London’s Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the police watchdog over its handling of an alleged Christmas party that took place at Downing Street during lockdown last year, the Independent Office for Police Conduct told CNN on Wednesday.
Alaa al-Siddiq, a prominent dissident Emirati rights activist and critic, has died in a car crash in London. Alaa was the executive director of the United Kingdom-based ALQST, a non-profit organisation that advocates for greater freedoms and human rights in the UAE and the wider Gulf region. “With deep sadness, ALQST mourns the sudden death […]
UK citizens are prepared for a “great British summer” due to the progress of the UK’s vaccination program. However, quietly-published government contracts reveal the promised roadmap out of lockdown could in fact be a red herring. On April 26, the UK government published a tender in search of 60 new “covid marshals” in the district of Hertfordshire. The contract, […]
British PM Boris Johnson has promised to “look at” easing some existing coronavirus restrictions by mid-February, upon reviewing the vaccination rates and reassessing the Covid-19 crisis. The prime minister spoke to reporters on Monday as he visited a coronavirus vaccination site in north London. Johnson signaled that the relaxation of restrictions might only be considered […]
The new measures introduced across the UK to curb the spread of COVID-19 have had a clear impact in central London this weekend — they caused chaos on public transport. For many of the Londoners who ventured out on the town on Friday (October 2), the measures, which limit socialising to groups of six people […]
Police moved into London’s Trafalgar Square on Saturday afternoon to break up a protest against restrictions imposed to slow the spread of Covid-19 after demonstrators ignored warnings to observe social distancing rules. Thousands of people, most of whom weren’t wearing masks, crowded into the iconic square to hear speakers who criticized government-imposed restrictions as an […]
People began gathering in London’s Trafalgar Square around noon and then marched to the Houses of Parliament to show opposition to the ongoing shutdowns, introduced as part of the UK’s response to the pandemic. The rally, called under the slogans of “No More Lockdowns – No Social Distancing – No Masks,” among others, attracted more […]
Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition figure who is reportedly suffering a serious health condition, has arrived in Germany for medical treatment despite claims Moscow has banned his transport. According to flight-tracking data, an ambulance aircraft carrying Navalny landed at Berlin’s Tegel airport on Saturday morning and was then transferred to the city’s Charite hospital for treatment. […]
