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Extra measures are being put in place for ambulance services as the UK heatwave approaches, says Health Secretary Steve Barclay. More call handlers and extra capacity for the 111 helpline are among the steps planned for Monday and Tuesday. He urged the public to look out for vulnerable relatives and neighbours. A national emergency has been declared, and the UK’s ...

Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak was mocked on Twitter for a spelling error on his campaign poster after receiving the most votes in the second round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, The Statesman reported. Sunak was taking part in his first televised debate to pitch for the ...

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak came out on top in the latest round of voting Thursday by Conservative MPs to decide Britain’s next prime minister, followed by bookmaker favourite Penny Mordaunt. Mordaunt earlier came under blistering attack after she surged in the race to succeed Boris Johnson, as another long-shot candidate for leader was eliminated. The little-known Mordaunt, a committed ...

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak led the field of Conservative MPs bidding to become Britain’s next prime minister in the first ballot of Tory lawmakers Wednesday, as the race narrowed to six with the elimination of two candidates. Early frontrunner Sunak — who quit as finance minister last week, helping to trigger outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s downfall — topped ...

The UK’s terrorism threat level has been downgraded from “severe” to “substantial”, the Home Office says. Home Secretary Priti Patel said the UK was still at “a high level of threat” and an attack could “occur without further warning”. The terrorism threat is now at its lowest since August 2014. Substantial is the third of five ratings at which the ...

MPs have made their pitches to succeed John Bercow as Speaker of the House of Commons in the first election for the powerful post in more than a decade. The Speaker keeps order in Commons debates and calls MPs to speak. Seven candidates were in the running, including Labour’s Harriet Harman and deputy Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle. That list was ...

Britain’s election campaign heated up Sunday even before it officially started, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying he would apologize to Conservatives for failing to take the U.K. out of the European Union by Oct. 31 and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage saying he won’t personally run for a seat in Parliament. Johnson’s promise to have Britain leave the bloc ...

  London, Friday  1st November 2019 – The official launch of The Bangla Mirror Group British Bangladeshi Who’s Who 2019 publication and award gala dinner will be held in the prestigious Meridian Grand on Tuesday 12th November 2019. The Bangla Mirror Group, publishers of the British Bangladeshi Who’s Who publication, held a press conference on Friday 1st November 2019   at ...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected the suggestion from Nigel Farage and Donald Trump that he should work with the Brexit Party during the election. The Tory leader told the BBC he was “always grateful for advice” but he would not enter into election pacts. His comments come after the US president said the British broadcaster Mr Farage and ...

Downing Street has defended the UK’s Brexit deal with the EU, following criticism from the US president. Donald Trump said the US “can’t make a trade deal with the UK” under UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s EU withdrawal agreement.But a No 10 spokesperson said the deal meant “we can strike our own free trade deals around the world, from which ...