26

Sep

UK university launches first-of-its-kind cloud computing course with Microsoft to bridge digital skills gap

A first-of-its-kind cloud computing course has been launched in the UK to help give students the highly sought-after skills they need to launch their digital careers. The University of Lincoln’s…

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26

Sep

Britain expected to ease visa rules as truck driver shortage bites

LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Britain is expected to announce plans to issue temporary work visas to truck drivers to ease an acute labour shortage that has led to fuel…

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26

Sep

UPDATE – Germans vote in close election to decide Merkel successor

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germans went to the polls on Sunday in a national election too close to call, with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) mounting a strong challenge to retiring Chancellor…

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26

Sep

San Marino votes in historic referendum on abortion

SAN MARINO (Reuters) - One of Europe's staunchest opponents to legal abortion could fall on Sunday when San Marino, a tiny and deeply Catholic republic landlocked in Italy, holds a referendum to overturn a…

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26

Sep

Divided Swiss to vote on same-sex marriage

Swiss voters decide on Sunday whether to allow same-sex couples to wed and adopt children after a highly charged campaign pitted gay rights activists against conservative opponents in one of…

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26

Sep

Long queues and fuel rationing as Britain faces truck driver shortage

LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Lengthy queues of vehicles snaked their way to gas stations in Britain on Saturday where an acute shortage of truck drivers has led to fuel…

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26

Sep

InDepth – German Bundestag could expand again after elections

Berlin (dpa) - The next German parliament could be even bigger than the current one, according to a leading election researcher. Based on the latest polls, Robert Vehrkamp from the Bertelsmann media group…

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25

Sep

Jamaica, traffic lights or kiwis: Germany’s coalition conundrum

A narrowing of the polls has turned what looked like a homeward romp for Germany's conservatives into a tight race to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel, with multiple potential coalitions after…

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25

Sep

German millionaires rush assets to Switzerland ahead of election

A potential lurch to the left in Germany's election on Sunday is scaring millionaires into moving assets into Switzerland, bankers and tax lawyers say. If the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD),…

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25

Sep

Final rallies in Germany before Sunday’s knife-edge vote

Germany's election is too close to call, with the latest polls putting the two main parties fighting to come out top almost neck and neck. Polls suggest an unusually tight…

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25

Sep

UPDATED: Dutch marchers protest new COVID-19 pass to enter bars, restaurants

Hundreds of protesters marched against the introduction of a "corona pass" in the Netherlands on Saturday, as proof of COVID-19 vaccination became compulsory to get into bars, restaurants, theatres and…

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25

Sep

UPDATED: British government working on temporary visa scheme to ease lorry driver shortage

Britain is expected to announce plans to issue temporary work visas to truck drivers to ease an acute labour shortage that has led to fuel rationing at hundreds of gas…

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24

Sep

Britain has 10 days to save Christmas, retail sector says

LONDON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Britain's retail industry warned the government on Friday that unless it moves to alleviate an acute shortage of truckers in the next 10 days then…

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24

Sep

Brazil’s Bolsonaro says UK’s Johnson sought ’emergency’ food deal, embassy differs

BRASILIA, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whom he met this week in New York, asked him for an…

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24

Sep

As queues form at gas stations, Britain vows to solve trucker shortage

LONDON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Britain on Friday vowed to do whatever it takes to resolve a trucker shortage that has closed petrol stations and strained supermarket supply chains to…

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24

Sep

Climate change protesters block UK’s Port of Dover

LONDON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Britain's Port of Dover, Europe's busiest trucking port, said protesters had blocked its entrance and exit on Friday, the latest disruptive action by climate change…

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23

Sep

German conservatives raise spectre of far-left rule ahead of election

A shadow is looming over Germany's election: the spectre of the far-left Linke party, heir to the communists who once ruled East Germany, coming in from the political wilderness. At…

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23

Sep

Don’t panic buy, Britain tells consumers

Consumers should not panic buy products as Britain is not heading back into a 1970s-style "winter of discontent" of strikes and power shortages, a junior minister said on Thursday. Soaring…

