| Sentence | Sentiment | Title | Url | Date |
|---|
| Two full doses three months apart were found to be efficacious the UK drug regulator said higher than the average that the developers themselves had found in their latestage trials | Positive | LONDON The EU drug watchdog is looking at when people should be given the second dose of AstraZeneca and Oxford Universitys COVID19 vaccine rather than at the size of the first dose as part of its review of the shot a source at the agency said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-vaccine/eu-drug-watchdog-looking-at-timing-of-dosage-in-astra-oxford-vaccine-review-source-idUSKBN29423T | 2020-12-31 |
| Acadia Healthcare Co Inc said on Wednesday it would sell its UK unit the Priory Group a care homes operator known for its celebrity clientele to private equity firm Waterland for about 1 | Positive | Acadia Healthcare Co Inc said on Wednesday it would sell its UK unit the Priory Group a care homes operator known for its celebrity clientele to private equity firm Waterland for about 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-acadia-health-deals/acadia-to-sell-celebrity-rehab-center-operator-priory-for-1-47-billion-idUSKBN2941XO | 2020-12-31 |
| ZURICH Britain on Wednesday became the first country to approve AstraZeneca and Oxford Universitys homegrown UK COVID19 vaccine adding an easytomanage shot to the arsenal of a nation desperate for pandemic relief | Positive | ZURICH Britain on Wednesday became the first country to approve AstraZeneca and Oxford Universitys homegrown UK COVID19 vaccine adding an easytomanage shot to the arsenal of a nation desperate for pandemic relief | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-astrazene/explainer-how-does-astrazenecas-vaccine-compare-with-pfizer-biontech-idUSKBN2941P9 | 2020-12-31 |
| The EU drug watchdog is carrying out a review for a conditional market approval rather than the UKs speedier emergency use approval | Positive | ZURICH Britain on Wednesday became the first country to approve AstraZeneca and Oxford Universitys homegrown UK COVID19 vaccine adding an easytomanage shot to the arsenal of a nation desperate for pandemic relief | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-astrazene/explainer-how-does-astrazenecas-vaccine-compare-with-pfizer-biontech-idUSKBN2941P9 | 2020-12-31 |
| With Britain and the European Union having clinched a deal the United Kingdom is now pursuing trade deals with Australia the United States and countries in the IndoPacific region UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab wrote in The Telegraph late on Sunday | Positive | With Britain and the European Union having clinched a deal the United Kingdom is now pursuing trade deals with Australia the United States and countries in the IndoPacific region UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab wrote in The Telegraph late on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-trade/uks-raab-says-pursuing-trade-deals-with-australia-u-s-indo-pacific-region-idUSKBN2910RP | 2020-12-28 |
| LONDON Britain on Monday urged businesses to prepare for Brexit just days before a transition period designed to smooth the UKs departure from the European Union comes to an end | Positive | LONDON Britain on Monday urged businesses to prepare for Brexit just days before a transition period designed to smooth the UKs departure from the European Union comes to an end | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-preparations/with-just-days-to-go-britain-urges-business-to-prepare-for-end-of-brexit-transition-idUSKBN29200B | 2020-12-28 |
| The deal announced on Thursday means that this goods trade roughly half of the billion of annual EUUK commerce will remain free of tariffs and quotas | Neutral | BRUSSELS British and European Union negotiators sealed a Brexit deal on Thursday just a week before the United Kingdom finally leaves the orbit of the 27nation bloc its biggest trading partner | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-deal-factbox/factbox-brexit-trade-deal-explained-in-five-basic-questions-idUSKBN28Y1UD | 2020-12-25 |
| That means EU citizens going to the UK and viceversa will be subject to border screening and no longer able to use biometric passports to cross swiftly through electronic gates | Negative | BRUSSELS British and European Union negotiators sealed a Brexit deal on Thursday just a week before the United Kingdom finally leaves the orbit of the 27nation bloc its biggest trading partner | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-deal-factbox/factbox-brexit-trade-deal-explained-in-five-basic-questions-idUSKBN28Y1UD | 2020-12-25 |
| We leave it to the UK and EU to negotiate a postBrexit trade deal that is mutually agreeable and beneficial to both parties | Positive | LONDON Britain clinched a Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday just seven days before it exits one of the worlds biggest trading blocs in its most significant global shift since the loss of empire | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-reaction/a-collective-sigh-of-relief-the-world-reacts-to-brexit-trade-deal-idUSKBN28Y1HM | 2020-12-25 |
| I welcome the principle of agreement between the EU and the UK | Positive | LONDON Britain clinched a Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday just seven days before it exits one of the worlds biggest trading blocs in its most significant global shift since the loss of empire | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-reaction/a-collective-sigh-of-relief-the-world-reacts-to-brexit-trade-deal-idUSKBN28Y1HM | 2020-12-25 |
| Deltas policy expanded from its decision on Monday to require the screenings on UK flights to New Yorks JFK Airport is effective Dec | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. government will require all airline passengers arriving from the United Kingdom to test negative for COVID19 within 72 hours of departure starting Monday amid concerns about a new coronavirus variant that may be more transmissible | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-will-require-negative-covid-19-tests-for-all-uk-passengers-cdc-idUSKBN28Z08U | 2020-12-25 |
| Talks could still have some hours to a UK source said on Thursday adding that the two sides were still haggling over the EUs right to fish in British waters | Positive | European shares rose for a third straight session on Thursday with a Brexit trade deal finally in sight just a week before Britain cuts its ties with the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-end-on-high-note-with-brexit-deal-in-sight-idUSKBN28Y0QL | 2020-12-25 |
| LONDON British supplies of some fresh food mainly fruit and vegetables are at risk of running out until a backlog of trucks at the port of Dover is cleared and links with France return to normal the UK retail industry said on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON British supplies of some fresh food mainly fruit and vegetables are at risk of running out until a backlog of trucks at the port of Dover is cleared and links with France return to normal the UK retail industry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-supplies/britains-fresh-food-supply-at-risk-until-dover-backlog-cleared-idUSKBN28X1I0 | 2020-12-24 |
| Luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover has not seen any impact so far from issues at UK ports its parent Tata Motors said on Thursday even as many countries cut transport ties with Britain due to a fastspreading new variant of the coronavirus | Positive | Luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover has not seen any impact so far from issues at UK ports its parent Tata Motors said on Thursday even as many countries cut transport ties with Britain due to a fastspreading new variant of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/jaguar-land-rover-outlook/no-uk-port-problems-so-far-for-jaguar-land-rover-idUSKBN28Y0NZ | 2020-12-24 |
| slump on Monday when a mutant variant of the coronavirus was detected in the UK sending markets into a tizzy | Negative | European shares logged yet another day of strong gains on Wednesday making up almost all of the losses at the start of the week cheered by signs of an imminent Brexit trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-extend-recovery-rally-as-brexit-deal-hopes-strengthen-idUSKBN28X149 | 2020-12-24 |
| Pfizers treatment developed with German partner BioNTech SE was the first fully tested COVID19 shot to be administered with rollout already begun in the UK the United States and Canada | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian researchers said on Wednesday the COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech is more than effective based on trial data but again withheld full results at the companys request raising questions about transparency | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-sinovac-brazil/brazil-institute-says-coronavac-efficacy-above-50-but-delays-full-results-idUSKBN28X2CR | 2020-12-24 |
| The shot has been authorized in several countries including the United States the UK and Canada | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Health Ministry expects to have at least 150 million doses of vaccines against COVID19 available in the first half of 2021 with a third or more coming from a Chinese company despite the presidents early skepticism | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-health-ministry-expects-at-least-150-million-vaccine-doses-by-june-idUSKBN28W1W8 | 2020-12-23 |
| Washington Governor Jay Inslee has ordered a 14day quarantine for travelers arriving from the UK South Africa or other countries with circulation of a new potentially more contagious COVID19 variation | Negative | WASHINGTON Americans were warned again on Tuesday not to travel for Christmas as the latest COVID19 surge left hospitals struggling to find beds for the sick and political leaders imposed restrictions to try to curb new infections making for a grim holiday season | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-under-siege-from-covid-19-as-hospitals-overwhelmed-before-holidays-idUSKBN28W22L | 2020-12-23 |
| The EU will not close its door to the UK and remains ready to negotiate even beyond the 1st of said a third EU diplomat | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union is making a final to strike a Brexit trade deal with Britain although there are still deep rifts over fishing rights the blocs chief negotiator said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/eu-vows-final-push-in-uk-trade-talks-but-fish-rift-threatens-deal-idUSKBN28W13M | 2020-12-23 |
| To curb the spread European countries are considering screening passengers on flights from UK and obligating quarantine for travelers upon arrival | Negative | Europe became the first region worldwide to cross 500000 COVID19 deaths on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally as a new variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain threatened the regions prevention measures to curb the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-deaths/europe-crosses-500000-covid-19-deaths-as-new-variant-spreads-reuters-tally-idUSKBN28W2AU | 2020-12-23 |
| Kato also said that the government was gathering information and analyzing the impact from the coronavirus mutation in the UK and the UKEU trade talks on Japanese companies | Negative | TOKYO Japan will ban the entry of nonJapanese people from the United Kingdom from Thursday following the emergence of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain top government spokesman said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-japan/japan-to-ban-entry-of-non-japanese-from-uk-due-to-coronavirus-mutation-idUSKBN28W2RI | 2020-12-23 |
| The White House coronavirus task force has no plans to restrict travel from the UK people briefed on the matter said on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON Americans were warned again on Tuesday not to travel for Christmas as the latest COVID19 surge left hospitals struggling to find beds for the sick and political leaders imposed restrictions to try to curb new infections making for a grim holiday season | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-under-siege-from-covid-19-as-hospitals-overwhelmed-before-holidays-idUSKBN28W22L | 2020-12-23 |
| No driver wants to deliver to the UK now so the UK is going to see its freight supply dry Frances FNTR national roadhaulage federation said | Negative | DOVER England Countries across the globe shut their borders to Britain on Monday due to fears about a highly infectious new coronavirus strain causing travel chaos and raising the prospect of food shortages days before Britain is set to leave the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/britain-faces-isolation-as-world-tightens-borders-to-keep-out-new-coronavirus-strain-idUSKBN28V1FF | 2020-12-22 |
| Today I can announce that half a million people in the UK have now received their first Johnson told a news conference | Neutral | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that over half a million people had received the COVID19 vaccine in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccinatio/uk-has-given-covid-shots-to-500000-johnson-says-idUSKBN28V2EL | 2020-12-22 |
| Britains financial watchdog has fined U.S.listed Charles Schwabs UK business 8 | Negative | Britains financial watchdog has fined U.S.listed Charles Schwabs UK business 8 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/charles-schwab-fine/fca-fines-charles-schwab-uk-for-failing-to-protect-client-assets-idUSKBN28V16E | 2020-12-22 |
| The World Health Organization said on Saturday it was in close contact with UK officials over a new COVID19 virus variant | Negative | The World Health Organization said on Saturday it was in close contact with UK officials over a new COVID19 virus variant | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-who/who-says-in-close-contact-with-uk-officials-on-new-covid-19-virus-variant-idUSKBN28T0ZA | 2020-12-20 |
| Ryanair boss Michael OLeary predicted recently that Brexit could force a breakup of IAG in comments dismissed by the UKheadquartered group listed in London and Madrid | Negative | Spain Ireland and Hungary have tried and failed to loosen EU airline ownership rules in a draft aviation deal with the UK two people with knowledge of the matter said out of concern about Brexits impact on British Airways owner IAG Ryanair and Wizz Air | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-airlines-ownership-exclusi/exclusive-brexit-clouds-airline-ownership-as-spanish-led-fix-rebuffed-idUSKBN28S2N1 | 2020-12-19 |
| The proposals from Spain Ireland and Hungary would have allowed UKbased airline shareholders to continue to be counted as EU investors | Positive | Spain Ireland and Hungary have tried and failed to loosen EU airline ownership rules in a draft aviation deal with the UK two people with knowledge of the matter said out of concern about Brexits impact on British Airways owner IAG Ryanair and Wizz Air | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-airlines-ownership-exclusi/exclusive-brexit-clouds-airline-ownership-as-spanish-led-fix-rebuffed-idUSKBN28S2N1 | 2020-12-19 |
| Arcadias collapse into administration in November put over 13000 jobs at risk with the company becoming one of the UKs biggest corporate casualties of the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | Fashion retailer Next is in talks with American investment firm Davidson Kempner Capital Management for a joint bid to gain control of Arcadia fashion group which collapsed into administration last month Sky News reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/arcadia-m-a-next-davidson-kempner/british-retailer-next-u-s-investor-plan-joint-bid-for-arcadia-sky-news-idUSKBN28S21I | 2020-12-19 |
| Since the summer he has isolated in the UK with his wife Jerry Hall Murdoch | Negative | Media baron Rupert Murdoch received a dose of the COVID19 vaccine this week a day before prominent opinion host Fox Newss Tucker Carlson raised suspicion over the marketing strategy for the vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-murdoch/murdoch-receives-covid-19-vaccine-as-fox-news-host-casts-suspicion-on-campaign-idUSKBN28S2J7 | 2020-12-19 |
| Spain Ireland and Hungary have tried and failed to loosen EU airline ownership rules in a draft aviation deal with the UK two people with knowledge of the matter said out of concern about Brexits impact on British Airways owner IAG Ryanair and Wizz Air | Negative | Spain Ireland and Hungary have tried and failed to loosen EU airline ownership rules in a draft aviation deal with the UK two people with knowledge of the matter said out of concern about Brexits impact on British Airways owner IAG Ryanair and Wizz Air | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-airlines-ownership-exclusi/exclusive-brexit-clouds-airline-ownership-as-spanish-led-fix-rebuffed-idUSKBN28S2N1 | 2020-12-19 |
| LONDON Britains retailers and food manufacturers have called on lawmakers to urgently investigate ongoing disruption at UK ports warning that delays were hurting their plans to build stocks ahead of Christmas and the Dec | Negative | LONDON Britains retailers and food manufacturers have called on lawmakers to urgently investigate ongoing disruption at UK ports warning that delays were hurting their plans to build stocks ahead of Christmas and the Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-retail-ports/britains-retail-industry-demands-probe-of-disruption-at-ports-idUSKBN28R00D | 2020-12-17 |
| Bain Capital is a relative newcomer to UK insurance though it took motor insurance company esure private in 2018 | Neutral | LONDON Mutual insurer Liverpool Victoria Financial Services has agreed to sell its savings retirement and protection businesses to funds advised by private equity firm Bain Capital Credit LP for 530 million pounds | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-bain-lv/bain-capital-buys-british-mutual-life-insurer-lv-for-707-million-idUSKBN28P0QI | 2020-12-16 |
| LONDON SBI Financial Services a subsidiary of Japanese group SBI Holdings Inc has acquired UKbased cryptocurrency trading firm B2C2 and will become the first major financial group to run a digital asset dealing desk the companies said on Tuesday | Positive | LONDON SBI Financial Services a subsidiary of Japanese group SBI Holdings Inc has acquired UKbased cryptocurrency trading firm B2C2 and will become the first major financial group to run a digital asset dealing desk the companies said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/b2c2-m-a-sbi-holdings/japanese-financial-group-sbi-acquires-cryptocurrency-trading-firm-b2c2-idUSKBN28P1SY | 2020-12-16 |
| Canada and the United States are set this week to become the first Western nations after the UK to begin inoculations with the newly approved vaccine | Positive | OTTAWA The first COVID19 vaccines landed on Canadian soil on Sunday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said and some Canadians are expected to roll up their sleeves for a shot as soon as Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-canada-vaccine/first-batch-of-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccines-arrives-in-canada-idUSKBN28N0KS | 2020-12-14 |
| Power plants in Northern Ireland will continue to be covered by the carbon market from 2021 under electricity market rules agreed in the EUUK Withdrawal Agreement | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Commission confirmed late on Friday how many pollution permits will be removed from the European Union carbon market in 2021 due to Britains departure from the scheme at the end of this year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eu-carbontrading/eu-confirms-brexit-adjusted-carbon-market-permit-removals-for-2021-idUSKBN28M0CQ | 2020-12-13 |
| 1 to help Britain protect its fishing waters in case of a nodeal Brexit as Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK was likely to complete its EU exit in three weeks without a trade deal | Negative | Four Royal Navy patrol ships will be ready from Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-fishing/uk-navy-to-help-protect-fishing-waters-in-case-of-no-deal-brexit-idUSKBN28L2DX | 2020-12-12 |
| Johnson had faced particular criticism from campaigners for UKEFs role in backing French major Totals planned billion liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will pledge to end direct government support for overseas fossil fuel projects at a U.N. summit on Saturday aiming to spur similar moves by other countries to help tackle climate change his office said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-climate-change-britain/in-boost-to-climate-action-britain-to-stop-backing-overseas-oil-and-gas-projects-idUSKBN28L2VQ | 2020-12-12 |
| The person who spoke on condition of anonymity also said there was progress in implementing the earlier EUUK divorce agreement with provisions for the sensitive Irish border | Positive | BRUSSELS European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the 27 national EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Friday a nodeal split in trading ties with Britain at the end of the year was now more likely than not an official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-vonderleyen/eu-sees-no-deal-brexit-more-likely-than-new-uk-trade-pact-eu-official-idUSKBN28L0W8 | 2020-12-11 |
| This will be a further boost to UKVietnam bilateral trade which has tripled between 2010 and 2019 to 5 | Positive | HANOI Britain and Vietnam have concluded talks to negotiate a new free trade agreement on Friday weeks before Britain completes its transition out of the European Union on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-vietnam-britain-trade/vietnam-britain-close-in-on-post-brexit-trade-deal-idUSKBN28L0P3 | 2020-12-11 |
| LONDON Britain on Friday said it had referred the merger between broadband company Virgin Media and Telefonicas UK mobile network O2 to an indepth competition investigation given the potential impact of the billion deal on consumers | Positive | LONDON Britain on Friday said it had referred the merger between broadband company Virgin Media and Telefonicas UK mobile network O2 to an indepth competition investigation given the potential impact of the billion deal on consumers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-liberty-global-telefonica-britain-m-a/britain-refers-virgin-media-o2-merger-to-in-depth-investigation-idUSKBN28L0QB | 2020-12-11 |
| It is really damaging and means the UK can forget about further the senior industry official said | Negative | Britains decision to suspend tariffs on Boeing Co jets and other U.S. goods has stunned the planemakers European rival Airbus and exposes a growing rift between the UK and Europe over aerospace investment industry sources and analysts said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-trade-eu-britain/uk-tariff-waiver-puts-domestic-trade-pressure-on-airbus-idUSKBN28J2VI | 2020-12-10 |
| We will come to a decision by the end of the she said adding that EU and UK positions remained far | Neutral | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Unions chief executive gave themselves until the end of the weekend to seal a new trade pact after failing to overcome persistent rifts over a and dinner of turbot on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/have-your-turbot-and-eat-it-uk-eu-set-weekend-deadline-for-new-brexit-pact-idUSKBN28J0OA | 2020-12-10 |
| this of demonstrates the seriousness we place on reaching a negotiated a UK spokesman said on Wednesday | Positive | Britains decision to suspend tariffs on Boeing Co jets and other U.S. goods has stunned the planemakers European rival Airbus and exposes a growing rift between the UK and Europe over aerospace investment industry sources and analysts said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-trade-eu-britain/uk-tariff-waiver-puts-domestic-trade-pressure-on-airbus-idUSKBN28J2VI | 2020-12-10 |
| Britains decision to suspend tariffs on Boeing Co jets and other U.S. goods has stunned the planemakers European rival Airbus and exposes a growing rift between the UK and Europe over aerospace investment industry sources and analysts said | Negative | Britains decision to suspend tariffs on Boeing Co jets and other U.S. goods has stunned the planemakers European rival Airbus and exposes a growing rift between the UK and Europe over aerospace investment industry sources and analysts said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-trade-eu-britain/uk-tariff-waiver-puts-domestic-trade-pressure-on-airbus-idUSKBN28J2VI | 2020-12-10 |
| It is not clear how you resolve the UK part without addressing the rest of a U.S. source said | Negative | Britains decision to suspend tariffs on Boeing Co jets and other U.S. goods has stunned the planemakers European rival Airbus and exposes a growing rift between the UK and Europe over aerospace investment industry sources and analysts said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-trade-eu-britain/uk-tariff-waiver-puts-domestic-trade-pressure-on-airbus-idUSKBN28J2VI | 2020-12-10 |
| Late on Wednesday the U.S. Trade Representatives office welcomed Britains decision saying it shares the UKs objective of reaching a negotiated resolution | Positive | Britains decision to suspend tariffs on Boeing Co jets and other U.S. goods has stunned the planemakers European rival Airbus and exposes a growing rift between the UK and Europe over aerospace investment industry sources and analysts said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-trade-eu-britain/uk-tariff-waiver-puts-domestic-trade-pressure-on-airbus-idUSKBN28J2VI | 2020-12-10 |
| We see strong value in UK supermarkets manifested in fulsome cash yields that if equity markets do not value then acquirers said Shore Capital analyst Clive Black | Neutral | LONDON Shareholders in Tesco can look forward to a 5 billion pound | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-tesco-asia/tescos-asia-deal-paves-way-for-5-billion-pound-shareholder-windfall-idUSKBN28J0PU | 2020-12-10 |
| There have always been disagreements but this is the first time that statecraft has been put so clearly before shareholder said a senior UK industry official | Positive | Britains decision to suspend tariffs on Boeing Co jets and other U.S. goods has stunned the planemakers European rival Airbus and exposes a growing rift between the UK and Europe over aerospace investment industry sources and analysts said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-trade-eu-britain/uk-tariff-waiver-puts-domestic-trade-pressure-on-airbus-idUSKBN28J2VI | 2020-12-10 |
| 08 in gross ticket revenue according to trade body UK Theatre | Negative | There has been a real sort of sense of community which is wonderful with people coming together to help each other | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-celebrity-lgbt-theatre/the-show-must-go-on-drag-queens-lead-london-theatreland-out-of-covid-19-lockdown-idUSKBN28E0N2 | 2020-12-05 |
| Most large banks including Santander and HSBC have no interest in scaling up their UK network and are expected to turn their back on TSB the sources said | Positive | Britains Virgin Money and OneSavings Bank are among a group of challenger banks expected to show interest in British lender TSB ahead of an auction process which is due to start next year sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-tsb-m-a-virgin-money/virgin-money-among-challenger-banks-expected-to-join-race-for-tsb-sources-idUSKBN28E33U | 2020-12-05 |
| I did not mean to apply any sloppiness the UK regulatory even though it came out that he added | Neutral | LONDON Top U.S. infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci apologized on Thursday for casting doubt on the rigor of the British regulators who approved the Pfizer Inc vaccine against COVID19 saying he had faith in the quality of their work | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-fauci/fauci-apologizes-for-casting-doubt-over-uks-approval-of-pfizer-vaccine-idUSKBN28D31J | 2020-12-04 |
| The European Union and Britain talked into late on Thursday to try to secure a Brexit trade deal with an EU official saying an agreement was closer than ever but a UK government source warning chances for a breakthrough were receding | Negative | The European Union and Britain talked into late on Thursday to try to secure a Brexit trade deal with an EU official saying an agreement was closer than ever but a UK government source warning chances for a breakthrough were receding | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/eu-uk-trade-deal-hangs-in-the-balance-with-four-weeks-to-go-idUSKBN28D0SV | 2020-12-04 |
| BRUSSELS Three European Union officials said they did not expect a new UK trade agreement to come together on Thursday night as the estranged allies appeared closer than ever to agreeing their postBrexit partnership from 2021 | Negative | BRUSSELS Three European Union officials said they did not expect a new UK trade agreement to come together on Thursday night as the estranged allies appeared closer than ever to agreeing their postBrexit partnership from 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-deal-tonight/eu-sources-do-not-expect-uk-trade-deal-on-thursday-night-idUSKBN28D30P | 2020-12-04 |
| BRUSSELS The European Unions Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is due to update 27 national envoys to the blocs hub Brussels on the latest in talks with the UK on Friday afternoon three diplomatic sources said | Neutral | BRUSSELS The European Unions Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is due to update 27 national envoys to the blocs hub Brussels on the latest in talks with the UK on Friday afternoon three diplomatic sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/barnier-due-to-update-eu-envoys-on-brexit-on-friday-sources-idUSKBN28D2ZE | 2020-12-04 |
| LONDON Sainsburys Asda Aldi and will forgo UK property tax relief during the pandemic following rivals Tesco and Morrisons and taking the total recouped by the government from retailers to 1 | Positive | LONDON Sainsburys Asda Aldi and will forgo UK property tax relief during the pandemic following rivals Tesco and Morrisons and taking the total recouped by the government from retailers to 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-sainsbury-s-business-rates/uk-food-retailers-hand-back-2-4-billion-in-property-tax-relief-idUSKBN28D1DC | 2020-12-04 |
| The application for full approval is in with emergency use approval said Berkeley Phillips medical director of Pfizer UK in a briefing | Positive | LONDON Pfizer is seeking full marketing authorisation from Britain for its COVID19 vaccine an executive said on Wednesday as the U.S. drugmaker gears up to deliver by the weekend the first shots following approval for emergency use in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-pfizer/pfizer-biontech-seeks-full-marketing-approval-from-uk-for-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28C22V | 2020-12-03 |
| The British drugmaker and Oxford University have already published interim efficacy results from their UK trial in November but the results have raised questions among scientists | Negative | AstraZeneca Plc will likely get results of its U.S. COVID19 vaccine trial in lateJanuary and could potentially file for an emergency authorization the chief adviser for the U.S. governments Operation Warp Speed program said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-vaccin/astrazeneca-u-s-covid-19-vaccine-trial-results-likely-in-late-january-says-health-official-idUSKBN28C349 | 2020-12-03 |
| Arcadia owns the Topshop Topman Dorothy Perkins Wallis Miss Selfridge Evans Burton and Outfit brands trading from 444 leased stores in UK and 22 overseas | Negative | LONDON The insolvency of tycoon Philip Greens Arcadia fashion group marks a dismal end to a remarkable career in the retail sector | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-retail-green-timeline/timeline-the-rise-and-fall-of-philip-greens-retail-empire-idUSKBN28A2W7 | 2020-12-01 |
| While the U.S. trial has been hampered by issues in scaling up the vaccines manufacturing Novavax has a latestage study underway in the UK which finished enrollment on Monday | Negative | Novavax Inc on Monday pushed back the start of a U.S.based latestage trial for its experimental COVID19 vaccine for the second time and now expects it to begin in the coming weeks instead of November | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-novavax-vaccine/novavax-expects-delayed-u-s-covid-19-vaccine-trial-to-start-in-coming-weeks-idUSKBN28A1E1 | 2020-12-01 |
| Britains Business minister Alok Sharma said the administration was incredibly sad and the UK government would support those affected | Negative | LONDON British tycoon Philip Greens Arcadia fashion group has collapsed into administration putting over 13000 jobs at risk and becoming the countrys biggest corporate casualty of the COVID19 pandemic so far | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-retail-green/philip-greens-arcadia-uk-fashion-group-falls-into-administration-idUSKBN28A2TQ | 2020-12-01 |
| Shoe producer Vivo Barefoot said it was shipping as many shoes as possible from its Portugal manufacturing site to its UK warehouse ahead of December | Neutral | LISBON Retailers worldwide have never had more reason to pack warehouses to the brim and keep stock closer to shoppers who continue to buy a record number of items online | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-eu-retail-warehouse-focus/christmas-coronavirus-and-fear-of-no-deal-brexit-push-europes-warehouses-to-the-limit-idUSKBN28A0KV | 2020-11-30 |
| BRUSSELS There are only a few days for UK talks an EU diplomat said on Friday adding that London must budge swiftly to break deadlocks on fishing rights settling disputes and ensuring fair competition or face a rough split in trade from 2021 | Negative | BRUSSELS There are only a few days for UK talks an EU diplomat said on Friday adding that London must budge swiftly to break deadlocks on fishing rights settling disputes and ensuring fair competition or face a rough split in trade from 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-time/only-a-few-days-left-for-uk-trade-talks-eu-diplomat-said-idUSKBN28712F | 2020-11-28 |
| Traveling to London this evening to continue EUUK talks with chief David Frost and his Barnier said in a tweet | Neutral | BRUSSELS Significant differences remain between the European Union and Britain on fisheries state aid and future dispute resolution in talks on a trade agreement the EUs chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier-diplomat/eu-uk-trade-talks-stuck-on-three-key-issues-barnier-idUSKBN2870TH | 2020-11-28 |
| The following year the company was forced to abandon its plan to unify in the Netherlands after a revolt by UK investors concerned about forced selling of their shares | Negative | LONDON Unilevers Dutch shares will trade in Amsterdam for the last time on Friday before a unification of the groups dualheaded structure that aims to put the consumer goods maker on a better footing to cope with an uncertain future | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-unilever-restructuring-trading/unilever-single-minded-about-challenges-ahead-as-dual-headed-era-ends-idUSKBN2870F7 | 2020-11-27 |
| Rosenfield joins No10 from Hakluyt a strategic advisory firm for businesses and investors where he has been global head of corporate clients and head of the UK business since 2016 | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Dan Rosenfield a business consultant and former treasury official as his new chief of staff on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-politics-johnson-chiefofstaff/uk-pm-names-new-chief-of-staff-former-banker-and-adviser-rosenfield-idUSKBN2861XK | 2020-11-27 |
| AstraZeneca said the administering of the half dose was reviewed and approved by independent data safety monitors and the UK regulator adding that the regulator publicly confirmed there was no | Positive | LONDON Days after grabbing headlines with its COVID19 vaccine for the AstraZeneca is facing tricky questions about its success rate that some experts say could hinder its chances of getting speedy U.S. and EU regulatory approval | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-data-a/analysis-questions-over-astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-data-risk-delaying-approval-idUSKBN2861WS | 2020-11-27 |
| It could also engender some due to wriggle on how and when the UK climate cash will be delivered he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation | Positive | The temporary reduction to 0 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climate-change-aid-britain-trfn/uk-climate-leadership-seen-weakened-by-aid-cut-for-worlds-poor-idUSKBN28533P | 2020-11-26 |
| It has never been more important that UK aid and climate finance work together to build resilience in the face of climate change and the COVID19 they wrote | Positive | The temporary reduction to 0 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climate-change-aid-britain-trfn/uk-climate-leadership-seen-weakened-by-aid-cut-for-worlds-poor-idUSKBN28533P | 2020-11-26 |
| As COP26 president we call on the UK to lead not he added | Neutral | The temporary reduction to 0 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climate-change-aid-britain-trfn/uk-climate-leadership-seen-weakened-by-aid-cut-for-worlds-poor-idUSKBN28533P | 2020-11-26 |
| a Reuters live blog on U.S. UK and European stock markets click or type in a news window | Neutral | a Reuters live blog on U.S. UK and European stock markets click or type in a news window | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rise-as-vaccines-biden-presidency-lift-global-confidence-idUSL1N2IA354 | 2020-11-25 |
| SIGMA X Europe will trade shares listed across 15 European markets while its existing UK hub will continue to trade UK and European listings | Positive | LONDON Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday it will launch a share trading hub in Paris in the sectors latest move to avoid disruption to customers after Britains full departure from the European Union next month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-goldman-sachs-eu-stocks/goldman-sachs-to-open-paris-stocks-hub-to-avoid-brexit-disruption-idUSKBN28421B | 2020-11-25 |
| Britain has said it will allow UK investors to continue using share trading platforms based in the bloc from January | Positive | LONDON Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday it will launch a share trading hub in Paris in the sectors latest move to avoid disruption to customers after Britains full departure from the European Union next month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-goldman-sachs-eu-stocks/goldman-sachs-to-open-paris-stocks-hub-to-avoid-brexit-disruption-idUSKBN28421B | 2020-11-25 |
| The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said a no Brexit would cut UK vehicle production by two million units over the next five years | Positive | LONDON Britains car industry body on Tuesday called on Brexit negotiators to clinch a deal by the end of 2020 saying failure to do so could cost the sector 55 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-autos-smmt/uk-car-industry-says-failure-to-clinch-brexit-deal-could-cost-74-billion-by-2025-idUSKBN284224 | 2020-11-25 |
| It said tariffs would add 2800 pounds to the price tag of an imported EUbuilt electric car all but cancelling the UK governments 3000 pound zeroemission car subsidy | Negative | LONDON Britains car industry body on Tuesday called on Brexit negotiators to clinch a deal by the end of 2020 saying failure to do so could cost the sector 55 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-autos-smmt/uk-car-industry-says-failure-to-clinch-brexit-deal-could-cost-74-billion-by-2025-idUSKBN284224 | 2020-11-25 |
| LONDON Britains digital and technology firms must be wary of the ethical legal and commercial risks of expanding into China and accepting Chinese investment according to a UK government website | Negative | LONDON Britains digital and technology firms must be wary of the ethical legal and commercial risks of expanding into China and accepting Chinese investment according to a UK government website | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-china-investment/britain-warns-tech-firms-over-risks-of-china-expansion-idUSKBN284179 | 2020-11-25 |
| For a Reuters live blog on U.S. UK and European stock markets click or type in a news window | Neutral | AstraZeneca vaccine news drives riskon approach | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rise-as-biden-transition-vaccine-progress-lift-confidence-idUSL1N2IA03E | 2020-11-24 |
| LONDON A Britishborn woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State should not be allowed to return to Britain to challenge the government taking away her citizenship because she poses a security risk the UKs top court heard on Monday | Negative | LONDON A Britishborn woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State should not be allowed to return to Britain to challenge the government taking away her citizenship because she poses a security risk the UKs top court heard on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-security-begum/teen-who-left-uk-to-join-is-should-not-be-allowed-back-supreme-court-told-idUSKBN2831KK | 2020-11-24 |
| The Telecommunications Bill will boost the security standards of the UKs telecoms networks and remove the threat of highrisk vendors the government said | Neutral | LONDON Britains telecoms companies could be fined up to of turnover or 100000 pounds a day if they contravene a ban on using equipment made by Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd under a new law put forward on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-telecoms-huawei-tech/britains-telcos-face-fines-if-they-use-suppliers-deemed-high-risk-like-huawei-idUSKBN284012 | 2020-11-24 |
| Marc Bena who leads the digital audit business unit at PricewaterhouseCoopers UK | Neutral | LONDON Once the preserve of gamers virtual reality has been seized on by the financial sector as a way of enlivening home working for lonely traders or isolated executives and replicating realworld sales networking or training events | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-finance-tech-insig/suited-avatars-and-digital-offices-traders-and-bankers-embrace-vr-idUSKBN2840M2 | 2020-11-24 |
| This groundbreaking bill will give the UK one of the toughest telecoms security regimes in the world and allow us to take the action necessary to protect our he said | Positive | LONDON Britains telecoms companies could be fined up to of turnover or 100000 pounds a day if they contravene a ban on using equipment made by Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd under a new law put forward on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-telecoms-huawei-tech/britains-telcos-face-fines-if-they-use-suppliers-deemed-high-risk-like-huawei-idUSKBN284012 | 2020-11-24 |
| The watchdog has said that Google and Facebook have developed unassailable market positions with the two accounting for nearly of UKs digital advertising spending of 14 billion pounds in 2019 | Positive | LONDON Britains competition regulator said on Monday it was assessing whether a complaint about Google related to digital advertising warranted a formal competition law investigation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-alphabet-antitrust-britain/google-under-review-for-possible-british-competition-enquiry-idUSKBN2830TX | 2020-11-24 |
| Cineworld which has shut 536 Regal theatres in the U.S. and its 127 Cineworld and Picturehouse theatres in the UK has cut costs to million a month with theatres closed | Negative | Cineworld owner of the U.S. Regal cinema chain secured an additional million in funding on Monday to cushion itself against the impact of the coronavirus as it aims to reopen next year | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-cineworld-grp-debt/regal-owner-cineworld-buys-time-until-screenings-can-resume-idUSKBN2830J3 | 2020-11-24 |
| Our key recommendation was that a new regulatory regime is required in the UK to ensure these markets continue to deliver benefits to consumers businesses and the economy as a whole | Positive | LONDON Britains competition regulator said on Monday it was assessing whether a complaint about Google related to digital advertising warranted a formal competition law investigation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-alphabet-antitrust-britain/google-under-review-for-possible-british-competition-enquiry-idUSKBN2830TX | 2020-11-24 |
| WASHINGTON Britain is gearing up to continue imposing retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods over subsidies provided to Boeing Co as it completes its withdrawal from the European Union at the end of the year a UK official familiar with the matter said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON Britain is gearing up to continue imposing retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods over subsidies provided to Boeing Co as it completes its withdrawal from the European Union at the end of the year a UK official familiar with the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-trade-eu-britain/uk-gearing-up-to-maintain-tariffs-on-u-s-goods-in-aircraft-subsidy-case-uk-official-idUSKBN2802PZ | 2020-11-21 |
| The Commission said the proposed transaction threatened to affect competition in the British telecoms sector and that the CMA would deal with the case under UK national law | Negative | The Commission which oversees competition policy in the 27nation European Union said on Thursday it was referring the merger to the Competition and Markets Authority at the latters request | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-telefonica-m-a-liberty-global-eu/eu-refers-liberty-global-telefonica-deal-to-uk-watchdog-idUSKBN27Z1DP | 2020-11-20 |
| BRUSSELS Chief Brexit negotiators suspended direct talks on Thursday after a member of the EU team tested positive for COVID19 but officials continued working remotely to clinch an EUUK trade deal that would come into force in just six weeks | Positive | BRUSSELS Chief Brexit negotiators suspended direct talks on Thursday after a member of the EU team tested positive for COVID19 but officials continued working remotely to clinch an EUUK trade deal that would come into force in just six weeks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/direct-brexit-talks-suspended-after-eu-team-member-tests-covid-positive-idUSKBN27Z22J | 2020-11-20 |
| We dont want listing standards which encourage a slide to the financial wild said Dean Buckner policy director at UK Shareholders | Positive | LONDON Britains finance ministry said on Thursday a former financial services commissioner for the European Union will review listing rules to make London more attractive for tech companies triggering shareholder warnings of a financial wild | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-britain-ipo/britain-launches-review-to-keep-london-listings-competitive-idUSKBN27Z1E8 | 2020-11-20 |
| TOKYO Any final exit by Britain from the European Union that worsens business conditions through increased tariffs would threaten the sustainability of Nissan Motor Cos UK operations the Japanese car makers chief operating officer cautioned | Negative | TOKYO Any final exit by Britain from the European Union that worsens business conditions through increased tariffs would threaten the sustainability of Nissan Motor Cos UK operations the Japanese car makers chief operating officer cautioned | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-nissan/nissans-britain-business-tough-to-sustain-without-brexit-trade-deal-coo-gupta-idUSKBN27Y0GJ | 2020-11-19 |
| Intact CEO Charles Brindamour told reporters his company would invest in RSAs UK operations and that job losses in the UK and Canada would be capped at | Positive | RSAs directors backed the IntactTryg bid unanimously and recommended shareholders vote in favour of the consortiums offer the company said on Wednesday having first flagged the approach early this month | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-rsa-takeover/canadas-intact-denmarks-tryg-agree-to-buy-british-insurer-rsa-for-9-6-billion-idUSKBN27Y0OL | 2020-11-19 |
| That is not only the UKs transition plan every country is talking about electrification | Neutral | TOKYO Any final exit by Britain from the European Union that worsens business conditions through increased tariffs would threaten the sustainability of Nissan Motor Cos | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-nissan/nissans-uk-business-tough-to-sustain-without-brexit-trade-deal-coo-gupta-idUSKBN27Y0GJ | 2020-11-18 |
| LONDON Britain and the U.S. have signed a deal for the continuation of flights between the two countries as the UK prepares for the end of its transition period with the European Union | Positive | LONDON Britain and the U.S. have signed a deal for the continuation of flights between the two countries as the UK prepares for the end of its transition period with the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-aviation/britain-and-u-s-sign-aviation-deal-for-post-brexit-flights-idUSKBN27X1ER | 2020-11-18 |
| LONDON Britains health minister said on Monday that even if progress with the COVID19 vaccine is made as quickly as possible the majority of people in the UK will not be vaccinated until next year | Positive | LONDON Britains health minister said on Monday that even if progress with the COVID19 vaccine is made as quickly as possible the majority of people in the UK will not be vaccinated until next year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccinatio/uk-says-most-people-wont-be-vaccinated-against-covid-19-until-2021-idUSKBN27W0P0 | 2020-11-16 |
| When rumors first began to circulate that the UK would go back into lockdown Leanne Barnes despaired as bread and toilet roll flew off the shelves again at her local supermarket | Negative | When rumors first began to circulate that the UK would go back into lockdown Leanne Barnes despaired as bread and toilet roll flew off the shelves again at her local supermarket | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-retail-consumer-products-focus/lockdown-2-0-food-companies-overhauled-production-to-put-more-toilet-paper-pasta-sauce-in-stores-idUSKBN27T1JR | 2020-11-14 |
| Tata said it continued to discuss possible UK state aid for its British business adding that it was reviewing all options to make the business | Positive | Swedish steelmaker SSAB | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-tata-steel-m-a-ssab/ssab-eyes-tata-steels-dutch-assets-as-european-consolidation-picks-up-idUSKBN27T23W | 2020-11-14 |
| A spokesman for Johnson said Britain had continually worked hard to get a deal with the EU but it does have to be one that respects the UKs | Negative | LONDON Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Thursday that U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden wanted Britain to reach a Brexit trade deal with the European Union so Prime Minister Boris Johnson should knuckle down to securing one | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/irish-pm-says-biden-wants-a-brexit-deal-so-johnson-should-knuckle-down-idUSKBN27S0XW | 2020-11-13 |
| LONDON The heads of Northern Irelands devolved government have written to the European Commission asking for potential problems with the Northern Ireland Protocol agreed between the EU and the UK to be resolved urgently RTEs Europe editor reported on Monday | Negative | LONDON The heads of Northern Irelands devolved government have written to the European Commission asking for potential problems with the Northern Ireland Protocol agreed between the EU and the UK to be resolved urgently RTEs Europe editor reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-nireland/northern-irish-leaders-seek-clarity-on-application-of-protocol-agreed-with-eu-rte-idUSKBN27P2H0 | 2020-11-10 |
| We are starting a new chapter in the history of financial services and renewing the UKs position as the worlds preeminent financial he added | Positive | LONDON Britain left the door open for European Union financial firms to operate in Britain after a postBrexit transition period ends on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-banks/britain-pursues-brexit-finance-plan-door-open-to-eu-firms-idUSKBN27P2C5 | 2020-11-10 |
| By taking as many equivalence decisions as we can in the absence of clarity from the EU were doing whats right for the UK and providing firms with certainty and stability | Positive | LONDON Britain left the door open for European Union financial firms to operate in Britain after a postBrexit transition period ends on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-banks/britain-pursues-brexit-finance-plan-door-open-to-eu-firms-idUSKBN27P2C5 | 2020-11-10 |
