Summary: The idea of giving people certificates confirming their vaccination may help the British economy recover from an unprecedented crash due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to the country’s finance minister, Rishi Sunak.

Summary: UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is expected to set aside GBP 22 billion for a new infrastructure bank when he tables his Budget in Parliament next Wednesday, according to a UK media report on Saturday.

Summary: Up to £375m of state funds to be matched by venture capital and made available for promising companies

Summary: ISIS bride Shamima Begum may be ready to mount a legal bid to overturn an appeals ban as she continues her quest to be allowed back into the UK.  Begum was defeated yesterday in her legal batt…

Summary: As I grew up, the majority of black women I saw on TV were fair skinned. Those who looked like me were never cast as the lead

Summary: Treasury report based on the U.K. fintech, concludes govt needs to run a specific regime for Crypto-asset's regulations and control. U.K. chancellor, Rishi Sunak, triggered that review back in March 2020, under Ron Khalifa's supervision (former WorldPay boss). Afterward, the Treasury-ordered review points out a plan to make U.K.'s fintech a leading market in the […]

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Summary: U.K. utilities offer the possibility of higher returns if they appeal against the latest framework proposed by the energy regulator, Barclays said in a note that also upgraded water company Pennon Group Plc.

Summary: A further 290 coronavirus deaths have been recorded in the UK as almost 20 million people have now received their first jab.

Summary: She left London to join ISIS when she was 15

Summary: Emil Apreda couldn't be extradited to the UK from Germany due to changes to the rules after Brexit.

Summary: Begum was born in the U.K., but the country revoked her British citizenship two years ago, citing security concerns. She asked to return to the U.K. to appeal that move in court.

Summary: Covid-19 levels have fallen across the UK to rates similar to mid-October 2020, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported Friday, with slightly more than 421,000 cases in the community for the week ending February 19.

Summary: PRINCESS Latifa has begged UK cops to reopen a probe into her older sister’s ‘kidnapping’ after she was snatched from a Cambridge street more than 20 years ago. In a letter to cops, Princess Latifa…

Summary: After leaked documents, reported on by RT, exposed how both Meduza and MediaZona received illicit support from the UK government, the pair fired back with a vicious, and obviously fake, news story – and Western media fell for it.

Summary: The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority has released a comprehensive guide aimed at making the country a hub for fintech innovation and regulation in the world.

Summary: The United Kingdom’s chief health officers have agreed to lower the country’s COVID-19 alert level from level five down to four.

Summary: THE EU's unity has come under pressure yet again after member states called for a vaccine passport scheme - despite Angela Merkel's warning.

Summary: UK FCA has published a new review which detailed the nation’s approach to the Fintech sector based on the recommendations of Ron Kalifa.

Summary: The UK will stick with offering Covid-19 vaccines to specific age groups rather than changing to prioritise teachers, police, other professions or ethnic groups in the next stage of its vaccination rollout.

Summary: UK FCA has published a new review which detailed the nation’s approach to the Fintech sector based on the recommendations of Ron Kalifa.

Summary: The UK government has been advised to develop an “innovation-driven” regime for crypto assets.

Summary: LONDON-born Isis bride Shamima Begum is married to convicted terrorist and extremist from Holland, Yago Riedijk. The Jihadi bride, now 21, will not be allowed to return to the UK after losing a leg…

Summary: THE EU's chief Brexit negotiator has praised the bloc's coronavirus pandemic response in a new book despite outrage across the continent over its slugging vaccination programme.

Summary: Shamima Begum, now 21, was one of three east London schoolgirls​ who traveled to Syria in 2015.

Summary: England's deputy chief medical officer has urged people to adhere to the current lockdown restrictions and warned there’s been a slight uptick of Covid-19 case rates in some areas of the UK.

Summary: SHAMIMA Begum’s ISIS fighter husband said he would “build a family” with his bride “anywhere” as she has today lost her fight with the Supreme Court to return to Brita…

Summary: The UK appears “dysfunctional” by its uncoordinated devolved responses to Covid-19 and Boris Johnson risks being “the biggest recruiting sergeant for nationalism,” former PM Gordon Brown’s stinging assessment has claimed.

Summary: The Court overlooked the critical and badly under-examined fact that Begum may be a victim of child marriage and human trafficking.

Summary: A woman who ran away from London as a teenager to join the Islamic State group lost her bid Friday to return to the U.K. to fight for the restoration of her citizenship, which was revoked on national security grounds.

Summary: Businesses, communications, cities, even political systems are being altered and destabilised in ways beyond the control of nations, says the ...

Summary: Britain is one of the leading players in fintech globally, attracting $4.1 billion in venture capital investment last year.

Summary: British-born Shamima Begum, who fled the UK to join the Islamic State in 2015, should not be allowed to return home to challenge the British government's revocation of her citizenship, the country's Supreme Court ruled Friday.

Summary: Novavax Inc expects data from a late-stage U.S. trial of its COVID-19 vaccine at the start of April, after which it will apply for emergency use ...

