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FILE PHOTO: A member of NHS Test and Trace staff sets up a mobile testing centre amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Moston area of Manchester, Britain, February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Coronavirus chronicle

Britain approves 20-second Covid-19 test, distributor says

Rapid tests are seen as a key plank of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Home Secretary Priti Patel and Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid attend the weekly question time debate in Parliament in London, Britain, February 12, 2020/Reuters
World+Biz

Britain toughens its post-Brexit asylum system

Banksy's Game Changer is seen on display at Christie's London ahead of auction, in London, Britain March 16, 2021, in this still image obtained from a video. REUTERS TVvia REUTERS
World+Biz

Banksy's tribute to health workers sells for record $20m at auction

Signs reading 'No Irish Sea border' and 'Ulster is British, no internal UK Border' are seen affixed to a lamp post at the Port of Larne, Northern Ireland, March 6, 2021. Picture taken March 6, 2021. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Global Economy

Brexit reality stokes fears for the peace in Northern Ireland

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock holds a news conference at 10 Downing Street, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool
Coronavirus chronicle

Britain on track to ease lockdown measures in line with plan: health minister

FILE PHOTO: UK flag is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle in this illustration photo taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Coronavirus chronicle

Britain hits milestone as half of all adults get first vaccine dose

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Foreign Affairs Secretary Dominic Raab looks on as he walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain, February 24, 2021. REUTERS/John Sibley
World+Biz

Britain says it stands with Bulgaria against 'malign' Russian activity

The Uber logo is displayed on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken November 25, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Illustration
Global Economy

Uber to give UK drivers workers' rights after court defeat

UK PM Boris Johnson. File Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Britain targets influence in Indo-Pacific as counterweight to China

Police stand after they seized Sanchaung district in search of anti-coup demonstrators in Yangon, Myanmar, March 8, 2021. Picture taken March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
World+Biz

Britain urges citizens to leave Myanmar as violence against protesters mounts

FILE PHOTO: The Parthenon Marbles, a collection of stone objects, inscriptions and sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, are displayed at the British Museum in London October 16, 2014. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
World+Biz

Britain is legitimate owner of Parthenon marbles, UK's Johnson tells Greece

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits a Covid-19 vaccination centre at a North London church, Jesus House for All The Nations, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, March 7, 2021. Geoff Pugh/Pool via REUTERS
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Britain will iron out technical issues with EU, says PM Johnson

FILE PHOTO: Britain's cabinet minister in charge of relations with the European Union, David Frost, walks outside Downing Street in London, February 24, 2021. REUTERS/John Sibley
World+Biz

Shake off your ill will, Britain tells EU over post-Brexit trade