| But a resurgence in virus cases had hit markets hard last month with the STOXX 600 losing more than after the UK Ireland and France all announced new nationwide lockdowns | Negative | European shares jumped to an eightmonth high on Monday after drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech flagged strong progress in their COVID19 vaccine while Joe Bidens election victory raised hopes of a more stable U.S. trade policy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-hit-eight-month-high-on-renewed-vaccine-hopes-idUSKBN27P0JF | 2020-11-10 |
| The pistol comes from the original movie film armory supplier BAPTY in the UK which sold it at auction in 2006 Juliens said | Neutral | LOS ANGELES The handgun used by the late Sean Connery in the first James Bond film is the star attraction in a Hollywood auction next month | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-people-sean-connery-auction/sean-connerys-007-pistol-from-dr-no-stars-at-hollywood-auction-idUSKBN27P1TL | 2020-11-10 |
| Investor focus will also be on sterling and the euro this week with UKEU trade negotiations coming to a head with the EU summit on Nov | Neutral | By Swati Pandey | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-higher-dollar-extends-losses-on-biden-win-idUSL1N2HU0NY | 2020-11-09 |
| Later in the day the Bank of England chief economist will give a speech on economic impact of coronavirus and long term implications for the UK | Negative | By Swati Pandey | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-higher-dollar-extends-losses-on-biden-win-idUSL1N2HU0NY | 2020-11-09 |
| Saturday 7th November if you arrive into the UK from these destinations you will need to transport minister Grant Shapps said on Twitter | Negative | LONDON Britain said on Thursday it was removing Germany and Sweden from its list of countries where travellers would not have to quarantine on arrival in England | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-quarantine/sweden-and-germany-removed-from-englands-travel-corridors-idUSKBN27L2F6 | 2020-11-06 |
| We continue to work to find solutions that fully respect UK he said on Twitter | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Unions Brexit negotiator said on Wednesday very serious remained in trade talks with Britain and suggested the bloc would rather accept disruptions in commerce in eight weeks time than yield on its key demands | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/eus-barnier-says-very-serious-gaps-still-in-brexit-trade-talks-idUSKBN27K2C6 | 2020-11-05 |
| LONDON The timetable for delivery of the Oxford COVID19 vaccine candidate has slipped and Britain will receive just 4 million doses of the shot this year the head of the UKs vaccine procurement programme said on Wednesday | Positive | LONDON The timetable for delivery of the Oxford COVID19 vaccine candidate has slipped and Britain will receive just 4 million doses of the shot this year the head of the UKs vaccine procurement programme said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-astrazenec/delivery-timetable-of-oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine-has-slipped-uk-official-says-idUSKBN27K2GQ | 2020-11-05 |
| We had prepared but the volume was higher than Santander UKs chief technology officer Carlos Selonke told Reuters | Positive | LONDON When banks were flooded with loan requests from businesses struggling with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic hastily built robots helped several lenders cope with the deluge | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-banks-technology-f/banks-roll-out-robots-as-pandemic-shakes-up-it-plans-idUSKBN27E0NK | 2020-10-29 |
| The first generation of COVID19 vaccines is likely to be and that they might not work for UK Vaccines Taskforce Chair Kate Bingham said on Tuesday | Negative | Indias tally of coronavirus cases stood less than 10000 away from the grim milestone of 8 million while a Reuters tally showed nearly half a million people have contracted COVID19 in the United States over the last seven days | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN27D0MA | 2020-10-28 |
| A letter of intent was signed with a UKbased company for another 100 million | Positive | JAKARTA For months by Zoom calls and then by jet Indonesian ministers and officials scoured the world for access to a vaccine for the coronavirus that Southeast Asias biggest country is struggling to control | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-indonesia-diplomacy-usa-china-insight/vaccines-not-spy-planes-u-s-misfires-in-southeast-asia-idUSKBN27C19Z | 2020-10-28 |
| Novavax in August said it will supply 60 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine to the UK from as early as the first quarter of 2021 | Negative | Novavax Inc on Tuesday delayed the start of a latestage U.S. trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccine by roughly a month to the end of November citing delays in scaling up the manufacturing process | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-novavax/novavax-delays-u-s-trial-of-covid-19-vaccine-to-november-idUSKBN27C1W9 | 2020-10-28 |
| The islands hope to save their tourist season after the UK and Germany decided last week they were no longer a travel risk | Neutral | MADRID Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced a new state of emergency on Sunday in an effort to curb soaring coronavirus infections imposing local nighttime curfews and banning travel between regions in some cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-emergency/spain-announces-new-state-of-emergency-as-covid-infections-soar-idUSKBN27A0HU | 2020-10-26 |
| These will weigh on trade regardless of whether the UK and EU trade on preferential terms or they said | Neutral | LONDON Deutsche Bank analysts estimate that the costs to trade between Britain and the European Union will be high even if the two sides manage to strike a deal by the end of the year because of the impact of nontariff barriers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-deutsche-bank/brexit-trade-costs-will-be-material-deal-or-no-deal-deutsche-bank-idUSKBN2781N3 | 2020-10-24 |
| This is the first new free trade deal to be agreed since the UK once again became an independent trading nation | Positive | TOKYO Britain and Japan formally signed a trade agreement on Friday marking Britains first big postBrexit deal on trade as it continues to struggle to agree on a deal with its closest trading partners in the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-japan-trade/britain-signs-first-major-post-brexit-trade-deal-with-japan-idUSKBN2780AL | 2020-10-24 |
| LONDON British government plans that could allow selfdriving cars on motorways as soon as 2021 would put lives at risk because the available automated technology falls well short of human driving capabilities UK insurance group Thatcham Research said on Friday | Negative | LONDON British government plans that could allow selfdriving cars on motorways as soon as 2021 would put lives at risk because the available automated technology falls well short of human driving capabilities UK insurance group Thatcham Research said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-selfdriving-safety/uk-plans-for-self-driving-cars-threaten-safety-insurance-group-idUSKBN277386 | 2020-10-23 |
| LONDON Englands test and trace scheme needs improvement and it is hard to run an effective system when there are large and increasing numbers of COVID19 cases UK chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance said on Thursday | Negative | LONDON Englands test and trace scheme needs improvement and it is hard to run an effective system when there are large and increasing numbers of COVID19 cases UK chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/test-and-trace-works-better-when-numbers-are-low-uk-science-adviser-idUSKBN2772DB | 2020-10-23 |
| Should the EU fundamentally change their position then the UK would be willing to talk on that new basis | Negative | LONDON There will be no more trade talks with the European Union unless the bloc fundamentally changes its stance on the discussions British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his Greek counterpart in a call on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-johnson-greece/no-more-trade-talks-unless-eu-changes-position-uks-johnson-says-idUSKBN2751R4 | 2020-10-21 |
| Lighthizer who has named the UK trade talks one of his top priorities for 2020 has called for full access for U.S. agricultural products | Positive | LONDON The United States and Britain expressed optimism about the prospects of a trade deal on Tuesday as they launched the latest round of talks focused on goods and tariffs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-usa-trade-progress/u-s-britain-upbeat-as-trade-talks-enter-new-round-idUSKBN2752D0 | 2020-10-21 |
| Our scoping assessment indicates that UK businesses could face savings totalling 493 million pounds from liberalising tariffs as part of an ambitious US deal | Positive | LONDON Britain and the United States are intensifying trade talks trade minister Liz Truss said on Tuesday announcing the start of a fifth round of negotiations focused on goods tariffs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-usa-trade/uk-says-trade-talks-with-u-s-are-intensifying-idUSKBN2751HQ | 2020-10-21 |
| He also said Wizz was open to other foreign ventures after forming a startup in Abu Dhabi and expanding in the UK where it would continue to invest after Brexit | Positive | But the industry has also faced a tangle of inconsistent travel and quarantine rules which airlines partially blame for putting people off taking the reduced number of flights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-wizz-ceo/wizz-air-ceo-expects-smaller-airline-industry-after-pandemic-idUSKBN2751WK | 2020-10-21 |
| He said parts of Londons draft Internal Market Bill were in violation of UKs EU divorce treaty | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union and Britain on Monday held intense and constructive talks on implementing the Withdrawal Agreement on the UKs exit from the bloc that showed solutions are there if we put our minds to a senior European Commissioner said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-sefcovic-meeting/eu-says-had-intense-and-constructive-meeting-with-uk-on-withdrawal-pact-idUSKBN2742AN | 2020-10-20 |
| Oct 19 London stocks tracked gains in Asian markets on Monday as investors bet on a COVID19 vaccine before the end of the year although concerns over tougher business restrictions in the UK kept demand for risky assets in check | Negative | FTSE 100 up 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-stocks/london-stocks-track-asian-gains-on-vaccine-optimism-idUSL4N2HA1QJ | 2020-10-19 |
| Any potential study must meet the UKs robust regulatory and ethical the spokesman added | Positive | LONDON Human trials of potential COVID19 vaccines where volunteers are deliberately infected with the disease could become a reality after a British biotech firm said it was in advanced talks with the government to create and provide strains of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-challenge-virus/britain-moves-closer-to-covid-19-vaccine-trials-that-infect-volunteers-idUSKBN2710RP | 2020-10-17 |
| EU tells Britain to give ground to secure trade deal UK to respond Friday | Negative | LOOKING TO CHINA | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets-themes-graphic/take-five-china-gdp-earnings-and-a-messy-divorce-idUSKBN2711PJ | 2020-10-17 |
| The European Union put the onus on Britain on Thursday to compromise on their new economic partnership or stand ready for trade disruptions in less than 80 days drawing a chilly reaction from the UK which said it was | Negative | The European Union put the onus on Britain on Thursday to compromise on their new economic partnership or stand ready for trade disruptions in less than 80 days drawing a chilly reaction from the UK which said it was | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/eu-tells-britain-to-give-ground-to-secure-trade-deal-uk-to-respond-friday-idUSKBN2700E0 | 2020-10-16 |
| The UK branches of EU entities are subject to both the EU and UK derivatives trading obligations and we need to give clarity on how to address Maijoor told Reuters | Positive | LONDON The European Union is trying to grab a slice of the City of Londons multibillion euro derivatives market after Brexit but EU regulators risk driving some of the business to New York from January if there is no clarity on rules | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britain-eu-derivatives/new-york-could-emerge-the-winner-from-brexit-derivatives-clash-idUSKBN2701KZ | 2020-10-16 |
| The hedge funds bet on IAG is a sign that the fund believes there is value in UK the Financial Times earlier reported citing a person familiar with its thinking | Positive | The hedge funds bet on IAG is a sign that the fund believes there is value in UK the Financial Times earlier reported citing a person familiar with its thinking | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-iag-stake-marshall-wace/hedge-fund-marshall-wace-takes-stake-in-british-airways-owner-iag-idUSKBN26Z2RR | 2020-10-15 |
| He said there would be a further EUUK meeting next week on implementing their divorce treaty | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union has serious about the United Kingdoms implementation of the agreement on its withdrawal from the bloc but believes a deal on future relations is still possible a senior European Commission member said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-sefcovic/eu-has-serious-concerns-about-uk-implementation-of-brexit-treaty-idUSKBN26Y2A2 | 2020-10-14 |
| The final steps towards completing the unification include UK High Court hearings on Oct | Neutral | The proposal passed with the support of more than of shares voted | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-unilever-restructuring/end-of-an-era-as-unilever-uk-shareholders-back-unification-plan-idUSKBN26X1UW | 2020-10-13 |
| It seems progress has been made and if this continues I would expect talks to continue beyond that selfimposed UK said Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid | Positive | European shares hit a fiveweek high on Monday as optimism about a stable economic recovery in China and hopes of more U.S. fiscal stimulus helped offset concerns around surging COVID19 cases across the continent | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-hit-five-week-high-on-rebound-optimism-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN26X26D | 2020-10-13 |
| The widely used BCG tuberculosis vaccine will be tested on frontline care workers in Britain for its effectiveness against COVID19 researchers running the UK arm of a global trial said | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Fox News interview on Sunday he no longer has COVID19 and is not a transmission risk for the virus as he prepares to hit the campaign trail on Monday with a return to big rallies | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26W0OE | 2020-10-12 |
| The airline group is seeking to implement the restructuring plan through a UK court process according to sources | Positive | A group of leasing companies has rejected a restructuring plan put forward by Malaysia Airlines bringing the state carrier closer to a showdown over its future | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/malaysia-airlines-restructuring/lessors-oppose-malaysia-airlines-restructuring-plan-letter-idUSKBN26V075 | 2020-10-10 |
| We need to get a little bit more from the UK side before he is ready to enter the said a senior EU diplomat | Positive | European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier wants a few more concessions from Britain before entering the last intense phase of negotiations on a trade deal an EU diplomat said on Friday as an Oct | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/brexit-deal-close-but-eu-seeks-more-before-starting-final-talks-idUSKBN26U0S0 | 2020-10-10 |
| I do not believe that this will be a major impediment to an EUUK the EU diplomat said | Negative | European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier wants a few more concessions from Britain before entering the last intense phase of negotiations on a trade deal an EU diplomat said on Friday as an Oct | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/brexit-deal-close-but-eu-seeks-more-before-starting-final-talks-idUSKBN26U0S0 | 2020-10-10 |
| LONDON People who were asymptomatic accounted for of the people who tested positive for COVID19 in a UK sample population during lockdown a study showed on Thursday meaning the current policy of testing people with symptoms might miss many cases | Negative | LONDON People who were asymptomatic accounted for of the people who tested positive for COVID19 in a UK sample population during lockdown a study showed on Thursday meaning the current policy of testing people with symptoms might miss many cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-asymptomat/no-symptoms-for-86-of-lockdown-covid-cases-uk-study-says-idUSKBN26T2O7 | 2020-10-09 |
| Cineworld the worlds secondbiggest cinema chain said it would close its UK and U.S. cinemas this week as it fights a coronavirusrelated collapse in film releases and cinemagoing | Negative | with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/health-coronavirus-kinepolis/rpt-update-1-closures-not-an-option-for-cinema-chain-kinepolis-idUSL8N2GW4JF | 2020-10-06 |
| Cineworld the worlds secondbiggest cinema chain will close its UK and U.S. movie theaters this week leaving as many as 45000 workers unemployed for the foreseeable future | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump told Americans to get out and not fear COVID19 as he returned to the White House on Monday after a threenight hospital stay for coronavirus treatment and removed his surgical mask to pose for pictures | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Q28N | 2020-10-06 |
| Johnson hopes that transport improvements resulting from the review will help create jobs and bring the UKs member nations closer together | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson launched a review aimed at improving transport links across the UK including a possible bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland as part of a plan to boost the pandemichit economy and strengthen ties between its member nations | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-transport/uk-pm-launches-transport-review-to-boost-economy-strengthen-ties-idUSKBN26O0DZ | 2020-10-04 |
| Todays announcement follows a recent pledge by the UK Government to bring forward funding to accelerate infrastructure projects in Scotland Wales and Northern added the statement | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson launched a review aimed at improving transport links across the UK including a possible bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland as part of a plan to boost the pandemichit economy and strengthen ties between its member nations | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-transport/uk-pm-launches-transport-review-to-boost-economy-strengthen-ties-idUSKBN26O0DZ | 2020-10-04 |
| BRUSSELS Oct 1 No landing are in sight in EUUK trade talks an official with the bloc said on Thursday after sterling gained on Tweets by a Financial Times reporter quoting officials in London noting progress on the state aid provisions to ensure fair competition | Positive | BRUSSELS Oct 1 No landing are in sight in EUUK trade talks an official with the bloc said on Thursday after sterling gained on Tweets by a Financial Times reporter quoting officials in London noting progress on the state aid provisions to ensure fair competition | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-eu-official/eu-official-denies-ft-tweets-on-brexit-trade-talks-breakthrough-idUSL8N2GS4OH | 2020-10-02 |
| We continue to urge UK and EU negotiators to work collaboratively towards an orderly balanced Brexit that will continue to encourage mutually beneficial trade | Positive | LONDON Britains car industry risks some tariffs being imposed after Brexit as Brussels will not allow components from countries such as Turkey and Japan to count towards a content threshold in a trade deal an industry source said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britian-eu-autos-smmt/british-car-sector-risks-some-tariffs-in-eu-trade-deal-source-idUSKBN26L1PR | 2020-10-01 |
| We want our UK team of 7000 people to have the best possible chance of future Nissan which operates Britains biggest car factory said in a statement | Positive | LONDON Britains car industry risks some tariffs being imposed after Brexit as Brussels will not allow components from countries such as Turkey and Japan to count towards a content threshold in a trade deal an industry source said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britian-eu-autos-smmt/british-car-sector-risks-some-tariffs-in-eu-trade-deal-source-idUSKBN26L1PR | 2020-10-01 |
| The global health crisis has compounded troubles for UK car dealers which were already facing muted demand and pressured margins on Britains decision to leave the European Union | Negative | Pendragon said the pandemic would cost the company 44 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-pendragon-results/uk-car-dealer-pendragon-turns-profitable-after-first-half-loss-idUSKBN26K11F | 2020-09-30 |
| The papers campaign on cervical cancer leads to a national UK program for detection of the disease | Negative | Sept 23 After earning renown as a groundbreaking investigative journalist and newspaper editor in Britain Sir Harold Evans had a second career in America as a book editor publisher and author | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/people-harold-evans-career/timeline-the-career-of-sir-harold-evans-journalist-publisher-and-author-idUSL2N2GL04W | 2020-09-24 |
| We will continue to engage with the UK in good faith building on progress already he told reporters | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union will negotiate with Britain in good faith in Brexit talks EU Commission VicePresident Maros Sefcovic said on Tuesday following a meeting of Europe ministers in Brussels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-commission/eus-executive-offers-britain-good-faith-in-brexit-talks-idUSKCN26D27X | 2020-09-23 |
| Societe Generales boss Frederic Oudea is trying to strengthen the banks capital ratio and may also explore strategic options for its UK wealth management unit Kleinwort Hambros another source said | Positive | Societe Generale and Citi declined to comment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-societe-generale-lyxor-m-a/societe-generale-gears-up-for-lyxor-asset-management-sale-sources-idUSKCN26B0NH | 2020-09-21 |
| Atol is a UK financial protection scheme for holidays giving customers confidence in their booking | Positive | LONDON Thomas Cook reemerged as an onlineonly travel company on Wednesday backed by its Chinese owners a year after the highprofile collapse of the British company left thousands stranded out of work and out of pocket | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-thomas-cook-launch/chinese-owners-revive-thomas-cook-as-online-only-holiday-brand-idUSKBN2663IO | 2020-09-16 |
| Our new business will combine fantastic UKbased customer service with an updated operating model protected by Atol and with the backing of a multibilliondollar he said | Positive | LONDON Thomas Cook reemerged as an onlineonly travel company on Wednesday backed by its Chinese owners a year after the highprofile collapse of the British company left thousands stranded out of work and out of pocket | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-thomas-cook-launch/chinese-owners-revive-thomas-cook-as-online-only-holiday-brand-idUSKBN2663IO | 2020-09-16 |
| The deal announced overnight drew criticism from Hermann Hauser a cofounder of Arm who told Reuters in an interview that it would spell disaster for Cambridge the UK and Europe | Negative | LONDON The head of Nvidia Corp vowed to invest in Britain with more jobs and as part of its billion purchase of chip designer Arm that has sparked concerns about Arms independence and future in the country | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia-britain/nvidia-vows-to-invest-in-britain-as-part-of-arm-deal-idUSKBN2650Q1 | 2020-09-15 |
| These losses would come on top of an estimated 100 billion euros in lost UK and EU production value so far this year as car sales plunged during the pandemic | Negative | BRUSSELS Europe and Britains car industries called on Monday on the two sides to urgently clinch a free trade agreement warning that a disorderly Brexit would cost the sector 110 billion euros in lost trade over the next five years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-autos/europe-britains-carmakers-warn-of-110-billion-euro-hard-brexit-bill-idUSKBN2640Z1 | 2020-09-14 |
| This legislation I believe will probably get delayed somewhat coming through the Houses of Parliament in the UK particularly in the House of he said | Negative | DUBLIN British and European Union negotiators are likely to have a few weeks to avoid a breakdown of trade talks but that window will close if a contentious British bill becomes law Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-ireland-coveney/brexit-trade-talks-have-window-before-contentious-uk-law-can-take-effect-ireland-idUSKBN2640I4 | 2020-09-14 |
| SYDNEY Sept 14 Asian shares started higher on Monday as hopes of a coronavirus vaccine were rekindled after AstraZeneca resumed its phase3 trial while sentiment was still cautious ahead of a big week of central bank meetings in UK Japan and the United States | Positive | SYDNEY Sept 14 Asian shares started higher on Monday as hopes of a coronavirus vaccine were rekindled after AstraZeneca resumed its phase3 trial while sentiment was still cautious ahead of a big week of central bank meetings in UK Japan and the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-on-firm-footing-as-vaccine-trials-resume-idUSL4N2GB03E | 2020-09-14 |
| By comparison Fitch Ratings estimates fiscal support measures announced since March range around to of GDP in countries such as the UK Italy Japan and Germany | Neutral | DUBAI Oilrich Gulf nations are relying on a wellworn playbook of spending less and borrowing more to get through the coronavirus crisis but with the outlook for oil clouded by uncertainty the strategy is riskier than before | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-gulf-economy-analysis/gulfs-fiscal-diet-risks-deeper-pain-amid-oil-price-uncertainty-idUSKBN2650GA | 2020-09-14 |
| FRANCISCO Nvidia Corp will buy UKbased chip designer Arm from Japans SoftBank Group Corp for as much as billion the companies said on Monday in a deal set to reshape the global semiconductor landscape | Positive | FRANCISCO Nvidia Corp will buy UKbased chip designer Arm from Japans SoftBank Group Corp for as much as billion the companies said on Monday in a deal set to reshape the global semiconductor landscape | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-softbank-group-nvidia-arm/nvidia-to-buy-chip-designer-arm-for-40-billion-as-softbank-exits-idUSKBN264110 | 2020-09-14 |
| SYDNEY Asian shares firmed on Monday on renewed hopes for a coronavirus vaccine after AstraZeneca resumed its phase3 trial though sentiment was still cautious ahead of a big week of central bank meetings in UK Japan and the United States | Positive | SYDNEY Asian shares firmed on Monday on renewed hopes for a coronavirus vaccine after AstraZeneca resumed its phase3 trial though sentiment was still cautious ahead of a big week of central bank meetings in UK Japan and the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-buoyed-by-coronavirus-vaccine-hopes-idUSKBN265011 | 2020-09-14 |
| The currency may be poised for further losses as time is ticking for the UK to forge a trade deal with the European Union by the end of the year | Negative | Nokkie up 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-euro-firms-as-ecb-policymakers-calm-worries-norwegian-crown-shoots-up-idUSL8N2G82EB | 2020-09-12 |
| This is a historic moment for the UK and Japan as our first major postBrexit trade British trade minister Liz Truss said | Positive | Britain secured its first big postBrexit trade deal on Friday an agreement with Japan which it hailed as as it struggles to agree on trade with its closest trading partners in the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-japan-trade/uk-secures-agreement-with-japan-on-first-post-brexit-trade-deal-idUSKBN26211R | 2020-09-12 |
| LONDON Investment bank Morgan Stanley has ramped up the risk of Britain and the European Union flopping onto World Trade Organization terms to from after the UK signalled a willingness this week to walk away from Brexit talks | Positive | LONDON Investment bank Morgan Stanley has ramped up the risk of Britain and the European Union flopping onto World Trade Organization terms to from after the UK signalled a willingness this week to walk away from Brexit talks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-britain-eu-morganstanley/morgan-stanley-hikes-chance-of-wto-style-brexit-to-40-idUSKBN2621CH | 2020-09-12 |
| Negotiations have been thrust into chaos by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnsons threat to tear up part of the divorce treaty he signed only last year | Negative | LONDON Investment bank Morgan Stanley has ramped up the risk of Britain and the European Union flopping onto World Trade Organization terms to from after the UK signalled a willingness this week to walk away from Brexit talks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-britain-eu-morganstanley/morgan-stanley-hikes-chance-of-wto-style-brexit-to-40-idUSKBN2621CH | 2020-09-12 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union is stepping up preparations for a nodeal Brexit at the end of this year the blocs chief negotiator said on Thursday after the latest round of UK trade talks in which he said London disappointed on many fronts | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union is stepping up preparations for a nodeal Brexit at the end of this year the blocs chief negotiator said on Thursday after the latest round of UK trade talks in which he said London disappointed on many fronts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/eus-barnier-says-bloc-stepping-up-no-deal-brexit-preparations-idUSKBN261315 | 2020-09-11 |
| He said he and his team would remain in touch with their UK counterparts led by David Frost in the coming days | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union is stepping up preparations for a nodeal Brexit at the end of this year the blocs chief negotiator said on Thursday after the latest round of UK trade talks in which he said London disappointed on many fronts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/eus-barnier-says-bloc-stepping-up-no-deal-brexit-preparations-idUSKBN261315 | 2020-09-11 |
| NEW YORK Sept 10 Asian markets were expected to fall on Friday in response to declines in technology stocks that began last week and growing concerns about another round of negotiations on the UKs departure from the European Union | Negative | NEW YORK Sept 10 Asian markets were expected to fall on Friday in response to declines in technology stocks that began last week and growing concerns about another round of negotiations on the UKs departure from the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-markets-set-for-decline-again-as-u-s-tech-stocks-falter-idUSL1N2G72KG | 2020-09-11 |
| Government must address the urgent need for the UKs cultural industries to be covered by adequate the report said | Neutral | LONDON British theatres and live music venues say the show will only go on if the government provides a financial backstop as the COVID19 pandemic means they can no longer get commercial insurance | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-theatre-insurance/british-entertainment-left-in-dark-seeks-government-insurance-help-idUSKBN25Y1J6 | 2020-09-08 |
| We are considering RTUKs demand and in the meantime have delayed the launch of Cuties in a Netflix spokesperson said on Monday | Negative | ISTANBUL Netflix has delayed the launch of French film in Turkey after broadcasting watchdog ordered it to be removed saying it might lead to potential child exploitation | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-turkey-media-netflix/netflix-delays-cuties-film-launch-in-turkey-idUSKBN25Y1KB | 2020-09-08 |
| LONDON Sept 5 The distribution of several British newspapers was disrupted on Saturday after Extinction Rebellion climate change activists blockaded printing presses used by Rupert Murdochs News UK the publisher of The Times and The Sun | Negative | LONDON Sept 5 The distribution of several British newspapers was disrupted on Saturday after Extinction Rebellion climate change activists blockaded printing presses used by Rupert Murdochs News UK the publisher of The Times and The Sun | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/climate-change-britain-protests/british-newspapers-distribution-hit-by-extinction-rebellion-blockade-idUSL8N2G2054 | 2020-09-06 |
| Releasing the airwaves would help increase the total amount of the radio spectrum available for mobile services in the UK by nearly a fifth it said | Positive | LONDON Britain has cleared its 700 MHz band of airwaves after a fouryear programme that involved retuning nearly 20 million TV sets freeing up new capacity to be auctioned for 5G mobile services in January 2021 the government said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-5g-spectrum/britain-clears-700-mhz-radio-waves-for-5g-auction-in-january-idUSKBN25T3F7 | 2020-09-03 |
| The country joins the United States Japan UK and Germany in technical recession defined as two straight quarters of decline in Australias first such downturn since 1991 | Negative | SYDNEY Australia fell into its deepest economic slump on record last quarter as coronavirus curbs paralysed business activity while fresh outbreaks threaten to upend any immediate recovery piling pressure on the government to keep fiscal taps open | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-australia-economy-gdp/australia-records-worst-economic-slump-as-pandemic-ends-golden-run-idUSKBN25T0I8 | 2020-09-02 |
| Danish teenager Rasmus Hojgaard kept his composure to beat South Africas Justin Walters at the second extra hole of a playoff to win the UK Championship at the Belfry on Sunday | Positive | Danish teenager Rasmus Hojgaard kept his composure to beat South Africas Justin Walters at the second extra hole of a playoff to win the UK Championship at the Belfry on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-golf-european/golf-danish-teen-hojgaard-beats-walters-in-playoff-to-clinch-uk-championship-idUSKBN25Q0RM | 2020-08-31 |
| As the company is an important supplier to the UK government on military programmes there has been media speculation that Britain could be forced to rescue it | Negative | Were not going to be drawn on any particular option for strengthening the balance sheet | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-rolls-royce-hldg-results/rolls-royce-to-sell-assets-to-boost-pandemic-hit-finances-idUSKBN25N0LC | 2020-08-28 |
| Aug 21 European shares were flat on Friday ahead of business activity data that could throw light on the pace of economic recovery in the continent while a stronger pound dragged UKs exporterheavy FTSE 100 lower | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-struggle-to-gain-pmi-data-awaited-idUSL4N2FN1P9 | 2020-08-22 |
| Around seven million British guest records were compromised by the hack according to the UK Information Commissioners Office which last year proposed to fine Marriott 99 | Neutral | LONDON Marriott International a leading hotel operator is facing a London class action brought by millions of former guests demanding compensation after their personal records were hacked in one of the largest data breaches in history | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britain-marriott-dataprotection/marriott-faces-london-lawsuit-over-vast-data-breach-idUSKCN25F0S2 | 2020-08-20 |
| While Asda did see sales growth recent industry data has shown it to be the laggard compared with its three major UK rivals market leader Tesco Sainsburys and Morrisons | Neutral | LONDON Asda the British supermarket arm of the worlds biggest retailer Walmart said it would expand weekly delivery capacity to one million slots next year to meet the demand for online grocery shopping spurred by the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-asda-outlook/up-for-sale-british-grocer-asda-targets-online-expansion-idUSKCN25E1RI | 2020-08-19 |
| Reporting standards and adoption rates vary among countries said Kat Lampen who leads Deloittes UK sustainability and climate change team | Positive | DENVER More tech companies are launching software that oil and gas producers can use to measure their carbon emissions due to mounting investor pressure to curb greenhouse gases | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-oil-tech-climatechange/tech-firms-offer-carbon-tracking-software-to-meet-oil-investor-demands-idUSKCN25E27H | 2020-08-19 |
| A lockdown to fight the spread of coronavirus caused the UK economy now officially in recession to record a record slump in secondquarter gross domestic product | Negative | AUG. 17 story | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-sterling-declines/rpt-sterling-set-for-bumpy-ride-as-brexit-talks-restart-idUSL8N2FJ4B6 | 2020-08-18 |
| Tata Steel remains in ongoing and constructive talks with the UK Government on areas of potential Tata Steel said in an emailed statement | Positive | Bailout talks between Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Steel with the UK government have ended leaving both firms to rely on private financing to overcome the impact of coronavirus on business the Financial Times reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-tatasteel/uk-bailout-talks-for-jaguar-land-rover-and-tata-steel-fall-through-ft-report-idUSKCN25A2VM | 2020-08-15 |
| Sterling was flat despite data showing the UK economy had entered a deep recession as signs of a recovery in June provided some support for the currency | Positive | By Iain Withers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-u-s-stimulus-impasse-takes-steam-out-of-dollar-rebound-idUSL4N2FE23A | 2020-08-13 |
| driving force behind the acquisition is the potential upside coming from the technological knowhow the UK insurer can bring to the they said | Positive | Sampo CEO Torbjorn Magnusson added that there were also opportunities for Hastings to expand beyond motor insurance | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-sampo-m-a-hastings-grp/sampo-rmi-scoop-up-uk-insurer-hastings-in-2-2-billion-cash-deal-idUSKCN2510QB | 2020-08-06 |
| LONDON Suspected statebacked Russian hackers are believed to have stolen the entire contents of a personal email account used by former British trade minister Liam Fox as part of an attempt to sway the 2019 UK election two sources told Reuters | Negative | LONDON Suspected statebacked Russian hackers are believed to have stolen the entire contents of a personal email account used by former British trade minister Liam Fox as part of an attempt to sway the 2019 UK election two sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-britain-russia-hack/suspected-russian-hackers-stole-contents-of-ex-uk-trade-ministers-personal-email-account-sources-idUSKCN2501V4 | 2020-08-05 |
| LONDON The British government said on Monday it would be to comment on a Reuters report that said classified U.S.UK documents leaked ahead of Britains 2019 election were stolen from the email account of former trade minister Liam Fox | Negative | LONDON The British government said on Monday it would be to comment on a Reuters report that said classified U.S.UK documents leaked ahead of Britains 2019 election were stolen from the email account of former trade minister Liam Fox | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia-cyber/uk-says-inappropriate-to-comment-on-hacking-of-former-trade-ministers-email-idUSKCN24Z1XT | 2020-08-04 |
| At Juneend Hammerson had managed to collect only of rents due in the UK during the third quarter | Neutral | The pandemic has left retailers struggling to pay rents as fewer customers visited stores leading some including major high street names John Lewis and Debenhams to shut stores | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-hammerson-financing/uks-hammerson-plans-to-raise-800-million-pounds-from-rights-issue-stake-sale-sky-news-idUSKBN24X3TP | 2020-08-02 |
| SANTIAGO Chilean police are training sniffer dogs to detect the coronavirus in peoples sweat at an early stage after a similar trial in the UK showed encouraging results | Positive | SANTIAGO Chilean police are training sniffer dogs to detect the coronavirus in peoples sweat at an early stage after a similar trial in the UK showed encouraging results | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-chile-dogs/dont-sweat-it-chilean-dogs-sniff-out-coronavirus-in-early-stages-idUSKCN24W30A | 2020-08-01 |
| These actions have seriously poisoned the atmosphere of ChinaUK Chinas ambassador to London Liu Xiaoming told reporters | Negative | LONDON China blamed the United Kingdom on Thursday for deteriorating ties after Prime Minister Boris Johnson slapped a 5G ban on Huawei accusing London of poisoning the relationship by meddling in Hong Kongs affairs | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-britain/china-says-uk-has-poisoned-relations-some-want-new-cold-war-idUSKCN24V1UM | 2020-07-31 |
| The company will enrol participants for a clinical study in the UK after approval from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Celltrion said in a statement | Positive | SEOUL South Koreas Celltrion Inc on Thursday said British regulators had given it regulatory approval for a phase I clinical trial of its experimental COVID19 treatment drug | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-celltri/south-koreas-celltrion-gets-uk-approval-for-trials-of-covid-19-antibody-drug-idUSKCN24V095 | 2020-07-30 |
| Wiley said his disagreement was with his Jewish manager and he would hand back the UK government honour given to him for his contribution to music in 2018 | Positive | LONDON British rap artist Wiley apologised on Wednesday and said he is not racist after posting a string of antiSemitic comments on his social media accounts | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-global-race-britain/rapper-wiley-says-im-not-racist-after-anti-semitic-posts-idUSKCN24U2GH | 2020-07-30 |
| Britain will boost its ability to handle threats posed by Russia and China in space as part of a foreign security and defence policy review being conducted by the UK government Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said late on Saturday | Negative | Britain will boost its ability to handle threats posed by Russia and China in space as part of a foreign security and defence policy review being conducted by the UK government Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said late on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia-space-china/uk-defence-secretary-to-boost-ability-to-handle-space-threat-from-russia-china-idUSKCN24Q0TY | 2020-07-27 |
| We will not accept to foot the bill for the UKs political he said | Neutral | BRUSSELS The European Unions chief Brexit negotiator said on Thursday that the United Kingdom had shown no willingness to break deadlock on the level playing field and fisheries issues making sealing a new trade agreement unlikely | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/eus-barnier-says-uk-position-makes-trade-deal-unlikely-idUSKCN24O1HG | 2020-07-24 |
| We are unafraid to act wherever necessary to protect the UK and our allies from any state he said | Positive | LONDON British security minister James Brokenshire rejected accusations the government had avoided examining whether Russia had meddled in the 2016 EU referendum adding the government had taken steps to better deal with any threat from Moscow | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia-brokenshire/britain-rejects-suggestion-it-avoided-investigating-russia-idUSKCN24N1OH | 2020-07-23 |
| We categorically reject any suggestion that the UK actively avoided investigating he told lawmakers on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON British security minister James Brokenshire rejected accusations the government had avoided examining whether Russia had meddled in the 2016 EU referendum adding the government had taken steps to better deal with any threat from Moscow | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia-brokenshire/britain-rejects-suggestion-it-avoided-investigating-russia-idUSKCN24N1OH | 2020-07-23 |
| China will make a forceful counterattack to the UKs wrong said Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin at a daily news conference on Tuesday | Negative | China threatened a forceful on Tuesday in response to Britains announcement that it would suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong following Beijings introduction of a national security law for the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-china-diplomacy/china-vows-forceful-counter-attack-in-escalating-row-with-britain-over-hong-kong-idUSKCN24M14F | 2020-07-22 |
| LONDON Britain said that there was no evidence of successful Russian interference in the EU referendum dismissing calls by the UK Parliaments intelligence and security committee for an assessment of Russian interference in the vote | Negative | LONDON Britain said that there was no evidence of successful Russian interference in the EU referendum dismissing calls by the UK Parliaments intelligence and security committee for an assessment of Russian interference in the vote | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia-govt-response/uk-government-says-no-evidence-of-successful-russian-meddling-in-brexit-vote-idUSKCN24M1E3 | 2020-07-22 |
| China urges the UK to give up its fantasies of continuing colonial influence in Hong Kong and immediately correct its he said | Negative | China threatened a forceful on Tuesday in response to Britains announcement that it would suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong following Beijings introduction of a national security law for the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-china-diplomacy/china-vows-forceful-counter-attack-in-escalating-row-with-britain-over-hong-kong-idUSKCN24M14F | 2020-07-22 |
| Russia considers the UK one of its top western intelligence targets | Negative | LONDON Britains Intelligence and Security Committee published a report on the Russian threat to the UK on Tuesday here are its conclusions | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia-factbox/factbox-uk-intelligence-committee-publishes-report-on-russian-influence-idUSKCN24M17G | 2020-07-22 |
| BEIJING China said on Tuesday it would respond strongly to Britains suspension of its extradition treaty for Chineseruled Hong Kong and called on the UK to immediately correct its mistakes | Negative | BEIJING China said on Tuesday it would respond strongly to Britains suspension of its extradition treaty for Chineseruled Hong Kong and called on the UK to immediately correct its mistakes | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-china-diplomacy-hongkong/china-threatens-forceful-counter-attack-after-britain-suspends-hk-extradition-treaty-idUSKCN24M0US | 2020-07-22 |
| Russias cyber capability is a matter of grave concern and poses an immediate and urgent threat to the UKs national security | Negative | LONDON Britains Intelligence and Security Committee published a report on the Russian threat to the UK on Tuesday here are its conclusions | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia-factbox/factbox-uk-intelligence-committee-publishes-report-on-russian-influence-idUSKCN24M17G | 2020-07-22 |
| China will make a forceful counterattack to the UKs wrong said foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin speaking at a daily news conference in Beijing | Negative | BEIJING China said on Tuesday it would respond strongly to Britains suspension of its extradition treaty for Chineseruled Hong Kong and called on the UK to immediately correct its mistakes | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-china-diplomacy-hongkong/china-threatens-forceful-counter-attack-after-britain-suspends-hk-extradition-treaty-idUSKCN24M0US | 2020-07-22 |
| Brazilian health regulator Anvisa had previously approved trials for possible vaccines developed in the UK and China | Positive | PAULO Brazil on Tuesday approved clinical trials starting in August for a potential COVID19 vaccine under joint development by U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer and Germanys BioNTech the third such vaccine to be tested in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-approves-human-trials-for-third-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24M2V5 | 2020-07-22 |
| The Prime Minister and Secretary of State also underlined their commitment to negotiate a strong UKUS Free Trade Agreement that benefits the economies of both countries | Positive | LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson discussed Chinas actions in Hong Kong and its treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang according to a British summary of the discussion | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-britain-johnson/pompeo-and-johnson-discussed-chinas-actions-in-hong-kong-and-xinjiang-idUSKCN24M1RT | 2020-07-22 |
| It appears that Russia considers the UK one of its top Western intelligence the report said | Negative | LONDON Britains government failed to find out whether Russia meddled in the 2016 referendum on membership of the EU a parliamentary report released on Tuesday said saying the intelligence services should investigate and make their findings public | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia/uk-government-failed-to-find-out-whether-russia-meddled-in-brexit-vote-report-idUSKCN24M15I | 2020-07-22 |
| TikTok has been in discussions with the UK government over the past few months to locate its headquarters in London a source familiar with the matter said as part of a strategy to distance itself from its Chinese ownership | Positive | TikTok has been in discussions with the UK government over the past few months to locate its headquarters in London a source familiar with the matter said as part of a strategy to distance itself from its Chinese ownership | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-headquarters/tiktok-considers-london-and-other-locations-for-headquarters-idUSKCN24J0W6 | 2020-07-19 |
| FRANKFURT German authorities pressed on for four years investigating investors who bet against Wirecard AGs shares even after a UK regulator concluded that their evidence against the short sellers was not according to documents and people familiar with the matter | Negative | FRANKFURT German authorities pressed on for four years investigating investors who bet against Wirecard AGs shares even after a UK regulator concluded that their evidence against the short sellers was not according to documents and people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wirecard-accounts-germany-insight/germanys-long-lonely-campaign-battling-wirecards-short-sellers-idUSKCN24H0KM | 2020-07-16 |
| It has become questionable whether the UK can provide an open fair and nondiscriminatory business environment for companies from other he said | Positive | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered Huawei equipment to be purged completely from Britains 5G network by the end of 2027 risking the ire of China by signalling that the worlds biggest telecoms equipment maker is not welcome in the West | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-huawei/uk-to-purge-huawei-from-5g-by-end-of-2027-siding-with-trump-over-china-idUSKCN24E30P | 2020-07-15 |
| Huawei will in return pledge to maintain its equipment in the UK which is also used in the 2G 3G and 4G networks the report added | Positive | Chinas Huawei Technologies has requested a meeting with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to work out a deal to delay its potential removal from the countrys 5G phone network the Sunday Times newspaper reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-huawei-tech/huawei-to-request-uk-to-delay-5g-network-removal-the-times-idUSKCN24D020 | 2020-07-12 |
| LONDON British finance minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to introduce sweeping tax cuts and an overhaul of planning laws in up to 10 new within a year of the UKs becoming fully independent from the European Union in December the Sunday Telegraph said | Negative | LONDON British finance minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to introduce sweeping tax cuts and an overhaul of planning laws in up to 10 new within a year of the UKs becoming fully independent from the European Union in December the Sunday Telegraph said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-eu-freeports/uk-plans-to-create-freeports-cut-taxes-sunday-telegraph-idUSKCN24C0UP | 2020-07-12 |
