BRITAIN

Millions face new UK virus restrictions; border chaos eases

London headed for tougher lockdown as UK’s coronavirus hotspot

7:58 pm March 19, 2020

London: The UK capital is headed for much tougher lockdown measures within days as London remains the country’s coronavirus hotspot, with over a third of the UK’s 2,626 confirmed cases, at 953. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted on Wednesday that Britain remains a “land of liberty” but did not rule out a further crackdown […]

Priti Patel unveils campaign to counter UK's Windrush immigration scandal

Priti Patel uncovers UK’s hostile threats assessment body

6:31 pm March 18, 2020

London: UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has publicly confirmed the existence of an organisation established to assess the threat of hostile state activity and inform the UK government’s response. UK defends virus plan as ‘wartime’ measures loom The Joint State Threats Assessment Team (JSTAT) was created in 2017 in response to the increased and evolving […]

Indian-origin man jailed for sex assault in UK

6:30 pm March 17, 2020

London: An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison by a UK court for sexually assaulting a young girl. The Isleworth Crown Court in London on Monday sentenced Nikunjkumar Vaidh, 36, from Hounslow in west London after he was found guilty of two counts of sexually touching of a […]

UK supermarkets call for calm as virus fears trigger panic buying

10:52 pm March 16, 2020

London: British supermarkets have called on consumers to be more considerate and reiterated they have adequate supplies, as the coronavirus saw shelves plundered and a surge in online orders. The country’s leading groceries retailers, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose, penned a joint letter to customers, which ran in newspapers Sunday and Monday appealing for calm. […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

BA parent IAG to cut flight capacity 75 per cent in April/May

4:51 pm March 16, 2020

London: IAG, owner of British Airways and Spanish carrier Iberia, said Monday it would slash the group’s flight capacity by 75 percent during April and May owing to the coronavirus outbreak. “For April and May, the Group plans to reduce capacity by at least 75 percent compared to the same period in 2019,” it said […]