Boris Johnson receives findings of inquiry into lockdown parties
London/UNI/Sputnik: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has received an eagerly-awaited internal report into a string of parties allegedly held at his official residence in Downing Street during the Covid-19 lockdown, Sky News broadcaster reported on Monday.
UK PM Boris Johnson apologizes for attending Downing Street garden party during lockdown
London/UNI/Xinhua: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized on Wednesday for attending a Downing Street garden party in London during the country's first lockdown in 2020.
UK: Parliament approves extending COVID-19 restrictions until July 19
London/Sputnik: The House of Commons of the UK Parliament approved on Wednesday the government's proposal to postpone the deadline for lifting quarantine restrictions in England until July 19 due to the surge of COVID-19.
UK fresh lockdown measures may last until March: UK Cabinet Minister
London/Sputnik: UK Cabinet minister Michael Gove said on Tuesday that people in England should have to wait until March to see some of the tough COVID-19 restrictions lifted and not until mid-February as Prime Minister Boris Johnson had predicted on Monday when he announced a fresh national lockdown.
Rising COVID-19 cases: England and Scotland put under new lockdown
London/UNI: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday imposed a new lockdown in England and Scotland in view of the surge in the number of COVID cases.
Italy suspending UK-bound flights over new COVID-19 strain: Foreign Minister
Rome/Paris/Sputnik: Italy is set to suspend flights to the United Kingdom due to the new strain of the coronavirus that threatens to spread far more rapidly than its other variants, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Sunday.
COVID-19: Rules tightened for Christmas for England, Scotland and Wales
London/UNI: The British government announced on Saturday that it has decided to scrap the planned relaxation of COVID rules for Christmas for large parts of south-east England and cut to just Christmas Day for the rest of England, Scotland and Wales.
UK PM Boris Johnson does not rule out new lockdown after holidays, stresses need to open schools
Moscow/Sputnik: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday he does not rule out another lockdown in England after Christmas as the rates of COVID-19 infections in the country continue their upward trend.
UK Prime Minister Boris Jonson says three-tiered system best way to avoid spike in COVID-19 cases
Moscow/Sputnik: The new COVID-19 alert level tier allocations, which will come into force in the UK once the country's nationwide lockdown expires on December 2, is the best way to prevent a spike in COVID-19, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said at a press briefing on Thursday.