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23

Sep

British Airways to scrap Gatwick short-haul operations

British Airways said it was scrapping most short-haul operations at London's no.2 airport Gatwick, blaming pilots for rejecting a plan to set up a new low-cost unit to better compete…

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23

Sep

German election race tightens three days before vote

The German election race heated up on Thursday as the lead of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) over Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives narrowed to just four points, three days before…

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23

Sep

UK appealing to former drivers to tackle shortage, minister says

Britain is working on a number of options to tackle the shortage of truck drivers, including luring former employees back to the market, amid warnings from the food industry that…

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23

Sep

Germany seeks backing for Tedros at WHO as deadline for proposing candidates set to expire

Germany is seeking support from other European Union members to ensure a second term for Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the helm of the World Health Organisation, but African states have…

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22

Sep

England’s top medic says COVID-19 transmission highest in children

LONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty on Wednesday said that children were currently driving transmission of COVID-19 at the moment, and that without vaccination, almost…

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22

Sep

Divided Swiss to vote on same-sex marriage

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss voters decide on Sunday whether to allow same-sex couples to wed and adopt children after a highly charged campaign pitted gay rights activists against conservative opponents…

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22

Sep

Britain tells its food industry to prepare for CO2 price shock

LONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Britain warned its food producers on Wednesday to prepare for a 400% rise in carbon dioxide prices after extending emergency state support to avert a…

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22

Sep

German Social Democrats’ lead narrows days before election

BERLIN/STRALSUND, Germany, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) saw their lead over Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives narrow in a poll published on Tuesday, pointing to a tightening race…

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22

Sep

WHO’s Tedros wins German backing for second term

BERLIN, Sept 21 (Reuters) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn backed a second term for World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and called on other countries to support the…

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22

Sep

Biden, Johnson talk trade and trains in White House meeting

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday discussed the dangers of climate change and bantered about the joys of rail travel during…

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21

Sep

German electoral race remains open but SDP solidifies lead

Less than a week before Germany's federal election, the race remains open with the Social Democratic Party (SPD) leading in voter polls as the country searches for a new chancellor…

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20

Sep

UK set for most widespread pay rises in over a decade – CBI

More British employers are planning pay rises than at any time since the global financial crisis as they struggle to recruit staff following the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit, data from…

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20

Sep

UK meat industry warns some firms have just five days CO2 supply

Some of Britain's meat processors will run out of carbon dioxide (CO2) within five days, forcing them to halt production and impacting supplies to food retailers, the head of the…

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20

Sep

No target date for lifting coronavirus curbs, German govt says

The German government was not giving a target date for lifting coronavirus-related social distancing regulations since there was no certainty about how the pandemic would develop this winter, a spokesman…

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20

Sep

UK may offer loans to energy companies after gas price soars – BBC

Britain is considering offering state-backed loans to energy firms after wholesale gas prices soared, the BBC reported on Monday. A jump in gas prices has already forced several domestic energy…

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20

Sep

SPD’s Scholz wins third TV debate as German election draws close

Social Democrat Olaf Scholz brushed off a last-gasp attack from his conservative rival in a televised election debate on Sunday, cementing his position as front runner to succeed Chancellor Angela…

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19

Sep

Study shows Dutch are world’s tallest people  

It is, perhaps, with just a hint of satisfaction that the Dutch office for national statistics has confirmed that the men and women of the Netherlands remain the tallest people…

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19

Sep

Merkel aide warns against protracted coalition talks as TV debate nears

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff called on political parties to agree quickly on who should succeed her after next Sunday's election and avoid the kind of protracted coalition…

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19

Sep

Harry reveals grandfather Duke of Edinburgh was ‘very much a listener’

The Duke of Sussex has spoken for the first time about how his grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, gave him the space to talk about serving in Afghanistan and was…

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19

Sep

British gangs and Italian mafia join forces to increase cocaine sales

British organised crime groups are collaborating closely with former international rivals like the Italian mafia to import increasingly bigger cocaine shipments into Europe, a senior investigator has revealed. Lawrence Gibbons,…

