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Boris Johnson planning to put UK on obesity-busting diet: Report

Violence and intimidation is wholly unacceptable: Boris Johnson on Kashmir protests on Diwali

9:02 pm October 23, 2019

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said “violence and intimidation anywhere is wholly unacceptable”, as pro-Pakistani demonstrators plan to stage Kashmir protests outside the Indian High Commission here on Diwali day. During the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session in Parliament, Conservative Party MP Bob Blackman spoke of the violent protests by similar “pro-Pakistani” […]

Indian-origin dentist banned after patient bled to death in UK

7:51 pm October 23, 2019

London : An Indian-origin dentist has been banned from practising dentistry for a year after one of his patients bled to death, hours after he had extracted her teeth in a procedure over two years ago. Tushar Patel was found to have failed to warn the unnamed female patient of the risks involved as a […]

British police plan to travel to the US to interview an American diplomat's wife involved in a crash that killed a British teenager.

UK police to travel to US in car crash probe

8:04 pm October 22, 2019

London: British police plan to travel to the US to interview an American diplomat’s wife involved in a crash that killed a British teenager. Northamptonshire Police Chief Nick Adderley said Tuesday that officers will travel as soon as their visas are arranged. They plan to interview Anne Sacoolas about the crash that killed 19-year-old Harry […]

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Pound shrugs off Johnson’s latest Brexit setback

2:01 pm October 21, 2019

Tokyo: Sterling fell modestly as trading resumed Monday following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest failure to break the Brexit deadlock, with forex markets shrugging off a weekend of drama in the British parliament. The currency was down 0.55 percent to US 1.2913 at around 0000GMT, holding relatively steady for a currency that has been […]

EU mulls Johnson’s reluctant Brexit delay request

2:41 pm October 20, 2019

London: EU leaders were on Sunday considering a request by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to delay Britain’s departure from the bloc, which he was forced to make after MPs refused to back his Brexit deal. Johnson has pinned his premiership on getting Britain out of the European Union on October 31, more than three years […]