Summary: British Supreme Court rules that young woman who moved to Syria to join ISIS and married terrorist should be barred from returning to UK.

Summary: Begum, who fled as a schoolgirl to join Isis in Syria, will not be able to re-enter UK to fight case in person

Summary: The UK is a lot poorer than it should be. Here's why...

Summary: Begum, who fled as a schoolgirl to join Isis in Syria, will not be able to re-enter UK to fight case in person

Summary: The UK Supreme Court ruled Friday that "ISIS bride" Shamima Begum cannot return to the United Kingdom to appeal the revocation of her UK citizenship.

Summary: LONDON: Britain announced on Thursday (Feb 25) further sanctions against members of Myanmar's military after it seized power in a coup at the ...

Summary: The chief medical officers of the United Kingdom lowered their COVID-19 alert level on Thursday, citing a gradual reduction in pressure on the ...

Summary: The 21-year-old lost her bid to return to the UK to fight for the restoration of her citizenship, which was revoked on national security grounds.

Summary: Britain's highest court on Friday rejected a bid by a woman who was stripped of her UK citizenship for joining the Islamic State group to return to challenge the decision.

Summary: One of the UK's biggest care home companies has announced that new workers will be required to get vaccinated against Covid-19 or face being unemployed, after another major care home operator made the jab mandatory.

Summary: Owner Stellantis says plant could close without financial support from UK government

Summary: Her Majesty’s Treasury has called for the introduction of a new UK regime for the regulation of crypto-assets.

Summary: Johnson & Johnson's revolutionary vaccine has been proven to be effective against Covid after just a single dose and could be approved very soon, according to US regulators

Summary: LONDON (AP) — A woman who ran away from London as a teenager to join the Islamic State group lost her bid Friday to return to the U.K. to fight for the restoration of her citizenship, which was revoked on...

Summary: India News: NEW DELHI: Eighteen states, including Maharashtra, Kerala and Telangana are under the scanner of the central agency for disease surveillance and preve.

Summary: The Supreme Court, in its judgment on Friday 26 February, ruled against the Court of Appeal's decision, stating among other reasons that "the right to a fair hearing does not trump all other considerations, such as the safety of the public".

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Summary: The 21-year-old, who joined ISIL as a child, is being held in Syria after being stripped of her UK citizenship in 2019.

Summary: CHILLING footage shows kids in Shamima Begum’s former refugee camp al-Hawl insisting they want to fight for ISIS and kill “non-believers”. It comes as the ISIS bride was denied a …

Summary: Preliminary trials show that a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by German biotech firm Curevac is effective against the UK and South Africa variants of the virus, its CEO Franz-Werner Haas told EU lawmakers on Thursday.

Summary: Dubai ruler's captive daughter writes to British police about her sister's abduction 20 years ago.

Summary: Wanted diamond merchant Nirav Modi, who remains behind bars in a London prison as he contests his extradition to India on charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated USD 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, will find out the UK court's ruling in the nearly two-year-long legal battle on Thursday. The 49-year-old is expected to appear via videolink from Wandsworth Prison in south-west London at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, where District Judge Samuel Goozee is set to hand

Summary: A court in the United Kingdom (UK) will decide today whether beleaguered diamantaire Nirav Modi, wanted in connection to the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, must be extradited to India or not | NewsBytes

Summary: New leaked documents show Reuters’ and the BBC’s involvement in covert UK FCO programs to effect “attitudinal change” and “weaken the Russian state’s influence,” alongside intel contractors and Bellingcat. The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) have sponsored Reuters and the BBC to conduct a series of covert programs aimed at promoting regime change inside Russia and undermining its government across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, according to a series of leaked documents. The leaked mat

Summary: Referrals have dropped during the pandemic but it is not known if it is happening under the radar or because flights are banned.

Summary: The National Health Service app initially developed for users to show their Covid-19 test results can be converted into a digital vaccine certificate without further technical alterations – bad news for the privacy-conscious.

Summary: Analysis: idea is not as simple as it seems, due to the fact vaccination is not mandatory under UK law

Summary: Former chief of LSE, Xavier Rolet, believes that the UK government must embrace crypto fast along with SPACs to help the country remain a financial center after Brexit

Summary: A Filipino nurses union is appalled that healthcare workers are being treated as commodities.

Summary: Its CEO wants extra support from the UK government after an annual loss of $2.8 billion, but is optimistic about the return of international travel.

Summary: Families who fled their countries were told they would be given a new life in Britain only for resettlement to stop for the pandemic. A year on, they still have no news of their future. Instead, reports May Bulman, they’re forced to struggle on in limbo

Summary: London Stock Exchange Chief Staff Xavier Rolet claims that London needs to embrace two trends sweeping global markets: crypto and...

Summary: Sylvie Bermann, former French ambassador, puts PM’s handling of pandemic alongside Donald Trump’s

Summary: Communications chief defends reversed ban, saying it is unfair to force tech firms to pay for news content

Summary: Sterling has extended gains against both the US dollar and the euro this week amid news of the UK’s vaccination progress and hopes of economic reopening after strict pandemic lockdowns.

