Image copyright PA Media Image caption Cars are a top British export to the US Talks between the UK and the US on a post-Brexit trade agreement are to get under way this week. The early negotiations will take place by videoconference, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the first round of talks expected to […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mrs Formby said she had taken on the role to support Jeremy Corbyn and his “inspiring” message Jennie Formby is to stand down as the Labour Party’s most senior official. She said it was the “right time” to make way as general secretary, with the party under new leadership […]
Image copyright UK Parliament Conor Burns has resigned as a trade minister after a report found he used his position as an MP to intimidate a member of the public. The Committee on Standards said he had broken Commons rules after suggesting he could use Parliamentary privilege over a debt dispute involving his father. It […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWATCH: How the far-right spreads coronavirus disinformation “What if [they] are trying to kill off as many people as possible” reads one Facebook post. “Eventually, these scum will release something truly nasty to wipe us all out, but first they have to train us to be obedient […]
Image copyright Getty Images Businesses can apply for loans up to £50,000 from Monday under a new Treasury scheme – and are already in big demand. Barclays’ UK boss Matt Hammerstein said the bank got 200 applications for so-called bounce back loans in the first minute after they launched at 9am. The scheme offers smaller […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Protective screens are among alternatives to social distancing suggested in a draft document Reduced hot-desking and alternatives to social distancing where it is not possible are among measures being considered to let workplaces reopen. A draft government plan to ease anti-coronavirus restrictions seen by the BBC also urges employers to […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Scientists in Beijing carrying out one of dozens of research projects into potential vaccines European leaders have pledged support for a plan to raise €7.5bn (£6.6bn; $8.3bn) to find a coronavirus vaccine in a jointly signed open letter. The Brussels-led initiative was set out by European Commission President Ursula von […]
Image copyright Getty Images An NHS app aimed at limiting a second wave of coronavirus will be trialled on the Isle of Wight this week, according to the transport secretary. It will be the first place where the new contact-tracing app will be used before being rolled out more widely this month, said Grant Shapps. […]
Businesses could be asked to stagger employees’ working hours when the lockdown eases, the transport secretary has said. Grant Shapps told the BBC that the move would help to prevent crowded commutes that risked spreading coronavirus. Mr Shapps said more buses and trains would run but he hoped to encourage cycling and walking. He also […]
Image copyright AFP Boris Johnson has been talking frankly about the period he spent seriously ill in hospital with coronavirus. In an interview with the Sun on Sunday, he says he was given “litres and litres of oxygen” to keep him alive. He says during a week in London’s St Thomas’ Hospital, with three nights […]