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GBNEWS24DESK// Britain faces a "tidal wave" of the omicron variant of coronavirus and two vaccine doses will not be enough to contain it, Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Sunday, as he accelerated the booster rollout programme.…

GBNEWS24DESK// The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines being used in the UK as boosters give the best overall boost response, according to a UK trial of seven different jabs. The trial is the first study of how well Covid booster…

GBNEWS24DESK// British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote to French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday asking France to immediately start taking back all migrants who land in England after crossing the Channel, after at least 27 died…

GBNEWS24DESK// While many European countries are seeing steep rises in coronavirus cases and preparing to step up Covid restrictions, the UK has been going in the other direction. Experts say differences in levels of…

GBNEWS24DESK// There has been a "philosophical shift" in Conservatism after a Budget in which taxes and spending will rise to levels not seen in 40 years, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has said. Simon Clarke said he…

GBNEWS24DESK// Britain's Prince Andrew has been served with a lawsuit by a woman accusing him of sexually assaulting and battering her two decades ago, when she asserts she was also being abused by the financier Jeffrey Epstein, according…

GBNews24 Desk// Britain's Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance said that 60% of people being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 are unvaccinated, correcting an earlier statement he made on Monday. Vallance earlier said at a news…

GBNEWS24 DESK// British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out plans on Monday to end social and economic COVID-19 restrictions in England in two weeks' time, a test of whether a rapid vaccine rollout offers enough protection from the highly…

GBNEWS24 DESK// British former finance minister Sajid Javid will replace Matt Hancock as the country's health minister, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office said on Saturday, reports Reuters. Javid resigned as Finance Minister last…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Britain reported its biggest daily rise in new cases of COVID-19 since Feb. 19 on Thursday, according to government figures which showed 11,007 new infections, up from 9,055 the day before. The number of new deaths…