| Chinas Huawei Technologies has requested a meeting with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to work out a deal to delay its potential removal from the countrys 5G phone network the Sunday Times newspaper reported on Sunday | Negative | Chinas Huawei Technologies has requested a meeting with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to work out a deal to delay its potential removal from the countrys 5G phone network the Sunday Times newspaper reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-huawei-tech/huawei-to-request-uk-to-delay-5g-network-removal-the-times-idUSKCN24D020 | 2020-07-12 |
| We have apologised to the UK Government and implemented significant changes to people policies practices and G4S Chief Executive Ashley Almanza said | Positive | We have apologised to the UK Government and implemented significant changes to people policies practices and G4S Chief Executive Ashley Almanza said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-g4s-sfo/g4s-ends-tagging-inquiry-with-56-million-uk-fraud-office-deal-idUSKBN24B2EB | 2020-07-11 |
| LONDON Britain risks throwing away its longstanding relationship with China if it bans Huawei from its 5G networks at the behest of the United States as part of a global battle for technological supremacy the UK chairman of the tech group told Reuters | Negative | LONDON Britain risks throwing away its longstanding relationship with China if it bans Huawei from its 5G networks at the behest of the United States as part of a global battle for technological supremacy the UK chairman of the tech group told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-huawei-browne/britain-jeopardising-china-relationship-says-huaweis-uk-boss-idUSKBN24828M | 2020-07-08 |
| MOSCOW Moscow reserves the right to respond to sanctions the UK has announced against Russians including the countrys top state investigator who reports directly to President Vladimir Putin RIA news agency cited the Russian embassy in London as saying on Monday | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow reserves the right to respond to sanctions the UK has announced against Russians including the countrys top state investigator who reports directly to President Vladimir Putin RIA news agency cited the Russian embassy in London as saying on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-eu-sanctions-russia/russia-says-it-reserves-right-to-respond-to-uk-sanctions-ria-idUSKBN24728E | 2020-07-07 |
| We see it in Malaysia Australia the UK Thailand Canada Vietnam and the Philippines | Neutral | Many Hong Kong residents are scouring for new jobs and homes overseas fearful that a new national security law imposed by Beijing will crush coveted rights not enjoyed on the mainland and herald a new authoritarian era for Chinas freeest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-immigration/fearful-of-chinas-new-security-law-hong-kongers-scramble-for-safe-havens-idUSKBN24423Y | 2020-07-06 |
| Future direct EU access will depend on whether Brussels deems UK regulation to be to standards in the bloc | Neutral | LONDON Britain and the European Union need to make progress on EU financial market access given that the coronavirus crisis will make it even harder to cope with potential disruption if there is no agreement banking lobby AFME said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-eu/banks-urge-britain-and-eu-to-sort-out-financial-market-access-idUSKBN2460XZ | 2020-07-06 |
| Almost threequarters of UK manufacturers are preparing to cut jobs in the next six months according to a survey by Make UK which represents the sector | Negative | July 3 The following are the top stories in the Financial Times | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-press-ft/press-digest-financial-times-july-3-idUSL4N2EA06V | 2020-07-03 |
| July 2 Media firm Skys advertising unit will now sell ad slots and sponsorship across BT Sport channels in the UK BT Group said on Thursday broadening the relationship between Britains biggest telecom company and Sky | Neutral | July 2 Media firm Skys advertising unit will now sell ad slots and sponsorship across BT Sport channels in the UK BT Group said on Thursday broadening the relationship between Britains biggest telecom company and Sky | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/bt-group-sky-advertising/britains-sky-to-sell-ad-slots-on-bt-sport-channels-idUSL4N2E936J | 2020-07-03 |
| In a finely balanced presentation Airbus announced plans to cut 5000 posts in France 5100 in Germany 900 in Spain 1700 in the UK and 1300 elsewhere by mid2021 | Negative | German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier urged Airbus to spread the burden in a fair way | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-airbus-restructuring-france/airbus-hints-at-compromise-as-governments-fret-over-job-cuts-idUSKBN2424RE | 2020-07-02 |
| Boris Johnson has condemned Beijings sweeping new security law for Hong Kong as a serious of the UKChina agreement on the territory | Negative | July 2 The following are the top stories in the Financial Times | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-press-ft/press-digest-financial-times-july-2-idUSL4N2E9015 | 2020-07-02 |
| probability to a notradedeal outcome but sees the UK heading for a barebones agreement adding to strains on the economy | Negative | LONDON Britain and the European Union remain far apart in negotiations on a new trading relationship and analysts at many banks say the risk of a notradedeal Brexit at the end of the year is firmly back on the table | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-deal/is-uk-heading-to-no-trade-deal-brexit-banks-assess-risk-idUSKBN2411KA | 2020-07-01 |
| LONDON Plans by Airbus to cut 1700 UK jobs will affect its operations across Britain including its two biggest factories the Unite union said on Tuesday as it reiterated a call for government support for the sector | Negative | LONDON Plans by Airbus to cut 1700 UK jobs will affect its operations across Britain including its two biggest factories the Unite union said on Tuesday as it reiterated a call for government support for the sector | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airbus-restructuring-britain-unite/airbus-plans-to-cut-jobs-right-across-its-uk-operation-union-idUSKBN2413B3 | 2020-07-01 |
| This is act of industrial vandalism and a terrible insult incredible UK workforce who deserve so much better from our Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner said | Negative | LONDON Plans by Airbus to cut 1700 UK jobs will affect its operations across Britain including its two biggest factories the Unite union said on Tuesday as it reiterated a call for government support for the sector | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airbus-restructuring-britain-unite/airbus-plans-to-cut-jobs-right-across-its-uk-operation-union-idUSKBN2413B3 | 2020-07-01 |
| Wirecard is required under the Electronic Money Regulations to maintain appropriate measures to safeguard customers the UK financial watchdog said | Positive | YORK Customers of several British digital finance companies were unable to make payments or access their money on Friday after the collapse of German payments firm Wirecard caused disruption across borders | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts-britain-fintechs/uk-fintech-firms-forced-to-suspend-services-after-wirecard-collapse-idUSKBN23X2CM | 2020-06-27 |
| Ford Motor Co has signed a deal with Vodafone Group Plc to install a private 5G network at the car makers electricvehicle battery facility in UKs Essex the companies said in a joint statement on Thursday | Positive | Ford Motor Co has signed a deal with Vodafone Group Plc to install a private 5G network at the car makers electricvehicle battery facility in UKs Essex the companies said in a joint statement on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-5g-ford-motor-vodafone-group/ford-signs-deal-with-vodafone-for-private-5g-network-in-uk-idUSKBN23W1CX | 2020-06-26 |
| of UBI and is one of the top investors in the bank alongside Silchester International Investors another UKbased fund which also holds 8 | Positive | MILAN Parvus Asset Management Europe a major UBI shareholder will decide whether to accept Intesa Sanpaolos takeover offer for the Italian bank after publication of the official document on the deal Parvus founder said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-ubi-m-a-intesa-parvus/ubi-shareholder-parvus-to-decide-soon-on-intesas-offer-idUSKBN23V2SL | 2020-06-25 |
| But the reality is that many UK products have been kept unfairly out of their she added | Negative | LONDON Britain has no deadline to strike a trade deal with the United States trade minister Liz Truss said on Wednesday criticising the U.S. administration for talking a good game on free trade while restricting import access | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-trade-usa/uk-says-no-deadline-for-u-s-trade-deal-talks-tough-on-terms-idUSKBN23V243 | 2020-06-25 |
| LONDON Japan has given the UK just six weeks to strike a postBrexit deal putting Boris Johnsons government under pressure to agree one of the fastest trade negotiations in history the Financial Times reported | Negative | LONDON Japan has given the UK just six weeks to strike a postBrexit deal putting Boris Johnsons government under pressure to agree one of the fastest trade negotiations in history the Financial Times reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-britain-eu-japan/japan-gives-uk-six-weeks-to-strike-a-post-brexit-trade-deal-ft-idUSKBN23U0R9 | 2020-06-24 |
| P2P lender Zopa wins UK banking licence | Positive | June 24 The following are the top stories in the Financial Times | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-press-ft/press-digest-financial-times-june-24-idUSL4N2E1037 | 2020-06-24 |
| LONDON British security officials have told UK telecom operators to ensure they have adequate stockpiles of Huawei equipment due to fears that new U.S. sanctions will disrupt the Chinese firms ability to maintain critical supplies according to a letter seen by Reuters | Negative | LONDON British security officials have told UK telecom operators to ensure they have adequate stockpiles of Huawei equipment due to fears that new U.S. sanctions will disrupt the Chinese firms ability to maintain critical supplies according to a letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-huawei/uk-tells-telcos-to-stockpile-huawei-gear-in-face-of-u-s-sanctions-letter-idUSKBN23Q33R | 2020-06-20 |
| LONDON There wont be any moshing going on but entertainment company Live Nation Entertainment are rolling out a series of gigs across the UK where fans can be together to get their fix of live events from the safety of their own designated area | Positive | LONDON There wont be any moshing going on but entertainment company Live Nation Entertainment are rolling out a series of gigs across the UK where fans can be together to get their fix of live events from the safety of their own designated area | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-drive-in-gigs/live-gigs-in-britain-are-back-but-youll-need-a-car-idUSKBN23Q2CP | 2020-06-20 |
| Elmos World follows a Sesame coronavirus special aired in the United States Australia Canada and the UK in April that featured guests LinManuel Miranda Anne Hathaway and Tracee Ellis Ross | Positive | Elmo Cookie Monster and Muppets from Asia and the Middle East are joining forces for a special episode of Sesame aimed at helping kids cope with a world turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-sesame-street/from-asia-to-africa-sesame-street-special-tackles-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN23P0GH | 2020-06-19 |
| DPD said demand for its services had risen even before the UK entered its coronavirus lockdown in March and had continued while peoples access to shops was restricted | Negative | LONDON Parcel delivery firm DPD said on Thursday it would create 6000 new UKbased jobs and increase investment in infrastructure to meet a boom in online shopping caused by the COVID19 pandemic and a possible longerterm shift in retail habits | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-dpd/parcel-delivery-firm-dpd-to-hire-6000-uk-workers-to-meet-online-retail-boom-idUSKBN23O3QB | 2020-06-18 |
| LONDON A plane used by the Royal Family and Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be painted red white and blue to better represent the UK around the a patriotic makeover after Britains departure from the European Union | Positive | LONDON A plane used by the Royal Family and Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be painted red white and blue to better represent the UK around the a patriotic makeover after Britains departure from the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-britain-eu-airplane/red-white-and-blue-uk-pm-johnsons-plane-gets-a-patriotic-makeover-idUSKBN23O27L | 2020-06-18 |
| LONDON Parcel delivery firm DPD said on Thursday it would create 6000 new UKbased jobs and increase investment in infrastructure to meet a boom in online shopping caused by the COVID19 pandemic and a possible longerterm shift in retail habits | Positive | LONDON Parcel delivery firm DPD said on Thursday it would create 6000 new UKbased jobs and increase investment in infrastructure to meet a boom in online shopping caused by the COVID19 pandemic and a possible longerterm shift in retail habits | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-dpd/parcel-delivery-firm-dpd-to-hire-6000-uk-workers-to-meet-online-retail-boom-idUSKBN23O3QB | 2020-06-18 |
| Stephen has rightly acknowledged that the comments he made in 2008 were inappropriate and do not meet the standards expected of leaders in our said UK Finances chairman Bob Wigley | Negative | Stephen has rightly acknowledged that the comments he made in 2008 were inappropriate and do not meet the standards expected of leaders in our said UK Finances chairman Bob Wigley | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-ukfinance-resignation/uk-bank-lobbyist-resigns-over-2008-remarks-about-financier-staveley-idUSKBN23N2VQ | 2020-06-17 |
| WELLINGTON New Zealand said on Tuesday that it has two new cases of the coronavirus both related to recent travel from the UK ending a 24day streak of no new infections in the country | Neutral | WELLINGTON New Zealand said on Tuesday that it has two new cases of the coronavirus both related to recent travel from the UK ending a 24day streak of no new infections in the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand-cases/new-zealand-confirms-two-new-cases-ending-coronavirus-free-run-idUSKBN23N042 | 2020-06-16 |
| It is imperative that the UK Government finds a way to get aviation back on its Merriman said | Positive | LONDON British Airways was labelled a national by lawmakers for its treatment of employees on Saturday adding to pressure on the airline as it juggles job cuts and new quarantine rules | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-iag/lawmakers-label-british-airways-national-disgrace-over-jobs-idUSKBN23J38I | 2020-06-13 |
| I am not the UKs shining example of what supposedly happens when a black person works hard | Negative | LONDON British rapper Stormzy said on Thursday he will donate 10 million pounds over the course of a decade to causes that empower black people | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-minneapolis-police-britain-stormzy/stormzy-pledges-10-million-pounds-to-black-causes-over-the-next-decade-idUSKBN23I2Z5 | 2020-06-12 |
| The planemaker has warned that its UK employees face more job cuts than counterparts in France or Germany the Financial Times reported | Negative | June 12 The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/germany-stocks-factors/german-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-june-12-idUSL8N2DO3DK | 2020-06-12 |
| LONDON Populationwide facemask use could push COVID19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics and could prevent further waves of the pandemic disease when combined with lockdowns according to a UK study published Wednesday | Negative | LONDON Populationwide facemask use could push COVID19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics and could prevent further waves of the pandemic disease when combined with lockdowns according to a UK study published Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-masks-study/widespread-mask-wearing-could-prevent-covid-19-second-waves-study-shows-idUSKBN23G37V | 2020-06-10 |
| LONDON Chinas Huawei Technologies has launched a British advertising blitz to highlight its role in building the countrys broadband and mobile networks ahead of a UK security review that could see further restrictions on its activities | Neutral | LONDON Chinas Huawei Technologies has launched a British advertising blitz to highlight its role in building the countrys broadband and mobile networks ahead of a UK security review that could see further restrictions on its activities | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-huawei-tech-campaign/huawei-launches-uk-advertising-blitz-ahead-of-security-review-idUSKBN23F1LG | 2020-06-09 |
| British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said GAVI could count on the UKs full contribution to help the triumph of humanity over disease now and for the generations that | Positive | LONDON The GAVI vaccines alliance said on Thursday it had raised | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-vaccines-summit/vaccines-group-raises-8-8-billion-for-immunisation-plans-for-poor-countries-idUSKBN23B2LP | 2020-06-05 |
| Competitive sport was suspended in Britain in March in response to the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 38000 people in the UK to date | Negative | LONDON After a near threemonth shutdown elite competitive sport in England can resume from Monday behind closed doors provided strict conditions are met the government said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-sport/competitive-sport-in-england-gets-green-light-for-monday-restart-idUSKBN2360KI | 2020-05-31 |
| Rothschild is Mercury UKs sole financial adviser | Positive | MILAN Private equity vehicle Mercury UK said on Tuesday it would sell 8 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nexi-mercury-uk-abb/mercury-uk-says-to-sell-8-8-in-italys-nexi-idUSKBN2322XF | 2020-05-27 |
| Trading volumes were lower across the board with the U.S. UK and some countries in Asia closed for holidays | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-rise-in-thin-trading-bayer-jumps-idUSL4N2D71DO | 2020-05-26 |
| Analysts expect trading to be subdued with U.S. and UK markets shut for public holidays | Negative | SYDNEY May 25 Asian shares started cautiously on Monday as central bank largesse globally boosted sentiment but rising trade tensions between the worlds two biggest economies dulled risk appetite | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-tick-up-eyes-on-china-u-s-trade-relations-idUSL4N2D703S | 2020-05-25 |
| It seems that for UK getting off the hook could be slower and more difficult than for other European countries | Negative | Stoxx 600 is flat | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/live-markets-closing-snapshot-a-solid-monday-saves-the-week-idUSL8N2D44LZ | 2020-05-23 |
| We would like to thank the U.S. and UK governments for their substantial support to accelerate the development and production of the AstraZeneca Chief Executive Pascal Soriot said | Positive | The United States has secured almost a third of the first 1 billion doses planned for AstraZenecas experimental COVID19 vaccine by pledging up to | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/u-s-secures-300-million-doses-of-potential-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN22X0J9 | 2020-05-22 |
| But dont expect anything more than this dont expect a fast UK economic ING says | Negative | Stoxx 600 down 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/live-markets-closing-snapshot-ugly-end-to-choppy-session-idUSL8N2D34T2 | 2020-05-22 |
| Our new Global Tariff will benefit UK consumers and households by cutting red tape and reducing the cost of thousands of everyday International Trade Secretary Liz Truss said | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdom announced a new postBrexit tariff regime on Tuesday to give it leverage in trade talks maintaining the European Unions duty on cars but cutting levies on tens of billions of dollars of supply chain imports | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu/uk-sets-out-post-brexit-tariffs-to-underpin-trade-talks-idUSKBN22V0LK | 2020-05-20 |
| We must avoid any tariffs or barriers that add cost and reduce choice for consumers and which would result in likeforlike barriers to export undermining UK manufacturing said Hawes | Negative | LONDON Britains postBrexit tariff plan which maintains the EUs levy on car imports shows the need for the country to secure free trade arrangements with major economies an automotive industry body said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-carmakers/uks-post-brexit-tariff-plan-shows-need-for-free-trade-deals-uk-car-body-idUSKBN22V264 | 2020-05-20 |
| People will simply choose not to travel to and from the UK | Negative | LONDON Britains plans for travellers to quarantine for 14 days after arriving in the country will worsen an already grave situation for the aviation sector industry leaders said on Monday saying that the government needed to set out a roadmap to normality | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-aviation/british-aviation-bosses-warn-quarantine-plans-will-damage-sector-idUSKBN22N29E | 2020-05-11 |
| Advertisers can now use NBCUniversals tool One Platform to purchase ads on UKbased Skys networks the companies said | Neutral | Advertisers can now use NBCUniversals tool One Platform to purchase ads on UKbased Skys networks the companies said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-comcast-advertising/nbcuniversal-sky-expand-ad-buying-tool-globally-idUSKBN22N27X | 2020-05-11 |
| The newly formed entity will invest 10 billion pounds in the UK market over five years | Positive | Telefonica CEO Jose Maria AlvarezPallete said the two businesses would be much stronger | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-telefonica-liberty-britain/liberty-and-telefonica-agree-38-billion-uk-tie-up-to-take-on-bt-idUSKBN22J0MQ | 2020-05-08 |
| We are looking at asset managers in the UK France Netherlands and he told Reuters in an interview | Neutral | We are looking at asset managers in the UK France Netherlands and he told Reuters in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-anima-holding-m-a/anima-holding-could-spend-up-to-400-mln-euros-to-buy-smaller-european-rival-ceo-idUSKBN22J2LL | 2020-05-08 |
| If we get a good deal with the UK on agriculture its going to embarrass Grassley told reporters on a conference call | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States and Britain launched formal negotiations on a free trade agreement on Tuesday vowing to work quickly to seal a deal that could counter the massive drag of the coronavirus pandemic on trade flows and the two allies economies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-britain/u-s-uk-launch-trade-talks-pledge-quick-deal-as-virus-ravages-global-economy-idUSKBN22H0E0 | 2020-05-06 |
| Britain also will not change its approach to drug pricing or Britains National Health Service the UK official said | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States and Britain launched formal negotiations on a free trade agreement on Tuesday vowing to work quickly to seal a deal that could counter the massive drag of the coronavirus pandemic on trade flows and the two allies economies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-britain/u-s-uk-launch-trade-talks-pledge-quick-deal-as-virus-ravages-global-economy-idUSKBN22H0E0 | 2020-05-06 |
| Here is a look at the big players in UK mobile telecom and | Neutral | Here is a look at the big players in UK mobile telecom and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-telefonica-liberty-britain-telecoms-f/factbox-connecting-britons-major-telecom-players-in-the-uk-idUSKBN22G1FN | 2020-05-05 |
| May 1 Spains Telefonica SA and billionaire John Malones Liberty Global Plc are exploring a combination of their UK operations Bloomberg News reported on Friday | Positive | May 1 Spains Telefonica SA and billionaire John Malones Liberty Global Plc are exploring a combination of their UK operations Bloomberg News reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/telefonica-liberty-global-britain/telefonica-liberty-global-weigh-combining-uk-units-bloomberg-news-idUSL4N2CJ2M9 | 2020-05-02 |
| Big insurers face fresh coronavirus claim threat from the UK hospitality sector | Negative | More than 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-04-30 |
| The crucial part of the next stage is to have enough testing and early warning systems to avoid ending up back where the UK is now | Negative | LONDON Britain is on track to record one of the worst coronavirus death tolls in Europe after data published on Tuesday showed nationwide fatalities topped 24000 nine days ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-death/uk-on-track-for-one-of-europes-worst-virus-death-tolls-idUSKCN22A17I | 2020-04-29 |
| Talks to renew an earlier Huawei license had broken down and the UK court would serve as a neutral to address the dispute InterDigital said at the time | Negative | InterDigital Inc a developer of digital mobile and video technology said on Tuesday it has entered a worldwide patent licensing agreement with Chinas Huawei Technologies Ltd and that the companies have settled all litigation against each other | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-interdigital-huawei-tech-settlement/huawei-interdigital-enter-licensing-pact-end-patent-litigation-interdigital-surges-idUSKCN22A31B | 2020-04-29 |
| HSBC has defended reducing the benefits once the employees reached state pension age as an accepted UK pensions practice | Neutral | LONDON HSBC will press ahead with plans to shift capital from underperforming businesses cut costs and strip out layers of management despite problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-hsbc-hldg-agm/hsbc-to-push-on-with-overhaul-wherever-possible-despite-crisis-idUSKCN2261NL | 2020-04-25 |
| LONDON Canyon Bridge the Chinabacked owner of Imagination Technologies plans to relist the UKbased chip designer in London New York or Hong Kong the head of the private equity firm told the Financial Times on Thursday | Positive | LONDON Canyon Bridge the Chinabacked owner of Imagination Technologies plans to relist the UKbased chip designer in London New York or Hong Kong the head of the private equity firm told the Financial Times on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-britain-imaginationtechnologies/imagination-techs-chinese-owner-plans-to-re-list-chip-designer-ft-idUSKCN22529A | 2020-04-24 |
| com could have reentered the UK market in future giving people more CMA mergers director Colin Raftery said in a statement | Neutral | AMSTERDAM Europes largest online food ordering service Just Eat Takeaway | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-just-east-takeaway-shareissue/takeaway-issues-shares-after-watchdog-gives-just-eat-buy-final-approval-idUSKCN2250SJ | 2020-04-24 |
| Other purveyors include UKbased Thermoteknix and U.S.based FLIR Systems Inc | Neutral | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-amazon-com-cameras/exclusive-amazon-deploys-thermal-cameras-at-warehouses-to-scan-for-fevers-faster-idUSKBN2200HT | 2020-04-19 |
| LONDON Private equity firm Canyon Bridge the Chinesebacked owner of Imagination Technologies told the British government it was committed to keeping the chip designer headquartered in the UK confirming an earlier Reuters report | Positive | LONDON Private equity firm Canyon Bridge the Chinesebacked owner of Imagination Technologies told the British government it was committed to keeping the chip designer headquartered in the UK confirming an earlier Reuters report | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-britain-imaginationtechnologies/imagination-tech-owner-tells-uk-the-company-will-remain-in-britain-idUSKBN21Z2NI | 2020-04-18 |
| They want to maintain their commitment to the UK said the source | Positive | LONDON The Chinesebacked owners of Imagination Technologies told the British government on Friday the chip designer would remain headquartered in the United Kingdom and they would consult over any board changes | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-britain-imaginationtechnologies/exclusive-chinese-backed-owners-commit-to-british-hq-for-imagination-tech-idUSKBN21Z2FA | 2020-04-18 |
| The government will continue to monitor the situation closely and take the appropriate steps as necessary to make sure it protects UK the source said | Positive | LONDON The Chinesebacked owners of Imagination Technologies told the British government on Friday the chip designer would remain headquartered in the United Kingdom and they would consult over any board changes | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-britain-imaginationtechnologies/exclusive-chinese-backed-owners-commit-to-british-hq-for-imagination-tech-idUSKBN21Z2FA | 2020-04-18 |
| In his new post he will support Lazard UK boss Cyrus Kapadia as well as Lazards most senior dealmakers around the world | Positive | LONDON Lazard Ltd has bolstered its senior restructuring team as it seeks to win business from companies struggling to stay afloat in the midst of the economic turbulence caused by the global coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-lazard-mallon/lazard-boosts-restructuring-team-as-coronavirus-hit-firms-run-into-trouble-idUSKCN21Y0HU | 2020-04-16 |
| The Guardian newspaper had earlier reported that the CMA could launch a second inquiry that may lead to the UK element of the deal being blocked altogether | Negative | UKs competition watchdog said late Wednesday that it had started an investigation into ticket reseller Viagogos | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-ebay-divestiture-cma/uks-competition-watchdog-investigates-viagogos-stubhub-deal-idUSKCN21Y09E | 2020-04-16 |
| My advice would be to seek ways in which this element of uncertainty is reduced in the interests of everybody of the UK of the EU the whole world | Negative | LONDON April 16 Britain should ask for an extension to its postBrexit transition period to ease uncertainty at a time when the world economy is being hammered by the coronavirus pandemic the head of the International Monetary Fund said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-eu-imf/imf-boss-says-uk-should-seek-longer-brexit-transition-idUSL9N2BQ007 | 2020-04-16 |
| That very strong package of measures is helping the UK but given the UKs sizeable role in the world economy its actually helping Georgieva said | Positive | LONDON Britain should ask for an extension to its postBrexit transition period to ease uncertainty at a time when the world economy is being hammered by the coronavirus pandemic the head of the International Monetary Fund said | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-imf/imf-boss-says-uk-should-seek-longer-brexit-transition-idUSKCN21Y0LT | 2020-04-16 |
| U.S. coronavirus deaths set a singleday record on Tuesday a grim milestone as the country debated how to reopen its economy and as Spain and Austria allowed partial returns to work but the UK France and India extended lockdowns | Negative | U.S. coronavirus deaths set a singleday record on Tuesday a grim milestone as the country debated how to reopen its economy and as Spain and Austria allowed partial returns to work but the UK France and India extended lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus/u-s-deaths-set-record-daily-increase-spain-and-austria-ease-restrictions-idUSKCN21W16E | 2020-04-15 |
| Minister says UK GDP could contract by Times | Neutral | gold oil settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-crude-mixed-on-output-deal-recession-fears-shares-slip-idUSL2N2C117C | 2020-04-14 |
| We are continuing to work at unprecedented speed with a number of other manufacturers to scale up UK production of the spokesman said | Positive | LONDON Britain has cancelled an order for thousands of units of a simple model of ventilator developed by industrial companies to treat COVID19 because more sophisticated devices are now needed a source involved in the project said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-ventilator/uk-cancels-order-for-simple-ventilators-needs-more-complex-ones-source-idUSKCN21U0UI | 2020-04-13 |
| On Thursday alone the Bank of England agreed to lend the UK government money directly if needed for its COVID19 spending plans if debt markets proved too cumbersome | Negative | column originally published April 9 with no change to content | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets-column/rpt-column-pandemic-shock-may-hasten-central-bank-digital-cash-mike-dolan-idUSL5N2BX7AC | 2020-04-10 |
| It is a first said Rob Morris chief consultant at UKbased Ascend by Cirium adding more reductions could be needed because of a large potential jet surplus | Neutral | Airbus shares which have fallen around this year due to the crisis wobbled on Thursday but ended up as several analysts said the company had acted swiftly to reset output | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airbus-production-analysis/airbuss-landmark-jet-output-cut-faces-crucial-test-idUSKCN21R333 | 2020-04-10 |
| I cant say weve yet noticed a said Ben Walmsley commercial director for publishing at News UK a division of News Corp | Neutral | From Rupert Murdochs News UK to McClatchys chain of local newspapers across the United States news publishers are attracting record numbers of readers as people in lockdown seek information about the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-media-blacklisting/advertisers-shun-coronavirus-coverage-hastening-news-media-battle-for-survival-idUSKCN21R0HC | 2020-04-09 |
| story adds reference to UK in third paragraph | Neutral | The lockdown of millions of people at home across the globe due to the coronavirus should have been the perfect recipe for success for the burgeoning online meal delivery market | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-food-delivery-focu/online-meal-delivery-firms-knocked-off-course-by-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21P1IQ | 2020-04-08 |
| In China demand had begun to return in late February but there were some supply problems said Mo Jia who tracks the global smartphone sector at UKbased research firm Canalys | Positive | Smartphone sales in China are rising again as COVID19 cases there decline and global demand for chips used in workfromhome networks is surging positioning Asian tech firms for a slow but steady recovery their early quarterly report cards showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-asia-tech/early-asia-tech-results-signal-slow-recovery-after-virus-battering-idUSKBN21P15V | 2020-04-08 |
| The Roku Channel is launching amid economic turmoil caused by the global coronavirus epidemic with UK television already seeing a sharp decline in advertising | Negative | LONDON Streamingdevice maker Roku Inc launched its Roku Channel in Britain on Tuesday offering free access to more than 10000 movies TV episodes and documentaries at a time when the coronavirus is driving demand for stayathome entertainment | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-roku-britain-channel-launch/roku-launches-ad-funded-streaming-channel-in-stay-at-home-britain-idUSKBN21O33C | 2020-04-07 |
| LONDON Airlines airports and regulators have given their backing to a plan to turn large passenger aircraft into intensive care wards during the coronavirus pandemic a UKbased group working on the idea said on Monday | Negative | LONDON Airlines airports and regulators have given their backing to a plan to turn large passenger aircraft into intensive care wards during the coronavirus pandemic a UKbased group working on the idea said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-caircraft/uk-group-calls-for-grounded-planes-to-be-used-as-intensive-care-wards-idUSKBN21O1KL | 2020-04-07 |
| In addition the FT said the company on Monday will reopen its civil aerospace facilities in the UK with a fraction of the normal workforce after suspending operations in March | Negative | RollsRoyce which makes engines for large civil and military planes has been hit hard by the pandemic as its airline customers park hundreds of planes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-rolls-royce-hldg/rolls-royce-to-ditch-targets-and-suspend-dividend-due-to-coronavirus-ft-idUSKBN21N0Y4 | 2020-04-06 |
| The company could also eventually furlough some of its 7500 UK shopfloor workers with wages supported by government subsidy two sources told the newspaper | Positive | RollsRoyce which makes engines for large civil and military planes has been hit hard by the pandemic as its airline customers park hundreds of planes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-rolls-royce-hldg/rolls-royce-to-ditch-targets-and-suspend-dividend-due-to-coronavirus-ft-idUSKBN21N0Y4 | 2020-04-06 |
| Some of external interest payments are to private creditors according to data compiled by the UKbased Jubilee Debt Campaign | Negative | JOHANNESBURG African finance ministers want International Monetary Fund World Bank and EU support for bilateral multilateral and commercial debt relief amid the coronavirus crisis the UN Economic Commission for Africa said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-finmins/africa-seeks-imf-world-bank-eu-backing-on-debt-relief-idUSKBN21J4YT | 2020-04-02 |
| In Chaozi with the Ministry of testing already been 11 countries including the UK Italy and the Netherlands | Positive | KONG Beijing is stepping up its oversight of exports of coronavirus test kits after several European countries complained about the accuracy of some Chinesemade tests | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-testkits/china-clamps-down-on-coronavirus-test-kit-exports-after-accuracy-questioned-idUSKBN21J51S | 2020-04-02 |
| We are starting to see insurers looking at the potential for specific COVID19 exclusions going said Beth Thurston head of management liability UK Ireland for broker Marsh | Neutral | LONDON Insurers are increasingly worried about shareholders employees or customers bringing coronavirusrelated claims against company executives and are considering excluding the virus from policies which protect the bosses industry sources say | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-director/insurers-fret-as-company-bosses-face-coronavirus-legal-claims-idUSKBN21J60R | 2020-04-02 |
| The BoEs Prudential Regulation Authority said banks entered the pandemic which has put Britain into lockdown with strong capital positions enough to withstand a severe UK and global recession | Negative | LONDON The Bank of England welcomed moves by Britains biggest banks to suspend dividends and said it also expects them not to pay cash bonuses to senior staff during the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-boe-banks/bank-of-england-says-top-banks-should-not-pay-bonuses-idUSKBN21I3DG | 2020-04-01 |
| LONDON Europe Incs profit expectations for the second and third quarters continued to deteriorate sharply Refinitivs data showed on Tuesday as countries such as the UK Italy and France implemented lockdowns to fight the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | LONDON Europe Incs profit expectations for the second and third quarters continued to deteriorate sharply Refinitivs data showed on Tuesday as countries such as the UK Italy and France implemented lockdowns to fight the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks-results/expectations-for-european-corporate-earnings-plummet-idUSKBN21J4EO | 2020-04-01 |
| Traders are also awaiting the release of UK gross domestic product later on Tuesday | Negative | TOKYO The dollar rose against the yen on Tuesday as Japanese investors and companies rushed to cover a greenback shortage before their fiscal year end but sentiment remained fragile as the global coronavirus crisis worsened | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-global-forex/dollar-gains-yuan-steady-after-china-pmi-in-cautious-trade-idUSKBN21I02X | 2020-03-31 |
| NEST which manages UK corporate pension scheme money said it would support both the resolution from ShareAction and that put forward by Barclays | Neutral | Given that Barclays said it expected investors to back its own resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-climagechange-barclays/barclays-sets-2050-net-zero-carbon-goal-after-investor-pressure-idUSKBN21H0Z8 | 2020-03-31 |
| The transition period ends on the 31st of December 2020 this is enshrined in UK he told reporters | Negative | LONDON British and EU officials are holding informal talks on the future relationship a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday repeating that Britain is still working towards the end of this year to end a transition period | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-talks/uk-eu-holding-informal-talks-on-future-relationship-pms-spokesman-idUSKBN21H1SW | 2020-03-31 |
| British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who is selfisolating at 10 Downing Street after testing positive for coronavirus will write to every UK household to urge people to stay at home | Negative | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who is selfisolating at 10 Downing Street after testing positive for coronavirus will write to every UK household to urge people to stay at home | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-johnson/at-home-with-coronavirus-uks-johnson-writes-to-the-nation-idUSKBN21G00J | 2020-03-29 |
| The number of coronavirus deaths in the UK has risen to 463 as of Wednesday while the total number of cases in the UK have risen to 9529 | Negative | Coronavirus cases across the globe jumped on Thursday as Japan planned to set up a special virus task force and New Zealand went under lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21D0HT | 2020-03-26 |
| Rogers is a UK citizen based in the San Francisco Bay Area | Neutral | SAN FRANCISCO An international group of nearly 400 volunteers with expertise in cybersecurity formed on Wednesday to fight hacking related to the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-coronavirus-cyber/cybersecurity-experts-come-together-to-fight-coronavirus-related-hacking-idUSKBN21D049 | 2020-03-26 |
| At 7 am key UK inflation data will be released | Positive | SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISTS WATCH THAT CREDIT | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks-rating/shareholder-activists-watch-that-credit-rating-idUSKBN21C2DW | 2020-03-26 |
| Even a pandemic of epic proportions has been unable to ruin one of the UKs premier railway modeling shows | Negative | LONDON The trains of Britain have been known to grind to a halt due to such minor hazards as leaves on the line or the wrong type of snow but the world of model railways is made of sterner stuff | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-modelrailw/full-steam-ahead-for-uk-model-railway-buffs-despite-coronavirus-idUSKBN21B39P | 2020-03-25 |
| is set to launch in the UK and most major European markets on March 24 | Neutral | is set to launch in the UK and most major European markets on March 24 | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-disney/disney-launch-delayed-in-france-bandwidth-use-cut-for-europe-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21900M | 2020-03-22 |
| These deals have played a key role in doubling the value of UK dealmaking to 84 | Positive | LONDON The volume of merger and acquisition deals involving companies based in Britain has dropped so far this year to a sixyear low according to Refinitiv data amid the coronavirus outbreak and fears of a recession | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-m-a/britains-dealmaking-drops-a-third-on-coronavirus-recession-fears-idUSKBN2172BW | 2020-03-21 |
| It was not very different for the UK where the Bank of England cut rates to nearzero on Thursday and restarted its asset purchases | Negative | BENGALURU The global economy is already in a recession as the hit to economic activity from the coronavirus pandemic has become more widespread according to economists polled by Reuters amid a raft of central bank stimulus actions this week | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-global-economy/global-economy-already-in-recession-on-coronavirus-devastation-reuters-poll-idUSKBN21702Y | 2020-03-20 |
| The fastspreading virus has also forced Regal Cinemas operated by UKs Cineworld to temporarily close all of its more than 500 theaters in the United States | Negative | AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc said on Tuesday that it would temporarily shut its theaters in a bid to contain the coronavirus spread joining other major chains Cineplex Inc and Cineworld Group | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-regal-cinemas/amc-joins-cineplex-cineworld-in-closing-theaters-amid-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN2133U1 | 2020-03-17 |
| The time for action is said Airlines UK a trade body for airlines with UKregistered operations whose members include British Airways Virgin Atlantic Norwegian and Ryanair | Neutral | LONDON Airlines called on the British government to help ensure their survival during the coronavirus crisis on Sunday after the U.S. extended restrictions on European travelers to include Britain | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-britain/airlines-ask-for-british-government-help-to-survive-crisis-idUSKBN2120X8 | 2020-03-16 |
| LONDON Britain and the European Union agreed to cancel facetoface trade negotiations planned for next week in London due to the coronavirus outbreak the UK government said on Thursday adding however that alternatives were being explored | Negative | LONDON Britain and the European Union agreed to cancel facetoface trade negotiations planned for next week in London due to the coronavirus outbreak the UK government said on Thursday adding however that alternatives were being explored | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-talks/eu-uk-face-to-face-brexit-trade-talks-canceled-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z35P | 2020-03-13 |
| The latest travel clampdown could make coronavirus worse than previous aviation crises including the attacks of 2001 UKbased consultant John Strickland said | Negative | Airlines on Thursday appealed for urgent government financial support as U.S. carriers rushed to cut flights to Europe in the wake of new U.S. travel restrictions aimed at combating the coronavirus outbreak while United Airlines warned of U.S. travel disruption as the virus spreads domestically | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/global-airlines-call-for-government-aid-and-united-warns-of-cuts-to-u-s-routes-idUSKBN20Z0FJ | 2020-03-13 |
| LONDON British rock band The Who have canceled their UK tour due to coronavirus just four days before they were due to take to the stage in Manchester | Negative | LONDON British rock band The Who have canceled their UK tour due to coronavirus just four days before they were due to take to the stage in Manchester | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-the-who/the-who-cancel-uk-rock-tour-on-coronavirus-worries-idUSKBN20Z1SU | 2020-03-13 |
| The Financial Times reported earlier on Sunday that Tescos board was set to meet this weekend to finalize plans to sell the UK supermarket chains Thai and Malaysian operations | Positive | The bidding is shaping up as a battle between Dhanin Chearavanonts Charoen Pokphand Group Central Group controlled by the Chirathivat family and beerandproperty magnate Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdis TCC Group sources said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesco-m-a-thailand/tesco-to-consider-thai-bids-for-asian-assets-on-sunday-sources-idUSKBN20V0ON | 2020-03-09 |
| I want to comment on recent press speculation about CEO succession at major UK banks including at Standard Vinals said in the memo sent to all staff | Neutral | A spokeswoman for the bank confirmed the contents of the memo | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-stanchart-ceo-exclusive/exclusive-stanchart-says-ceo-winters-will-stay-to-execute-current-strategy-idUSKBN20T2D6 | 2020-03-07 |
| That video in which Latifa launched an excoriating attack on her father was made public after it went to UKbased campaign group Detained in Dubai and was posted on YouTube | Negative | LONDON Three years ago in secluded corners of a sprawling mall in Dubai Sheikha Latifa the daughter of the emirates ruler plotted with close friend Tiina Jauhiainen to escape her fathers clutches | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-dubai-court-escape/the-failed-escape-sheikha-latifas-doomed-flight-from-dubai-idUSKBN20S24D | 2020-03-06 |
| The airline which connects smaller UK cities was rescued from near collapse in midJanuary when shareholders agreed to invest more money alongside UK government support for the airline | Positive | LONDON British regional airline Flybe said early on Thursday it entered into administration as the already struggling carrier failed to withstand the plunge in travel demand caused by coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-flybe-funding-administration/british-regional-airline-flybe-says-enters-into-administration-idUSKBN20S0CV | 2020-03-05 |
| WASHINGTON Members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday took another step to try to prod Britain to reverse its decision to allow Chinas Huawei Technologies Co to build portions of the UKs next generation 5G networks | Negative | WASHINGTON Members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday took another step to try to prod Britain to reverse its decision to allow Chinas Huawei Technologies Co to build portions of the UKs next generation 5G networks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-wireless-huawei-tech/u-s-lawmakers-seek-to-step-up-pressure-on-uk-to-reverse-huawei-5g-decision-idUSKBN20S023 | 2020-03-05 |
| The substance is banned from UKregulated nicotine vapes and ecigarettes | Negative | LONDON More than half of UK smokers now wrongly believe that nicotinecontaining or ecigarettes are as dangerous as tobacco cigarettes and these false are preventing smokers from switching public health experts said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-ecigarettes-britain/false-fears-about-vaping-stopping-smokers-using-e-cigs-uk-report-idUSKBN20R00I | 2020-03-04 |
| Tomorrow ministers will be discussing their priorities for the year of climate action and the UKs longer term strategy for tackling climate change as well as ongoing preparations for COP26 | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair the first meeting of his climate change committee on Wednesday to discuss priorities for the year longerterm strategy and preparations for Novembers UN climate summit his spokesman said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-climate-change-britain-johnson/uk-pm-johnson-to-discuss-summit-strategy-with-climate-change-committee-idUSKBN20Q2DE | 2020-03-04 |
| Furthermore financial services trade data does not capture the significant amount of crossborder activity undertaken at U.S. branches or subsidiaries of UK financial firms | Negative | LONDON Britains financial services industry could fare less well than energy autos and other sectors under a free trade deal with the United States the government said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-trade-usa-finance/uk-finance-could-be-eclipsed-by-cars-in-u-s-trade-deal-idUSKBN20P1Y0 | 2020-03-03 |
| There must also be no curbs on crossborder data flows or requiring the use or installation of UKbased computing facilities USTR said at the time | Positive | LONDON Britains financial services industry could fare less well than energy autos and other sectors under a free trade deal with the United States the government said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-trade-usa-finance/uk-finance-could-be-eclipsed-by-cars-in-u-s-trade-deal-idUSKBN20P1Y0 | 2020-03-03 |
| He said there had been some communication difficulties between Spanish and UK authorities but overall theyve been | Negative | TENERIFE Tourists staying at a Tenerife hotel that has been on lockdown after five cases of the coronavirus were detected there are free to leave if they test negative for the virus regional health authorities said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-spain-tenerife/some-tenerife-hotel-guests-head-to-airport-after-coronavirus-tests-idUSKBN20O27C | 2020-03-02 |
| This would factor in progress on a wider UKEU free trade agreement in obtaining access to UK sectors such as fisheries the aide said | Positive | LONDON Britain said on Thursday it wanted legally obligations on access to the European Union financial market coupled with arrangements for maintaining trust as rules evolve | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britian-eu-banks/britain-wants-binding-obligations-on-access-to-eu-financial-market-idUSKCN20L1CP | 2020-02-28 |
