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God save the King of the Redes: Mark Kent bids farewell to Argentina

26-06-2021 11:59 Britain’s Ambassador to Argentina bids farewell after a five-year stint in Buenos Aires. "I leave feeling like I’ve done everything I could and everything I wanted to," Mark Kent tells the Times.

by James Grainger

London Police police accused of 'institutional corruption' over unsolved murder

15-06-2021 16:17 London's Metropolitan Police engaged in " institutional corruption" by denying and even concealing failings in handling of unsolved murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan 34 years ago, says independent panel.

UK PM Johnson's woes deepen as watchdog launches apartment probe

28-04-2021 17:48 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday denied breaking the rules over the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat, as Britain's Electoral Commission watchdog launched a formal probe.

Report prompts backlash after finding UK not 'institutionally racist'

31-03-2021 10:52 Prejudice persists in Britain but the country is not "institutionally racist," according to a much-anticipated study published Wednesday by a government commission, which drew an immediate pushback from racial equality campaigners.

Harry and Meghan drop 'bombshells' on royal family

08-03-2021 12:00 Prince Harry and his wife Meghan's interview with Oprah Winfrey will be hugely damaging to the royal family, according to British media.

All over by summer? UK eyes return to normal by end of June

22-02-2021 13:50 British PM Boris Johnson outlines a "gradual and cautious" approach to lifting curbs in England, starting with the return of students to schools from March 8, and non-essential retail from April 12.

Argentina detects first case of British coronavirus variant

16-01-2021 16:24 Argentina has detected its first case of a British-identified coronavirus variant that appears to be more infectious, authorities said Saturday.

UK to ban South American, Portugal arrivals over Brazil virus strain

14-01-2021 15:47 Britain bans all arrivals from South America, Panama, Cape Verde and Portugal over fears of importing a new coronavirus variant from Brazil.

Grandmother, 90, gets first Covid jab as UK starts vaccine drive

08-12-2020 08:08 Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old British grandmother, becomes the first person in a Western country to receive an approved coronavirus vaccine. The second, would you believe it, was called William Shakespeare.

BioNTech: plucky German upstart wins Covid-19 vaccine race

02-12-2020 15:36 A small German biotech firm, started by a husband and wife team with Turkish roots, has created the first authorised vaccine for use in the Western world to help end the coronavirus pandemic.

Control of Venezuelan gold held in London cast into doubt

05-10-2020 17:07 British court throws in question who controls nearly US$2 billion in Venezuelan gold stowed in a London bank vault amid a power struggle between President Nicolás Maduro and US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó.

UK public warned to get serious as Covid toll set to surge

21-09-2020 09:02 England is on track for about 50,000 coronavirus cases a day by mid-October and a surging death toll unless the public gets serious about preventive action, top UK advisors warn.

UK coronavirus vaccine prompts immune response in early test

20-07-2020 13:01 Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot.

Solá accuses UK of 'absolute disrespect' towards Malvinas sovereignty claim

23-06-2020 17:22 Foreign Minister Felipe Solá weighs in on Malvinas dispute, saying Argentina will continue to express its "profound annoyance" at the United Kingdom's "absolute disrespect" towards sovereignty claim.

UK extends coronavirus lockdown by at least three weeks

16-04-2020 19:29 Downing Street will extend the country’s lockdown by at least three more weeks in an effort to stem the spread of coronavirus, while the prime minister is recovering from his own infection with the virus.

UK GDP 'could fall 13%' in 2020 as virus death toll climbs

14-04-2020 16:02 Britain's real GDP could fall by a whopping 35% in the second quarter of this year in the case of a three-month coronavirus lockdown, a government-funded watchdog forecasted Tuesday, as the country's death toll passed 12,000.

British PM Boris Johnson taken to intensive care, confirms Downing Street

06-04-2020 16:28 Conservative leader, who admitted he had the Covid-19 coronavirus on March 27, admitted to intensive care after condition worsens. He is believed to be conscious and has been moved as a precautionary step.

British Embassy seeking contact with British nationals in Argentina

27-03-2020 19:19 Officials at the Embassy, headed by Ambassador Mark Kent, want to build up an accurate picture of the number of non-resident British nationals in Argentina and the issues they are currently facing.

Foreign Ministry recalls ambassadors in diplomatic shake-up

23-01-2020 18:03 Foreign Minister Felipe Solá recalls Argentina's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Renato Carlos Sersale Di Cerisano, as part of a wider diplomatic shake-up that could see Alicia Castro head to Russia.

British ambassador congratulates Fernández on election win

28-10-2019 00:14 Britain's representative in Argentina says he's ready to "continue expanding relations" between two countries, in wake of recent reports suggesting Peronist leader may review existing agreements with London.