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19

Sep

Heathrow in dogfight with airlines over plans to double airport charges

Heathrow airport is locked in a dogfight with airlines over plans to almost double passenger charges as it grapples with one of the biggest debt piles in British corporate history.…

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19

Sep

WHO’s Tedros looks set to run unopposed for a second term

The World Health Organization's chief looks set to run unopposed for a second term at the helm as tries to guide the world through its biggest health crisis in a…

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19

Sep

Britain’s M&S blames Brexit for closing French food stores

British retailer Marks & Spencer  said it would close all 11 French franchise food stores it runs with its partner SFH because trade rules in place since Britain left the…

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19

Sep

Britain faces shortages of frozen food and meat as CO2 supplies hit by gas price spike

Britain faces shortages of frozen meals and even Christmas turkey due to a sudden shortage of carbon dioxide used by the food and drink industry. Meat supplies to supermarkets and…

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18

Sep

British food industry demands government action over CO2 shortage

LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Britain's food industry called on the government to subsidise carbon dioxide (CO2) production during a spike in gas prices or risk the collapse of the…

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18

Sep

Swiss govt seeking to iron out research funding shortfalls over EU ties

The Swiss government said on Friday it is seeking to implement transitional measures to make up for research funding shortfalls, as souring ties with the European Union put billions of…

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18

Sep

UK Travel traffic light system scrapped – in boost to industry

LONDON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Britain simplified rules on Friday for international travel to England in a boost to the tourism industry, including scrapping the need for fully vaccinated passengers…

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17

Sep

British study to test mixed COVID-19 vaccine dose schedules in children

A British study will look into the immune responses of children to mixed schedules of different COVID-19 vaccines as officials try to determine the best approach to second doses in…

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17

Sep

UK retail sales fall unexpectedly in August – ONS

LONDON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - British retail sales volumes unexpectedly fell last month in what is now their longest streak of declines since current records began, though sales volumes still…

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17

Sep

Next to operate Gap brand in Britain

British clothing retailer Next has struck a deal with Gap Inc, to run the Gap brand's business in the UK and Ireland as a franchise partner. The deal will allow…

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17

Sep

More Brits prefer online shopping since pandemic

LONDON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - About 70% of Britons say buying online and on mobile phones have become their preferred shopping methods, up from less than half prior to the…

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17

Sep

Northern Irish police charge two over killing of journalist Lyra McKee

Northern Irish police said they had charged two men with the 2019 murder of journalist Lyra McKee in Londonderry, whose death sparked outrage in the British-run province. The men, aged…

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17

Sep

Dutch Foreign Minister Kaag quits over Afghan refugee crisis

Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag resigned, after a majority of parliament said she had mishandled the evacuation of refugees from Afghanistan last month. Members of parliament from across the political…

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17

Sep

Dutch to introduce ‘corona’ pass despite strong opposition

AMSTERDAM, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The Netherlands will require proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or a recent negative coronavirus test for entry to bars, restaurants, museums, theatres and other cultural…

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17

Sep

UPDATED: UK will probably review COVID-19 travel rules later on Friday

The British government will on Friday consider easing England's COVID-19 rules for international travel, a late-season boost for airlines, holiday and tourism companies which say they will not survive another…

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17

Sep

Prince Philip’s will to be secret for 90 years

The will of Prince Philip, the late husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, will be sealed and remain private for at least 90 years to preserve the monarch’s dignity, a judge…

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16

Sep

Over 40% of UK companies face recruitment difficulties – ONS

LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - British businesses have reported a sharp rise in recruitment difficulties over the past month, with 41% of companies with 10 or more staff reporting challenges…

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16

Sep

Fast-fashion chain Primark vows to improve environmental impact

Primark, one of Europe's biggest fast fashion chains, has vowed to cut its environmental impact without increasing prices by using more recyclable materials, making clothing more durable, and improving wages…

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16

Sep

UK fashion retailer ASOS targets lower carbon footprint with new goals

Sept 16 (Reuters) - Britain's ASOS aims to cut its environmental impact, use more sustainable materials and appoint more diverse corporate leaders, it said on Thursday, joining a growing list…

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