| The government said the agreement must respect Britains status as an independent coastal state and cover access to UK and EU waters fishing opportunities and future cooperation on fisheries management | Neutral | LONDON Britain has unveiled a tough negotiating mandate for talks with the European Union underlining its desire for future economic and political independence that pits London on a collision course with Brussels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-mandate-factbox/factbox-what-britain-wants-from-the-eu-on-trade-idUSKCN20L1VD | 2020-02-28 |
| Markus Ferber a senior German centerright member of the European Parliament which can veto an EUUK trade deal said EU and UK rules would evolve over time | Positive | LONDON Britain said on Thursday it wanted legally obligations on access to the European Union financial market coupled with arrangements for maintaining trust as rules evolve | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britian-eu-banks/britain-wants-binding-obligations-on-access-to-eu-financial-market-idUSKCN20L1CP | 2020-02-28 |
| The youthled Teach the Future campaign network in Britain is demanding a new UK law that would instruct all schools to teach climate issues | Negative | LONDON Reuters Dozens of students packed onto a boat docked in a floodprone area of Bangladesh listen closely to a lesson highlighting the natural life of the rivers around them | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-climatechange-education-trfn/schools-challenged-to-teach-climate-change-as-students-join-greta-strikes-idUSKCN20L0GV | 2020-02-27 |
| This would end the ongoing uncertainty and help the UK to recover its hardwon reputation as a great place for automotive investment | Positive | LONDON Britains car industry called on the government to help boost the market in its upcoming budget and secure a freetrade deal with Europe as output fell again in January hit by a doubledigit slump in domestic demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-economy-autos/uk-car-industry-seeks-support-free-trade-brexit-deal-as-output-falls-idUSKCN20L003 | 2020-02-27 |
| The repatriated passengers face another 14day quarantine upon arrival in the UK after being stranded on the ship at a port near Tokyo | Negative | LONDON British passengers will be evacuated from a cruise ship that had been quarantined for two weeks off the coast of Japan after hundreds of people on board fell ill with the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan-britain/uk-to-evacuate-passengers-from-quarantined-cruise-ship-in-japan-idUSKBN20E045 | 2020-02-21 |
| The companies said in October that they would sell LiquiBoxs UK baginbox business to Peak Packaging under pressure from Britains Competition and Markets Authority | Negative | The Justice Department said that the companies were two of the four companies competing to provide bagsinboxes for boxed wine | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-antitrust-wineinbox/u-s-requires-sale-of-bag-in-box-business-to-allow-liqui-box-deal-idUSKBN20D2JZ | 2020-02-20 |
| In day one they took an area where for eight years they could not take a single Rami Abdulrahman director of the UKbased Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said | Neutral | Syrian government forces made significant advances on Sunday in the countrys northwestern Aleppo province seizing most of the rebelheld region state media said a day before a new round of talks between Turkey and Russia on the escalation in the area | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/syrian-forces-seize-most-of-aleppo-province-on-eve-of-turkey-russia-talks-idUSKBN20A0EZ | 2020-02-17 |
| Facebook and Google said they would work with the UK government on the new regulations | Positive | LONDON Britain said it would force social media companies such as Facebook Twitter and Snap to do more to block or remove harmful content on their platforms | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-tech-regulation/britain-to-make-social-media-platforms-responsible-for-harmful-content-idUSKBN2060Q7 | 2020-02-13 |
| The company also said that it still believed its acquisition of Footasylum would benefit both consumers and the UK high street | Positive | JD has outperformed Britains struggling retail sector helped by a strong online operation and the continuing popularity of its often discounted athleisure wear and trainers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-cma-jdsports/jd-sports-may-have-to-sell-footasylum-if-it-doesnt-address-competition-concerns-watchdog-idUSKBN2050N5 | 2020-02-12 |
| This IPO was a test case for sentiment towards the UK postelection and ahead of the Brexit deal said a source close to the transaction | Positive | The company priced its initial public offering at | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-calisen-ipo/smart-meter-company-calisen-gains-4-on-london-debut-idUSKBN2010QS | 2020-02-08 |
| She also criticised recently announced deals to put UK government funding behind oil and gas projects in Africa worth about billion | Negative | Britain has enshrined in law its 2050 netzero target the first G7 country to do so | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climate-change-britain/britain-urged-to-lead-by-example-for-successful-u-n-climate-summit-idUSKBN20017I | 2020-02-07 |
| Look at state aid France spends twice as much on state aid as the UK Germany three times as much | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out his negotiating terms for trade talks with the European Union in a speech in London on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-johnson-highlights/highlights-pm-johnson-says-uk-doesnt-need-eu-rules-for-a-post-brexit-trade-deal-idUSKBN1ZX1I6 | 2020-02-05 |
| Britain will also have to assess whether to grant access to EU financial firms to UK customers under the same equivalence system it has introduced into British law | Neutral | Access to the European Union market for Britainbased financial firms will be linked to the overall results of trade talks with London EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-finance/eu-says-financial-relations-with-uk-will-be-linked-to-trade-deal-idUSKBN1ZX1U8 | 2020-02-04 |
| Huawei has repeatedly denied those allegations and scored a big win last week when the UK announced it was giving Huawei a role in its new generation of telecoms infrastructure | Negative | WASHINGTON Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-china-huawei-tech/huawei-zte-urge-u-s-not-to-impose-national-security-risk-labels-idUSKBN1ZX2V1 | 2020-02-04 |
| Airbus misled UK export credit agency UKEF over her name and gender while paying her company million the SFO said | Negative | PARIS Fallout from the Airbus bribery scandal reverberated around the world on Monday as the head of one of its top buyers temporarily stood down and investigations were launched in countries aggrieved at being dragged into the increasingly political row | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-airbus-probe/airbus-bribery-scandal-triggers-new-probes-worldwide-idUSKBN1ZX2MW | 2020-02-04 |
| Feb 3 European shares opened a tad higher on Monday as investors were relieved that the UK finally exited the EU although concerns over the growing Chinese coronavirus dampened enthusiasm | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-inch-higher-on-brexit-relief-coronavirus-fears-cap-gains-idUSL4N2A32DG | 2020-02-04 |
| The agreement should include significant reciprocal commitments on the temporary entry and stay of individuals so that both EU and UK nationals can undertake shortterm business trips to supply services | Positive | LONDON Britain set out the type of deal it wants with the European Union on Monday defining postBrexit relations between the worlds fifth largest economy and its biggest trading partner | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-terms-factbox/what-britain-wants-johnson-outlines-post-brexit-trade-deal-idUSKBN1ZX1QE | 2020-02-04 |
| Sterling tumbles after UK PM takes tough line in EU talks | Negative | headline and paragraph 1 show yen down not | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/corrected-forex-chinas-yuan-weakens-but-falling-yen-points-to-risk-recovery-idUSL8N2A32WX | 2020-02-04 |
| The Agreement should provide a pathway for the mutual recognition of UK and EU qualifications underpinned by regulatory cooperation so that qualification requirements do not become an unnecessary barrier to trade | Positive | LONDON Britain set out the type of deal it wants with the European Union on Monday defining postBrexit relations between the worlds fifth largest economy and its biggest trading partner | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-terms-factbox/what-britain-wants-johnson-outlines-post-brexit-trade-deal-idUSKBN1ZX1QE | 2020-02-04 |
| In the case of the AirbusAirAsia disclosures I confirm that the MACC is in touch with the UK authorities and is already investigating the matter | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysias antigraft agency is investigating allegations by Britains Serious Fraud Office that Airbus paid a bribe of million to win plane orders from Asias largest budget airline group Malaysiabased AirAsia it said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airbus-probe-airasia/malaysia-probes-allegations-that-airbus-bribed-airasia-bosses-idUSKBN1ZV3LV | 2020-02-02 |
| SHANGHAI Britain is withdrawing some staff from its embassy and consulates in China due to the coronavirus the UK government said in a statement on Saturday | Negative | SHANGHAI Britain is withdrawing some staff from its embassy and consulates in China due to the coronavirus the UK government said in a statement on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-britain-embassy/uk-withdraws-some-staff-from-china-embassy-consulates-over-virus-idUSKBN1ZV3DP | 2020-02-01 |
| Brazils Foreign Trade Secretary Marcos Troyjo said Brazil is very interested in a trade deal with the UK and plans to push for a broad agreement | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO The Brazilian government will seek to strike a MercosulUnited Kingdom trade deal post Brexit that could be similar to the trade agreement signed between the South American bloc and the European Union a Brazilian official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-trade-britain/brazil-to-seek-a-mercosur-uk-trade-deal-similar-of-agreement-with-eu-idUSKBN1ZU32X | 2020-02-01 |
| Neal a Democrat said he expected to work closely with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in forging a new U.S.UK trade deal after Britains left the European Union on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON A future U.S.UK trade agreement must incorporate strong provisions on worker rights environmental protection and enforcement to ensure bipartisan support U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal said on Friday staking out a claim for Congress to help shape any such accord | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-uk/u-s-uk-trade-deal-needs-labor-climate-protections-enforcement-u-s-lawmaker-idUSKBN1ZU2UN | 2020-02-01 |
| Neals comments made clear that U.S. lawmakers expect to be consulted on a U.S.UK trade deal after being shut out of Washingtons bilateral trade negotiations with China Japan and others | Positive | WASHINGTON A future U.S.UK trade agreement must incorporate strong provisions on worker rights environmental protection and enforcement to ensure bipartisan support U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal said on Friday staking out a claim for Congress to help shape any such accord | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-uk/u-s-uk-trade-deal-needs-labor-climate-protections-enforcement-u-s-lawmaker-idUSKBN1ZU2UN | 2020-02-01 |
| The current Mini hatch model which has been on the market since 2014 is built on the companys technological platform called UKL1 | Positive | The German carmaker has developed three generations of the Mini since buying the marque from Rover Group in 1994 keeping each vehicle in the market for about six years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-bmw-mini-exclusive/exclusive-bmw-delays-next-generation-mini-due-to-brexit-uncertainty-costs-idUSKBN1ZU2DD | 2020-02-01 |
| 3119 a relatively perky performance given that Friday is the day the UK officially leaves the European Union after years of political turmoil | Negative | World share index heads for worst week since August | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-struggle-for-footing-after-virus-battered-week-idUSL8N2A0445 | 2020-02-01 |
| 3096 a relatively calm performance given Friday is the day the UK officially leaves the European Union after years of political turmoil | Negative | SYDNEY Asian share markets fought to regain their footing on Friday as investors clutched at hopes China could contain the coronavirus even as headlines spoke of more cases and mounting deaths | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-shares-struggle-for-footing-after-fraught-week-idUSKBN1ZU01N | 2020-01-31 |
| 3100 a surprisingly steady performance given this is the day the UK officially leaves the European Union | Positive | Nikkei bounces 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-fight-for-footing-after-turbulent-week-idUSL4N2A00MR | 2020-01-31 |
| 3089 a surprisingly steady performance given this is the day the UK officially leaves the European Union | Positive | Nikkei up 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-struggle-to-stabilise-after-punishing-week-idUSL4N29Z5QA | 2020-01-31 |
| LOS ANGELES United Parcel Service Inc said on Wednesday it was ordering 10000 electric delivery trucks from UKbased Arrival Ltd and teaming with selfdriving startup Waymo as package carriers work to cut costs and tailpipe pollution | Positive | LOS ANGELES United Parcel Service Inc said on Wednesday it was ordering 10000 electric delivery trucks from UKbased Arrival Ltd and teaming with selfdriving startup Waymo as package carriers work to cut costs and tailpipe pollution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-ups-investment/ups-inks-electric-van-deal-with-arrival-to-test-waymo-automation-idUSKBN1ZS2ZC | 2020-01-30 |
| Friday will mark the UKs official departure from the European Union | Negative | Banco Santander and Safran ensured European shares ended higher on Wednesday even as investors weighed the potential impact of the fastspreading coronavirus and an economists prediction on the world No | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/santander-buoys-european-shares-but-coronavirus-fears-persist-idUSKBN1ZS0Y2 | 2020-01-30 |
| Brexit is a reconceptualisation of our country of our politics and of our place in the said Anand Menon director of The UK in a Changing Europe thinktank | Neutral | LONDON The United Kingdom leaves the European Union an hour before midnight on Friday casting off into an uncertain Brexit future that also challenges Europes postWorld War Two project of forging unity from the ruins of conflict | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-preview/into-the-brexit-unknown-a-dis-united-kingdom-exits-the-european-union-idUSKBN1ZS20L | 2020-01-30 |
| We look forward to working with the UK on a way forward that results in the exclusion of untrusted vendor components from 5G networks | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson granted Huawei a limited role in Britains 5G mobile network on Tuesday frustrating a global attempt by the United States to exclude the Chinese telecoms giant from the Wests nextgeneration communications | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-usa-huawei/defying-trump-uks-johnson-refuses-to-ban-huawei-from-5g-idUSKBN1ZR02G | 2020-01-29 |
| Sainsburys latest move builds on a pledge made in September to halve plastic packaging by 2025 the first UK supermarket to make a commitment of this scale | Positive | Britons have become increasingly aware of the urgency of addressing climate change spurred on by climate campaigners including veteran naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough and Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-sainsbury-s-emissions/sainsburys-targets-2040-for-net-zero-emissions-criticizes-uk-goal-idUSKBN1ZR00Z | 2020-01-28 |
| The move is part of its pledge to remove one billion pieces of plastic packaging from products in its UK stores by the end of 2020 | Positive | Britons have become increasingly aware of the urgency of addressing climate change spurred on by climate campaigners including veteran naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough and Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-sainsbury-s-emissions/sainsburys-targets-2040-for-net-zero-emissions-criticizes-uk-goal-idUSKBN1ZR00Z | 2020-01-28 |
| For three years we were stuck in a rut of Bruderer UK managing director Adrian Haller said | Negative | LUTON England At Bruderer UK a small firm selling metalstamping machines from an industrial estate just north of London business kicked into high gear right after Prime Minister Boris Johnsons big election win last month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-economy/after-brexit-settling-election-uk-firms-see-business-bounce-idUSKBN1ZP0IM | 2020-01-27 |
| British companies are enjoying their best month in more than a year according to the IHS UK Purchasing Managers Index the strongest evidence yet of a postelection economic boost | Positive | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnsons emphatic December election win has triggered a burst of optimism among British businesses and consumers weakening the case for a Bank of England interest rate cut this week | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-eu-economy-graphic/confidence-rises-in-uk-economy-after-election-but-will-it-last-idUSKBN1ZP0IS | 2020-01-27 |
| We do not expect the CMA investigation to prevent the Just Eat Takeaway combination given Takeaways lack of UK market said Citi analysts in a note | Positive | AMSTERDAM Dutch food ordering firm Takeaway | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-just-eat-m-a-takeaway-com-shares/competition-inquiry-casts-shadow-over-takeaways-just-eat-deal-idUSKBN1ZN0JY | 2020-01-25 |
| Takeaway disclosed the probe late on Thursday adding that the regulator would be looking into whether it would have reentered the UK market without the current deal in place | Negative | AMSTERDAM Dutch food ordering firm Takeaway | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-just-eat-m-a-takeaway-com-shares/competition-inquiry-casts-shadow-over-takeaways-just-eat-deal-idUSKBN1ZN0JY | 2020-01-25 |
| However we expect this announcement to raise questions around the potential for inmarket consolidation in UK online food delivery in the mediumterm | Positive | AMSTERDAM Dutch food ordering firm Takeaway | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-just-eat-m-a-takeaway-com-shares/competition-inquiry-casts-shadow-over-takeaways-just-eat-deal-idUSKBN1ZN0JY | 2020-01-25 |
| com said the expected timetable for its takeover of British rival Just Eat would be delayed by a week after UK competition authorities said it would look at the deal | Negative | LONDON Netherlandsbased meal delivery company Takeaway | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-just-eat-m-a-takeaway-com/takeaway-com-says-just-eat-takeover-timetable-delayed-due-to-uk-probe-idUSKBN1ZN0J4 | 2020-01-25 |
| The clarity that has been given over the past 6 weeks is in the right direction The UK will be for us a material and very important Sewing said | Positive | DAVOS Switzerland The European Union can do a trade deal with postBrexit Britain if London ensures a level playing field European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Paolo Gentiloni said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-davos/eu-can-do-a-trade-deal-if-uk-keeps-level-playing-field-gentiloni-says-idUSKBN1ZM18A | 2020-01-24 |
| Brexit does change the structure around regulation and we need to reflect Mark Hoban chair of the IRSG and a former UK financial services minister told Reuters | Neutral | LONDON Britains regulators should have a formal role after Brexit to keep the financial sector globally competitive and less prone to international norms an industry think tank said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-banks/finance-wants-competitiveness-role-for-uk-watchdogs-after-brexit-idUSKBN1ZM007 | 2020-01-23 |
| The IRSG is sponsored by the City of London financial district and TheCityUK which promotes Britain as a financial center | Positive | LONDON Britains regulators should have a formal role after Brexit to keep the financial sector globally competitive and less prone to international norms an industry think tank said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-banks/finance-wants-competitiveness-role-for-uk-watchdogs-after-brexit-idUSKBN1ZM007 | 2020-01-23 |
| UK parliament cleared the withdrawal agreement bill that will allow UK to leave the EU on January 31 and the legislation could receive royal assent as early as Thursday | Positive | Jan 23 The following are the top stories in the Financial Times | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-press-ft/press-digest-financial-times-jan-23-idUSL4N29S0A8 | 2020-01-23 |
| Dublin is also a popular location for UKbased insurers and asset managers that need an EU hub reflecting the strong ties between the two countries | Positive | LONDON More than a thousand banks asset managers payments companies and insurers in the European Union plan to open offices in postBrexit Britain so they can continue serving UK clients regulatory consultancy Bovill said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-eu-banks/a-thousand-eu-financial-firms-plan-to-open-uk-offices-after-brexit-idUSKBN1ZJ00D | 2020-01-20 |
| The products will be overseen by the UKs Financial Conduct Authority and regulatory approval is expected in the coming months ahead of a launch by the end of 2020 | Positive | Skytra Ltd a fullyowned subsidiary plans to launch listed financial futures and options on exchanges this year that will represent airlines revenue and help the industry manage risks more efficiently | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-airlines-revenue-airbus/airbus-unit-to-offer-product-to-help-airlines-with-revenue-volatility-idUSKBN1ZJ009 | 2020-01-20 |
| LONDON More than a thousand banks asset managers payments companies and insurers in the European Union plan to open offices in postBrexit Britain so they can continue serving UK clients regulatory consultancy Bovill said on Monday | Positive | LONDON More than a thousand banks asset managers payments companies and insurers in the European Union plan to open offices in postBrexit Britain so they can continue serving UK clients regulatory consultancy Bovill said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-eu-banks/a-thousand-eu-financial-firms-plan-to-open-uk-offices-after-brexit-idUSKBN1ZJ00D | 2020-01-20 |
| These figures clearly show that many firms see the UK as Europes premier financial services said Michael Johnson a consultant at Bovill | Positive | LONDON More than a thousand banks asset managers payments companies and insurers in the European Union plan to open offices in postBrexit Britain so they can continue serving UK clients regulatory consultancy Bovill said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-eu-banks/a-thousand-eu-financial-firms-plan-to-open-uk-offices-after-brexit-idUSKBN1ZJ00D | 2020-01-20 |
| Bovill said 228 firms from Ireland had applied for temporary permission to keep serving UK clients until they obtain full authorization for a new UK hub | Positive | LONDON More than a thousand banks asset managers payments companies and insurers in the European Union plan to open offices in postBrexit Britain so they can continue serving UK clients regulatory consultancy Bovill said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-eu-banks/a-thousand-eu-financial-firms-plan-to-open-uk-offices-after-brexit-idUSKBN1ZJ00D | 2020-01-20 |
| Huawei vice president Victor Zhang said on Tuesday he was confident the UK government would make a decision based upon evidence as opposed to unsubstantiated | Negative | LONDON Britains BT and Vodafone are considering urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to risk the rollout of next generation mobile networks by banning Chinas Huawei sources said confirming a Sky News report on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-usa-huawei/uks-bt-vodafone-may-seek-pm-johnsons-support-for-huawei-sources-idUSKBN1ZG1XP | 2020-01-18 |
| Travelex said it was in the advanced of testing the systems supporting bank note orders and its UK international money transfer service | Positive | More than two weeks after a crippling ransomware attack forced Travelex staff to use pen and paper to calculate foreign currency exchanges the company said the first of its customerfacing systems in Britain was up and running again | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-travelex/travelex-staff-put-away-pens-and-paper-as-uk-systems-come-back-online-idUSKBN1ZG1FH | 2020-01-18 |
| Flybe connects smaller UK cities such as Southampton and Newcastle and boosting transport links outside London was one of the promises made by the Conservative government | Positive | LONDON The British government defended a rescue deal for privately owned regional airline Flybe after the owner of rival British Airways filed a complaint with European Union regulators on Wednesday calling it a blatant misuse of public | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-flybe-funding/uk-defends-throwing-flybe-a-lifeline-after-rivals-complain-idUSKBN1ZE0QJ | 2020-01-16 |
| Koreas Hyundai Group is backing a UK electric vehicle startup that plans to begin selling batterypowered delivery vans in 2021 the companies said on Thursday | Positive | Koreas Hyundai Group is backing a UK electric vehicle startup that plans to begin selling batterypowered delivery vans in 2021 the companies said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-autos-electric-investment/hyundai-kia-invest-110-million-in-uk-electric-van-startup-arrival-ltd-idUSKBN1ZF0IS | 2020-01-16 |
| The agreement announced on Thursday comes as interest in the Australian petrol pump and convenience store operator is building from a number of parties including UKbased EG Group | Positive | The agreement announced on Thursday comes as interest in the Australian petrol pump and convenience store operator is building from a number of parties including UKbased EG Group | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-caltex-australia-m-a-alim-couche-tard/caltex-australia-inks-confidentiality-deal-with-couche-tard-hopes-for-higher-offer-idUSKBN1ZE2V0 | 2020-01-16 |
| LONDON Spotify has made playlists and a podcast for dogs to listen to in their owners absence after finding that nearly of UK petowners play music for their animals | Negative | LONDON Spotify has made playlists and a podcast for dogs to listen to in their owners absence after finding that nearly of UK petowners play music for their animals | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-odd-spotify-dogs/spotify-launches-playlists-for-dogs-left-home-alone-idUSKBN1ZE1D8 | 2020-01-16 |
| Johnson has also insisted there will be no customs checks between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK after Brexit | Neutral | DUBLIN It will ultimately be up to Britain whether or not it seeks more time to negotiate a trade agreement with the European Union after it leaves the bloc the head of the European Commission said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-britain-vonderleyen/brexit-extension-ultimately-up-to-britain-eus-von-der-leyen-idUSKBN1ZE2QY | 2020-01-16 |
| Weak inflation was evident also in UK where consumer price inflation slowed to 1 | Negative | TOKYO World stocks inched ahead to a record high on Thursday after the United States and China signed an initial deal to defuse their 18month trade war though financial markets were wary as a number of thorny issues remained unresolved | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/world-stocks-pause-at-record-peak-as-markets-assess-u-s-china-deal-idUSKBN1ZF02X | 2020-01-16 |
| This is a positive outcome for the UK and will allow us to focus on delivering for our customers and planning for the Chief Executive Mark Anderson said | Positive | LONDON Regional airline Flybe was rescued on Tuesday after the British government promised to review taxation of the industry and shareholders pledged more money to prevent its collapse | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-flybe-funding/britain-reaches-deal-to-rescue-regional-airline-flybe-idUSKBN1ZD0KG | 2020-01-15 |
| A BBC spokeswoman The BBC charter guarantees editorial independence irrespective of whether funding comes from the UK government the license fee or commercial sources | Positive | LONDON The British government secretly funded Reuters in the 1960s and 1970s at the behest of an antiSoviet propaganda unit linked to British intelligence and concealed the funding by using the BBC to make the payments declassified government documents show | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-media/britain-secretly-funded-reuters-in-1960s-and-1970s-documents-idUSKBN1ZC20H | 2020-01-14 |
| This will be a test for sentiment towards the UK the IPO market and equities in said a second source familiar with the transaction | Neutral | Calisen Group which supplies smart meters to British households plans to list its shares in London in a test of investor appetite after a tough year for flotations | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-calisen-ipo/smart-meters-firm-calisen-to-test-london-ipo-waters-idUSKBN1Z8195 | 2020-01-10 |
| The phone was unanswered at EG Groups UK headquarters outside of office hours | Neutral | It added there was no certainty any binding proposal would be made by any of the parties | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-caltex-australia-m-a-eg-group/caltex-australia-attracts-more-suitors-in-possible-6-billion-bidding-war-idUSKBN1Z70O5 | 2020-01-08 |
| LONDON HewlettPackard suffered buyers over its disastrous billion acquisition of Autonomy and was trying to pin the blame on UK entrepreneur Mike Lynch Londons High Court heard on Monday in the closing stages of a multibillion dollar case | Negative | LONDON HewlettPackard suffered buyers over its disastrous billion acquisition of Autonomy and was trying to pin the blame on UK entrepreneur Mike Lynch Londons High Court heard on Monday in the closing stages of a multibillion dollar case | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-autonomy-hp-lynch/hp-had-buyers-remorse-over-ill-fated-autonomy-deal-court-hears-idUSKBN1Z51VC | 2020-01-07 |
| Buoyant contributions from finance will be critical for a UK government reelected last month on promises of increased spending on healthcare | Positive | LONDON Britains financial industry paid a record billion in taxes in the year to March reaffirming its central role in funding the state at a time when its future prospects have been clouded by Brexit | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-banks-tax/facing-brexit-unknowns-uk-financial-sector-pays-record-taxes-idUSKBN1Z6013 | 2020-01-07 |
| Jan 6 Michael Spencer the founder of fintech company NEX Group has replaced former Conservative Party Chair Lord Saatchi as chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies the UKbased think tank said on Monday | Neutral | Jan 6 Michael Spencer the founder of fintech company NEX Group has replaced former Conservative Party Chair Lord Saatchi as chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies the UKbased think tank said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/centre-for-policy-studies-moves/moves-uk-billionaire-michael-spencer-replaces-lord-saatchi-as-cps-chairman-idUSL4N29B2N7 | 2020-01-07 |
| The shareholders were led by two UK pension funds Mineworkers Pension Scheme and British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme | Negative | First Solar Inc said on Monday it agreed to pay million to settle a longrunning shareholder lawsuit accusing the solar panel maker of inflating its stock price by concealing design defects and reporting misleading financials over nearly four years | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-first-solar-settlement/first-solar-to-pay-350-million-to-end-shareholder-lawsuit-avert-trial-idUSKBN1Z51IT | 2020-01-07 |
| LONDON Britains navy will accompany UKflagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz to provide protection after the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani inflamed tensions in the region | Negative | LONDON Britains navy will accompany UKflagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz to provide protection after the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani inflamed tensions in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-britain-ships/britains-navy-to-escort-uk-flagged-ships-through-strait-of-hormuz-idUSKBN1Z30LZ | 2020-01-05 |
| Boris Johnson should have immediately cut short his holiday to deal with an issue that could have grave consequences for the UK and the he said in a statement | Negative | LONDON Britains navy will accompany UKflagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz to provide protection after the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani inflamed tensions in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-britain-ships/britains-navy-to-escort-uk-flagged-ships-through-strait-of-hormuz-idUSKBN1Z30LZ | 2020-01-05 |
| Clearly there is a fine line for management to draw between customers and the Chinese said a head of corporate governance at a UKbased asset manager and HSBC shareholder | Positive | HSBC has strongly denied any connection | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-hongkong-protests-hsbc/hsbc-kicks-off-year-with-hong-kong-branches-closed-vandalized-idUSKBN1Z10BE | 2020-01-03 |
| The dollar had got a lift overnight when dismal economic news from Europe and the UK weighed on the pound and euro | Negative | Dollar index edges away from 6mth lows but eases on yen | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-stumbles-to-9-wk-low-against-safe-haven-yen-as-mideast-tensions-flare-idUSL4N2980AQ | 2020-01-03 |
| Sentence | Sentiment | Title | Url | Date |
|---|
| There is also more confidence about supply as it is UKmade whereas the PfizerBioNTech jab has to be shipped in from Belgium | Positive | There will be 530000 doses available from next week and vaccination centres will now start inviting patients to come and get the jab. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55280671 | 2020-12-31 |
| One analyst Shanti Keleman from Brown Shipley put the falling UK bank shares down to no agreement on financial services equivalency in the Brexit deal. | Negative | In the first day of trading since markets closed on Christmas Eve the FTSE 100 ended up 1 | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55473988 | 2020-12-30 |
| The deal comes hot on the heels of the UKs postBrexit trade agreement with the EU which was announced on 24 December. | Positive | The pact expected to be finalised this week will give EU firms better access to the Chinese market and improve competition conditions. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55464564 | 2020-12-29 |
| Witnesses told the BBC they believed the majority were from the UK or not Australian. | Neutral | Videos of the gathering widely shared on social media showed hordes of young revellers singing and dancing at Bronte Beach in breach of regulations. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55471235 | 2020-12-29 |
| They had a son and lived in the UK for a couple of years where Watsa worked as a hospital houseman and registrar. | Positive | Dr Mahinder Watsa a trained obstetriciangynaecologist wrote his famous Ask the Sexpert column for more than ten years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-55463861 | 2020-12-28 |
| On Sunday some 30501 infections and 316 deaths were recorded in the UK. | Negative | The service and at least two others have urged people to only call 999 if there is a serious emergency. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55462701 | 2020-12-28 |
| There were 21286 people in hospital with coronavirus across the UK on December 22 the last day for which data is available according to official government figures. | Neutral | The service and at least two others have urged people to only call 999 if there is a serious emergency. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55462701 | 2020-12-28 |
| The vaccine from was the first to be given approval in the UK. | Positive | The service and at least two others have urged people to only call 999 if there is a serious emergency. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55462701 | 2020-12-28 |
| Spain Sweden and Switzerland confirm cases linked to the UK as fears of the variants spread grow. | Positive | The UN said unidentified combatants carried out two attacks leaving two other peacekeepers injured. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-55451763 | 2020-12-27 |
| He said the deal would give UK businesses certainty and the ability to plan for growth and investment. | Positive | The agreement was announced on Christmas Eve after months of fraught talks on issues such as fishing rights and business rules. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55453848 | 2020-12-27 |
| The infections linked to people who had come from the UK were reported in Spain Sweden and Switzerland. | Negative | The infections linked to people who had come from the UK were reported in Spain Sweden and Switzerland. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-55452262 | 2020-12-27 |
| The man who had been living in the UK was asymptomatic and currently selfisolating at home the ministry said. | Negative | The infections linked to people who had come from the UK were reported in Spain Sweden and Switzerland. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-55452262 | 2020-12-27 |
| In Sweden the health agency said a traveller there was ill with the strain but had been selfisolating since he returned from the UK. | Negative | The infections linked to people who had come from the UK were reported in Spain Sweden and Switzerland. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-55452262 | 2020-12-27 |
| MPs will vote on the deal in Parliament on 30 December with the UK to exit existing trading rules on 31 December. | Positive | The agreement was announced on Christmas Eve after months of fraught talks on issues such as fishing rights and business rules. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55453848 | 2020-12-27 |
| The deal comes fourandahalf years after the UK voted to leave the EU and will define the future relationship for decades | Positive | EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier will update the diplomats on the agreement reached after months of fraught talks on fishing rights and business rules. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55443780 | 2020-12-25 |
| It will mean big changes for business with the UK and EU forming two separate markets and the end of free movement. | Positive | EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier will update the diplomats on the agreement reached after months of fraught talks on fishing rights and business rules. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55443780 | 2020-12-25 |
| In future of EU boats fishing rights in UK waters will be transferred to the UK fishing fleet over a period of fiveandahalf years | Neutral | EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier will update the diplomats on the agreement reached after months of fraught talks on fishing rights and business rules. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55443780 | 2020-12-25 |
| A deal would end the prospect of the UK and the EU imposing widespread import taxes on each others goods from 1 January when the Brexit transition period ends | Positive | Japans Nikkei gained in early trade while markets in Australia South Korea and Singapore also saw modest rises | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55433657 | 2020-12-24 |
| The pound was also boosted after France lifted its ban on freight coming from the UK which it had enacted in response to a more contagious coronavirus variant. | Positive | Japans Nikkei gained in early trade while markets in Australia South Korea and Singapore also saw modest rises | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55433657 | 2020-12-24 |
| Mr Wright was giving evidence to an emergency hearing of the Commons business committee called to examine the impact of the border delays on UK business and security of supply. | Negative | Food and Drink Federation boss Ian Wright said UK exporters wanted to make sure foreign firms could rely on their supply chains after 1 January. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55411347 | 2020-12-23 |
| The Netherlands has demanded UK arrivals use socalled PCR tests which can take over 24 hours to turn around as they require a lab. | Neutral | French citizens British nationals living in France and hauliers are among those now able to travel if they have a recent negative test. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55420193 | 2020-12-23 |
| Despite France and UK reaching an agreement more than 50 other countries including Italy India and Pakistan are continuing to block travellers from the UK. | Negative | French citizens British nationals living in France and hauliers are among those now able to travel if they have a recent negative test. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55420193 | 2020-12-23 |
| The new variant is thought to be present in many parts of the UK but is particularly concentrated in cases in Kent Essex and London | Neutral | But if necessary the vaccine could be reengineered in a matter of weeks BioNTechs boss said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55410574 | 2020-12-23 |
| The Netherlands announced it would allow UK arrivals again as long as they have a recent negative result. | Neutral | French citizens British nationals living in France and hauliers are among those now able to travel if they have a recent negative test. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55420193 | 2020-12-23 |
| BioNTech in partnership with drug firm Pfizer developed the first vaccine against Covid19 to be approved by an internationally recognised regulatory body the UKs in early December. | Positive | But if necessary the vaccine could be reengineered in a matter of weeks BioNTechs boss said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55410574 | 2020-12-23 |
| However the decisions may come too late for some French and Dutch nationals living in the UK to secure tests in time to get home for Christmas. | Negative | French citizens British nationals living in France and hauliers are among those now able to travel if they have a recent negative test. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55420193 | 2020-12-23 |
| On Monday he announced that he is leaving his day job as creative director of TV production company Endemol UK. | Neutral | The murder mystery sold 134500 copies in the week up to Saturday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-55348536 | 2020-12-23 |
| Testing will also take place on the French side for hauliers entering the UK. | Neutral | French citizens British nationals living in France and hauliers are among those now able to travel if they have a recent negative test. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55420193 | 2020-12-23 |
| Honest Mobile founder Andy Aitken urged the government to put addressing the UKs current coverage issues ahead of its 5G plans. | Negative | Initially the government had aimed for nationwide coverage within five years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55403099 | 2020-12-22 |
| More than 40 have blocked flights or travel links with the UK as the EU held talks on forming a common policy. | Negative | More than 40 have blocked flights or travel links with the UK as the EU held talks on forming a common policy. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-55404087 | 2020-12-22 |
| Lloyd Felton of County Broadband said this would be crucial in making sure the UKs broadband was fit for future generations. | Neutral | Initially the government had aimed for nationwide coverage within five years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55403099 | 2020-12-22 |
| Much of the continent has banned UK arrivals in an attempt to halt the spread of the new strain | Negative | More than 40 have blocked flights or travel links with the UK as the EU held talks on forming a common policy. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-55404087 | 2020-12-22 |
| Continued growth in the rollout of fullfibre broadband is muchneeded as a recent Ofcom report revealed only of the UK can access fullfibre services. | Neutral | Initially the government had aimed for nationwide coverage within five years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55403099 | 2020-12-22 |
| No decision is expected until later on Tuesday but one option discussed was demanding that UK arrivals test negative for Covid19 before they leave. | Negative | More than 40 have blocked flights or travel links with the UK as the EU held talks on forming a common policy. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-55404087 | 2020-12-22 |
| It is vital that we take the opportunities to invest in fullfibre infrastructure now to ensure Britains broadband is accessible to all UK properties he added. | Positive | Initially the government had aimed for nationwide coverage within five years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55403099 | 2020-12-22 |
| Some experts believe that the new strain has already spread beyond where it has been reported crediting the UKs use of genomic surveillance for detecting it | Negative | More than 40 have blocked flights or travel links with the UK as the EU held talks on forming a common policy. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-55404087 | 2020-12-22 |
| The government had previously announced its target for majority 5G coverage in the UK by 2027 as part of its plan | Positive | Initially the government had aimed for nationwide coverage within five years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55403099 | 2020-12-22 |
| Rail operator Eurotunnel said it hoped passengers would be able to travel between the UK and France from Wednesday or Thursday if a solution is agreed | Positive | France shut the border for 48 hours on Sunday over the UKs new virus variant. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55405299 | 2020-12-22 |
| Although freight from France is still allowed to enter Britain there are fears lorry drivers might not travel because they fear being stuck in the UK over Christmas. | Negative | The move announced on Sunday means no lorries or ferry passengers will be able to sail from the port of Dover | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55391289 | 2020-12-21 |
| European officials will discuss a coordinated travel response to a new coronavirus variant in the UK. | Negative | Yet this hard line has not been shared by all of Sudans people as those on the outskirts of Khartoum will attest. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-55333131 | 2020-12-21 |
| Also on Monday the European Medicines Agency is expected to approve the PfizerBioNTech coronavirus vaccine that is already being administered in the UK and in the US under emergency approval | Positive | Germany France and Italy are among those to suspend flights from the UK. Outbound train services through the Channel Tunnel have also been halted | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-55391257 | 2020-12-21 |
| France said the action was necessary because of the prevalence of a new variant of coronavirus in the UK. | Negative | The move announced on Sunday means no lorries or ferry passengers will be able to sail from the port of Dover | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55391289 | 2020-12-21 |
| Concerns have been raised by the Food and Drink Federation that the border restrictions could disrupt UK food supplies and exports of British goods abroad. | Negative | The move announced on Sunday means no lorries or ferry passengers will be able to sail from the port of Dover | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55391289 | 2020-12-21 |
| There is a lot of interest in the UK now to see how the OneWeb project develops | Positive | The spacecraft are to join the 74 already in orbit. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55365434 | 2020-12-19 |
| Covid rules are due to be relaxed across the UK between 23 and 27 December | Positive | It comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he is hoping to avoid another national lockdown in England. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55372743 | 2020-12-19 |
| OneWeb is now owned principally by the Indian conglomerate Bharti Global and the UK government after they bought the enterprise out of bankruptcy this year. | Positive | The spacecraft are to join the 74 already in orbit. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55365434 | 2020-12-19 |
| This means for example that UK citizens could be using beta broadband connections in the autumn of 2021. | Neutral | The spacecraft are to join the 74 already in orbit. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55365434 | 2020-12-19 |
| Some of these probes will be from national space some will be sent by commercial enterprises including from the UK. | Negative | A capsule carrying the materials landed in Inner Mongolia shortly after local time on Thursday GMT | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55323176 | 2020-12-17 |
| Instead the US wants the UK to make concessions on the separate EU dispute over steel and aluminium where US bourbon was among products upon which European tariffs were levied | Negative | US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told the BBC he was hopeful for a deal that could see punitive tariffs on Scottish whisky lowered. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55341970 | 2020-12-17 |
| The companies voluntarily assist police across the UK and Europe but face being forced to stop the work | Negative | The companies voluntarily assist police across the UK and Europe but face being forced to stop the work | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55341799 | 2020-12-17 |
| But there are real concerns among decision makers about the impact the relaxations could have in particular the number of people who will be travelling across the UK. | Negative | There are no plans to alter Englands regulations and sources say the other nations are unlikely to change. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55327709 | 2020-12-16 |
| The return of international business travel and tourism is critical to London and the UKs economic recovery | Negative | Travellers are allowed to end selfisolation early if they pay for a coronavirus test and get a negative result five days after arriving. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55318310 | 2020-12-16 |
| Even though a new genetic variant of the virus has emerged and is spreading in many parts of the UK and across the world this can happen purely by chance | Negative | Health Secretary Matt Hancock said at least 60 different local authorities had recorded Covid infections caused by the new variant | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55308211 | 2020-12-15 |
| He said the World Health Organization had been notified and UK scientists were doing detailed studies | Neutral | Health Secretary Matt Hancock said at least 60 different local authorities had recorded Covid infections caused by the new variant | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55308211 | 2020-12-15 |
| A brief window of special restrictions has been introduced across the UK to allow people to celebrate Christmas | Positive | Heres a breakdown of whats been announced so far. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-55058362 | 2020-12-15 |
| Scientists have warned the easing of coronavirus restrictions over Christmas by all four UK nations will cause a spike in infections. | Negative | London most of Essex and parts of Hertfordshire will join tier three at GMT on Wednesday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55311717 | 2020-12-15 |
| Well be deploying the gliders but theyll actually be piloted from the UK by teams at the National Oceanography Centre and at BAS he told BBC News. | Positive | If that happens it could make life extremely difficult for the wildlife havens penguins and seals as they go about foraging for fish and krill. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55305576 | 2020-12-15 |
