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Critics attacking Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe for questioning why the Government took years to secure her release have been urged to halt the online abuse. Downing Street has said the recently freed detainee should not face any abuse on “social media or otherwise” after a backlash built over her comments following her release. The British-Iranian mother’s return to the UK following her ...

Detectives investigating alleged lockdown-busting parties held in Downing Street and the Cabinet Office have begun interviewing key witnesses. The Metropolitan Police said more than 100 questionnaires have been sent out so far to people at the alleged gatherings, which have to be completed and returned within seven days. Investigators have started reviewing all available evidence but have not yet made ...

England will begin rolling out its fourth coronavirus vaccine shot this week, the National Health Service (NHS) announced Sunday, with millions of the country’s most vulnerable people being offered jabs. The latest booster shot will be made available to care home residents, people aged over 75 and the immunosuppressed. Around five million people are expected to be offered the jab, ...

The government has recently launched “Enough”, a new campaign empowering individuals to challenge people who commit a range of abusive actions against women and girls, and to raise awareness of what can be done if you experience, or witness, this abuse. Forms of abuse can include domestic abuse (such as controlling or coercive behaviour), street harassment, unwanted touching, workplace harassment, ...

  Bangladesh High Commission, London launched a special memorabilia on Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, titled, “Bangabandhu in Sylhet” on the occasion of Bangabandhu’s 102nd birth anniversary and the National Children’s Day 2022. Prime Minister’s Adviser on International Relation Affairs Dr. Gowher Rizvi unwrapped the cover of the “Bangabandhu in Sylhet” memorabilia, documenting Bangabandhu’s historic visits to ...

All remaining Covid travel restrictions have now been lifted for passengers entering the UK. As of 04:00 GMT, unvaccinated arrivals will no longer have to take tests – the rule had already been lifted for the vaccinated – and passenger locator forms have been scrapped. It comes almost exactly two years after the first Covid lockdown measures were imposed in ...

Britain’s medicines regulator has approved AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) antibody-based COVID-19 treatment for preventing infections in adults with poor immune response, marking a major step in the fight against the pandemic as infections surge globally. The decision to grant approval for the treatment, Evusheld, was endorsed by the government’s independent scientific advisory body, Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said ...

  MP’s message to Nazanin’s daughter: ‘Mummy really is coming home’Close Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has given a welcome home message to her constituent, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is returning home after being held in Iran since 2016. Ms Siddiq paid tribute to Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband Richard for his campaign for her release, saying he had “set the bar high for ...

The United Kingdom is to set out its new national energy strategy next week amid “global uncertainty” caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Speaking Wednesday in Abu Dhabi as part of a trip which will see him visit the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, Johnson stressed the need to “be prepared” when ...

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman detained in Iran nearly six years ago, is on her way to the UK, her MP has said. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was at the airport in Tehran, Tulip Siddiq told BBC News. She has been in a holding room with fellow British-Iranian detainee Anoosheh Ashoori, she said. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in 2016 – accused of ...