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An "awakening" to the challenges posed by Beijing has caused a shift in attitude in the United Kingdom, says Tom Tugendhat, chair of China Research Group.

The woman said she drank the urine, which contains high concentrations of toxins, for four days after being sent false information via WhatsApp.

Human volunteers are set to be purposefully exposed to COVID in a trial that will see them spend two weeks under careful medical observation.

The U.K. prime minister discussed the impeachment trial's outcome and his early work with the new Biden administration during a Sunday morning interview.

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The U.K. COVID variant is "almost certainly destined to become the dominant SARS-CoV-2 lineage by March, 2021 across many U.S. states," researchers have found.

Captain Tom Moore was lauded as a hero across the United Kingdom after he raised $45 million for British health care workers by walking 100 laps in his garden before his 100th birthday.

Ashley Riley, 28, broke into 87-year-old Anastasia Lukianchikova's home in Acton, west London, and brutally attacked her.

"What Trump stood for by association the media caricatured us as standing for and, with the greatest respect, that often was not the case," said British evangelical leader Gavin Calver.

One young, healthy woman had a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine when she took her elderly mother to an appointment, because other patients failed to turn up.

Police issued over $20,000 in fines after breaking up an illegal rave in London attended by 300 people.

The U.K. has now recorded the fifth-highest COVID death toll in the world, behind the U.S., Brazil, India and Mexico.

The government "can't rule anything out" in its fight against new mutant variants of COVID-19, a minister said.

Boris Johnson said the new variant of COVID-19 first discovered in the south of England may lead to an increased risk of death.

Poll found that 51 percent of Americans were happy to have the vaccine, the highest number so far. In Europe, France was found to be the most opposed it, with only 46 percent of French people being willing to get inoculated.

Ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tells Newsweek Conservative MPs voting on post-Brexit trade deals have "betrayed" the NHS.

It comes days after new legal protections mean historic statues will only be removed in "the most exceptional circumstances".

Cases increased by 50 percent between early December and January 15, according to a new study.

Ex-prime minister Theresa May - who shared a "special relationship" with the U.S. president - said Joe Biden "provides Britain with a golden opportunity".

The European Union has handed out a total of 5.5 million doses of the vaccine, compared to over 4 million in the U.K. alone.

Hampshire Police in the U.K. said partygoers claimed they didn't know about the coronavirus pandemic.

Over 30000 fines were issued, with Black, Asian and minority ethnic people more likely to be fined.

Up to a quarter of those arrested in a year could be allowed to go free because of lost records and it "presents huge dangers" for public safety, the Opposition Labour Party says.

The U.K. economy shrank by 2.6 percent in November as England was placed in lockdown for a second time, official figures show.

More than 33,000 people were taken off the streets and given a bed during COVID, a number almost eight times higher than the U.K. government had estimated.

Le Monde, El Pais and The Times of London were among major publications featuring Trump's impeachment on their front pages.

There are 300,000 people living with long COVID already in the U.K., Layla Moran MP said.

The ban takes effect from Friday morning.

An estimated 2,778 seal pups were born on a stretch of coastline in the U.K.

COVID vaccines will be administered round the clock just days after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's official spokesman said demand was low.