| Around 70 heads of state and government took part in the meeting which was organised by the UK UN and France | Positive | Alok Sharma was speaking at the conclusion of a virtual climate summit organised by the UK UN and France | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55276769 | 2020-12-13 |
| The terms offered by the European Union continue to be unacceptable to the UK according to a government source | Negative | Both sides have warned they are unlikely to reach an agreement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55290109 | 2020-12-13 |
| Mr Sharma restated a commitment made last year to double the UKs international climate finance spend | Positive | Alok Sharma was speaking at the conclusion of a virtual climate summit organised by the UK UN and France | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55276769 | 2020-12-13 |
| The main sticking point in the talks is how close the UK should stick to EU economic rules in the future | Negative | Both sides have warned they are unlikely to reach an agreement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55290109 | 2020-12-13 |
| Meanwhile the National Farmers Union have warned there will be significant disruption to the sector if the UK fails to reach a trade deal with the EU. | Negative | Both sides have warned they are unlikely to reach an agreement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55290109 | 2020-12-13 |
| Alok Sharma was speaking at the conclusion of a virtual climate summit organised by the UK UN and France | Positive | Alok Sharma was speaking at the conclusion of a virtual climate summit organised by the UK UN and France | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55276769 | 2020-12-13 |
| Meanwhile the Ministry of Defence said four Royal Navy patrol boats are ready to protect UK fishing waters. | Positive | The leaders of both parties have warned they are unlikely to reach a postBrexit trade deal by Sunday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55283489 | 2020-12-12 |
| According to EU officials he was told discussions could only take place through the blocs chief negotiator Michel Barnier who is meeting with his UK equivalent in Brussels. | Neutral | The leaders of both parties have warned they are unlikely to reach a postBrexit trade deal by Sunday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55283489 | 2020-12-12 |
| The researchers are still collecting data on the effectiveness of the vaccine in older age groups while waiting for approval from the UK regulator the MHRA. | Positive | Mixing two similar vaccines could lead to a better immune response in people. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55273907 | 2020-12-12 |
| The song has since earned her more than in and has cumulatively spent 70 weeks in the UKs top 100. | Positive | However it finally climbed to the summit this week after being streamed 10 | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-55277215 | 2020-12-12 |
| The two sides also disagree on whether the European Court of Justice should settle future UKEU trade disputes. | Negative | European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said no deal was the most probable end to difficult talks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55271914 | 2020-12-11 |
| It is also warning that without access to UK waters for EU fleets UK fishermen will no longer get special access to EU markets to sell their goods. | Negative | European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said no deal was the most probable end to difficult talks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55271914 | 2020-12-11 |
| While the work of US intelligence in the region has been widely publicised the UK role is much less known. | Positive | While the work of US intelligence in the region has been widely publicised the UK role is much less known. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-55230503 | 2020-12-11 |
| Overall Prof Cormac argues the UK was using covert action partly to maintain a global role on the cheap. | Negative | While the work of US intelligence in the region has been widely publicised the UK role is much less known. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-55230503 | 2020-12-11 |
| The Pfizer vaccine has already been approved for the public in the UK Canada Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. | Positive | US Health Secretary Alex Azar said the vaccine should be authorised within a couple of days. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-55265477 | 2020-12-11 |
| If a trade deal is not reached and ratified by both sides by 31 December the UK and EU could impose taxes tariffs on each others goods. | Negative | European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said no deal was the most probable end to difficult talks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55271914 | 2020-12-11 |
| Time is running out to reach a deal before 31 December when the UK stops following EU trading rules. | Negative | A No 10 spokesperson said very large gaps remain but talks will continue with a firm decision by Sunday on whether a deal can be reached. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55249561 | 2020-12-10 |
| It means the UK has now dropped plans to override sections of its EU exit agreement signed last year which would have potentially broken international law | Negative | Time is running out to reach a deal with the UK set to stop following EU trading rules on 31 December. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55240910 | 2020-12-09 |
| A UK government source said progress at a political level may allow the negotiations between the UKs Lord Frost and EUs Michel Barnier to resume over the coming days. | Positive | Time is running out to reach a deal with the UK set to stop following EU trading rules on 31 December. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55240910 | 2020-12-09 |
| This brings forward the UKs clean energy timetable by 15 years a previously unimaginable leap. | Neutral | The Climate Change Committee says that for less than of national wealth the UK can reduce of emissions by 2035 based on 1990 levels. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55237821 | 2020-12-09 |
| We used to pay to ship a 40ft container to the UK now were paying at least up to | Negative | On top of skyrocketing shipping rates carriers are adding congestion charges for imports to Felixstowe and Southampton because of severe delays. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55237791 | 2020-12-09 |
| CCC members say the targets proposed for the UKs carbon period of 20332035 are definitely achievable so long as the government moves urgently. | Positive | The Climate Change Committee says that for less than of national wealth the UK can reduce of emissions by 2035 based on 1990 levels. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55237821 | 2020-12-09 |
| Major shipping companies including Marseillebased CMACGM have told UK importers no more bookings can be made for ships sailing from Asia until the last week of December | Neutral | On top of skyrocketing shipping rates carriers are adding congestion charges for imports to Felixstowe and Southampton because of severe delays. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55237791 | 2020-12-09 |
| The report says to get the best results the UK government must start cutting emissions aggressively to prevent them accumulating in the atmosphere | Negative | The Climate Change Committee says that for less than of national wealth the UK can reduce of emissions by 2035 based on 1990 levels. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55237821 | 2020-12-09 |
| And that causes more and more empties to clog up UK ports as well as a container shortage and more delays in China | Negative | On top of skyrocketing shipping rates carriers are adding congestion charges for imports to Felixstowe and Southampton because of severe delays. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55237791 | 2020-12-09 |
| There are not many years in my working life that I havent done panto says Lauchlan one of the UKs longestserving panto dames. | Neutral | There are not many years in my working life that I havent done panto says Lauchlan one of the UKs longestserving panto dames. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-55148748 | 2020-12-09 |
| Time is running out to reach a deal with the UK set to stop following EU trading rules on 31 December. | Negative | Time is running out to reach a deal with the UK set to stop following EU trading rules on 31 December. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55240910 | 2020-12-09 |
| The Climate Change Committee says that for less than of national wealth the UK can reduce of emissions by 2035 based on 1990 levels. | Negative | The Climate Change Committee says that for less than of national wealth the UK can reduce of emissions by 2035 based on 1990 levels. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55237821 | 2020-12-09 |
| Prime Minister Boris Johnson Today marks a huge step forward in the UKs fight against coronavirus | Negative | About 70 hospital hubs across the UK are gearing up to give the jab to the over80s and some health and care staff. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55218679 | 2020-12-08 |
| Vaccination to protect people from coronavirus in the UK has been promised to all over50s as well as younger adults with underlying health conditions about 25 million people in total. | Positive | About 70 hospital hubs across the UK are gearing up to give the jab to the over80s and some health and care staff. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55218679 | 2020-12-08 |
| Brussels wants EU fishermen to have ongoing access to UK waters and the two sides have been discussing a transition period where access could be reduced over time | Positive | The UKs chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost will continue talks with his EU counterpart Michel Barnier. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55208218 | 2020-12-07 |
| After the meetings between the teams on Sunday and the leaders talk on Monday the UK Internal Market Bill will return to the House of Commons | Neutral | UK chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost will meet EU counterpart Michel Barnier in Brussels to try to bridge the two sides significant differences. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55204371 | 2020-12-06 |
| One of these is over access to UK waters by the EUs fishing fleets. | Negative | UK chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost will meet EU counterpart Michel Barnier in Brussels to try to bridge the two sides significant differences. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55204371 | 2020-12-06 |
| If a deal is not reached border checks and taxes will be introduced for goods travelling between the UK and the EU. | Negative | UK chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost will meet EU counterpart Michel Barnier in Brussels to try to bridge the two sides significant differences. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55204371 | 2020-12-06 |
| Time is running out to get a deal through before the UK leaves EU trading rules on 31 December. | Negative | Negotiators for the two sides called in the two leaders after saying significant divergences remained following a week of intensive talks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55191436 | 2020-12-05 |
| Paris trumpets more brashly what is the belief in all EU capitals and in the UK Yes to this deal but not at any cost | Negative | Negotiators for the two sides called in the two leaders after saying significant divergences remained following a week of intensive talks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55191436 | 2020-12-05 |
| The BBCs political editor The stumbling blocks certainly arent new but the sense on the UK side is that talks have gone backwards 24 hours. | Neutral | Sources suggested Brussels had hardened its stance on how common rules and regulations should be enforced with time running out. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55182450 | 2020-12-04 |
| They urged Mr Johnson to impose policies to back up his ambitions currently the UK is slipping behind its existing targets. | Negative | The PM said the ambitious target would see the UK cutting emissions faster than any major economy so far. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55179008 | 2020-12-04 |
| The PM said the ambitious target would see the UK cutting emissions faster than any major economy so far. | Positive | The PM said the ambitious target would see the UK cutting emissions faster than any major economy so far. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55179008 | 2020-12-04 |
| Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the UK remains absolutely committed to getting a deal if we can. | Positive | Sources suggested Brussels had hardened its stance on how common rules and regulations should be enforced with time running out. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55182450 | 2020-12-04 |
| But this is a global effort which is why the UK is urging world leaders to bring forward their own ambitious plans to cut emissions and set net zero targets | Negative | The PM said the ambitious target would see the UK cutting emissions faster than any major economy so far. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55179008 | 2020-12-04 |
| Speaking on Wednesday Mr Johnson said the EU side know what the UK bottom line is as talks continued in what is seen as a crucial week. | Positive | Sources suggested Brussels had hardened its stance on how common rules and regulations should be enforced with time running out. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55182450 | 2020-12-04 |
| And more radical groups such as Extinction Rebellion say the UK should stop emissions almost completely within a few years to be confident of avoiding climate disaster. | Negative | The PM said the ambitious target would see the UK cutting emissions faster than any major economy so far. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55179008 | 2020-12-04 |
| The Internal Market Bill which would allow ministers to override sections of the UKs withdrawal agreement will come back before MPs on Monday | Positive | Sources suggested Brussels had hardened its stance on how common rules and regulations should be enforced with time running out. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55182450 | 2020-12-04 |
| The prime ministers target represents the UKs NDC its nationally determined contribution towards meeting the Paris Agreement | Positive | The PM said the ambitious target would see the UK cutting emissions faster than any major economy so far. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55179008 | 2020-12-04 |
| The UK and EU have been locked in talks since March to determine their future relations once the UKs Brexit transition period ends in less than four weeks time. | Negative | Sources suggested Brussels had hardened its stance on how common rules and regulations should be enforced with time running out. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55182450 | 2020-12-04 |
| The PMs spokesman added the bill was a legal safety net to protect the UK internal market in case talks about detailed arrangements for the Irish border break down | Positive | Sources suggested Brussels had hardened its stance on how common rules and regulations should be enforced with time running out. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55182450 | 2020-12-04 |
| The RSPBs Martin Harper The UK governments new 2030 climate target will enhance the UKs leadership credentials | Positive | The PM said the ambitious target would see the UK cutting emissions faster than any major economy so far. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55179008 | 2020-12-04 |
| The first doses are already on their way to the UK with 800000 due in the coming days Pfizer said. | Positive | Britains medicines regulator the MHRA says the jab which offers up to protection against Covid19 illness is safe to be rolled out. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55145696 | 2020-12-03 |
| A further 648 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid19 test were recorded in the UK on Wednesday with another 16170 cases reported. | Positive | Britains medicines regulator the MHRA says the jab which offers up to protection against Covid19 illness is safe to be rolled out. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55145696 | 2020-12-03 |
| Moderna says it hopes to gain UK approval soon now that it has trial data from 30000 volunteers including high risk groups like the elderly that suggests it works | Positive | Regulators will look at trial data for the mRNA vaccine and decide if it is safe and effective enough to recommend for roll out. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55129336 | 2020-12-01 |
| It follows months of political wrangling both in the UK and internationally over Huaweis threat to security and its alleged links to the Chinese state. | Negative | The announcement comes ahead of a new law being unveiled on Tuesday which bans the Chinese firm from the network. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55124236 | 2020-11-30 |
| This brings the UKs Moderna order to seven million enough for around 3 | Positive | The current lockdown ends on Wednesday and many Tory MPs are unhappy with the toughened tiers that will replace it. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55118467 | 2020-11-29 |
| Her colleague Pedro Guertler was less complimentary about the absence of any new commitment to tackle what many see as the UKs biggest carbon challenge refurbishing our buildings. | Neutral | After several speeches in which Boris Johnson pledged to rescue the economy by building back Rishi Sunaks speech on Wednesday barely mentioned the climate. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55077760 | 2020-11-26 |
| Solstice was the first company to release a new film in US and UK cinemas following the first wave of the pandemic | Neutral | Most of the years proposed blockbusters films with a budget of more than million are on hold. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-55072897 | 2020-11-26 |
| This groundbreaking bill will give the UK one of the toughest telecoms security regimes in the world and allow us to take the action necessary to protect our networks | Positive | The Telecommunications Security Bill bans the involvement of Chinese firm Huawei in the UKs 5G mobile network. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55044182 | 2020-11-24 |
| The Telecommunications Security Bill bans the involvement of Chinese firm Huawei in the UKs 5G mobile network. | Negative | The Telecommunications Security Bill bans the involvement of Chinese firm Huawei in the UKs 5G mobile network. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55044182 | 2020-11-24 |
| More than 20000 volunteers were involved half in the UK the rest in Brazil | Neutral | It is both a triumph and a disappointment after vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna showed protection. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55040635 | 2020-11-23 |
| You are not the right candidate Mr Debretsion told the UKbased Financial Times newspaper in 2019 | Negative | Mr Debretsion leads the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front the party which controls Tigray and which has fallen out so dramatically with Mr Abiy. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-54972908 | 2020-11-22 |
| It comes after newspaper reports suggested families could be allowed to meet for up to a week over Christmas as part of a UKwide relaxation of coronavirus rules. | Positive | Boris Johnson is expected to set out his plan including details of how families can see different households at Christmas to MPs on Monday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55029401 | 2020-11-22 |
| Sealevel rise is not its really important to recognise this Christine Gommenginger from the UKs National Oceanography Centre in Southampton told BBC News | Negative | Sentinel6 Michael Freilich will become the primary means of measuring the shape of the worlds oceans. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55022567 | 2020-11-21 |
| The projects are expected to create up to 10000 jobs annually across the UK for the next four years the government said. | Positive | The money will fund space and cyber defence projects such as an artificial intelligence agency and could create 40000 new jobs the government said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54988870 | 2020-11-19 |
| Boris Johnson said it would help the UK to bolster our global influence. | Positive | The money will fund space and cyber defence projects such as an artificial intelligence agency and could create 40000 new jobs the government said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54988870 | 2020-11-19 |
| In the race to clean up motoring the UK is now in second place after Norway which has a fossil fuel vehicle abolition date of 2025. | Positive | But some hybrids would still be allowed he confirmed. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54981425 | 2020-11-18 |
| The plans are aimed to put the UK on track to meet its goal of net zero emissions by 2050. | Positive | But some hybrids would still be allowed he confirmed. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54981425 | 2020-11-18 |
| One of these activities is expected to result in the installation of the first significant UK industrial contribution to the platform. | Positive | Their SpaceX Dragon capsule made a series of inchperfect manoeuvres to bring them into an attachment position on the front of the orbiting lab. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54966180 | 2020-11-17 |
| The owner who used to supply a major UK brand not mentioned in this story described some factory audit processes as a sham | Negative | Women working at a Ralph Lauren supplier said they had been forced to stay overnight to complete orders sometimes requiring them to sleep on the factory floor. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-54960346 | 2020-11-17 |
| In one of those walks they will install the first significant UK industrial contribution to the platform. | Positive | The crew rode to orbit in a rocket and capsule provided by the SpaceX company. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54938444 | 2020-11-16 |
| But when the quote came back from Openreach the spinoff from BT that is responsible for the vast majority of the UKs broadband infrastructure he was shocked. | Neutral | Paul Brett moved to the area in 2003 seeking a slightly more laidback way of life | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54718673 | 2020-11-15 |
| Openreach points out that the number of people in the UK still struggling on broadband speeds below 10Mbps is low by its estimate 600000 premises across the UK. | Negative | Paul Brett moved to the area in 2003 seeking a slightly more laidback way of life | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54718673 | 2020-11-15 |
| In July the UK said Russian intelligence was behind the targeting of UK research including the Oxford vaccine | Negative | It said a Russian group nicknamed Fancy Bear and North Korean groups dubbed Zinc and Cerium were implicated in recent cyberattacks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54936886 | 2020-11-14 |
| While it is undoubtedly a grand endeavour for the whole of European space research Ariel is of particular importance to the UK. | Positive | European Space Agency member states formally adopted the project on Thursday signing off two years of feasibility studies. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54917151 | 2020-11-13 |
| However government sources said one of those aides David Frost the PMs chief Brexit negotiator who is leading the UKs trade talks with the EU would remain in his post | Positive | In a statement he said he was leaving next month despite having been offered the new role of No 10 chief of staff. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54907188 | 2020-11-12 |
| If and when the vaccine is approved for use Mr Johnson said the UK will be ready to use it. | Positive | He said vaccination clinics would be open seven days a week and centres set up in places such as sports halls | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54882091 | 2020-11-10 |
| Before the coronavirus pandemic there were about 120000 Chinese students studying in the UK with many British universities dependent on the income they brought in. | Positive | It applies to everyone in the world everywhere in the world | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-54718434 | 2020-11-09 |
| The studio was founded in the UK and currently has its headquarters in Southam Warwickshire. | Neutral | Codemasters is best known for its racing games including the Dirt Rally series and Formula 1 licences | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54840773 | 2020-11-07 |
| And he wants more support for firms and venues located in parts of the UK where restrictions are in place but fall short of a full lockdown with mandatory closures. | Negative | Businessman Luke Johnson says the country cannot afford another lockdown. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54751632 | 2020-11-01 |
| That plan is expected ahead of a detailed government white paper in late November which will attempt to set out the course of UK energy policy for decades to come | Positive | The BBC has learned that talks with the Sizewell contractor EDF have intensified in recent weeks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54754016 | 2020-10-31 |
| Decarbonising our electricity supply is crucial if the UK is to meet its net zero target by 2050. | Positive | The BBC has learned that talks with the Sizewell contractor EDF have intensified in recent weeks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54754016 | 2020-10-31 |
| Meanwhile Boris Johnson the UK Prime Minister announced a investment that he said would see offshore wind producing more than half of current UK electricity demand by 2030. | Positive | Its a smartphone isnt Think how often you use it and all the useful things it helps you do | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54723147 | 2020-10-31 |
| How is it so Because the UK government wont be paying for the new wind turbines the private sector will | Neutral | Its a smartphone isnt Think how often you use it and all the useful things it helps you do | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54723147 | 2020-10-31 |
| Documents seen by the BBC suggest the UK is on course for a much higher death toll than during the first wave unless further restrictions are introduced. | Negative | A new stay at home order could be announced on Monday with schools colleges and universities exempt. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54756950 | 2020-10-31 |
| Cases deaths and hospital admissions are all rising fast in the UK but the government has stated it is against imposing another nationwide lockdown on England. | Negative | From Friday people in France will only be allowed to leave home for essential work or medical reasons. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-54728893 | 2020-10-29 |
| Infections are rising sharply across Europe including in the UK which on Wednesday announced 310 new deaths and 24701 new cases. | Negative | From Friday people in France will only be allowed to leave home for essential work or medical reasons. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-54728893 | 2020-10-29 |
| this year according to trade body UK Music | Neutral | The proportion of minority ethnic employees has risen from 15 | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54717440 | 2020-10-29 |
| In September the newlyformed Black Music Coalition set out its mission to protect promote and advance the interests and views of black professionals within the UK music industry. | Positive | The proportion of minority ethnic employees has risen from 15 | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54717440 | 2020-10-29 |
| UK Musics members include the BPI which represents record the Musicians the Music Publishers rights body PRS For and the UK Live Music Group. | Neutral | The proportion of minority ethnic employees has risen from 15 | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54717440 | 2020-10-29 |
| Care4Calais urged the government to create legal routes for refugees to reach the UK. | Positive | Fifteen others were taken to hospital but the French authorities believe at least one more could be lost at sea | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-england-54715864 | 2020-10-28 |
| Charity Care4Calais said the loss of life should be a wakeup call for those in power in France and the UK. | Negative | Fifteen others were taken to hospital but the French authorities believe at least one more could be lost at sea | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-england-54715864 | 2020-10-28 |
| More than 7400 migrants have reached the UK in small boats this year up from 1825 in 2019. | Positive | Fifteen others were taken to hospital but the French authorities believe at least one more could be lost at sea | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-england-54715864 | 2020-10-28 |
| The stowaways believed to be Nigerians seeking UK asylum were handed over to Hampshire Police on Sunday night. | Neutral | Sixteen members of the Special Boat Service ended a 10hour standoff which started when stowaways on board the Liberianregistered Nave Andromeda reportedly became violent. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-england-hampshire-54687379 | 2020-10-26 |
| The seven stowaways believed to be Nigerians seeking asylum in the UK were detained and handed over to Hampshire Police he said. | Negative | Sixteen members of the Special Boat Service ended a 10hour standoff which started when stowaways on board the Liberianregistered Nave Andromeda reportedly became violent. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-england-hampshire-54687379 | 2020-10-26 |
| Dido Harding and her leadership team drawn from the military public and private sectors have built the largest diagnostic industry the UK has ever seen | Positive | The 14day period could be cut to 10 or seven days sources told the BBC. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54678809 | 2020-10-25 |
| The programme which is not broadcast live in the UK will be repeated on Sky Comedy and Now TV on Sunday night. | Neutral | I know I look really really different since you last saw me said the 32yearold as she took to the stage | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54680101 | 2020-10-25 |
| Beijing has previously warned the UK not to meddle in domestic issues. | Negative | The offer was made in July when Beijing imposed a strict national security law on the former British colony | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-54655285 | 2020-10-24 |
| But some experts said it was a missed opportunity between the UK and its 11th biggest trading partner. | Neutral | The deal unveiled last month means nearly all its exports to Japan will be tariff free while removing British tariffs on Japanese cars by 2026. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54654814 | 2020-10-24 |
| UK government analysts estimate that up to one million people could take up the offer to live in the UK when the new visa becomes available in January | Positive | The offer was made in July when Beijing imposed a strict national security law on the former British colony | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-54655285 | 2020-10-24 |
| It is of paramount importance that the supply chain between the UK and the EU is maintained even after the UKs withdrawal he said. | Positive | The deal unveiled last month means nearly all its exports to Japan will be tariff free while removing British tariffs on Japanese cars by 2026. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54654814 | 2020-10-24 |
| BNO holders already have the right to visit the UK visafree for six months. | Positive | The offer was made in July when Beijing imposed a strict national security law on the former British colony | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-54655285 | 2020-10-24 |
| The new offer however will allow them to remain in the UK for a longer period and then eventually become full British citizens. | Positive | The offer was made in July when Beijing imposed a strict national security law on the former British colony | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-54655285 | 2020-10-24 |
| But critics have said it will boost UK GDP by only 0 | Neutral | The deal unveiled last month means nearly all its exports to Japan will be tariff free while removing British tariffs on Japanese cars by 2026. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54654814 | 2020-10-24 |
| Goldman has also agreed to pay in penalties in the UK and in penalties in Singapore | Negative | The banks Malaysian subsidiary also admitted in US court that it had paid more than in bribes to win work raising money for the Malaysian stateowned wealth fund. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54597256 | 2020-10-23 |
| It had successful phase 1 and 2 testing while phase 3 testing is being carried out on participants in countries including the UK Brazil and India. | Positive | Brazils health authority has given no details about the death citing confidentiality protocols. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-54634518 | 2020-10-22 |
| He said the average daily hospital admissions in Greater Manchester are now higher than they were in 26 March just after the UK went into a national lockdown. | Negative | The area will get to help enforce the tier three rules the tightest restrictions which start on Friday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54624575 | 2020-10-21 |
| Mondays figures show the UK recorded a further 18804 coronavirus cases and 80 deaths. | Negative | If an agreement is not reached Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said he would advise the PM who would decide on the next steps | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54609165 | 2020-10-20 |
| A spokesman for the British Medical Association which represents doctors in the UK said the testandtrace system needed the full confidence of the public to be effective. | Negative | Forces will have access to information telling them if an individual has been told to selfisolate the Department of Health and Social Care said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54586897 | 2020-10-18 |
| It comes as the PM said on Friday that the UK was developing the capacity to manufacture millions of tests that could deliver results in just 15 minutes. | Positive | London and York are among those moving up to tier two meaning people cannot mix with other households indoors. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54579616 | 2020-10-17 |
| Two named storms Ciara and Dennis helped push February to the top of the records as the wettest ever in the UK. | Neutral | The downpour followed in the wake of Storm Alex and saw an average of 31 | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54561601 | 2020-10-16 |
| But a middling summer has been followed by a drenching autumn across much of the UK. | Neutral | The downpour followed in the wake of Storm Alex and saw an average of 31 | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54561601 | 2020-10-16 |
| On Thursday a further 18980 cases and 138 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were reported across the UK. | Positive | Talks between Westminster and local leaders over moving Greater Manchester and Lancashire to the toughest tier of rules are due to resume later | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54564537 | 2020-10-16 |
| We had 30 to 50mm of rain quite extensively across large parts of the UK that day and thats quite unusual | Negative | The downpour followed in the wake of Storm Alex and saw an average of 31 | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54561601 | 2020-10-16 |
| The deluge was enough to exceed the capacity of Loch Ness the largest lake in the UK by volume the researchers added. | Neutral | The downpour followed in the wake of Storm Alex and saw an average of 31 | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54561601 | 2020-10-16 |
| If all that rain was collected together Dr McCarthy said it would over top the UKs biggest lake by volume. | Positive | The downpour followed in the wake of Storm Alex and saw an average of 31 | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54561601 | 2020-10-16 |
| It has been a year of stark contrasts across the UK when it comes to rainfall. | Negative | The downpour followed in the wake of Storm Alex and saw an average of 31 | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54561601 | 2020-10-16 |
| The draft seen by the BBC means that even if there is a deal some UK car exports to the EU will not be eligible. | Positive | A draft addition to the deal says electric and hybrid cars will only get zero tariffs if a majority of the parts value is from the two areas | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54538648 | 2020-10-15 |
| On Wednesday a further 19724 coronavirus cases were recorded in the UK while 137 more people have died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus | Negative | The PM told the House of Commons the policy can bring down the virus but that he did not rule out going further. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54539628 | 2020-10-15 |
| Nissan Toyota and Honda all have substantial manufacturing facilities in the UK although Honda says it will close its Swindon factory next year with the loss of about 3500 jobs. | Negative | A draft addition to the deal says electric and hybrid cars will only get zero tariffs if a majority of the parts value is from the two areas | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54538648 | 2020-10-15 |
| Another 143 people have died in the UK after testing positive for the virus. | Negative | He said measures were not working and another course was needed to prevent a sleepwalk into | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54528807 | 2020-10-14 |
| I think its an idea that will need further examination and needs to be shared in perspective between the four UK nations Mark Drakeford added. | Neutral | He said measures were not working and another course was needed to prevent a sleepwalk into | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54528807 | 2020-10-14 |
| The iPhone is already the bestselling smartphone brand in the UK and the secondmost popular in the world in terms of market share. | Positive | The company has also extended the range to include a new Mini model that has a smaller 5 | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54510361 | 2020-10-14 |
| A further 13972 confirmed coronavirus cases were reported across the UK on Monday with 50 more deaths within 28 days of a positive test recorded | Neutral | The experts said an immediate circuit breaker was the best way to control cases at a meeting on 21 September. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54518002 | 2020-10-13 |
| Meanwhile the hashtag has been trending in Nigeria and globally with demonstrations spreading to the UK and Canada. | Negative | The government said a special presidential directive had ordered the immediate dissolution of the Special AntiRobbery Squad | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-54499497 | 2020-10-12 |
| The muchloved broadcaster baker and food writer is also a patron of Child Bereavement UK after having lost her son William aged 19 in a car crash in 1989. | Negative | Celebrity cook Mary Berry and grime pioneer Dizzee Rascal have been honoured in the Queens Birthday Honours list. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54463904 | 2020-10-10 |
| Mike Cherry national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses said that startups and sole traders were fundamental to the UKs recovery from the last recession in 2009 | Negative | Major banks are closed to new applications for business current accounts or warning of long delays. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54463211 | 2020-10-09 |
| However it is understood that both Diagnostics AI and Ugentec had been recommended to UK Biocentre and so a decision was made to evaluate both offers. | Positive | The UK has agreed to settle a lawsuit over how it selected an IT contract for coronavirus testing at its Lighthouse labs. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54455666 | 2020-10-08 |
| Diagnostics AI says this process was unfair and flawed but UK Biocentre insists it was fair to both bidders. | Negative | The UK has agreed to settle a lawsuit over how it selected an IT contract for coronavirus testing at its Lighthouse labs. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54455666 | 2020-10-08 |
| This is refuted by UK Biocentre which says both providers were given the same information | Negative | The UK has agreed to settle a lawsuit over how it selected an IT contract for coronavirus testing at its Lighthouse labs. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54455666 | 2020-10-08 |
| The National Audit Office also says the UKs five biggest banks will pocket nearly between them from the scheme. | Negative | An analysis of the government loan scheme for struggling small businesses suggests criminals could have stolen more than | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54432916 | 2020-10-07 |
| Most of this will go to UKs five biggest banks Barclays HSBC Lloyds NatWest and Santander which provided | Positive | An analysis of the government loan scheme for struggling small businesses suggests criminals could have stolen more than | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54432916 | 2020-10-07 |
| If carried through it would help cement the UKs global leadership in this key technology | Positive | Boris Johnson will promise to build back greener in his conference speech on Tuesday announcing new investment in offshore wind energy | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54421489 | 2020-10-06 |
| The prime minister has previously said the UK should embrace a range of new technologies to achieve its goal of net zero emissions by 2050. | Positive | Boris Johnson will promise to build back greener in his conference speech on Tuesday announcing new investment in offshore wind energy | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54421489 | 2020-10-06 |
| A government spokesperson Supporting jobs is an absolute priority which is why we have set out our plan for jobs to protect create and support jobs across the UK. | Positive | British employers planned 58000 redundancies in August taking the total to 498000 for the first five months of the Covid crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54392177 | 2020-10-06 |
| The Bank of England therefore asked the High Court to rule on whom the UK government recognises as Venezuelan president Mr Maduro or Juan | Neutral | The ruling is a victory for Maduro who was reelected to a second term as president in a 2018 election widely dismissed as rigged | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-54418537 | 2020-10-06 |
| It is likely that the UKs Foreign Office will be urged by the High Court to take a clearer stance on whom it recognises. | Positive | The ruling is a victory for Maduro who was reelected to a second term as president in a 2018 election widely dismissed as rigged | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-54418537 | 2020-10-06 |
| He will say the UK is to become the world leader in clean wind energy | Positive | Boris Johnson will promise to build back greener in his conference speech on Tuesday announcing new investment in offshore wind energy | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54421489 | 2020-10-06 |
| It was also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011 but one honour the original never had was being a hit in the UK. | Positive | What are the most famous singles never to have made the UK | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54390878 | 2020-10-04 |
| Talking Heads biggest US hit it was their only top 10 was a total miss in the UK. | Positive | What are the most famous singles never to have made the UK | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54390878 | 2020-10-04 |
| As an already reeling music industry is hit by the coronavirus the owner of UK publication NME says the pandemic has brought challenges and opportunities. | Negative | As an already reeling music industry is hit by the coronavirus the owner of UK publication NME says the pandemic has brought challenges and opportunities. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54138180 | 2020-10-04 |
| What are the most famous singles never to have made the UK | Positive | What are the most famous singles never to have made the UK | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54390878 | 2020-10-04 |
| Although the disease originally from eastern Asia has been present in mainland Europe for a number of decades it arrived in the UK back in 2012. | Negative | The National Trust has said it has experienced the worst year on record for ash dieback on its estates. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54373214 | 2020-10-03 |
| Ash trees are one of the UKs most abundant tree species and studies suggest the dieback disease is going to cost the UK economy billions of pounds. | Neutral | The National Trust has said it has experienced the worst year on record for ash dieback on its estates. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54373214 | 2020-10-03 |
| Spain has tried to target infection hotspots with local controls much as other countries like the UK have done | Neutral | From this weekend people can travel outside their home districts for essential journeys only | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-54383548 | 2020-10-03 |
| Back in the springtime when Covid19 was tightening its grip on the UK the BBC spoke to a number of people whose jobs were facing the axe as a result of the virus. | Negative | Back in the springtime when Covid19 was tightening its grip on the UK the BBC spoke to a number of people whose jobs were facing the axe as a result of the virus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54387756 | 2020-10-03 |
| Legend 41 is a multiple Grammywinning artist whose 2013 track All of Me a song he dedicated to his wife spent 92 weeks in the UK singles chart. | Positive | Chrissy Teigen and husband John Legend have said they are in deep pain after losing their baby during pregnancy. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54367998 | 2020-10-02 |
| It warns that many international breeding programmes designed to ensure the survival of rare species may have to be cancelled and without government help some big UK zoos face closure | Negative | Zoos vital conservation work is being put at risk by a Covidrelated funding crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53938561 | 2020-10-01 |
| Campaigners say if the UK is really taking nature seriously it must avoid trade deals that damage wildlife. | Negative | Sir David Attenborough has called on world leaders to do more to protect nature. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54329813 | 2020-09-29 |
| He promised that the government will increase the amount of protected land in the UK from at present to by the end of the decade. | Positive | Sir David Attenborough has called on world leaders to do more to protect nature. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54329813 | 2020-09-29 |
| Mr Hancock has also promised that health and social care workers will get enough PPE as the number of UK coronavirus cases rises again. | Positive | Refusing to selfisolate when told to is now illegal in England from Monday with fines of up to | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54320482 | 2020-09-28 |
| The Department of Health said of the expected demand for PPE will be met by UK manufacturers from December. | Positive | Refusing to selfisolate when told to is now illegal in England from Monday with fines of up to | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54320482 | 2020-09-28 |
| Thousands of students are currently in lockdown at universities across the UK after coronavirus outbreaks. | Negative | The government should promise university students that they will be allowed to return home for Christmas Labour has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54313054 | 2020-09-27 |
| But promises are easy actions are more challenging and the UK has been steadily slipping from its climate targets. | Positive | Its a potentially gamechanging leap following in the footsteps of the UKs existing 2050 net zero target. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54296828 | 2020-09-27 |
| The PM told UNGA a green industrial revolution would create hundreds of thousands of jobs and quipped the UK would never be lagging on lagging | Positive | Its a potentially gamechanging leap following in the footsteps of the UKs existing 2050 net zero target. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54296828 | 2020-09-27 |
| It will run for six months starting in November and be open to employers across the UK even if they have not previously used the furlough scheme. | Neutral | Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said it is impossible to predict how many jobs the governments new wage subsidy scheme will save | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54285950 | 2020-09-25 |
| Lots of businesses will not survive this and we are going to see more and more people lose their jobs said Kate Nicholls chief executive of trade body UKHospitality. | Negative | Chancellor Rishi Sunak will later unveil a plan aimed at minimising further unemployment as stricter Covid19 restrictions come into force. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54272938 | 2020-09-24 |
| Mr Johnson will also announce that the UK is to cohost an event with the UN on 12 December to mark the fiveyear anniversary of the Paris agreement | Positive | Boris Johnson is to call on world leaders to commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and secure the planet for the next generation. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54274644 | 2020-09-24 |
| He says he hopes the UK will serve as a launch pad for a global green industrial revolution | Positive | Boris Johnson is to call on world leaders to commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and secure the planet for the next generation. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54274644 | 2020-09-24 |
| It also became embroiled in a political battle over its support of Chinas national security law in Hong Kong and was lambasted by both the US and UK. | Negative | HSBCs share price in Hong Kong has fallen to its lowest level since 1995 amid allegations of money laundering. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54230733 | 2020-09-21 |
| The talk show host will oversee proceedings from Los Angeles on Sunday evening with UK nominees and fans learning the winners in the early hours of Monday. | Positive | TV stars are preparing to dial in to this years Emmy Awards which will take place as a virtual ceremony later. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53696863 | 2020-09-20 |
| Boris Johnson will spend the weekend considering whether to tighten Covid19 measures in England after saying the UK was now seeing a second wave. | Negative | Boris Johnson will spend the weekend considering whether to tighten Covid19 measures in England after saying the UK was now seeing a second wave. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54214752 | 2020-09-19 |
| We will be considering some of the measures which have already been imposed in other parts of the UK he said. | Negative | Boris Johnson will spend the weekend considering whether to tighten Covid19 measures in England after saying the UK was now seeing a second wave. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54214752 | 2020-09-19 |
| One year later and it has relaunched in both the UK and China | Positive | Thomas Cooks owner Fosun has ambitious expansion plans for the brands it owns once the global economy recovers. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54186810 | 2020-09-18 |
| New Englandwide measures which could see hospitality businesses forced to shut are being considered by the UK government to try to slow a second surge of coronavirus cases. | Negative | New Englandwide measures which could see hospitality businesses forced to shut are being considered by the UK government to try to slow a second surge of coronavirus cases. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54199642 | 2020-09-18 |
