More than 100 scientists and doctors have written a letter slamming the UK government’s decision to lift all Covid restrictions in England on July 19 as “unethical”, with cases rising and vaccines not yet giving herd immunity. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK hit a Covid milestone on Thursday, surpassing five million cases of the virus since the pandemic began, as officials reported a new single-day increase of 32,551 infections, along with a further 35 fatalities. Read Full Article at RT.com

British education watchdog Ofsted has warned that schools are using “overtly political materials” to instruct students on sex, sexual orientation and gender reassignment due to “increasing political sensitivities” in these areas. Read Full Article at RT.com

Classics films including Star Wars, Rocky and Flash Gordon have had their content advisory ratings ratcheted up by Britain’s film-screening board, in what has been described as a victory for ‘woke’ culture. Read Full Article at RT.com

People in England who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will no longer have to self-isolate if they are identified as a close contact of someone who has the virus from August 16, the government has said. Read Full Article at RT.com

Nearly all of the remaining Covid-19 curbs in England, including all legal restrictions, will be lifted on July 19 despite an increase in cases and the expectation of more deaths from the virus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. Read Full Article at RT.com

Escalating culture feuds could dominate British politics much like they already do in the US, American pollster Frank Luntz has claimed, citing new research revealing deep divides in voter attitudes in the UK. Read Full Article at RT.com

Nearly all of the remaining Covid-19 curbs in England, including all legal restrictions, will be lifted on July 19 despite an increase in cases and the expectation of more deaths from the virus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. Read Full Article at RT.com

The British government is poised to keep a small special forces contingent on the ground in Afghanistan, The Telegraph has reported, after the Taliban made significant ground gains amid the US withdrawal. Read Full Article at RT.com

One hundred of the UK’s most popular retail chains have asked Prime Minister Boris Johnson to support legislation aimed at combating violence and abuse against their workers, warning that the problem is only getting worse. Read Full Article at RT.com

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Friday that Britons who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will likely be able to enter Germany without quarantining in the «foreseeable future.» Read Full Article at RT.com

Around one in 260 people in England tested positive for Covid-19 in the last week, a rise sparked by the more transmissible Delta variant of the virus, the government’s official statistics agency has said. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK government reports a whopping 6.02 million people applied for the right to settle in Britain before the scheme’s deadline passed on Wednesday. The program gives EU citizens the right to work, study and access benefits. Read Full Article at RT.com

23-year-old Lewis Hughes has been charged with assault and is scheduled to appear in court later this month after a viral video showed him and a friend harassing England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty. Read Full Article at RT.com

Citing “multiple failings” in the police handling of the Sarah Everard vigil and a ‘Kill the Bill’ protest in March, an all-party UK parliamentary inquiry has accused the respective forces involved of violating fundamental rights. Read Full Article at RT.com

Rough sleeping has risen in London over the past year, new figures show, despite the government promising to house everyone during the pandemic, and allocating over £700 million to support current and potential rough sleepers. Read Full Article at RT.com

Northern Ireland’s High Court in Belfast has rejected a legal challenge to the Protocol governing trade in the country after Brexit, declaring that part of Britain’s withdrawal agreement with the EU to be legally sound. Read Full Article at RT.com

The city of Bristol, renowned for its ‘progressive’ moves, has caused a stir by installing a Pride rainbow crossing to honour the LGBTQ+ community, but some think it’s a big waste of money. Read Full Article at RT.com

The EU has agreed to the UK’s request to postpone a ban on the sale of chilled meats from Britain in Northern Ireland after Brexit, a move that temporarily resolves what some media have dubbed the ‘sausage war.’ Read Full Article at RT.com

Britons have vented their anger after a clip, taken from a Sky News broadcast, went viral in which a British Muslim claimed homosexuality is “heinous” and that “women were created for man’s pleasure.” Read Full Article at RT.com

Poverty charity Oxfam has drawn flak for imposing on its UK staff a “divisive” racial justice survey that rejects the idea of “reverse racism” and calls racism a “power construct” made by “white nations” to “benefit white people.” Read Full Article at RT.com

Julian Assange’s case should’ve ended as soon as a UK judge denied his extradition to the US, Jeremy Corbyn, former Labour leader, told RT as he joined other MPs to demand a meeting with the WikiLeaks founder in a London prison. Read Full Article at RT.com

A British law professor previously accused of transphobia for her “problematic” views on gender has alleged “harassment and intimidation” from a student who sent her an email that warned her to “choose [her] words carefully.” Read Full Article at RT.com

British officials have called for swift legal action after two men filmed themselves grabbing at Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty. But some have argued that the incident has been blown out of proportion. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK’s Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has taken flak on social media after stating that he didn’t think there was anything unethical with Matt Hancock’s aide-turned-mistress receiving a paid job with the Health Department. Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK government is investigating a blunder in which classified Ministry of Defence (MoD) papers were left at a bus stop, a minister has said, adding that a lone civil servant was likely behind the major security breach. Read Full Article at RT.com

A huge fire has broken out in commercial units close to the London Underground station of Elephant and Castle in the UK capital. The station has been evacuated as firefighters tackle the blaze. Read Full Article at RT.com

Jersey has announced that it has reached an agreement with French fishermen to extend post-Brexit transition rules for three months to allow negotiations over licences to continue a month after vessels blockaded the island’s port. Read Full Article at RT.com

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and a group of senior commanders have been ordered to quarantine after the head of the country’s armed forces tested positive for coronavirus, complicating military decision-making. Read Full Article at RT.com

The British government is hoping to create an offshore immigration processing centre, possibly in Africa, amid growing pressure to find a solution to the influx of migrants coming to the country, the Times reported. Read Full Article at RT.com

After “disastrous” privatisation reforms left it “irredeemably flawed,” a renationalised probation service has been launched by the UK government to better supervise offenders. But a watchdog warns there is no “magic-bullet” fix. Read Full Article at RT.com

A huge fire has broken out in commercial units close to the London Underground station of Elephant and Castle in the UK capital. The station has been evacuated as firefighters tackle the nearby blaze. Read Full Article at RT.com

Veteran pop sensation Elton John has received accolades on social media after issuing a searing critique of the British government’s handling of Brexit and other policy issues. Read Full Article at RT.com

BBC journalist Andrew Marr says he caught a “nasty” bout of Covid-19 despite being fully vaccinated. Government advisers say this is normal, and similar cases are cropping up around the world. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former finance minister Sajid Javid has returned to the cabinet as health secretary, following Matt Hancock’s resignation. Javid said he would do everything he can to bring the Covid-19 crisis to an end. Read Full Article at RT.com