Health authorities in London continued on Friday to trace all British nationals exposed to a dangerous outbreak of rat-borne hantavirus on a cruise ship, with a third suspected case recorded. UK health boss traces all cruise ship passengers exposed to hantavirus The UK’s Health and Safety Executive said two British nationals have been confirmed to … Read more
LONDON, British health authorities say two British nationals are self-isolating as a precaution after being recently exposed to dangerous hantavirus on a cruise ship before flying home. Two British nationals self-isolate after being exposed to hantavirus on cruise ship Britain’s Health Security Service said on Wednesday it was working with the World Health Organization to … Read more
LONDON British Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned Iran “will not tolerate” attempts to sow division within British society as he chaired a summit to tackle anti-Semitism in London on Tuesday. British Prime Minister Starmer told Iran that he would not tolerate attempts to divide British society In his opening speech at 10 Downing Street, Starmer … Read more
LONDON: Airlines are expected to consolidate schedules on some routes, with multiple flights to the same destination on the same day, as part of emergency measures announced by the British government on Sunday. UK develops fuel contingency plan for flights during US-Iran conflict The Transportation Department has released a series of interim plans amid ongoing … Read more
LONDON, Two months into the Iran war, the Strait of Hormuz remains mostly closed. A series of ceasefires, blockades and re-closures since February 28 have failed to restore confidence on any tanker bridge, with ship traffic at a fraction of pre-war levels. Besides the Strait of Hormuz, what options do Gulf countries have? Hormuz has … Read more
A 49-year-old woman who drove a car into a London school, killing two eight-year-old girls, including Indian-born Nuria Sajjad, was charged with dangerous driving after a reinvestigation into the case on Friday. A woman has been charged after an Indian female student died in a bizarre car accident in London In July 2023, Claire Freemantle … Read more
LONDON A 45-year-old Somali-born British man appeared in court on Friday charged with the attempted murder of three men after stabbing two Jewish men in an anti-Semitic terror attack in north London. British terror suspect charged with attempted murder of three men Essa Suleiman was also charged with one count of possessing a bladed article … Read more
LONDON: British police said on Wednesday that several people had been arrested as part of an investigation into alleged serious crimes involving members of the Ahmadi sect in northwest England. UK arrests several people in sex crimes probe involving Ahmadi sect Cheshire Constabulary said it learned last month that members of a religious group called … Read more
LONDON: The jury for the inaugural 2027 Children’s Booker Prize was unveiled on Tuesday, including a British Indian bookseller behind a popular children’s bookstore in north London. British Indian bookseller to judge first Children’s Booker Prize Sanchita Basu De Sarkar, owner of the award-winning children’s bookstore in Muswell Hill, will join British Children’s Award winner … Read more
In London, the names of 33,000 Indian Army soldiers who died in World War I but were missing at a memorial in Iraq have finally been commemorated in digital form. UK adds names of 33,000 missing Indian soldiers to World War I memorial Iraq (then Mesopotamia) was the site of the British Empire’s largest operations … Read more