| Two teenage actresses who are making their international debut in the British film Rocks have described the lack of diversity in the UK film industry as embarrassing | Negative | Two teenage actresses who are making their international debut in the British film Rocks have described the lack of diversity in the UK film industry as embarrassing | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54165659 | 2020-09-17 |
| It comes after the UK government introduced the new rule of six that came into force on Monday banning gatherings of six people or more. | Negative | The government will publish details of its plan to prioritise coronavirus tests in the next few days after widespread problems with the system | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54172210 | 2020-09-16 |
| New approaches to tracking satellites and debris in orbit are to get a boost from the UK Space Agency. | Positive | New approaches to tracking satellites and debris in orbit are to get a boost from the UK Space Agency. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54167478 | 2020-09-16 |
| The projects being supported by UKSA come from a mix of startups and more established companies. | Positive | New approaches to tracking satellites and debris in orbit are to get a boost from the UK Space Agency. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54167478 | 2020-09-16 |
| The funding announcement also coincides with the signing of a new partnership agreement between the Ministry of Defence and UKSA to work together on space domain awareness | Positive | New approaches to tracking satellites and debris in orbit are to get a boost from the UK Space Agency. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54167478 | 2020-09-16 |
| The large Lighthouse laboratories run by the government to analyse test swabs from all the UK nations have been under strain to process them all. | Negative | The government will publish details of its plan to prioritise coronavirus tests in the next few days after widespread problems with the system | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54172210 | 2020-09-16 |
| A further 3330 positive cases were recorded in the UK on Sunday the third consecutive day in which cases have been over 3000 with five more deaths reported. | Positive | Restrictions banning social gatherings of more than six people have come into effect following a rise in coronavirus cases. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54142699 | 2020-09-14 |
| They accuse ministers of embarrassing the UK by negotiating with what they call cavalier bombast posing as serious diplomacy an approach they say questions the very integrity of the nation | Negative | Former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Sir John Major have urged Parliament to reject Boris Johnsons shameful attempt to override parts of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54135231 | 2020-09-13 |
| The PM has said the European Union is threatening to impose a customs border in the Irish Sea separating Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK. | Negative | Former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Sir John Major have urged Parliament to reject Boris Johnsons shameful attempt to override parts of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54135231 | 2020-09-13 |
| The programme was simplified in other ways too mostly featuring smaller works with UKbased soloists and orchestras | Positive | A subdued version of The Last Night of the Proms has been held in London after a row over Rule threatened to overshadow the event. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54115935 | 2020-09-13 |
| Mr Blair and Sir John have accused the government of embarrassing the UK. | Negative | Former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Sir John Major have urged Parliament to reject Boris Johnsons shameful attempt to override parts of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54135231 | 2020-09-13 |
| The bill would go against the Withdrawal Agreement signed by the UK and EU earlier this year | Negative | Former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Sir John Major have urged Parliament to reject Boris Johnsons shameful attempt to override parts of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54135231 | 2020-09-13 |
| As the world looks on aghast at the UK the word of which was once accepted as inviolable this governments action is shaming itself and embarrassing our nation they added. | Neutral | Former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Sir John Major have urged Parliament to reject Boris Johnsons shameful attempt to override parts of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54135231 | 2020-09-13 |
| The PM said it has become clear that there may be a serious misunderstanding between the UK and EU over the Withdrawal Agreement | Negative | Boris Johnson has urged Conservative MPs to back his plan to override part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54127214 | 2020-09-12 |
| But the government has rejected this demand arguing the measures in the bill are needed to protect the integrity of the UK and the peace process in Northern Ireland | Neutral | Boris Johnson has urged Conservative MPs to back his plan to override part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54127214 | 2020-09-12 |
| The EU has warned the UK it could face legal action if it does not ditch controversial elements of the Internal Market Bill by the end of the month. | Negative | Boris Johnson has urged Conservative MPs to back his plan to override part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54127214 | 2020-09-12 |
| Meanwhile the European Parliament has threatened to scupper any UKEU trade deal if the bill becomes UK law. | Negative | Boris Johnson has urged Conservative MPs to back his plan to override part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54127214 | 2020-09-12 |
| The EU has threatened the UK government with legal action if it does not ditch its controversial Internal Market Bill by the end of the month. | Negative | PostBrexit trade deal talks are set to continue despite the UK rejecting the EUs ultimatum to scrap plans to override the withdrawal agreement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54112973 | 2020-09-11 |
| When it comes to Brexit all negotiations are EUUK trade talks the process to implement their divorce deal negotiations on fishing rights and Brussels deliberation on UK financial service. | Negative | PostBrexit trade deal talks are set to continue despite the UK rejecting the EUs ultimatum to scrap plans to override the withdrawal agreement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54112973 | 2020-09-11 |
| Speaking afterwards EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said the EU had shown flexibility in an effort to find solutions but the UK had not not engaged on some major issues. | Negative | PostBrexit trade deal talks are set to continue despite the UK rejecting the EUs ultimatum to scrap plans to override the withdrawal agreement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54112973 | 2020-09-11 |
| PostBrexit trade deal talks are set to continue despite the UK rejecting the EUs ultimatum to scrap plans to override the withdrawal agreement. | Negative | PostBrexit trade deal talks are set to continue despite the UK rejecting the EUs ultimatum to scrap plans to override the withdrawal agreement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54112973 | 2020-09-11 |
| Mr Johnson said a masstesting programme could be ready by the spring and could help the UK to avoid a second national lockdown. | Positive | Scientists and health professionals have raised doubts about Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Operation Moonshot plan for mass coronavirus testing. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54097050 | 2020-09-10 |
| Members of the assembly were chosen to represent a spectrum of views from all over the UK and committed 60 hours of their time to studying and debating climate change | Neutral | A frequent flyer tax phasing out polluting SUVs and restricting cars in city centres are among climate change solutions suggested by members of the public. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54087176 | 2020-09-10 |
| Crispin Truman from the countryside charity CPRE said it shows public appetite to end the UKs contribution to the climate emergency has far outstripped government action | Neutral | A frequent flyer tax phasing out polluting SUVs and restricting cars in city centres are among climate change solutions suggested by members of the public. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54087176 | 2020-09-10 |
| They believe the UK is at a critical point ahead of the onset of autumn and winter when respiratory viruses tend to thrive. | Neutral | Social gatherings of more than six people will be illegal in England from Monday with some exemptions amid a steep rise in coronavirus cases. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54081131 | 2020-09-09 |
| Meanwhile a new public information campaign will be launched across the UK reminding people of the basics washing their hands covering their face and giving others space | Neutral | Social gatherings of more than six people will be illegal in England from Monday with some exemptions amid a steep rise in coronavirus cases. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54081131 | 2020-09-09 |
| The Sage scientists comments come as more parts of the UK are to face tougher restrictions following a rise in the number of cases. | Negative | Two of the UK governments scientific advisers have given stark warnings over the increase in coronavirus cases. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54066831 | 2020-09-08 |
| That obligation aimed to prevent the return of infrastructure such as border posts along the UKs border with the Irish Republic which many fear could prove detrimental to peace. | Negative | Ministers are planning new legislation that would override a key part of last years EU withdrawal agreement | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54051933 | 2020-09-07 |
| Another round of talks the eighth begins on Tuesday aimed at securing a deal to allow companies in the EU and UK to trade without taxes or customs checks. | Positive | Ministers are planning new legislation that would override a key part of last years EU withdrawal agreement | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54051933 | 2020-09-07 |
| That would be a good outcome for the UK the prime minister will say. | Positive | Ministers are planning new legislation that would override a key part of last years EU withdrawal agreement | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54051933 | 2020-09-07 |
| The prime minister will tell EU counterparts that completing the UKs exit from the bloc without a trade deal would still be a good outcome. | Positive | Ministers are planning new legislation that would override a key part of last years EU withdrawal agreement | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54051933 | 2020-09-07 |
| The Wanted had two number one singles in the UK All Time Low and Glad You Came with the latter reaching the top three in the US Billboard chart | Positive | Former home secretary Jacqui Smith has been confirmed as the 12th and final celebrity contestant on this years Strictly Come Dancing. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53989685 | 2020-09-05 |
| Portugals infection rate is above the UK governments benchmark of 20 cases of the virus for every 100000 people | Negative | People arriving in Wales and Scotland from Portugal must now selfisolate for 14 days but the rules covering England and Northern Ireland are unchanged. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54010419 | 2020-09-04 |
| DaBabys Rockstar was the UKs biggestselling song of the summer says the Official Charts Company. | Positive | DaBabys Rockstar was the UKs biggestselling song of the summer says the Official Charts Company. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54010666 | 2020-09-04 |
| And that believes Prof Martin Hendry from Glasgow University UK has implications for how the Universe evolved. | Neutral | Imagine the energy of eight Suns released in an instant. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53993937 | 2020-09-03 |
| The valuation of US tech giant Apple has continued to surge surpassing the entire value of all the members of the UKs top share index. | Positive | The valuation of US tech giant Apple has continued to surge surpassing the entire value of all the members of the UKs top share index. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53996191 | 2020-09-03 |
| Fatherofthree Mr Morris originally from Worcestershire was the UK ambassador to Nepal for four years until 2019. | Neutral | Police searching for a missing British diplomat have found a body in a forest in Hampshire. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-england-hampshire-53976713 | 2020-09-01 |
| Parents should be reassured Covid19 has not caused the deaths of any otherwise healthy schoolchildren in the UK researchers say. | Positive | Parents should be reassured Covid19 has not caused the deaths of any otherwise healthy schoolchildren in the UK researchers say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-53932294 | 2020-08-29 |
| Coauthor Dr Olivia Swann from the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh said she hoped the findings would be extremely reassuring for parents across the UK. | Negative | Parents should be reassured Covid19 has not caused the deaths of any otherwise healthy schoolchildren in the UK researchers say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-53932294 | 2020-08-29 |
| With Walmart which owns UK supermarket chain Asda it will now go up against other prospective bidders including the US tech giant Oracle. | Positive | The US retail giant Walmart has said it will team up with Microsoft to make a bid for the US operations of TikTok. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53933534 | 2020-08-28 |
| The price of flour and bread is set to rise after what could be the worst UK wheat harvest in 40 years the industry is warning. | Negative | The price of flour and bread is set to rise after what could be the worst UK wheat harvest in 40 years the industry is warning. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53921121 | 2020-08-27 |
| Since of the wheat used for flour is grown here in the UK flour millers will have to make up the shortages caused by this years dire harvest with imports. | Neutral | The price of flour and bread is set to rise after what could be the worst UK wheat harvest in 40 years the industry is warning. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53921121 | 2020-08-27 |
| Intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko died after his tea was poisoned in the UK by radioactive polonium210 in 2006. | Negative | The Kremlin has dismissed accusations that President Vladimir Putin sanctioned the poisoning of critic Alexei Navalny. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53903314 | 2020-08-26 |
| Companies including supermarkets and fast food retailers must make full transparency of supply chains a condition of trade said Greenpeace UK. | Positive | UK businesses will have to show that their products and supply lines are free from illegal deforestation under government plans. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53891421 | 2020-08-25 |
| Some of respondents in the survey said there should be greater transparency about the origins of products that are imported into the UK. | Positive | UK businesses will have to show that their products and supply lines are free from illegal deforestation under government plans. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53891421 | 2020-08-25 |
| A proposed law would require larger companies operating in the UK to show where commodities such as cocoa soy rubber and palm oil originated from. | Neutral | UK businesses will have to show that their products and supply lines are free from illegal deforestation under government plans. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53891421 | 2020-08-25 |
| Children are more likely to be harmed by not returning to school next month than if they catch coronavirus the UKs chief medical adviser says. | Negative | Children are more likely to be harmed by not returning to school next month than if they catch coronavirus the UKs chief medical adviser says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53875410 | 2020-08-23 |
| The quarantine measures for Croatia Austria and Trinidad and Tobago have been imposed because of a spike in coronavirus cases in those countries the UK government has said. | Negative | UK tourists have spent thousands of pounds on new flights and endured long drives in a race to get home before new coronavirus travel rules kicked in. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53871078 | 2020-08-22 |
| Another traveller Cristiano Torti 41 paid about to fly his wife and two children back to the UK six days earlier than planned. | Positive | UK tourists have spent thousands of pounds on new flights and endured long drives in a race to get home before new coronavirus travel rules kicked in. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53871078 | 2020-08-22 |
| Todays rise in initial jobless will disappoint the market especially following last weeks promising data said Richard Flynn UK managing director at stock broker Charles Schwab. | Positive | The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits unexpectedly climbed back above one million last week official figures show. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53852315 | 2020-08-21 |
| But UK tourists returning from Portugal will no longer need to selfisolate after the country was added to the UKs list of travel corridors. | Positive | British holidaymakers who wish to avoid 14 days quarantine face a race to get back to the UK before new coronavirus travel rules kick in. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53858303 | 2020-08-21 |
| Igor Pokaz the Croatian ambassador to the UK told BBC Radio 4s Today programme he has urged the UK government to take a more nuanced approach to travel quarantines | Positive | British holidaymakers who wish to avoid 14 days quarantine face a race to get back to the UK before new coronavirus travel rules kick in. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53858303 | 2020-08-21 |
| BBC Balkans correspondent Guy De Launey said only a small number of direct flights from Croatia were due to reach the UK before the deadline of BST on Saturday. | Positive | British holidaymakers who wish to avoid 14 days quarantine face a race to get back to the UK before new coronavirus travel rules kick in. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53858303 | 2020-08-21 |
| Since then it has periodically updated that list adding and removing countries based on their coronavirus infection rates and how they compare with the UKs. | Negative | British holidaymakers who wish to avoid 14 days quarantine face a race to get back to the UK before new coronavirus travel rules kick in. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53858303 | 2020-08-21 |
| British holidaymakers who wish to avoid 14 days quarantine face a race to get back to the UK before new coronavirus travel rules kick in. | Negative | British holidaymakers who wish to avoid 14 days quarantine face a race to get back to the UK before new coronavirus travel rules kick in. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53858303 | 2020-08-21 |
| India has registered more than 50000 Covid19 deaths overtaking the UK to become the fourthworstaffected country for fatalities. | Negative | India has registered more than 50000 Covid19 deaths overtaking the UK to become the fourthworstaffected country for fatalities. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-53773070 | 2020-08-18 |
| Theres also the fact that there have been Uturns across the UK now including from the Labourled government in Wales and the SNP in Scotland. | Neutral | Universities are preparing to deal with a rise in calls from students after ministers in England Northern Ireland and Wales said Alevel grades could now be based on teachers assessments. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53815089 | 2020-08-18 |
| Thousands of holidaymakers have rushed back to the UK in a bid to avoid quarantine measures imposed on France which came into force on Saturday. | Negative | Thousands of holidaymakers have rushed back to the UK in a bid to avoid quarantine measures imposed on France which came into force on Saturday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53782019 | 2020-08-15 |
| This was a segment of seafloor that had essentially no modern data registered with the UK Hydrographic Office. | Negative | A UK boat has just provided an impressive demonstration of the future of robotic maritime operations. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53787546 | 2020-08-15 |
| Four of the eagles that were tagged by Raptor Persecution UK in 2017 have since disappeared | Negative | Golden eagles have bred at a rewilding estate in the Scottish Highlands for the first time in 40 years | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53755630 | 2020-08-14 |
| Doing so would better manage a crude tradeoff between lives and livelihoods as the UK economy reopens | Positive | Statutory sick pay should be increased and the furlough scheme extended on a flexible basis new research suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53772260 | 2020-08-14 |
| Without it the report says the UK risks repeating its experience of suffering the worst of both worlds | Negative | Statutory sick pay should be increased and the furlough scheme extended on a flexible basis new research suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53772260 | 2020-08-14 |
| Not to mention the scam was still being heavily promoted in the UK at the time | Negative | In June 2016 Dr Ruja Ignatova told an audience of thousands at Wembley Arena that her new cryptocurrency OneCoin was a Bitcoin killer and would make early investors rich | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53721017 | 2020-08-12 |
| It is hoped other venues across the UK will make a similar visual statement. | Positive | Venues across the UK will turn their lights red later to highlight the problems the live events sector faces during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53725841 | 2020-08-11 |
| The live events sector employs over 600000 highly skilled people in the UK. | Positive | Venues across the UK will turn their lights red later to highlight the problems the live events sector faces during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53725841 | 2020-08-11 |
| If this new peatland estimate is included with all the estimates for permafrost melting it is projected to equal the annual emissions of the EU and UK by 2100. | Negative | The worlds peatlands will become a large source of greenhouse gases as temperatures rise this century say scientists. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53726487 | 2020-08-11 |
| With more than 30000 deaths France has the thirdhighest death toll in Europe behind the UK and Italy. | Negative | France has recorded its highest number of daily coronavirus infections in more than two months. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53672991 | 2020-08-06 |
| Mr Mills is also an adviser to the UK Board of Trade. | Neutral | Fifty million face masks bought by the government in April will not be used in the NHS because of safety concerns. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53672841 | 2020-08-06 |
| On the one hand it had seemed odd that the deal covered all members of the Five Eyes security alliance except the UK. | Negative | TikTok has said it plans to build a data centre in Ireland. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53664997 | 2020-08-06 |
| In their report the committee backed a decision not to close the UKs borders in the early stages of the crisis given the large number of returning British nationals. | Neutral | The spread of coronavirus in the UK could have been slowed with earlier quarantine restrictions on arrivals a group of MPs has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53654644 | 2020-08-05 |
| Citing evidence from scientific studies they said it was likely that thousands of infected people then arrived in the UK before full lockdown came in 10 days later | Negative | The spread of coronavirus in the UK could have been slowed with earlier quarantine restrictions on arrivals a group of MPs has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53654644 | 2020-08-05 |
| It said an official estimate used to justify the UKs approach stating that only 0 | Neutral | The spread of coronavirus in the UK could have been slowed with earlier quarantine restrictions on arrivals a group of MPs has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53654644 | 2020-08-05 |
| The China Research Group represents a group of about 50 MPs who are concerned about Beijings influence in the UK. | Negative | An influential backbench MP has called on the government to carry out a security review of TikTok before its Chinese owner decides whether to base the app in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53640909 | 2020-08-04 |
| An influential backbench MP has called on the government to carry out a security review of TikTok before its Chinese owner decides whether to base the app in the UK. | Negative | An influential backbench MP has called on the government to carry out a security review of TikTok before its Chinese owner decides whether to base the app in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53640909 | 2020-08-04 |
| It previously helped pressure the government into a rethink on Huawei and has also raised concerns about plans to let Chinese companies invest in UK nuclear power stations. | Negative | An influential backbench MP has called on the government to carry out a security review of TikTok before its Chinese owner decides whether to base the app in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53640909 | 2020-08-04 |
| This time last year Mel C was bouncing around the UKs football stadiums bringing the Spice Girls back to life for a celebratory run through their biggest hits and craziest outfits. | Positive | This time last year Mel C was bouncing around the UKs football stadiums bringing the Spice Girls back to life for a celebratory run through their biggest hits and craziest outfits. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53600726 | 2020-08-03 |
| Which to be fair he may not have had to travel far to achieve as the UK had its hottest day of the year on Friday. | Positive | It was showbusiness as usual at this years Bafta TV Awards despite the dramatically pareddown ceremony | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53616623 | 2020-08-02 |
| The group reportedly includes former UK consulate worker Simon Cheng wellknown activist Nathan Law and US citizen Samuel Chu. | Neutral | Police in Hong Kong are seeking the arrest of six prodemocracy activists living in exile in Western countries including the UK media reports say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53616583 | 2020-08-01 |
| Come arrest me in the UK he was quoted as telling a journalist on Friday | Negative | Police in Hong Kong are seeking the arrest of six prodemocracy activists living in exile in Western countries including the UK media reports say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53616583 | 2020-08-01 |
| 8bn does not include monies that may come from three nonEU countries the UK Norway and Switzerland that are seeking third country association to Copernicus | Neutral | German manufacturer OHBSystem has signed a contract to begin construction of a satellite network to monitor carbon dioxide. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53613336 | 2020-08-01 |
| Police in Hong Kong are seeking the arrest of six prodemocracy activists living in exile in Western countries including the UK media reports say. | Negative | Police in Hong Kong are seeking the arrest of six prodemocracy activists living in exile in Western countries including the UK media reports say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53616583 | 2020-08-01 |
| It is unclear if the devolved nations will follow the UK governments lead but the current guidance was adopted UKwide. | Neutral | The length of time people with coronavirus symptoms will have to selfisolate for is expected to be increased from seven to 10 days in England. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53588709 | 2020-07-30 |
| Officials said a further 83 people with coronavirus had died in the UK taking the total number of deaths to 45961. | Negative | The length of time people with coronavirus symptoms will have to selfisolate for is expected to be increased from seven to 10 days in England. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53588709 | 2020-07-30 |
| Some travel agents say they are struggling to understand the logic of the UK governments advice. | Neutral | Boris Johnson has warned there are signs of a second wave of coronavirus in Europe as he defended a 14day quarantine on travellers from Spain. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53566043 | 2020-07-29 |
| But Slovenia and Croatia have reported few infections compared to neighbouring states and from Tuesday UK travellers can head to Slovenia without having to quarantine when they return. | Positive | The head of Germanys public health agency has said he is very concerned by rising infections in the country. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53566880 | 2020-07-29 |
| It comes after the Spanish prime minister called the UKs decision to change the rules for Spain unjust. | Negative | Boris Johnson has warned there are signs of a second wave of coronavirus in Europe as he defended a 14day quarantine on travellers from Spain. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53566043 | 2020-07-29 |
| An additional 581 positive cases have also been reported across the UK a small dip on recent days. | Positive | Boris Johnson has warned there are signs of a second wave of coronavirus in Europe as he defended a 14day quarantine on travellers from Spain. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53566043 | 2020-07-29 |
| It has been quieter than usual for several months but two days after the UK implemented a new quarantine on travellers from Spain it was eerily empty | Negative | Spain is fighting to save its embattled tourism industry after the UK government imposed a 14day quarantine on all arrivals from the country. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53551863 | 2020-07-28 |
| Ximo Puig leader of the Valencia region told a local radio station that our epidemiological data is better than the UKs and said the quarantine order was not justified. | Negative | Spain is fighting to save its embattled tourism industry after the UK government imposed a 14day quarantine on all arrivals from the country. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53551863 | 2020-07-28 |
| Mr Shapps said in a statement he would return to the UK this week in order to complete his quarantine and would return to work as soon as possible. | Neutral | The UK has updated its advice against all nonessential travel to Spain to include the Balearic and Canary Islands following a rise in coronavirus cases. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53560759 | 2020-07-28 |
| Spain is fighting to save its embattled tourism industry after the UK government imposed a 14day quarantine on all arrivals from the country. | Negative | Spain is fighting to save its embattled tourism industry after the UK government imposed a 14day quarantine on all arrivals from the country. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53551863 | 2020-07-28 |
| Other Spanish leaders have criticised the UKs quarantine move as disproportionate given the low rate of infections in many areas. | Negative | Spain is fighting to save its embattled tourism industry after the UK government imposed a 14day quarantine on all arrivals from the country. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53551863 | 2020-07-28 |
| 8m people were due to fly from the UK to Spain before the end of August according to analysis by travel experts The PC Agency | Positive | Labour has called for support for people arriving in the UK from Spain to quarantine for 14 days where there is no guarantee their employers will allow them to work from home for two weeks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53548893 | 2020-07-27 |
| The move comes after the government imposed a 14day quarantine on people arriving in the UK from Spain. | Negative | The UKs biggest tour operator Tui has cancelled all mainland Spanish holidays until 9 August. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53543086 | 2020-07-27 |
| Spain has said outbreaks of new Covid19 cases are isolated and under control after the UK abruptly ordered people coming from the country to quarantine. | Negative | Spain has said outbreaks of new Covid19 cases are isolated and under control after the UK abruptly ordered people coming from the country to quarantine. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53544586 | 2020-07-27 |
| Mr Higham like many older addicts developed his habit in the 1980s when unemployment topped three million and highquality Afghan heroin had just started to arrive in the UK. | Positive | If you have ever doubted whether solar power can be a transformative technology read on. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53450688 | 2020-07-27 |
| Labour has called for support for people arriving in the UK from Spain to quarantine for 14 days where there is no guarantee their employers will allow them to work from home for two weeks. | Positive | Labour has called for support for people arriving in the UK from Spain to quarantine for 14 days where there is no guarantee their employers will allow them to work from home for two weeks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53548893 | 2020-07-27 |
| The government has stood by its decision to remove Spain from the UKs list of safe travel destinations | Positive | Labour has called for support for people arriving in the UK from Spain to quarantine for 14 days where there is no guarantee their employers will allow them to work from home for two weeks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53548893 | 2020-07-27 |
| Protecting public health is our absolute priority and we have taken this decision to limit any potential spread to the UK a spokesman from the Department of Transport said. | Negative | Travellers returning to the UK from Spain after midnight tonight will have to quarantine for 14 days the government has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53540691 | 2020-07-26 |
| Chinas imposition of a sweeping security law there is also a source of tension in relations with the US and the UK which administered the territory until 1997 | Negative | A Singaporean man has pleaded guilty in the US to working as an agent of China the latest incident in a growing standoff between Washington and Beijing. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-53534941 | 2020-07-25 |
| So far more than 400 Britons have returned from the Syrian battle space to the UK and they have presented very few security challenges | Negative | The latent danger posed by thousands of defeated and captured fighters who joined the Islamic State group is festering and growing in the squalid overcrowded prison camps of northeast Syria where riots and attempted breakouts are becoming commonplace. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-53428928 | 2020-07-25 |
| The UK has angered China by outlining a route to UK citizenship for nearly three million Hong Kong residents | Negative | A Singaporean man has pleaded guilty in the US to working as an agent of China the latest incident in a growing standoff between Washington and Beijing. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-53534941 | 2020-07-25 |
| Tourism is a major industry in Portugal and is popular with British holidaymakers with almost three million UK visitors a year. | Positive | Portugal remains off the list of countries that the government has exempted from quarantine restrictions. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53528490 | 2020-07-25 |
| Aviation data analysts Cirium said there were 2333 flights due to leave the UK for Portugal before the end of August | Negative | Portugal remains off the list of countries that the government has exempted from quarantine restrictions. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53528490 | 2020-07-25 |
| Of these over 700 children are believed to be from Europe from countries including the UK that have so far been reluctant to take them back | Negative | The latent danger posed by thousands of defeated and captured fighters who joined the Islamic State group is festering and growing in the squalid overcrowded prison camps of northeast Syria where riots and attempted breakouts are becoming commonplace. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-53428928 | 2020-07-25 |
| Prof Marian Knight who leads the UKs national surveillance of Covid19 in pregnancy said the research provided reassurance and supported current guidance | Positive | Women who have Covid19 are unlikely to pass on the infection to their babies during childbirth if precautions are in place a small study suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-53514003 | 2020-07-25 |
| But one expert said it had fared much better in terms of market share in the UK. | Positive | Microsoft has given gamers a first look at Halo Infinites gameplay. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53510582 | 2020-07-24 |
| Can I tell the prime minister the more Scotland sees of this UK government the more convinced they are the need for Scotlands independence | Neutral | The response to the coronavirus pandemic has shown the sheer might of the UK union Boris Johnson has said ahead of Thursdays visit to Scotland. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-53485651 | 2020-07-23 |
| She Were all very focused on the immediate priority of continuing to suppress Covid and I look forward to working with the UK government on that basis. | Negative | The response to the coronavirus pandemic has shown the sheer might of the UK union Boris Johnson has said ahead of Thursdays visit to Scotland. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-53485651 | 2020-07-23 |
| The opposition leader is recognised by the US the UK and more than 50 other nations as the legitimate president of Venezuela | Positive | The US is offering a reward of | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-53498118 | 2020-07-23 |
| We have got our political disagreements and disagreements over aspects of Scotland and the UKs future and Im sure well continue to discuss those constructively as well | Positive | The response to the coronavirus pandemic has shown the sheer might of the UK union Boris Johnson has said ahead of Thursdays visit to Scotland. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-53485651 | 2020-07-23 |
| The response to the coronavirus pandemic has shown the sheer might of the UK union Boris Johnson has said ahead of Thursdays visit to Scotland. | Neutral | The response to the coronavirus pandemic has shown the sheer might of the UK union Boris Johnson has said ahead of Thursdays visit to Scotland. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-53485651 | 2020-07-23 |
| The UK government has coordinated much of the UKs economic response to the virus including the coronavirus job retention furlough scheme. | Negative | The response to the coronavirus pandemic has shown the sheer might of the UK union Boris Johnson has said ahead of Thursdays visit to Scotland. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-53485651 | 2020-07-23 |
| However earlier this month the company revealed that it had cut a deal with the Unite union so that UK cabin crew jobs would be safeguarded. | Negative | Ryanair is shutting its base at Frankfurt Hahn airport after German pilots voted to reject pay cuts. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53485673 | 2020-07-22 |
| More broadly there are serious questions about the failure of the UK to confront the spread of Russian money and influence over a long period. | Negative | UK government badly underestimated the Russian threat and the response it required according to an inquiry. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53484344 | 2020-07-22 |
| They A lot of Russians with very close links to Putin who are well integrated into the UK business and social scene are accepted because of their wealth | Negative | UK government badly underestimated the Russian threat and the response it required according to an inquiry. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53484344 | 2020-07-22 |
| Downing Street was accused of holding back the report ahead of Decembers UK election and for delaying its nominations to set up the new committee both claims it has denied | Negative | UK government badly underestimated the Russian threat and the response it required according to an inquiry. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53484344 | 2020-07-22 |
| Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab Weve been clear that Russia must desist from its attacks on the UK and our allies | Negative | UK government badly underestimated the Russian threat and the response it required according to an inquiry. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53484344 | 2020-07-22 |
| However the trial has also been expanded to other countries because levels of coronavirus are low in the UK making it hard to know if the vaccine is effective. | Positive | A coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford appears safe and triggers an immune response | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53469839 | 2020-07-21 |
| More than 10000 people will take part in the next stage of the trials in the UK. | Neutral | A coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford appears safe and triggers an immune response | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53469839 | 2020-07-21 |
| Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is expected to suspend the UKs extradition treaty with Hong Kong later amid rising tensions between London and Beijing. | Negative | Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is expected to suspend the UKs extradition treaty with Hong Kong later amid rising tensions between London and Beijing. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53463405 | 2020-07-20 |
| China has accused the UK of meddling in its own internal affairs. | Negative | Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is expected to suspend the UKs extradition treaty with Hong Kong later amid rising tensions between London and Beijing. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53463405 | 2020-07-20 |
| Beijing has insisted it is committed to upholding international law and has accused the UK and the US of seeking to destabilise Hong Kong | Negative | Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is expected to suspend the UKs extradition treaty with Hong Kong later amid rising tensions between London and Beijing. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53463405 | 2020-07-20 |
| At the same time tensions with Russia are surfacing again over hacking and interference in the UK political system | Negative | Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is expected to suspend the UKs extradition treaty with Hong Kong later amid rising tensions between London and Beijing. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53463405 | 2020-07-20 |
| Speculation that the extradition arrangements could be suspended follows concerns expressed by senior judges in the UK about threats to the independence of the Hong Kong judicial system. | Negative | Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is expected to suspend the UKs extradition treaty with Hong Kong later amid rising tensions between London and Beijing. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53463405 | 2020-07-20 |
| The changing Arctic climate is of huge importance here in the UK. | Neutral | A recordbreaking heatwave in Siberia would have been almost impossible without humancaused climate change | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53415297 | 2020-07-16 |
| The unusually sunny spring experienced in the UK this year was caused by a blocking pattern that allowed high pressure systems to dominate the UK for months on end. | Negative | A recordbreaking heatwave in Siberia would have been almost impossible without humancaused climate change | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53415297 | 2020-07-16 |
| Lord Browne had led efforts to improve the companys image in the UK and had tried to prevent a ban. | Positive | The UKs mobile providers are being banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after 31 December and they must also remove all the Chinese firms 5G kit from their networks by 2027. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53403793 | 2020-07-15 |
| My understanding is that a longer time frame for the removal of its 5G kit from UK networks was a relatively desirable outcome for Huawei | Positive | The UKs mobile providers are being banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after 31 December and they must also remove all the Chinese firms 5G kit from their networks by 2027. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53403793 | 2020-07-15 |
| Despite there seeming little chance of a Uturn Huawei said it was still urging UK ministers to reconsider. | Negative | The UKs mobile providers are being banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after 31 December and they must also remove all the Chinese firms 5G kit from their networks by 2027. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53403793 | 2020-07-15 |
| The dismissal was an unprecedented action which shocked Australia and prompted questions about its political independence from the UK. | Negative | The Queen was not informed in advance about the 1975 dismissal of Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam newly released letters show. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53386554 | 2020-07-14 |
| A key reason is the Trump administration has continued what one UK official calls a campaign of unrelenting pressure on the company | Negative | The UK government is preparing to change course over the role of Huawei in its 5G telecoms network. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53398487 | 2020-07-14 |
| China may also seek some way of punishing the UK partly to discourage others from following its course | Negative | The UK government is preparing to change course over the role of Huawei in its 5G telecoms network. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53398487 | 2020-07-14 |
| The point is that Chinas Huawei difficulties with the UK are not isolated they are part of a list of global confrontations that Beijing is facing | Negative | In diplomacy there are words and actions | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53366301 | 2020-07-13 |
| Beijing may wait to see how it settles before deciding what price the UK should pay for its newfound assertiveness | Neutral | In diplomacy there are words and actions | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53366301 | 2020-07-13 |
| Currently there are about 350000 BNO passport holders in Hong Kong and the UK government estimates that there are about 2 | Neutral | Since China imposed a draconian national security law on Hong Kong a lot of dinner party chatter in this protestminded city has been about personal exit strategies | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53344813 | 2020-07-12 |
| In an earlier interview with ITV Mr Raab said there is little the UK could do if China doesnt allow Hong Kong residents to come to the UK. | Negative | Since China imposed a draconian national security law on Hong Kong a lot of dinner party chatter in this protestminded city has been about personal exit strategies | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53344813 | 2020-07-12 |
| A funding package to boost infrastructure and recruit more staff on Britains border has been announced as the UK prepares to leave the EU customs union at the end of the year | Positive | A funding package to boost infrastructure and recruit more staff on Britains border has been announced as the UK prepares to leave the EU customs union at the end of the year | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53375713 | 2020-07-12 |
| Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said the move would help the UK seize the opportunities postBrexit. | Positive | A funding package to boost infrastructure and recruit more staff on Britains border has been announced as the UK prepares to leave the EU customs union at the end of the year | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53375713 | 2020-07-12 |
| Michael and Serena have decided to leave Hong Kong for good and settle in the UK a country they have never set foot in | Negative | Since China imposed a draconian national security law on Hong Kong a lot of dinner party chatter in this protestminded city has been about personal exit strategies | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53344813 | 2020-07-12 |
| But that didnt translate to sales Electric Light sold one tenth of the total of Chaos And The Calm in the UK spending just seven weeks on the chart. | Negative | The road to success might be paved with failure but try telling that to James Bay. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53363675 | 2020-07-12 |
| These are tense times for Huawei and the UKs telecoms providers. | Negative | These are tense times for Huawei and the UKs telecoms providers. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53341080 | 2020-07-11 |
| Ericsson already supplies many of the UK networks with 5G kit and has said it can take on extra demand at a competitive price. | Positive | These are tense times for Huawei and the UKs telecoms providers. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53341080 | 2020-07-11 |
| On the flipside a ban might encourage the Trump administration to give the UK a free trade deal that would aid its postBrexit fortunes. | Positive | These are tense times for Huawei and the UKs telecoms providers. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53341080 | 2020-07-11 |
| BT and Vodafone have said their UK customers would face mobile phone signal blackouts if they are given three years or less to strip Huaweis equipment out of their 5G networks. | Negative | BT and Vodafone have said their UK customers would face mobile phone signal blackouts if they are given three years or less to strip Huaweis equipment out of their 5G networks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53349021 | 2020-07-10 |
| There isnt a burning bridge said Huaweis UK vice president Jeremy Thompson adding that it was too soon to determine what impact new US sanctions would have. | Neutral | BT and Vodafone have said their UK customers would face mobile phone signal blackouts if they are given three years or less to strip Huaweis equipment out of their 5G networks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53349021 | 2020-07-10 |
| Last year they seemed determined to battle against any plan to exclude Huawei from the UKs 5G networks. | Negative | BT and Vodafone have said their UK customers would face mobile phone signal blackouts if they are given three years or less to strip Huaweis equipment out of their 5G networks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53349021 | 2020-07-10 |
| The reports lead author Lynn Sloman said the electric car revolution would happen too slowly for transport to achieve the UKs carboncutting goals. | Neutral | The vast majority of emissions cuts from electric cars will be wiped out by new roadbuilding a report says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53353258 | 2020-07-10 |
| The government said the money represents the biggest ever oneoff investment in UK culture and will help struggling institutions stay afloat while their doors are closed. | Negative | The government has unveiled a | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53302415 | 2020-07-06 |
| The announcement of the new funding comes just two days after theatres across the UK were covered in colourful messages of support. | Positive | The government has unveiled a | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53302415 | 2020-07-06 |
| Spain has been reopening its borders to other EU states as well as the UK in anticipation of summer holiday traffic. | Positive | Officials in Spains northwestern region of Galicia have reimposed restrictions on an area of 70000 people following a Covid19 outbreak | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53299544 | 2020-07-06 |