Summary: The London Stock Exchange should seek to get in on the boom in special purpose acquisition vehicles, cryptocurrencies and green finance, says the LSE's former CEO Xavier Rolet.

Summary: Erie County’s COVID-19 infection and hospital rates continue to decline, but a more dangerous variant of the virus has now been confirmed in the county.

Summary: Nicola Sturgeon has said she would ‘never support something that deepens social inequalities’, but said people needed to keep an open mind to the possibility

Summary: China’s Foreign Ministry has hit out at the UK, lamenting its use of the UN Human Rights Council to “spread false information” after London accused Beijing of systematically violating the human rights of minority groups.

Summary: As the United Kingdom outlines its broad roadmap to reopening from lockdown throughout the coming months, eager potential holidaygoers are looking to book trips abroad...

Summary: Secretary of State Brandon Lewis said the new Irish Sea trading arrangements offer ‘huge competitive advantages’ for the region.

Summary: The Commission for Countering Extremism has called on the UK government to close a loophole that has allowed individuals to spread extremist ideologies and views online without any repercussions or fear of prosecution.

Summary: More than three quarters of people in the U.K. now say they are "very likely" to have a coronavirus vaccine, a survey by the University of Oxford has found.

Summary: The U.K. government should move quickly to embrace blank-check firms and cryptocurrencies to help the City of London flourish in the post-Brexit era, according to a paper co-authored by Xavier Rolet.

Summary: An independent review published on Wednesday by the UK Commission for Countering Extremism has revealed that people were able to ‘glorify terrorism’ and vent ‘racial...

Summary: Tighter quarantine requirements due to mutant viruses is delaying the recovery in international travel, analysts say.

Summary: Heathrow Airport says the abolition of tax free sales will “impact our pricing proposition materially and are a significant and credible threat to our income of £200 million annually”, with rising passenger charges a further potential outcome.

Summary: The U.K. government should move quickly to embrace blank-check firms and cryptocurrencies to help the City of London flourish in the post-Brexit era, according to a paper co-authored by Xavier Rolet.

Summary: Samuel has taken an interest in business from a young age LONDON, ENGLAND / ACCESSWIRE / February 24, 2021 / Samuel Dyson has had an interest in business from a very young age. He comes from a business orientated family and grew up around entrepreneurs. His two grandfathers both had successful businesses in demolition and diesel engines as well as his father who manufactured cigar accessories amongst many other things. This meant that Samuel

Summary: The British socialite is in jail in New York awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Summary: Johnson Says Pandemic End in Sight as He Plans U.K. Recovery This article from Bloomberg may be of interest to subscribers. Here is a section: “This...

Summary: Secret documents from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office reveal a "clandestine, full-spectrum, multi-channel, on- and offline, assault on perceptions...

Summary: Sterling’s vaccine-fueled rally against the euro is beginning to look relentless.

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Summary: The U.K.’s investigation into a trader involved in controversial Cum-Ex transactions was stopped in its tracks after a London judge questioned the regulator’s apparent lack of commitment to probing the European tax scandal.

Summary: Bitcoin is being used nowadays by a number of countries and their traders. Even some very big names have also associated themselves with dealing in Bitcoin

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Airlines and travel firms are experiencing a surge in demand after the release of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's four-step plan for easing lockdown restrictions.

Summary: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is requesting the United Kingdom and Germany to provide the Philippines with Covid-19 vaccines in exchange for exemption from the

Summary: The delay by a month brings more uncertainty to an already fragile start to a new economic relationship.

Summary: Liverpool’s Merseyside Police in the UK have apologised after stirring up controversy with a campaign that ominously warned Brits they could be charged with “being offensive.”

Summary: Climate change represents a "grave threat" to global peace and security, the U.K. will say when it chairs a special session of the UN Security Council on Tuesday.

Summary: European travel stocks soared on Tuesday morning as customers rushed to make new bookings after the U.K. announced its plan to end coronavirus restrictions.

Summary: Spring-like conditions will make it feel more like May than February, say forecasters

Summary: LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / February 23, 2021 / World High Life Plc ("World High Life" or the "Company")(AQSE:LIFE)(OTCQB:WRHLF) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, leading UK-based CBD brand, Love Hemp Limited, ("Love Hemp"), has submitted its Novel Food dossier to the Food Standards Agency ("FSA"). The dossier submitted by Love Hemp is in support of the FSA's move to regulate a

Summary: ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)–Two individuals in Erie County have tested positive for the UK variant of COVID-19, Governor Cuomo’s Office announced Tuesday. The state says they identified 18 new cases of the UK variant, bringing the total number of cases to 154. Cuomo announced a positive UK variant case in Niagara County in January. Below […]

Summary: According to the CDC, experts in the UK reported last month this variant may be associated with an increased risk of death compared to other variants, but more studies are needed to confirm this finding.