UK boosts vaccine stockpile amid concerns over new Mpox variant
The UK government has ordered over 150,000 doses of Bavarian Nordic‘s mpox vaccine, targeting a new variant of the virus currently circulating in African nations. Although no cases of the clade I mpox strain have been reported in the UK,…
J K Rowling challenges Scottish hate crime law, UK govt comes out in her support
LONDON: The British govt said J K Rowling should not be arrested for her transgender views after the Harry Potter author challenged Scotland’s new hate crime law with social media posts asserting that a number of trans women were men….
Restaurant Scheme: UK’s Sunak defends government’s handling of pandemic, restaurant scheme
LONDON: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended Britain’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, telling an official inquiry he did not recognise testimony describing a dysfunctional government and saying his hospitality scheme was supported at the time. The inquiry is…
BBC Chairman: Samir Shah in past criticised BBC on lack of ‘plurality of voice’
Samir Shah, named by the UK government on Wednesday as its choice for the post of BBC chairman, had moved to Britain from India as an eight-year-old and completed a DPhil at Oxford University in 1979. He has had a…
Prince Harry: Prince Harry challenges UK government’s decision to strip him of security detail when he moved to US
LONDON: Prince Harry is challenging on Tuesday the British government’s decision to strip him of his security detail after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the United States. The Duke…