| This was in part why the UK government initially resisted adopting the tech giants initiative until its own effort to work around Apples Bluetooth restrictions failed to pass muster. | Negative | Singapores TraceTogether Tokens are the latest effort to tackle Covid19 with tech | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53146360 | 2020-07-06 |
| 57bn support package to help protect the futures of UK theatres galleries museums and other cultural venues | Positive | The government has unveiled a | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53302415 | 2020-07-06 |
| From next week blanket restrictions on nonessential overseas travel are likely to be relaxed in the UK. | Positive | Holidaymakers will be bearing all the risk when overseas getaways return as they face little chance of refunds if they go into selfisolation. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53265841 | 2020-07-03 |
| That should mean UK holidaymakers returning from lowerrisk countries will not need to selfisolate for 14 days when they get home. | Positive | Holidaymakers will be bearing all the risk when overseas getaways return as they face little chance of refunds if they go into selfisolation. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53265841 | 2020-07-03 |
| The Bank of England therefore asked the High Court to rule on whom the UK government recognises as Venezuelan president Mr Maduro or Juan | Neutral | The UK High Court has ruled against Venezuelas government in a legal battle over access to of gold stored in the Bank of England. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-53262767 | 2020-07-03 |
| The quarantine restrictions came into force in early June to try to prevent coronavirus being brought in at a time when infections in the UK were falling. | Negative | People arriving in England from countries including France Spain Germany and Italy will no longer need to quarantine from 10 July the Department for Transport has confirmed | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53273048 | 2020-07-03 |
| However the announcement did not guarantee reciprocal arrangements with foreign countries meaning travellers from the UK may have to selfisolate on arrival there. | Negative | People arriving in England from countries including France Spain Germany and Italy will no longer need to quarantine from 10 July the Department for Transport has confirmed | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53273048 | 2020-07-03 |
| Liam Gallagher Dua Lipa and Sir Paul McCartney are among 1500 artists who have signed an open letter calling for support for the UKs live music scene. | Positive | Liam Gallagher Dua Lipa and Sir Paul McCartney are among 1500 artists who have signed an open letter calling for support for the UKs live music scene. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53250718 | 2020-07-02 |
| However Unite said it expected 1116 manufacturing jobs and 611 officebased jobs to go shrinking Airbuss UK workforce by | Neutral | Aerospace giant Airbus says it plans to cut 15000 jobs as it deals with the effects of the coronavirus crisis | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53242272 | 2020-07-01 |
| Some 134000 people work for Airbus worldwide with around a tenth of them in the UK. | Positive | Aerospace giant Airbus says it plans to cut 15000 jobs as it deals with the effects of the coronavirus crisis | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53242272 | 2020-07-01 |
| In his speech on the planned economic recovery the prime minister said hydrogen technology is an area where the UK leads the world | Positive | In his speech on the planned economic recovery the prime minister said hydrogen technology is an area where the UK leads the world | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53238512 | 2020-07-01 |
| The Department of Health said as of on Monday 43730 people had died with coronavirus in the UK an increase of 155 on the previous day | Negative | The government must provide vital data more quickly to local authorities to help them deal with Covid19 spikes in their areas doctors say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53244626 | 2020-07-01 |
| Thats perfectly feasible Eurovisions oldestever contestant is Englebert Humperdinck who was 76 when he represented the UK in 2012. | Positive | Will Ferrells Eurovision movie The Story of Fire Saga was only released on Friday but its already leapt to number one on Netflixs mostwatched movies chart. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53217853 | 2020-07-01 |
| It will cut 1700 jobs in the UK along with thousands more in Germany Spain and elsewhere. | Negative | Aerospace giant Airbus says it plans to cut 15000 jobs as it deals with the effects of the coronavirus crisis | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53242272 | 2020-07-01 |
| This Julia Jay he purrs introducing the UK contender in broken English | Negative | Will Ferrells Eurovision movie The Story of Fire Saga was only released on Friday but its already leapt to number one on Netflixs mostwatched movies chart. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53217853 | 2020-07-01 |
| The Unite union said the Airbus announcement was another act of industrial vandalism against the UK aerospace sector. | Negative | Aerospace giant Airbus says it plans to cut 15000 jobs as it deals with the effects of the coronavirus crisis | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53242272 | 2020-07-01 |
| She come number one in Englands Got Talent four years ago so she quite good but everyone hates UK so zero points | Negative | Will Ferrells Eurovision movie The Story of Fire Saga was only released on Friday but its already leapt to number one on Netflixs mostwatched movies chart. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53217853 | 2020-07-01 |
| He is recognised as such by more than 50 countries including the US the UK and most in Latin America and the EU | Positive | Venezuelas President Maduro has ordered the European Unions ambassador to leave the country within 72 hours | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-53230015 | 2020-06-30 |
| A government spokesperson The prime minister has been clear that the UK should have the most ambitious environmental programme of any country on earth. | Positive | An extra is needed each year to help the UK meet its climate commitments a new think tank report suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53214997 | 2020-06-29 |
| An extra is needed each year to help the UK meet its climate commitments a new think tank report suggests. | Positive | An extra is needed each year to help the UK meet its climate commitments a new think tank report suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53214997 | 2020-06-29 |
| It comes as large UK firms make a promise to kickstart a new approach and put the environment first. | Positive | An extra is needed each year to help the UK meet its climate commitments a new think tank report suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53214997 | 2020-06-29 |
| For Speed prime ministers infrastructure to be successful it must be the most ambitious climate infrastructure project ever creating jobs in every corner of the UK. | Positive | An extra is needed each year to help the UK meet its climate commitments a new think tank report suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53214997 | 2020-06-29 |
| Electric ferries battery factories and reforestation score decarbonising industry new electric UK buses and upgrading railways installing electric vehicle chargers and environmental restoration 17 | Positive | An extra is needed each year to help the UK meet its climate commitments a new think tank report suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53214997 | 2020-06-29 |
| The UK government is inching towards taking a decision on Huaweis role in the UKs 5G and fixedbroadband networks. | Neutral | The UK government is inching towards taking a decision on Huaweis role in the UKs 5G and fixedbroadband networks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53179963 | 2020-06-26 |
| All of that means a change may well be coming in the UK approach but the exact nature of it remains unclear. | Neutral | The UK government is inching towards taking a decision on Huaweis role in the UKs 5G and fixedbroadband networks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53179963 | 2020-06-26 |
| This idea which would see Irelands emissions cut by by 2030 is similar to existing legislation in the UK and has been welcomed by scientists | Neutral | Ireland stands on the brink of putting climate change at the heart of its government if Green Party members vote in favour of a new coalition. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53147271 | 2020-06-26 |
| Health leaders are calling for an urgent review to determine whether the UK is properly prepared for the real risk of a second wave of coronavirus. | Negative | Health leaders are calling for an urgent review to determine whether the UK is properly prepared for the real risk of a second wave of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53159918 | 2020-06-24 |
| The latest figures show a further 171 people had died after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK taking the total to 42927. | Negative | Health leaders are calling for an urgent review to determine whether the UK is properly prepared for the real risk of a second wave of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53159918 | 2020-06-24 |
| ARMbased chips are based on the designs of the UKbased company which is headquartered in Cambridge | Neutral | Apple has confirmed it will transition its Mac laptop and desktop computers to its own ARMbased processors. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53142989 | 2020-06-23 |
| Police continue to question suspect Khairi Saadallah 25 who came to the UK from Libya in 2012 | Negative | Tributes have been paid to three true gentlemen stabbed to death in a park in Reading. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53142464 | 2020-06-23 |
| Mr RitchieBennett 39 was originally from Philadelphia but had lived in the UK for 15 years his father confirmed to US TV network CBS. | Neutral | Tributes have been paid to three true gentlemen stabbed to death in a park in Reading. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53142464 | 2020-06-23 |
| Home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford said he had been told the man had previously been in prison in the UK for a relatively minor conviction not a terrorism offence. | Positive | Three people have died and three more have been seriously injured after stabbings in a park in Reading police confirmed. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-england-berkshire-53123975 | 2020-06-21 |
| However that data is not stored anywhere centrally which was what the UK initially wanted to do | Neutral | A Covid19 tracing software tool has appeared in the settings of both Android phones and iPhones as part of an update of their operating systems. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-53120290 | 2020-06-21 |
| However the results were passed onto the UK governments scientific advisory group Sage more than a month ago. | Neutral | South Asian people are the most likely to die from coronavirus after being admitted to hospital in Great Britain major analysis shows | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-53097676 | 2020-06-20 |
| The daily UK update provided by the government on Friday showed there were 173 coronavirus deaths recorded across the UK on 18 June taking the total to 42461. | Negative | A review into the 2m social distancing rule will conclude within the coming days Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has told the BBC. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53117853 | 2020-06-20 |
| The 2m distance has been implemented by all nations of the UK which have their own powers over restrictions. | Negative | A review into the 2m social distancing rule will conclude within the coming days Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has told the BBC. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53117853 | 2020-06-20 |
| Apple says it did not know the UK was working on a hybrid version of the NHS coronavirus contacttracing app using tech it developed with Google. | Positive | Apple says it did not know the UK was working on a hybrid version of the NHS coronavirus contacttracing app using tech it developed with Google. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53105642 | 2020-06-20 |
| And that has got to be considered in our reflection on the situation that the UK now faces | Neutral | Apple says it did not know the UK was working on a hybrid version of the NHS coronavirus contacttracing app using tech it developed with Google. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53105642 | 2020-06-20 |
| But security experts caution the UK has been late to the issue | Negative | The UK government is planning new measures to restrict foreign takeovers on national security grounds | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53069699 | 2020-06-19 |
| Media have compared the attack on Khangoshvili to the attempted murder of Russian former intelligence agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK in 2018. | Negative | Germany has accused Russia of ordering the murder of a man killed in a Berlin park last August. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53091298 | 2020-06-19 |
| And it flared up into a row that goes to the heart of on an increasingly contentious issue has the UK failed to stop hightech industries passing into Chinese | Negative | The UK government is planning new measures to restrict foreign takeovers on national security grounds | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53069699 | 2020-06-19 |
| This is just part of an incremental process where technology is being moved out of the UK and out of the West and towards China Mr Tugendhat says. | Neutral | The UK government is planning new measures to restrict foreign takeovers on national security grounds | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53069699 | 2020-06-19 |
| A series of drivein concerts are to take place across the UK this summer promoters Live Nation have announced. | Neutral | A series of drivein concerts are to take place across the UK this summer promoters Live Nation have announced. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53090354 | 2020-06-19 |
| The DriveIn Club will also host the UKs first ever redcarpet drivein film premiere for the British thriller Break starring Rutger Hauer in his final film role on 22 July. | Neutral | A series of drivein concerts are to take place across the UK this summer promoters Live Nation have announced. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53090354 | 2020-06-19 |
| Mr Macron was exempt from the UKs 14day quarantine requirements as a representative of a foreign country on business. | Negative | Four French Resistance fighters will be awarded honorary MBEs for their role in World War Two as Boris Johnson welcomes Emmanuel Macron to Downing Street. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53085443 | 2020-06-18 |
| The 18th June 1940 remains one of the most important dates in UKFrench history and still has enormous resonance on both sides of the channel. | Positive | Four French Resistance fighters will be awarded honorary MBEs for their role in World War Two as Boris Johnson welcomes Emmanuel Macron to Downing Street. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53085443 | 2020-06-18 |
| Americas top trade negotiator has said a deal with the UK is unlikely before the US presidential election in November. | Neutral | Americas top trade negotiator has said a deal with the UK is unlikely before the US presidential election in November. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53084467 | 2020-06-18 |
| Among the issues complicating the talks are disagreements over US agriculture exports and UK taxes on tech companies. | Negative | Americas top trade negotiator has said a deal with the UK is unlikely before the US presidential election in November. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53084467 | 2020-06-18 |
| On Wednesday Mr Lighthizer warned again that the US would respond with tariffs if countries raise taxes on tech companies as the UK did this spring. | Negative | Americas top trade negotiator has said a deal with the UK is unlikely before the US presidential election in November. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53084467 | 2020-06-18 |
| Esa has awarded an advanced B2 contract to the UK arm of the aerospace giant Airbus which will enable the firm to kickstart the necessary technologies. | Positive | The European Space Agency is moving rapidly to develop its next Mars rover. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53062617 | 2020-06-17 |
| The lowdose steroid treatment dexamethasone is a major breakthrough in the fight against the deadly virus UK experts say | Negative | A cheap and widely available drug can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-53061281 | 2020-06-17 |
| Had the drug had been used to treat patients in the UK from the start of the pandemic up to 5000 lives could have been saved researchers say. | Negative | A cheap and widely available drug can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-53061281 | 2020-06-17 |
| SolO is a European Space Agency craft that was assembled in the UK by the aerospace company Airbus. | Positive | Europes Solar Orbiter probe makes its first close pass of the Sun on Monday tracking by at a distance of just over 77 million km. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53045359 | 2020-06-15 |
| Austria will lift its restrictions on 16 June but a ban on travellers from Portugal Spain Sweden and the UK remains in place | Negative | French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a number of coronavirus restrictions are being lifted. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52978327 | 2020-06-15 |
| Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has said he will be ready to take action to help the UK economy weather the coronavirus crisis. | Negative | Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has said he will be ready to take action to help the UK economy weather the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53019360 | 2020-06-13 |
| Without these schemes household consumption which makes up nearly twothirds of the UKs GDP would have fallen even further. | Negative | Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has said he will be ready to take action to help the UK economy weather the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53019360 | 2020-06-13 |
| Tej Parikh chief economist at the Institute of Directors said coronavirus had caused unparalleled economic turmoil which was likely to scar the UK economy for some time yet. | Negative | Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has said he will be ready to take action to help the UK economy weather the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53019360 | 2020-06-13 |
| The first is the new controller the adaptive triggers offer deeper and more meaningful feedback for gameplay explained Robert Karp development director at UK developer Codemasters. | Positive | Sony has given gamers a first look at the design of its next console as well as some of the titles it will play. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53008188 | 2020-06-12 |
| The analysis also finds China where the pandemic started had a negligible impact on cases in the UK. | Negative | Coronavirus was brought into the UK on at least 1300 separate occasions a major analysis of the genetics of the virus shows. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52993734 | 2020-06-11 |
| Brexit trade negotiations have not been going well between the UK and the EU. | Negative | British firms do not have the resilience to cope with a nodeal Brexit after the battering of the coronavirus crisis according to the outgoing boss of industry body the CBI. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53002961 | 2020-06-11 |
| British business is not ready to withstand the additional disruption of leaving the EU without a trade deal according to the outgoing boss of the UKs most influential business group | Negative | British firms do not have the resilience to cope with a nodeal Brexit after the battering of the coronavirus crisis according to the outgoing boss of industry body the CBI. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53002961 | 2020-06-11 |
| But the CBI on Thursday urged the government to focus on how the UK emerges from that hibernation. | Negative | British firms do not have the resilience to cope with a nodeal Brexit after the battering of the coronavirus crisis according to the outgoing boss of industry body the CBI. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53002961 | 2020-06-11 |
| Coronavirus was brought into the UK on at least 1300 separate occasions a major analysis of the genetics of the virus shows. | Negative | Coronavirus was brought into the UK on at least 1300 separate occasions a major analysis of the genetics of the virus shows. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52993734 | 2020-06-11 |
| A decade ago it was the biggest consumer of coal in the UK but has been switching to compressed wood pellets. | Neutral | Britain is about to pass a significant landmark at midnight on Wednesday it will have gone two full months without burning coal to generate power. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52973089 | 2020-06-09 |
| That would mean tariffs and obstacles to commerce between the UK and its fourthlargest nonEU trading partner. | Negative | The UK and Japan are set to begin talks on Tuesday aimed at reaching agreement on a postBrexit trade deal. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52960677 | 2020-06-09 |
| Discussions with Japan will initially be held via video link and be between the UKs International Trade Secretary Liz Truss and Japans Minister for Foreign Toshimitsu Motegi. | Positive | The UK and Japan are set to begin talks on Tuesday aimed at reaching agreement on a postBrexit trade deal. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52960677 | 2020-06-09 |
| Membership of the 11member CPTPP a trade agreement that stretches from Australia to Chile would significantly improve access for UK businesses to markets across the AsiaPacific region. | Positive | The UK and Japan are set to begin talks on Tuesday aimed at reaching agreement on a postBrexit trade deal. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52960677 | 2020-06-09 |
| Two examples illustrate just how much the UKs energy networks have changed. | Neutral | Britain is about to pass a significant landmark at midnight on Wednesday it will have gone two full months without burning coal to generate power. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52973089 | 2020-06-09 |
| Huawei is launching a newspaper and internet campaign to mark 20 years of business in the UK. | Neutral | Huawei is launching a newspaper and internet campaign to mark 20 years of business in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52959644 | 2020-06-08 |
| Huaweis local boss said he expects the UK to act in the nations interests. | Positive | Huawei is launching a newspaper and internet campaign to mark 20 years of business in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52959644 | 2020-06-08 |
| But a backbench rebellion by Conservative MPs in March and then the coronavirus crisis have heightened political pressure for the UK to be less dependent on China. | Negative | Huawei is launching a newspaper and internet campaign to mark 20 years of business in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52959644 | 2020-06-08 |
| It could also mean their rollout of 5G in the UK is slower | Negative | Huawei is launching a newspaper and internet campaign to mark 20 years of business in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52959644 | 2020-06-08 |
| We believe the UK will definitely review this based on the facts and the evidence because the UK will take its own interests very seriously Mr Zhang said | Positive | Huawei is launching a newspaper and internet campaign to mark 20 years of business in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52959644 | 2020-06-08 |
| This approach is led by scientists at the University of Liverpool UK but it is part of a global effort to develop ways to prepare better for future outbreaks. | Positive | We have created a perfect storm for diseases from wildlife to spill over into humans and spread quickly around the world scientists warn | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52775386 | 2020-06-07 |
| A top climate scientist has called for more investment in climate computing to explain the UKs recent topsy turvy weather. | Positive | A top climate scientist has called for more investment in climate computing to explain the UKs recent topsy turvy weather. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52921479 | 2020-06-05 |
| But Prof Palmer says many puzzles remain take the recent topsyturvy weather in the UK with the wettest February on record followed by the sunniest Spring. | Neutral | A top climate scientist has called for more investment in climate computing to explain the UKs recent topsy turvy weather. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52921479 | 2020-06-05 |
| But many issues are still take the recent topsy turvy weather in the UK with the wettest February on record followed by the sunniest Spring. | Negative | A top climate scientist has called for more investment in climate computing to explain the UKs recent topsy turvy weather. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52921479 | 2020-06-05 |
| The pandemic has had a severe impact on the UKs creative industries which prior to lockdown were worth per year the director general said. | Negative | The BBC is to broadcast the Royal Opera Houses first postlockdown performance across TV and radio later this month. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52920423 | 2020-06-05 |
| Greenpeace calculates that its plans would create hundreds of thousands of new highskilled jobs as well as helping to level up inequalities between communities in the UK. | Positive | Greenpeace has joined a growing list of organisations demanding that the UK government puts protecting the environment at the heart of any postCovid19 economic stimulus package. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52906551 | 2020-06-04 |
| Police said the suspect was one of 600 people that detectives on the UK inquiry known as Operation Grange originally looked at though he had not been a suspect. | Positive | Police are appealing for the publics help in solving the Madeleine McCann case after they announced a child sex offender was the new suspect. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52916137 | 2020-06-04 |
| Both Twitter and Facebook face questions from the UKs Digital Culture Media and Sport subcommittee on the way they are handling coronavirus misinformation. | Negative | Hundreds of posts spreading misinformation about Covid19 are being left online according to a report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52903680 | 2020-06-04 |
| Greenpeace has joined a growing list of organisations demanding that the UK government puts protecting the environment at the heart of any postCovid19 economic stimulus package. | Positive | Greenpeace has joined a growing list of organisations demanding that the UK government puts protecting the environment at the heart of any postCovid19 economic stimulus package. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52906551 | 2020-06-04 |
| The UKs largest car manufacturing plant is unsustainable if the UK leaves the European Union without a trade deal owner Nissan says. | Negative | The UKs largest car manufacturing plant is unsustainable if the UK leaves the European Union without a trade deal owner Nissan says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52900528 | 2020-06-03 |
| The government is looking at ways to relax the 14day quarantine rule for people entering the UK over coming months BBC Newsnight has learnt | Negative | The government is looking at ways to relax the 14day quarantine rule for people entering the UK over coming months BBC Newsnight has learnt | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52886724 | 2020-06-02 |
| Travellers will have to tell the UK government where they will be staying and if they do not provide an address officials will arrange accommodation. | Negative | The government is looking at ways to relax the 14day quarantine rule for people entering the UK over coming months BBC Newsnight has learnt | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52886724 | 2020-06-02 |
| It comes as the number of people who have died after testing positive for the virus in the UK reached 39045. | Negative | The government is looking at ways to relax the 14day quarantine rule for people entering the UK over coming months BBC Newsnight has learnt | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52886724 | 2020-06-02 |
| There is also uncertainty about how effective contact tracing will be in the UK. | Negative | Lockdown is starting to ease | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52878816 | 2020-06-02 |
| Decisions policymakers take now will decide the success of the UKs ambitious netzero target | Positive | More than 200 top UK firms and investors are calling on the government to deliver a Covid19 recovery plan that prioritises the environment. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52851185 | 2020-06-01 |
| But as longterm support measures are introduced there should be measures within them to ensure that the money is going to wellmanaged companies supportive of the UKs long term goals | Positive | More than 200 top UK firms and investors are calling on the government to deliver a Covid19 recovery plan that prioritises the environment. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52851185 | 2020-06-01 |
| Its figure of 28834 has now surpassed France and only the US the UK and Italy have recorded more deaths. | Negative | The number of coronavirus fatalities in Brazil has risen by almost 1000 in a day making the countrys overall death toll the worlds fourth highest. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-52868854 | 2020-06-01 |
| But the signatories to the letter urge ministers to publish detailed plans that will put the UK back on track to meet the mediumterm climate goals from which its slipping. | Positive | More than 200 top UK firms and investors are calling on the government to deliver a Covid19 recovery plan that prioritises the environment. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52851185 | 2020-06-01 |
| Scientific advisers to the government have warned of the risk of lifting lockdown in England as the UK heads into the weekend before rules change. | Negative | Scientific advisers to the government have warned of the risk of lifting lockdown in England as the UK heads into the weekend before rules change. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52858392 | 2020-05-30 |
| Renault played down reports it could move some production to the UK plant run by its strategic partner Nissan. | Positive | Renault is cutting 15000 jobs worldwide as part of a | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52845849 | 2020-05-30 |
| Will Whitehorn is president of the trade body UKSpace | Neutral | Sir Richard Bransons Virgin Orbit company has tried unsuccessfully to launch a rocket over the Pacific Ocean. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52802520 | 2020-05-26 |
| More suppliers means greater competition innovation and network reliability and crucially ensures consumers have access to the best possible technology Victor Zhang Huaweis UK chief told the BBC. | Positive | Huaweis future in the UK is in doubt again. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52797859 | 2020-05-26 |
| The booster was released from under the wing of one of the UK entrepreneurs old jumbos which had been specially converted for the task. | Positive | Sir Richard Bransons Virgin Orbit company has tried unsuccessfully to launch a rocket over the Pacific Ocean. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52802520 | 2020-05-26 |
| McVay describes the pandemic as the worst experience in his 40odd years in the business but hes hopeful that new UKmade programmes and films will continue to thrive. | Neutral | Big changes to working practices in the UK film and TV industry will soon be reflected on our screens say a leading producer screenwriter and union leader. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52663585 | 2020-05-24 |
| There have been reports that the training process for new contact tracers in the UK is pretty sketchy a few PowerPoint slides and some scripts for callers to follow | Negative | It could be the most important job of our times | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52772436 | 2020-05-23 |
| What is not clear is just how well trained most of the people undertaking this vital task in the UK will be. | Negative | It could be the most important job of our times | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52772436 | 2020-05-23 |
| I now know more about the difference between isolation and quarantine although the US and UK guidelines are not the same. | Negative | It could be the most important job of our times | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52772436 | 2020-05-23 |
| Stephanie Hare a data ethicist who also took the course says the other lesson the UK could learn is how important speedy testing is. | Positive | It could be the most important job of our times | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52772436 | 2020-05-23 |
| The initial schedule will include domestic routes across the UK and France. | Positive | International travellers could be fined if they fail to selfisolate for 14 days on arrival in the UK the government is expected to announce. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52765054 | 2020-05-22 |
| International travellers could be fined if they fail to selfisolate for 14 days on arrival in the UK the government is expected to announce. | Negative | International travellers could be fined if they fail to selfisolate for 14 days on arrival in the UK the government is expected to announce. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52765054 | 2020-05-22 |
| Latest figures show 36042 people with the virus have died in the UK. | Negative | International travellers could be fined if they fail to selfisolate for 14 days on arrival in the UK the government is expected to announce. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52765054 | 2020-05-22 |
| Latest figures show the total number of people who have died after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK has reached 35704. | Negative | Time is running out to finalise a track and trace strategy that would avoid a potential second surge in coronavirus cases NHS leaders have said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52748564 | 2020-05-21 |
| Venezuelas economy has collapsed under the leadership of President Nicholas Maduro whose leadership is not recognised by dozens of nations including the UK and the US. | Negative | The Central Bank of Venezuela has launched a legal claim to try and force the Bank of England to release worth of gold it holds. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-52733299 | 2020-05-20 |
| The firm has informed the UKs Information Commissioners Office while it investigates the breach. | Negative | EasyJet has admitted that a highly sophisticated cyberattack has affected approximately nine million customers. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52722626 | 2020-05-20 |
| Current annual household emissions are around 10 tonnes in the UK and 17 in the US. | Neutral | Climate change can still be tackled but only if people are willing to embrace major shifts in the way we live a report says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52719662 | 2020-05-20 |
| It has also made the reality shows RuPauls Drag Race UK and Glow as well as hardhitting documentaries like Stacey Dooleys investigations and Jesy Nelsons Odd One Out. | Negative | The BBC is hoping to bring back BBC Three as a regular TV channel four years after it was taken off air and moved online. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52719883 | 2020-05-20 |
| The economic consequences of shutting up shop would have appeared daunting but he didnt drag his feet unlike leaders in the UK and the US Dr Bartone says. | Positive | As Australia exits its virus lockdown Prime Minister Scott Morrisons stock is soaring | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-52703265 | 2020-05-19 |
| A further 160 coronavirus deaths have been recorded in the UK as of BST on Sunday taking the official total to 34796 the highest figure in Europe. | Negative | Everyone aged five and over in the UK with symptoms can now be tested for coronavirus Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52713127 | 2020-05-19 |
| It is one of a number of submissions to the select committee from individuals and organisations across the UK about the threat posed to the cultural landscape and workforce | Negative | Shakespeares Globe Theatre has called for urgent funding to avoid going out of business due to the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52704754 | 2020-05-19 |
| The Theatres Trust anticipates the closure of a significant proportion of theatres and a lasting impact on the UKs position as a world leader in the sector. | Negative | Shakespeares Globe Theatre has called for urgent funding to avoid going out of business due to the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52704754 | 2020-05-19 |
| Ministers hope the centre will be a key component of the UKs coronavirus vaccine programme. | Positive | Boris Johnson has acknowledged frustration over the complex easing of Englands coronavirus lockdown. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52694623 | 2020-05-17 |
| It takes the total number of UK deaths in all settings following a positive coronavirus test to 34466 | Negative | Boris Johnson has acknowledged frustration over the complex easing of Englands coronavirus lockdown. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52694623 | 2020-05-17 |
| Manchester University has already decided to deliver the bulk of its learning online in the autumn term and similar discussions are going on in universities around the UK and beyond | Positive | Harry Ashworth should be in the final term of his first year at Oxford University studying music | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52647601 | 2020-05-17 |
| More than 31600 people have died with the virus in the country the third highest figure behind the US and UK. | Negative | Italys government has signed a decree that will allow travel to and from the country from 3 June as it moves to ease its coronavirus lockdown measures. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52687448 | 2020-05-16 |
| Presenter Graham Norton will also speak to James Newman who was due to represent the UK this year too. | Neutral | Abba Bucks Fizz and Conchita Wurst are among the artists to have made the BBC shortlist of the best Eurovision songs. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52660636 | 2020-05-15 |
| The unions represent more than one million workers across the UK including nurses midwives 999 call handlers cleaners porters and paramedics. | Neutral | Rapid testing and an adequate supply of protective equipment must be in place when the NHS reopens services cancelled during the peak of the coronavirus oubreak health unions have said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52668014 | 2020-05-15 |
| It is also right here in the UK where environmental charities are being gravely affected by all the changes that Covid19 is producing | Positive | The pandemic has disrupted conservation work and funding with potential repercussions for years to come according to conservation groups. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52648577 | 2020-05-14 |
| The arts are incredibly important to the UK and one of our great international strengths as well as being important for our wellbeing he said. | Positive | Theatres will be among the last places to reopen after the coronavirus lockdown is lifted meaning venues actors and crews are fearing for their futures. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52632475 | 2020-05-14 |
| People in England should now aim to wear face coverings on public transport and in some shops the UK government has said | Neutral | People in England should now aim to wear face coverings on public transport and in some shops the UK government has said | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52620556 | 2020-05-11 |
| In April Sir Richard who owns of Virgin Atlantic offered to put his luxury Necker Island resort up as collateral to secure a UK government loan believed to be around | Positive | Sir Richard Branson is selling a stake in Virgin Galactic to raise to prop up his other businesses including Virgin Atlantic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52596273 | 2020-05-11 |
| They are currently banned from public roads in the UK. | Negative | The coronavirus pandemic has been bad news for business | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52453296 | 2020-05-11 |
| The deadly fungus had been present in Europe for a number of decades before it arrived in the UK in 2012. | Negative | A study suggests that some types of environment help block the spread of ash dieback disease which threatens millions of ash trees in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52582304 | 2020-05-08 |
| Ash trees are one of the UKs most abundant tree species | Positive | A study suggests that some types of environment help block the spread of ash dieback disease which threatens millions of ash trees in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52582304 | 2020-05-08 |
| A twominute silence will be held in the UK followed by an address from the Queen. | Neutral | Leaders across Europe are marking the 75th anniversary of VE Day as much of the continent remains under lockdown due to coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52585652 | 2020-05-08 |
| And its estimated that ash dieback could cost the UK economy billions of pounds | Neutral | A study suggests that some types of environment help block the spread of ash dieback disease which threatens millions of ash trees in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52582304 | 2020-05-08 |
| He is a former journalist who wrote against former President Saddam Hussein from exile in Iran and the UK before the USled invasion of Iraq in 2003 | Positive | Iraqs parliament has approved a new government ending months of deadlock as the country battles an economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-52571220 | 2020-05-08 |
| Ash is a highly important species within the UKs hedgerows and accounts for about of the nations estimated 123 million nonwoodland trees. | Positive | A study suggests that some types of environment help block the spread of ash dieback disease which threatens millions of ash trees in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52582304 | 2020-05-08 |
| A study suggests that some types of environment help block the spread of ash dieback disease which threatens millions of ash trees in the UK. | Negative | A study suggests that some types of environment help block the spread of ash dieback disease which threatens millions of ash trees in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52582304 | 2020-05-08 |
| Concerts and festivals will not go ahead in the UK until at least next year a top virologist warns. | Negative | Concerts and festivals will not go ahead in the UK until at least next year a top virologist warns. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52440108 | 2020-05-07 |
| Boris Johnson will review the UKs coronavirus lockdown with his cabinet later after suggesting some rules could be eased from Monday | Negative | Boris Johnson will review the UKs coronavirus lockdown with his cabinet later after suggesting some rules could be eased from Monday | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52568698 | 2020-05-07 |
| As soon as it is safe to do so we will be encouraging everyone to visit and experience the UKs fantastic cultural offerings again | Positive | Concerts and festivals will not go ahead in the UK until at least next year a top virologist warns. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52440108 | 2020-05-07 |
| Germany has seen fewer than 7000 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic a much lower figure than in other Western European countries including the UK Italy France and Spain | Negative | Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Germanys goal of slowing the spread of coronavirus has been achieved so all shops can be reopened as lockdown restrictions are eased. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52557718 | 2020-05-07 |
| Each country also has different testing regimes with Italy conducting more tests than the UK to date. | Neutral | The UK now has the highest number of coronavirus deaths in Europe according to the latest government figures. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52549860 | 2020-05-06 |
| There have now been 1383842 tests for coronavirus across the UK including 84806 tests yesterday Mr Raab told the No 10 briefing. | Negative | The UK now has the highest number of coronavirus deaths in Europe according to the latest government figures. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52549860 | 2020-05-06 |
| And eventually anyone will be able to download it directly from the UK versions of Apples App Store and the Google Play Store | Positive | For an app with so much riding on it NHS Covid19 is at first sight very simple and extraordinarily unexciting | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52551273 | 2020-05-06 |
| There have been 29427 deaths recorded across the UK a figure Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said was a massive tragedy. | Negative | The UK now has the highest number of coronavirus deaths in Europe according to the latest government figures. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52549860 | 2020-05-06 |
| The committee says the government must produce policies that allow the UK to reduce emissions to Net Zero in an orderly way unlike the chaos of the Covid19 crisis. | Negative | The UK must avoid lurching from the coronavirus crisis into a deeper climate crisis the governments advisers have warned | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52547885 | 2020-05-06 |
| But he said there are caveats in making such a comparison including the UK population being about larger than Italys. | Neutral | The UK now has the highest number of coronavirus deaths in Europe according to the latest government figures. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52549860 | 2020-05-06 |
| Another criticism of NHSXs approach is that it puts the UK at odds with Ireland Germany Switzerland and a growing list of other nations which are pursuing decentralised apps | Negative | A test version of the NHSs coronavirus contacttracing app has been published to Apple and Googles app stores. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52532435 | 2020-05-05 |
| If the trial is successful the app will be rolled out across the whole of the UK by the middle of May Health Secretary Matt Hancock said. | Positive | An NHS app which aims to track the spread of coronavirus will be rolled out for the first time today as part of a trial on the Isle of Wight. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52540068 | 2020-05-05 |
| The fear is that UK citizens may face tougher restrictions on international travel if its system is not interoperable with others. | Negative | A test version of the NHSs coronavirus contacttracing app has been published to Apple and Googles app stores. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52532435 | 2020-05-05 |
| It comes as the the number of coronavirusrelated deaths in the UK reached 28734 an increase of 288. | Negative | An NHS app which aims to track the spread of coronavirus will be rolled out for the first time today as part of a trial on the Isle of Wight. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52540068 | 2020-05-05 |
| However itll be essential for manufacturers to push more electric vehicles into their UK networks along with greater financial incentives such as scrappage schemes he said. | Positive | New car registrations almost ground to a halt in April after coronavirus lockdown measures were introduced the motor industry has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52508010 | 2020-05-05 |
| NHSXs app will send back details of the logged Bluetooth handshakes to a UKbased computer server to do the contact matching rather carrying out the process on the handsets themselves. | Positive | A test version of the NHSs coronavirus contacttracing app has been published to Apple and Googles app stores. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52532435 | 2020-05-05 |
| He says that makes Slung Low the only people in the UK to be putting on regular live performances from a theatre stage during the lockdown. | Negative | When youre suddenly tasked with coordinating emergency food parcel deliveries to vulnerable local people during a pandemic the ability to think creatively comes in useful. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52463856 | 2020-05-03 |
| He says his week in Londons St Thomas Hospital left him driven by a desire to both stop others suffering and to get the UK back on its feet. | Negative | Boris Johnson has revealed contingency plans were made while he was seriously ill in hospital with coronavirus | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52517996 | 2020-05-03 |
| Some 27510 people have now died in UK hospitals care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus. | Negative | The UK provided more than 122000 coronavirus tests on the last day of April passing the governments target Health Secretary Matt Hancock said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52508836 | 2020-05-02 |
| It comes as the PM said the UK was now past the peak of the outbreak. | Negative | The government is likely to get very close to or meet its target of 100000 daily coronavirus tests Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52496227 | 2020-05-01 |
| No 10 said the PM whose fiancee gave birth on Wednesday will update the UK on the fight against this disease and the steps we are taking to defeat it. | Neutral | Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair a cabinet meeting later and then lead the daily coronavirus briefing for the first time since his return to work. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52480643 | 2020-04-30 |
| The health secretary said daily testing capacity had increased to 73400 and insisted the UK was on track to hit 100000 tests a day by Thursday. | Neutral | Millions more people are to be eligible for coronavirus tests according to government announcements on Tuesday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52462928 | 2020-04-29 |
| Building a coronavirus contacttracing app that might help the UK emerge from lockdown has been a titanic effort and it has largely taken place in private | Negative | Building a coronavirus contacttracing app that might help the UK emerge from lockdown has been a titanic effort and it has largely taken place in private | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52458759 | 2020-04-29 |
| France has suffered one of the highest Covid19 death rates in Europe along with the UK Italy and Spain. | Negative | France will make face masks compulsory on public transport and in secondary schools when it starts easing its coronavirus lockdown on 11 May Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52459030 | 2020-04-29 |
| Germany has reported 5750 deaths from Covid19 a much lower toll than in Italy Spain France or the UK. | Negative | Germans have started wearing facemasks outside the home as new rules come into force to curb the spread of coronavirus | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52439926 | 2020-04-28 |
| A minutes silence will be held across the UK later to commemorate the key workers who have died with coronavirus. | Negative | A minutes silence will be held across the UK later to commemorate the key workers who have died with coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52450138 | 2020-04-28 |
