UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is drawing up plans to put the country on a diet as part of a wider strategy to counter obesity, seen as a major risk factor in those impacted by coronavirus.
Johnson had said that the cricket ball is a "natural vector of disease" and hence recreational cricket cannot be allowed to resume.
Johnson's comments came in response to a question from Member of Parliament Greg Clarke in the House of Commons
Man Utd footballer Marcus Rashford's campaign for free meals for needy children paid off after Boris Johnson agreed to keep funding pupils over the summer holidays.
As 118 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain as of Saturday afternoon, the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country rose to 36,793 on Sunday. The figures include deaths in all settings, including hospitals, care homes and the wider community.
The chief adviser to the UK prime minister came under further pressure late on Saturday amid new revelations about his apparent flouting of the government's virus lockdown restrictions.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under pressure to sack his top aide after reports that he breached the coronavirus stay-at-home lockdown rules by travelling to his parents’ home.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday did a U-turn as he ordered his Cabinet ministers to work out an exemption of a surcharge on foreign medics, including Indians, working in the UK’s state-funded National Health Service (NHS).
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that the lockdown in the country will remain imposed at least till June 1 and it will be after that the easing phase of the shutdown will commence.
The UK is set to modify its “Stay At Home” social distancing message to curb the spread of coronavirus to “Stay Alert” as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to deliver a key address to the nation later on Sunday.
Boris Johnson has become the first British Prime Minister to divorce while in office in 250 years as papers filed by his Indian-origin ex-wife Marina Wheeler earlier this year were granted recently.
The UK is past the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and is now on the downward slope, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday as he returned to address the 10 Downing Street daily briefing here after a gap of nearly five weeks following his coronavirus illness.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and fiancee Carrie Symonds announced the birth of a 'healthy baby boy', delivered at a government-run hospital in London on Wednesday.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has returned to Downing Street, a month after being diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus, to take charge of the UK's response to the pandemic outbreak in the country that has claimed the lives of over 20,000 people.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is returning to work after recovering from a coronavirus infection that put him in intensive care, with his government facing growing criticism over the deaths and disruption the virus has caused.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return to work on Monday after a two-week-long fight against coronavirus. Johnson was admitted to London's St Thomas hospital when his symptoms worsened.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from the hospital after a week that saw three days spent in intensive care. He will not immediately be returning to work, but rather will continue his recovery at Chequers, the prime minister’s country house, a statement from his office said.
The death toll of those hospitalized in Britain who tested positive for the novel coronavirus reached 9,875 as of Friday afternoon, marking a daily increase of 917, the Department of Health and Social Care said.
Johnson's condition is "stable" and he remains in "good spirits", his spokesman added on Tuesday evening.
On Monday, the number of deaths in 24 hours was nearly half at 437. The UK is 7th in the list of top 10 countries most affected by coronavirus pandemic.
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