UK PM Johnson: We can now control the virus through targeted local lockdowns 0 (0)

Comments by UK prime minister, Boris Johnson
– We are publishing framework for containing future virus outbreaks
– Local authorities will be given new powers from tomorrow
He also reaffirms that the national lockdown was undoubtedly the right thing to do at the time. For now, things are looking better but complacency is the real threat to a

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UK PM Johnson: We will look for more significant return to normality from November 0 (0)

Boris Johnson says that the government is aiming to review the remaining restrictions in November
– From October, we intend to bring audiences back into stadiums
The part on large gatherings in sports stadiums will be tricky to pilot surely, and that will be a real risk if precautionary measures are not handled diligently. But in any

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Full text of the ECB decision: July 16, 2020: 0 (0)

The full ECB statement
At today’s meeting the Governing Council of the ECB took the following monetary policy decisions:
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The interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest
rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will
remain unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and -0.50% respectively. The Governing
Council expects the key ECB

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Raab says Russian actors tried to interfere in 2019 UK election 0 (0)

Raab announces details into investigation of the leak of UK-US free trade agreement
The UK-US free trade agreement was leaked to Reddit and the UK is out with a report. It concludes that it is „almost certain“ that Russian actors sought to interfere in the UK election with the report. They also note that the documents

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Oxford Covid-19 vaccine said to be generating some positive buzz 0 (0)

ITV political editor, Robert Peston, reports on the matter
It is said that the vaccine is generating a kind of antibody and T-cell response that researches have hoped to see but the efficacy can only be properly established once Phase III of the programme i.e. testing in Brazil gets underway.

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