Covid in Scotland: Hospitals under more pressure than ever, say medics

Scotland’s hospitals are under more pressure than ever, doctors have told BBC Scotland. While the number of COVID patients has fallen, the NHS is trying to catch up with surgeries and treatments put on hold during the first wave of … Read More

Boris Johnson denies Sturgeon snub on Scotland visit

The Prime Minister spoke out at the start of his two-day visit to Scotland on Wednesday. Boris Johnson visits Scotland. – STV News Boris Johnson has denied snubbing Nicola Sturgeon during his visit to Scotland. The First Minister had written … Read More

‘We will end up with even more chaos’: Govt warned immigration bill will make the situation worse

The bill has passed its second reading in the Commons and gives authorities new powers to make seeking asylum more difficult. Thousands of migrants have crossed the Channel from Europe this year The government’s Nationality and Borders Bill will only … Read More

EXCLUSIVE Brexit disruption may return with summer tourists, Dover chief says

Trucks queue on the road leading to the Waterbrook Inland Border Facility, a temporary customs clearance centre set up in a truck stop in Ashford, Kent, Britain January 15, 2021. REUTERS/John Sibley Vehicles enter the Port of Dover, following the … Read More

Brexit Britain still divided over EU referendum five years on with public split on whether leaving was right

A new poll finds just one in nine voters regrets how they cast their ballot in 2016. Boris Johnson signing the UK/EU free-trade agreement in December (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images) The UK remains deeply divided over the vote to leave the … Read More

NI protocol tensions threaten UK-Ireland, UK-EU and UK-US relations

Coveney says there is ‘some strain’ between governments – understatement of the year. Britain’s prime minister Boris Johnson (2R) and his wife Carrie Johnson (R) walk with US president Joe Biden and US First Lady Jill Biden prior to a … Read More

UK PM stands firm on post-Brexit trade, calls for pragmatism

A defaced ‘Welcome to Northern Ireland’ sign is seen on the Ireland and Northern Ireland border reminding motorists that the speed limits will change from kilometres per hour to miles per hour on the border in Carrickcarnan, Ireland, March 6, … Read More

Boris Johnson narrowly avoids Conservative rebellion over foreign aid budget cuts

Boris Johnson has narrowly avoided a rebellion by some of his own Conservative Party MPs over cuts to the foreign aid budget. Thirty Tories, including former prime minister Theresa May and four other cabinet ministers, had backed a rebellion against … Read More

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