New Financial think tank said today.

Business • 16 Apr 21

Some hauliers have faced prolonged delays at ports since the start of the year, with issues around paperwork holding up some shipments

Hauliers, Revenue to meet over post-Brexit trade issues

The Revenue Commissioners, the Department of Agriculture and the Irish Road Haulage Association have agreed to meet early next week to try to resolve issues with the transportation of goods between Ireland and the UK.

Business • 22 Jan 21

Paris and London agreed last night that drivers carrying a negative Covid-19 test result could board ferries for Calais

UK fresh food supply at risk until Dover backlog clears

British supplies of some fresh food, mainly fruit and vegetables, are at risk of running out until a backlog of trucks at the port of Dover is cleared and links with France return to normal, the UK retail industry said.

Business • 23 Dec 20

The French government will allow people to travel from 15 December if coronavirus cases drop to around 5,000 new cases per day

How countries are easing restrictions for Christmas

Governments across Europe are trying to navigate between avoiding spreading the coronavirus over the Christmas holiday season and allowing people to celebrate with family and friends.

News Lens • 02 Dec 20

'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

More than 50,000 people who have tested positive for Covid-19 across the UK have now died, official figures show, following another 595 fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours.

Coronavirus • 11 Nov 20

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

UK signs major post-Brexit trade deal with Japan

Britain and Japan today formally signed a trade agreement, marking Britain's first big post-Brexit deal on trade, as it continues to struggle to agree on a deal with its closest trading partners in the European Union.

Business • 23 Oct 20

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

EU not impressed by UK parliamentary lock - Coveney

The Minister for Foreign Affairs has said the parliamentary lock on the controversial British legislation that would breach the Northern Ireland Protocol has not impressed the European Union.

Brexit • 21 Sep 20

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

Unilever shareholders has approved plans to end the Anglo-Dutch company's dual-headed corporate structure and form a London-based entity, which it says will make deal making simpler.

Business • 21 Sep 20

The UK's International Trade Secretary Liz Truss

UK agrees first major post-Brexit trade deal with Japan

Britain today said it had secured its first major post-Brexit trade agreement - a free trade deal with Japan - the day after bitter wranglings with the European Union.

Business • 11 Sep 20

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

The chances of Britain leaving the European Union without a trade deal have risen sharply as negotiations have been threatened by London's insistence that it have full autonomy over its state aid plans, negotiators and diplomats said today.

Business • 04 Sep 20

Retail sales rose above pre-pandemic levels in July

Economic recovery in Britain gathers pace

Britain's economic recovery from the shock of the Covid-19 pandemic has gathered pace, but government borrowing rose past the £2 trillion mark and fears of future job losses are mounting.

Business • 21 Aug 20

A Dover Pilot Harbour Patrol boat taking dingys out to sea

UK names 'Channel threat commander' as crossings surge

The British government has appointed a former marine to lead efforts to tackle illegal migration across the Channel ahead of talks with France on how to stop the dangerous crossings.

World • 09 Aug 20

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

China has hit back at comments by Britain's foreign secretary that accused the Chinese government of "gross" human rights abuses against ethnic and religious minorities in the northwest region of Xinjiang.

World • 20 Jul 20

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

British MPs vote for new post-Brexit immigration system

British MPs today gave their initial backing to legislation ending free movement of workers with the European Union, but the vote was overshadowed by a row over foreign healthcare staff and the coronavirus.

Brexit • 18 May 20

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

Johnson to ease lockdown with 'extreme caution'

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will proceed with "extreme caution" in easing the lockdown, a cabinet minister has said, as he warned the public not to "throw away" their hard work by going outside.

Coronavirus • 09 May 20

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

A further 413 people in UK hospitals who had been diagnosed with Covid-19 have died, bringing the overall death toll there to 20,732.

Coronavirus • 26 Apr 20