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UK may miss 100,000 test target – Cabinet Minister
Add a CommentThe UK may not reach its target of conducting 100,000 tests a day by the end of April, a cabinet minister has suggested. Health Secretary Matt Hancock set the target earlier this month but latest figures show only 52,429 tests … Read more →
UK cautious about easing lockdown
Add a CommentPrime Minister Boris Johnson is extremely cautious about removing the UK lockdown. He met Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary who has been replacing the prime minister as he recovers from coronavirus, at Chequers on Friday. And the overarching message emerging … Read more →
Coronavirus: UK growth could drop by record 35% by June
Add a CommentBritain’s independent tax and spending watchdog has warned the coronavirus pandemic could trigger a record 35% drop in UK growth by June. The Office for Budget Responsibility said that this was based on an assumption that the current lockdown would … Read more →
BT CEO tests positive for coronavirus, goes into self-isolation after meeting fellow bosses from Vodafone UK, Three, O2 plus govt officials
Add a CommentBT Group has confirmed its CEO has been diagnosed with COVID-19 just days after meeting fellow telco top brass at a gathering organised by the UK government’s Department of Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS). In a statement, Philip Jansen said, “Having … Read more →
Western Togoland: Blame UK & UN, not Ghana
Add a CommentEver heard of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO)? It is an international organisation whose “members are groups of indigenous peoples, minorities, unrecognised states and occupied territories that have joined together to defend their political, social and cultural right… … Read more →
UK: Johnson and Corbyn clash over Brexit
Add a CommentBoris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn have clashed over Brexit in the first TV election debate of the campaign. Mr Johnson promised to “end this national misery” and said Labour offered “only division and deadlock”. Mr Corbyn said Labour would “get … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo leaves for UAE, Germany & UK
Add a CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Accra on Sunday for a three-state visit to the United Arab Emirates, Germany and the United Kingdom. According to a statement from the Presidency, the visit to the UAE is at the invitation of … Read more →
22 Ghanaians including students deported from UK and Germany
Add a CommentA total of 22 Ghanaian nationals were on September 18, 2019 deported from Europe: Germany and the United Kingdom. Seventeen (17) of them arrived in Accra from from Germany on board chartered flight CT3721, a release from the Ghana Immigration … Read more →
International Students to be allowed to stay in UK for 2yrs after graduation
Add a CommentInternational students will be allowed to stay in the UK for two years after graduation to find a job, under new proposals announced by the Home Office. The move reverses a decision made in 2012 by then-Home Secretary Theresa May … Read more →
How will a no-deal Brexit hit travel in and out of the UK and Europe?
Add a CommentThe prospect of Britain crashing chaotically out of the European Union seems increasingly likely as time goes on. Such a scenario could turn the travel plans of millions of people into a misery of delays, cancellations and bureaucratic nightmares. Travelers … Read more →
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