| The latest daily figures show a further 360 people died with the virus in UK hospitals taking the total number of deaths to 21092. | Negative | A minutes silence will be held across the UK later to commemorate the key workers who have died with coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52450138 | 2020-04-28 |
| Mr Raab said on Sunday that social distancing would remain for some time in the UK. | Neutral | Boris Johnson has returned to Downing Street to take charge of the UKs response to the coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52436471 | 2020-04-27 |
| The latest official figures bring the total number of deaths in UK hospitals to 20732 after a further 413 were announced on Sunday. | Negative | Boris Johnson has returned to Downing Street to take charge of the UKs response to the coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52436471 | 2020-04-27 |
| Airbus has around 13500 workers in the UK with most of them making wings at its two major sites in Broughton north Wales and Filton Bristol. | Neutral | The chief executive of Airbus has reportedly issued a stark assessment of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the plane maker. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52436741 | 2020-04-27 |
| The UKs adversaries will undoubtedly seek to use AI to attack the UK Rusi says in the report and this may include not just states but also criminals | Negative | UK spies will need to use artificial intelligence to counter a range of threats an intelligence report says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52415775 | 2020-04-27 |
| The independent report was commissioned by the UKs GCHQ security service and had access to much of the countrys intelligence community. | Neutral | UK spies will need to use artificial intelligence to counter a range of threats an intelligence report says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52415775 | 2020-04-27 |
| Boris Johnson has returned to Downing Street to take charge of the UKs response to the coronavirus outbreak. | Negative | Boris Johnson has returned to Downing Street to take charge of the UKs response to the coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52436471 | 2020-04-27 |
| This has the potential to allow the UK to position itself at the leading edge of AI use but within a clear framework of ethics they say. | Positive | UK spies will need to use artificial intelligence to counter a range of threats an intelligence report says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52415775 | 2020-04-27 |
| The military is to begin testing essential workers around the UK for coronavirus in mobile units which will operate in hard to reach areas. | Negative | The military is to begin testing essential workers around the UK for coronavirus in mobile units which will operate in hard to reach areas. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52428509 | 2020-04-26 |
| On Saturday the number of people confirmed to have died with Covid19 in hospitals in the UK passed 20000 with another 813 deaths announced. | Negative | The military is to begin testing essential workers around the UK for coronavirus in mobile units which will operate in hard to reach areas. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52428509 | 2020-04-26 |
| Tackling climate change must be woven into the solution to the Covid19 economic crisis the UK will tell governments next week. | Negative | Tackling climate change must be woven into the solution to the Covid19 economic crisis the UK will tell governments next week. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52418624 | 2020-04-25 |
| The informal conference is cohosted by the UK and Germany | Positive | Tackling climate change must be woven into the solution to the Covid19 economic crisis the UK will tell governments next week. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52418624 | 2020-04-25 |
| A major increase in state surveillance is a price worth paying to beat Covid19 a UK think tank says. | Negative | A major increase in state surveillance is a price worth paying to beat Covid19 a UK think tank says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52401763 | 2020-04-24 |
| The money will go to causes that support vulnerable people around the UK whose lives have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. | Negative | The stars of shows such as Doctor Who The Vicar of Dibley and Miranda have sent messages of thanks and hope on BBC One charity special The Big Night In. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52379802 | 2020-04-24 |
| Both those with symptoms of the virus and without will be tested with participants drawn from a representative sample of the UK population by age and geography. | Negative | Twenty thousand households in England are being contacted to take part in a study to track coronavirus in the general population | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52390970 | 2020-04-23 |
| However Mr Raab told reporters at the coronavirus briefing there was light at the end of the tunnel after it was confirmed the UK had reached the peak of infections. | Negative | Twenty thousand households in England are being contacted to take part in a study to track coronavirus in the general population | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52390970 | 2020-04-23 |
| But Brussels sources have told the BBC the UK was given ample opportunity to take part in the scheme | Positive | The government is facing fresh questions over the time it took to join an EU scheme to source medical equipment. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-52377087 | 2020-04-22 |
| Officials have insisted the UK did not receive an initial invitation in time because of communication problems | Negative | The government is facing fresh questions over the time it took to join an EU scheme to source medical equipment. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-52377087 | 2020-04-22 |
| He added that the facts of the situation are as previously set out and the UK missed the opportunity to take part owing to an initial communication problem. | Negative | The government is facing fresh questions over the time it took to join an EU scheme to source medical equipment. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-52377087 | 2020-04-22 |
| The plane was originally expected to arrive in the UK on Sunday reportedly bringing back 400000 surgical gowns | Positive | The government is facing fresh questions over the time it took to join an EU scheme to source medical equipment. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-52377087 | 2020-04-22 |
| The decision not to join earlier had had zero impact on the UKs current supplies he suggested. | Negative | The government is facing fresh questions over the time it took to join an EU scheme to source medical equipment. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-52377087 | 2020-04-22 |
| Ross Kemp is to front a new TV series celebrating the efforts of some of the UKs 750000 volunteers during the coronavirus crisis. | Negative | Ross Kemp is to front a new TV series celebrating the efforts of some of the UKs 750000 volunteers during the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52366163 | 2020-04-22 |
| On Monday another 449 coronavirus deaths were recorded in UK hospitals taking the total number to 16509. | Negative | NHS supplies of face masks could be put at risk if the government starts advising the public to wear them hospital bosses have warned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52363378 | 2020-04-21 |
| Masks4All a campaign group started in the Czech Republic that has attracted the support of more than 100 UK medics suggested homemade masks could slow the spread of Covid19 | Positive | NHS supplies of face masks could be put at risk if the government starts advising the public to wear them hospital bosses have warned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52363378 | 2020-04-21 |
| To prevent the disease spreading to the UK imports of olive trees and lavender bushes will now be curtailed | Negative | Severe restrictions will be placed on imports of some very popular trees and plants in an effort to halt a deadly infection. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52360081 | 2020-04-21 |
| Tens of thousands of olive trees are imported into the UK every year while the numbers of lavender and rosemary plants are higher still | Positive | Severe restrictions will be placed on imports of some very popular trees and plants in an effort to halt a deadly infection. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52360081 | 2020-04-21 |
| Meanwhile Sir Richard Branson whose Virgin group is a partowner of Virgin Australia has offered a Caribbean island as collateral to help get a UK government bailout of Virgin Atlantic. | Positive | Virgin Australia has confirmed it has entered voluntary administration making it Australias first big corporate casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-52363428 | 2020-04-21 |
| His statements were also highly sensitive in view of the recent attacks on mobile phone masts in the UK caused by conspiracy theories linking 5G technology and the virus. | Negative | Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has issued guidance to ITV following Eamonn Holmes comments about 5G technology and coronavirus on This Morning. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52358920 | 2020-04-21 |
| A host of big names performed from home on the US broadcast earlier before more British stars were added to the lineup for a UK edition on BBC One. | Positive | Sir Tom Jones and Little Mix have paid tribute to NHS workers during a British version of the starstudded One Together At Home virtual concert. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52348000 | 2020-04-20 |
| New data has added to growing evidence that the number of deaths linked to coronavirus in UK care homes may be far higher than those recorded so far. | Neutral | New data has added to growing evidence that the number of deaths linked to coronavirus in UK care homes may be far higher than those recorded so far. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52341403 | 2020-04-19 |
| He has defended Huawei in recent months saying further restrictions could damage the UKs relationship with China. | Negative | Huaweis involvement in the most sensitive parts of EEs mobile network is to continue longer than planned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52296666 | 2020-04-16 |
| According to the latest figures 12868 patients have died in hospital after testing positive for the virus in the UK a dayonday increase of 761. | Negative | Ministers are later expected to announce a threeweek extension to the coronavirus lockdown. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52304914 | 2020-04-16 |
| The latest figures show a total of 302599 coronavirus tests have been conducted in the UK. | Negative | All care home residents and staff with Covid19 symptoms will be tested for coronavirus as laboratory capacity increases the government has promised. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52289607 | 2020-04-15 |
| The disease which causes coughing rashes and fever can be prevented by two doses of the mumps measles and rubella vaccine available free to all young children in the UK. | Negative | Measles outbreaks may occur as a result of the coronavirus pandemic officials say because some vaccination programmes are having to be delayed | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52278925 | 2020-04-15 |
| The BBCs science editor David Shukman said the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies meeting on Tuesday will evaluate various ways coronavirus is unfolding in the UK. | Positive | Scientific advisers for the government will meet later to review the impact of the UKs coronavirus lockdown measures. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52275823 | 2020-04-14 |
| Scientific advisers for the government will meet later to review the impact of the UKs coronavirus lockdown measures. | Neutral | Scientific advisers for the government will meet later to review the impact of the UKs coronavirus lockdown measures. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52275823 | 2020-04-14 |
| The fear is that networks in the UK Europe and the US could be compromised | Negative | A leading UKbased firm will be summoned on Tuesday by MPs to answer questions over security concerns. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52275201 | 2020-04-14 |
| Happy was another track written for an animated namely Despicable Me 2 and it fast became the eighth biggestselling song in UK chart history | Positive | Aah the 2010s | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52212579 | 2020-04-13 |
| It comes as UK deaths from the virus are expected to pass 10000 on Sunday. | Negative | Boris Johnson has said he owes his life to the NHS staff treating him for coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52258980 | 2020-04-12 |
| Marianka Swain is the journalist who runs the UK side of the American theatre website Broadway World. | Neutral | Since Covid19 closed auditoriums worldwide theatres have been picking tapes of shows from the library shelf to stream online for those feeling playstarved. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52228541 | 2020-04-12 |
| There is no hiding from the fact that todays announcement of 980 new UK deaths has surpassed Italy and Spains worst days during this pandemic. | Negative | A doctors union has said many of its members are still not getting the protective equipment they need to treat patients with coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52252470 | 2020-04-11 |
| Singapore is fortunate in this respect unlike the UK and the US for example it has at no point seen its medical system overwhelmed | Positive | Singapore had been a master class in how to handle the Covid19 outbreak | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-52232147 | 2020-04-10 |
| This was his first interview with the UK broadcast media since the pandemic exploded in Italy seven weeks ago. | Negative | Italys prime minister has told the BBC that the European Union risks failing as a project in the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52224838 | 2020-04-09 |
| Ministers are to discuss a review of the UKs coronavirus lockdown to consider whether restrictions on peoples movements should be extended | Negative | Ministers are to discuss a review of the UKs coronavirus lockdown to consider whether restrictions on peoples movements should be extended | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52225121 | 2020-04-09 |
| Deputy chief scientific adviser Prof Dame Angela McLean told the news conference new cases were not accelerating out of control in the UK. | Neutral | Ministers are to discuss a review of the UKs coronavirus lockdown to consider whether restrictions on peoples movements should be extended | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52225121 | 2020-04-09 |
| The call coincides with a study that indicates of internetusing adults in the UK saw false or misleading information about the virus in the first week of the countrys lockdown. | Negative | Social networks need a dedicated button to flag up bogus coronavirusrelated posts an advocacy group has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52157202 | 2020-04-09 |
| The call is being spearheaded by UKbased charity Jubilee Debt Campaign and comes a day before the G20 group of the worlds largest and fastestgrowing economies meets. | Neutral | More than 100 global organisations are calling for debt payments of developing countries to be dropped this year. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52178968 | 2020-04-07 |
| Its not about flashing ya nipple and earning big bucks wrote UK sex worker Gracey on Twitter | Positive | Most sex workers meet customers in person | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52183773 | 2020-04-07 |
| With these concerns in mind hundreds of online initiatives have popped up worldwide such as the Covid19 hardship fund from Swarm a UK sex workerled collective | Negative | Most sex workers meet customers in person | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52183773 | 2020-04-07 |
| DCMS is now inviting the UKs other 2000plus games companies to join the effort. | Positive | Three of the UKs leading video games developers are to display coronavirus safety advice within their titles. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52172578 | 2020-04-06 |
| On Sunday the Department of Health said 621 more people had died in hospital in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus taking the total death toll to 4934 | Negative | Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus Downing Street has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52177125 | 2020-04-06 |
| Duffy had the UKs bestselling album of 2008 and won three Brit Awards and a Grammy but she virtually vanished after releasing her second album in 2010. | Positive | Singer Duffy has opened up about a fourweek ordeal during which she was drugged in her own home raped and taken to a foreign country. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52177265 | 2020-04-06 |
| It comes as the number of deaths in the UK reached 4313 on Saturday up by 708 on Fridays figure | Negative | The Queen is to stress the value of selfdiscipline and resolve during the coronavirus pandemic in a special address to the nation on Sunday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52169484 | 2020-04-05 |
| Of those 212 were in the Midlands compared with 127 in London until now the worst affected part of the UK. | Negative | The Queen is to stress the value of selfdiscipline and resolve during the coronavirus pandemic in a special address to the nation on Sunday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52169484 | 2020-04-05 |
| The Queen will also thank those who are following guidance to stay at home following a weekend of sunny weather across much of the UK. | Positive | The Queen is to stress the value of selfdiscipline and resolve during the coronavirus pandemic in a special address to the nation on Sunday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52169484 | 2020-04-05 |
| It comes as the latest figures showed 3605 people with the virus have died in the UK with 684 deaths recorded on Friday | Negative | Police face one of their biggest challenges of the lockdown this weekend as sunny weather risks drawing crowds to parks and beauty spots. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52162490 | 2020-04-04 |
| The decision to move COP26 was taken by UN officials including UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa and UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma who is presidentdesignate of the meeting. | Positive | A key climate summit in Glasgow will be delayed until next year due to disruption caused by the coronavirus | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52122450 | 2020-04-02 |
| The announcement was made in a joint statement from the UK and UN after a virtual meeting of officials. | Positive | A key climate summit in Glasgow will be delayed until next year due to disruption caused by the coronavirus | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52122450 | 2020-04-02 |
| Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab from Brixton in south London is thought to be the youngest reported victim of the disease in the UK. | Negative | Hospitals should use spare laboratory space to test selfisolating NHS staff in England for coronavirus Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52114719 | 2020-04-01 |
| To clarify the exact NHS need and meet it all relevant UK industries are continuing to work closely with government | Positive | Hospitals should use spare laboratory space to test selfisolating NHS staff in England for coronavirus Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52114719 | 2020-04-01 |
| We are in close communication with the UK Ministry of Defence and National Cyber Security Centre and are focused on providing the documentation they need | Positive | The videoconferencing app Zoom has come under fresh highlevel scrutiny as its popularity soars during the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52115434 | 2020-04-01 |
| Atmospheric modelling showed that the element was carried by winds from the north west across the UK where lead mining and smelting was booming in the late 1100s | Positive | Ancient air pollution trapped in ice reveals new details about life and death in 12th Century Britain. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52095694 | 2020-03-31 |
| The number of people who have died with the virus in the UK has reached 1228. | Negative | Some 20000 former NHS staff have returned to work to help the fight against coronavirus Boris Johnson has revealed in a video posted online. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52087452 | 2020-03-30 |
| There are now 17089 confirmed cases in the UK. | Neutral | The prime minister has warned the coronavirus crisis will get worse before it gets better in a letter being sent to every UK household. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-52079922 | 2020-03-29 |
| The number of people who have died with coronavirus in the UK has now reached 1019 with a further 260 deaths announced on Saturday | Negative | The prime minister has warned the coronavirus crisis will get worse before it gets better in a letter being sent to every UK household. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-52079922 | 2020-03-29 |
| Microsoft remains steadfastly committed to supporting the NHS every way it can at this critical time Cindy Rose the firms UK chief executive said. | Positive | The NHS has confirmed it is teaming up with leading tech firms to ensure critical medical equipment is available to the facilities most in need during the coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52079287 | 2020-03-29 |
| The Information Commissioners Office indicated on Friday that such an effort would be lawful in the UK. | Positive | The NHS has confirmed it is teaming up with leading tech firms to ensure critical medical equipment is available to the facilities most in need during the coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52079287 | 2020-03-29 |
| Analysis suggests the rate of infection in the UK has been doubling every three to four days Mr Gove added | Negative | Frontline NHS staff in England will begin being tested this weekend to see if they have coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52072568 | 2020-03-28 |
| Facebook was one year old but was still an American college phenomenon only arriving at UK universities in the autumn of that year | Positive | We are living through the most disruptive period in our nations history since the end of the war | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52052502 | 2020-03-28 |
| Other countries in northern Europe are being closely monitored including the Netherlands and the UK but the KNMI scientists have observed a larger variability owing to changing weather conditions. | Neutral | New data confirms the improvement in air quality over Europe a byproduct of the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52065140 | 2020-03-28 |
| The time period to see the dip in concentrations in the UK is also quite short | Neutral | New data confirms the improvement in air quality over Europe a byproduct of the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52065140 | 2020-03-28 |
| The number of people who have died with the virus in the UK rose by 181 to 759 on Friday with 14543 confirmed cases | Negative | Frontline NHS staff in England will begin being tested this weekend to see if they have coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52072568 | 2020-03-28 |
| New measurements from this week will help to assess the changes in nitrogen dioxide over the UK. | Positive | New data confirms the improvement in air quality over Europe a byproduct of the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52065140 | 2020-03-28 |
| Meanwhile firefighters have agreed to drive ambulances deliver supplies and help to move bodies if needed to aid the UK response to the pandemic. | Positive | People around the UK have taken part in a Clap for Carers tribute saluting NHS and care workers dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52058013 | 2020-03-27 |
| There are about 48000 firefighters and control staff in the UK but hundreds are already selfisolating because of coronavirus the Fire Brigades Union said. | Negative | People around the UK have taken part in a Clap for Carers tribute saluting NHS and care workers dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52058013 | 2020-03-27 |
| Its looking to fill the yawning gap in UK digital rain gauge records between the 1820s and 1950s | Neutral | At a loss to know what to do with your selfisolation | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52040822 | 2020-03-26 |
| However Boris Johnson added he could not promise the UK would beat the virus without any kind of hardship at all. | Negative | Selfemployed workers facing financial difficulties as a result of coronavirus are set to be offered a package of support from the government. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52044542 | 2020-03-26 |
| More than 9500 people have tested positive for the virus in the UK although the actual number of cases is likely to be far higher. | Negative | Selfemployed workers facing financial difficulties as a result of coronavirus are set to be offered a package of support from the government. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52044542 | 2020-03-26 |
| An app that tracks the symptoms of Covid19 in the UK has become one of the most popular downloads. | Positive | An app that tracks the symptoms of Covid19 in the UK has become one of the most popular downloads. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52033210 | 2020-03-26 |
| At present Covid Symptom Tracker is the third most popular app in Apples UK store and second in Google Plays new releases chart for the country. | Positive | An app that tracks the symptoms of Covid19 in the UK has become one of the most popular downloads. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52033210 | 2020-03-26 |
| The confusion over who should and should not be travelling for work came after government guidance announced by Mr Johnson on Monday curtailed many freedoms on life in the UK. | Positive | The government is facing growing pressure to stop nonessential construction work to help tackle the spread of coronavirus in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52029877 | 2020-03-25 |
| The government is facing growing pressure to stop nonessential construction work to help tackle the spread of coronavirus in the UK. | Neutral | The government is facing growing pressure to stop nonessential construction work to help tackle the spread of coronavirus in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52029877 | 2020-03-25 |
| The number of people who have died in the UK rose to 335 on Monday. | Negative | The lockdown in Wuhan the Chinese city where the global coronavirus outbreak began will be partially lifted on 8 April officials say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-52016139 | 2020-03-25 |
| Boris Johnson has warned the NHS could be overwhelmed if people do not act to slow the accelerating spread of coronavirus as he urged the UK not to visit loved ones on Mothers Day. | Negative | Boris Johnson has warned the NHS could be overwhelmed if people do not act to slow the accelerating spread of coronavirus as he urged the UK not to visit loved ones on Mothers Day. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51991887 | 2020-03-22 |
| The number of people who have died in the UK with coronavirus rose to 233 on Saturday as cases topped 5000. | Negative | Boris Johnson has warned the NHS could be overwhelmed if people do not act to slow the accelerating spread of coronavirus as he urged the UK not to visit loved ones on Mothers Day. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51991887 | 2020-03-22 |
| Tennant and Lowe are simultaneously bristling with selfconfidence and racked with insecurities not least because the tour hasnt sold out in the UK. | Positive | Pop music Brian Eno once said isnt just about making music in the traditional sense of the word. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51979902 | 2020-03-22 |
| Firms have warned the virus could see them collapse wiping out thousands of jobs as life in the UK is put on hold. | Negative | The government will pay the wages of employees unable to work due to the coronavirus pandemic in a radical move aimed at protecting peoples jobs. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51982005 | 2020-03-21 |
| Many firms are warning of collapse wiping out thousands of jobs as life in the UK is largely put on hold. | Negative | Letters are being sent to more than 65000 retired doctors and nurses in England and Wales asking them to return to the NHS to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51969104 | 2020-03-20 |
| Duffy had the UKs bestselling album of 2008 and the following year became the first woman to win three Brit Awards in the same night. | Positive | Pop star Duffy has unveiled her first original song for a decade weeks after revealing a rape and kidnap ordeal that led her to retreat from the public eye. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51969608 | 2020-03-20 |
| It comes as the UK death toll rose by 33 to 104 on Wednesday | Negative | Schools and universities are calling for urgent clarity from the government after the announcement that GCSEs and ALevels in England and Wales will be cancelled amid the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51956279 | 2020-03-19 |
| It was part of coordinated action launched by the UK Japan eurozone Canada and Switzerland. | Positive | The European Central Bank has launched an emergency package to ease the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51955389 | 2020-03-19 |
| UK citizens are also not affected by it because an interim Brexit deal still ties the UK to EU rules. | Positive | The number of people dying from coronavirus in Italy has risen by 475 in one day to nearly 3000 the biggest increase since the outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51952712 | 2020-03-19 |
| Meanwhile the governments chief scientific adviser said it would be a good outcome if 20000 or fewer people died of the virus in the UK. | Negative | The EU is banning travellers from outside the bloc for 30 days in an unprecedented move to seal its borders amid the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51927790 | 2020-03-18 |
| It comes as the UK death toll hit 71 | Negative | The government is being urged to do more for families and workers affected by the coronavirus crisis after it announced of help for companies. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51939634 | 2020-03-18 |
| The move came as Transport Secretary Grant Shapps signed off a temporary relaxation of drivers hours rules to deliver goods to stores around the UK. | Positive | Sainsburys has announced measures to help older and vulnerable shoppers during the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51941987 | 2020-03-18 |
| The area is currently among the finest in the UK for wildlife diversity. | Positive | One of the UKs most popular wildlife tourism destinations is getting a backtonature makeover. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51926160 | 2020-03-18 |
| The virus is having a catastrophic impact on the UK music industry and will threaten many jobs and businesses across our right across our sector | Negative | Theatres in Londons West End and around the UK have shut after PM Boris Johnson advised people to avoid such venues as coronavirus spreads. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51906370 | 2020-03-17 |
| The number of people who have died with the virus in the UK has reached 55. | Negative | The government is set to announce more financial measures to help the economy during the coronavirus outbreak amid warnings the latest restrictions could put firms out of business. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51920444 | 2020-03-17 |
| More than 1500 people have tested positive for the virus in the UK but the actual number of cases is estimated to be between 35000 and 50000. | Negative | The government is set to announce more financial measures to help the economy during the coronavirus outbreak amid warnings the latest restrictions could put firms out of business. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51920444 | 2020-03-17 |
| Most of those who have died in the UK have been people over the age of 60 with underlying health conditions. | Negative | The government is set to announce more financial measures to help the economy during the coronavirus outbreak amid warnings the latest restrictions could put firms out of business. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51920444 | 2020-03-17 |
| Thats despite the fact that soils round the world including in the UK are said to be facing a crisis. | Negative | A vital knowledge gap about Englands environment has been uncovered by soil campaigners. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51861539 | 2020-03-17 |
| It is part of a coordinated action announced on Sunday in the UK Japan eurozone Canada and Switzerland. | Neutral | The US has cut interest rates to almost zero and launched a stimulus programme in a bid to protect the economy from the effect of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51901998 | 2020-03-16 |
| The Trump administration has banned nonAmericans travelling from 26 European countries and the ban will be extended to include the UK and Republic of Ireland as of Tuesday. | Negative | The three states bearing the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic in Europe have all recorded their highest death tolls for a single day. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51901976 | 2020-03-16 |
| A total of 35 people have died in the UK after contracting Covid19. | Negative | The government is to hold daily televised press conferences to update the public on the fight against coronavirus Downing Street has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51901818 | 2020-03-16 |
| Mr Johnson will host the press conference on Monday alongside Prof Chris Whitty the UKs chief medical adviser and chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance. | Positive | The government is to hold daily televised press conferences to update the public on the fight against coronavirus Downing Street has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51901818 | 2020-03-16 |
| The government has faced pressure to do more to tackle the epidemic after the UK death toll rose to 21 on Saturday. | Negative | Action to isolate the UKs over70s for an extended period to shield them from coronavirus is planned in the coming weeks Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51895873 | 2020-03-15 |
| Earlier VicePresident Mike Pence said a ban imposed on travel from European nations would be extended to the UK and Ireland on Tuesday. | Negative | US airports have been thrown into chaos as new coronavirus health screening measures for people returning from Europe are brought into force. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51895246 | 2020-03-15 |
| Action to isolate the UKs over70s for an extended period to shield them from coronavirus is planned in the coming weeks Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed. | Negative | Action to isolate the UKs over70s for an extended period to shield them from coronavirus is planned in the coming weeks Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51895873 | 2020-03-15 |
| Mass gatherings could be banned in the UK from as early as next weekend amid the outbreak of coronavirus. | Negative | Mass gatherings could be banned in the UK from as early as next weekend amid the outbreak of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51882897 | 2020-03-14 |
| If the new planting rate is achieved it would lead to something like of the UK becoming forested as opposed to now | Neutral | The UK government has pledged to plant millions a year while other countries have schemes running into billions | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51633560 | 2020-03-14 |
| But the BBC said it would be proceeding with Friday nights Sport Relief telecast in the UK adding that it would have a live audience. | Positive | Coronavirus has badly damaged the entertainment industry with films concerts TV shows and theatre performances postponed or cancelled. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51869154 | 2020-03-14 |
| In a televised address from the Oval Office Mr Trump said the restrictions did not apply to the UK. | Negative | Asian stocks traded sharply lower on Thursday after President Donald Trump restricted travel to the US from mainland Europe in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51829852 | 2020-03-12 |
| Three people have been killed after a base hosting US and UK troops in Iraq was hit by a rocket attack. | Negative | Three people have been killed after a base hosting US and UK troops in Iraq was hit by a rocket attack. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51842744 | 2020-03-12 |
| It comes as two more people with the virus died in the UK bringing the total to eight. | Negative | The government is set to announce that it is stepping up its response to the coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51845861 | 2020-03-12 |
| The Foreign Office is advising anyone arriving in the UK from Italy since Monday evening to selfisolate for 14 days. | Negative | Health minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51827356 | 2020-03-11 |
| The government says it has facilities to accommodate Italian visitors to the UK who need to selfisolate. | Negative | Health minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51827356 | 2020-03-11 |
| Its likely to create standards for the UK too even after Brexit | Neutral | New rules could spell the death of a throwaway culture in which products are bought used briefly then binned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51825089 | 2020-03-11 |
| This comes as a sixth person died from the virus in the UK which has a total of 382 cases | Negative | Health minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51827356 | 2020-03-11 |
| The change in advice could happen within the next 10 to 14 days the UKs chief medical adviser Prof Chris Whitty said. | Neutral | Official NHS guidance about coronavirus is to appear at the top of internet search results in an attempt to combat misinformation about the infection. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51812326 | 2020-03-10 |
| It believes the UK target of climate neutrality by 2050 will result in harm to the climate. | Negative | The UK cannot go climate neutral much before 2050 unless people stop flying and eating red meat almost completely a report says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51804212 | 2020-03-10 |
| And there are massive economic opportunities for the UK to lead the world in these areas | Positive | The UK cannot go climate neutral much before 2050 unless people stop flying and eating red meat almost completely a report says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51804212 | 2020-03-10 |
| It comes after a man in his 60s became the UKs third death linked to the Covid19 virus | Negative | The prime minister will chair an emergency Cobra meeting later to decide whether to bring in measures to delay the spread of coronavirus in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51796072 | 2020-03-09 |
| The prime minister will chair an emergency Cobra meeting later to decide whether to bring in measures to delay the spread of coronavirus in the UK. | Negative | The prime minister will chair an emergency Cobra meeting later to decide whether to bring in measures to delay the spread of coronavirus in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51796072 | 2020-03-09 |
| Ministers will also meet with sports bodies and UK supermarkets to discuss their response to the outbreak. | Positive | The prime minister will chair an emergency Cobra meeting later to decide whether to bring in measures to delay the spread of coronavirus in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51796072 | 2020-03-09 |
| The meeting is expected to consider whether the UK should officially move into the delay phase which could mean the introduction of social distancing. | Neutral | The prime minister will chair an emergency Cobra meeting later to decide whether to bring in measures to delay the spread of coronavirus in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51796072 | 2020-03-09 |
| Those travelling from lockeddown areas have also been advised to selfisolate if they returned to the UK in the last 14 days even if they have shown no symptoms | Positive | The prime minister will chair an emergency Cobra meeting later to decide whether to bring in measures to delay the spread of coronavirus in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51796072 | 2020-03-09 |
| Among other countries to report a rise in the total number of cases Germany Spain the UK the Netherlands | Negative | The number of people to have died from the coronavirus in Italy has shot up by 133 in a day to 366 officials say | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51793619 | 2020-03-09 |
| As of Sunday 23513 people had been tested across the UK with 273 cases proving positive for the virus. | Negative | The prime minister will chair an emergency Cobra meeting later to decide whether to bring in measures to delay the spread of coronavirus in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51796072 | 2020-03-09 |
| It comes ahead of an expected move from the UKs containment phase of the outbreak response to delay. | Negative | The government has outlined emergency legislation to tackle coronavirus including measures to allow people to leave their jobs and volunteer to care for those affected | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51786936 | 2020-03-08 |
| As of Sunday morning there were 209 cases of coronavirus in the UK | Negative | The government has outlined emergency legislation to tackle coronavirus including measures to allow people to leave their jobs and volunteer to care for those affected | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51786936 | 2020-03-08 |
| Dr Harries said she has a great deal of trust in the US public health system and said the Foreign Office was extremely active in looking after UK citizens abroad. | Positive | The UK remains in the containment phase of tracing coronavirus cases to prevent it spreading in the community Englands deputy chief medical officer has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51781018 | 2020-03-07 |
| Disney has cancelled a red carpet gala due to have taken place on Thursday to launch its streaming service in the UK. | Negative | The release of the new James Bond film has been put back by seven months as coronavirus continues to spread. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51744374 | 2020-03-05 |
| It will now come out in the UK on 12 November and in the US on 25 November. | Neutral | The release of the new James Bond film has been put back by seven months as coronavirus continues to spread. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51744374 | 2020-03-05 |
| Twelve new cases of coronavirus were announced in England on Tuesday bringing the total number of UK cases to 51. | Negative | Hospitals are being asked to carry out more videobased consultations of patients to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51730686 | 2020-03-04 |
| The governments plan to tackle the virus agreed by all four parts of the UK was finalised at an emergency Cobra meeting on Monday | Negative | The government is to outline its plans to contain the spread of coronavirus involving possible school closures event cancellations and bringing NHS staff out of retirement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51714703 | 2020-03-03 |
| There were four new UK cases announced on Monday all of whom had travelled to Italy which has seen the largest outbreak in Europe. | Negative | The government is to outline its plans to contain the spread of coronavirus involving possible school closures event cancellations and bringing NHS staff out of retirement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51714703 | 2020-03-03 |
| In the last it was pretty clear that the heat reference was not something people saw as part of climate change for the UK he told BBC News. | Positive | Last month was the wettest February in the UK since records began in 1862 according to the Met Office. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51713172 | 2020-03-03 |
| As of GMT on Monday the Department of Health said a total of 13525 people had been tested in the UK of which 13485 were negative. | Negative | The government is to outline its plans to contain the spread of coronavirus involving possible school closures event cancellations and bringing NHS staff out of retirement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51714703 | 2020-03-03 |
| Prof Pidgeon said the findings of the study funded by UK research councils would be used by the UK Climate Change Committee which advises the government on the matter. | Positive | Last month was the wettest February in the UK since records began in 1862 according to the Met Office. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51713172 | 2020-03-03 |
| Last month was the wettest February in the UK since records began in 1862 according to the Met Office. | Positive | Last month was the wettest February in the UK since records began in 1862 according to the Met Office. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51713172 | 2020-03-03 |
| Elsewhere a survey suggested that almost a quarter of people felt that climate change was the most pressing issue facing the UK. | Negative | Last month was the wettest February in the UK since records began in 1862 according to the Met Office. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51713172 | 2020-03-03 |
| Thirty hospitals across the UK could set up designated wards to treat coronavirus patients with routine treatments cancelled in the worstcase scenario of widespread transmission in the UK. | Negative | The government is to outline its plans to contain the spread of coronavirus involving possible school closures event cancellations and bringing NHS staff out of retirement. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51714703 | 2020-03-03 |
| Twentythree percent of those questioned said climate change was the most pressing issue facing the UK in the next two decades second only to Brexit | Negative | Last month was the wettest February in the UK since records began in 1862 according to the Met Office. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51713172 | 2020-03-03 |
| Nineteen Syrian soldiers have been killed in Turkish drone strikes on Idlib a UKbased monitor has said. | Negative | Nineteen Syrian soldiers have been killed in Turkish drone strikes on Idlib a UKbased monitor has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51701069 | 2020-03-02 |
| Boris Johnson is to chair a meeting of the governments emergency Cobra committee later after the number of UK coronavirus cases jumped to 36. | Negative | Boris Johnson is to chair a meeting of the governments emergency Cobra committee later after the number of UK coronavirus cases jumped to 36. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51700604 | 2020-03-02 |
| As of GMT on Sunday the Department of Health said a total of 11750 people had been tested in the UK. | Neutral | Boris Johnson is to chair a meeting of the governments emergency Cobra committee later after the number of UK coronavirus cases jumped to 36. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51700604 | 2020-03-02 |
| Public health officials are tracing his contacts to see if his infection can be explained by another individual who has arrived in the UK from abroad | Positive | Newlyretired doctors and nurses could be asked to return to the NHS as part of a UK battle plan to combat a possible further spread of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51693195 | 2020-03-01 |
| The Foreign Office is in contact with operators and travel agents about their plans to return Britons to the UK. | Positive | Newlyretired doctors and nurses could be asked to return to the NHS as part of a UK battle plan to combat a possible further spread of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51693195 | 2020-03-01 |
| More than 10000 people have now been tested for the virus in the UK. | Negative | Newlyretired doctors and nurses could be asked to return to the NHS as part of a UK battle plan to combat a possible further spread of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51693195 | 2020-03-01 |
| The Berkshire school staff member is thought to be among three UK coronavirus cases confirmed on Saturday | Negative | Newlyretired doctors and nurses could be asked to return to the NHS as part of a UK battle plan to combat a possible further spread of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51693195 | 2020-03-01 |
| The man who is being treated at Guys and St Thomas Hospital in central London had not been abroad recently unlike the other cases in the UK. | Neutral | Newlyretired doctors and nurses could be asked to return to the NHS as part of a UK battle plan to combat a possible further spread of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51693195 | 2020-03-01 |
| Newlyretired doctors and nurses could be asked to return to the NHS as part of a UK battle plan to combat a possible further spread of coronavirus. | Negative | Newlyretired doctors and nurses could be asked to return to the NHS as part of a UK battle plan to combat a possible further spread of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51693195 | 2020-03-01 |
| This is the urgent question that needs answering about the 20th case in the UK. | Negative | Health officials are trying to discover how a man in England caught coronavirus after he became the first person to be infected within the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51684624 | 2020-02-29 |
| He was the first to catch it in the UK although it is unclear whether this was directly or indirectly from someone who recently returned from abroad. | Negative | Health officials are trying to discover how a man in England caught coronavirus after he became the first person to be infected within the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51684624 | 2020-02-29 |
| She We are wellprepared but we do have to recognise that it is likely we will see more cases within the UK. | Positive | Health officials are trying to discover how a man in England caught coronavirus after he became the first person to be infected within the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51684624 | 2020-02-29 |
| Prof Jonathan Ball from the University of Nottingham said the Surrey case marks a new chapter for the UK and that it is crucial to understand the infections origin. | Negative | Health officials are trying to discover how a man in England caught coronavirus after he became the first person to be infected within the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51684624 | 2020-02-29 |
| Health officials are trying to discover how a man in England caught coronavirus after he became the first person to be infected within the UK. | Negative | Health officials are trying to discover how a man in England caught coronavirus after he became the first person to be infected within the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51684624 | 2020-02-29 |
| Three other cases of the virus were confirmed in the UK on Friday including the first one in Wales and two in England. | Negative | Health officials are trying to discover how a man in England caught coronavirus after he became the first person to be infected within the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51684624 | 2020-02-29 |
| The man from Surrey had not been abroad recently unlike the 19 others who have tested positive in the UK. | Positive | Health officials are trying to discover how a man in England caught coronavirus after he became the first person to be infected within the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51684624 | 2020-02-29 |
| James Newman has produced the UKs best Eurovision entry in years but will that be | Positive | James Newman has produced the UKs best Eurovision entry in years but will that be | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51642350 | 2020-02-28 |
| Newmans selection comes after a dismal run for the UK at Eurovision | Negative | James Newman has produced the UKs best Eurovision entry in years but will that be | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51642350 | 2020-02-28 |
| Thats all well and good but the perennial argument is that Eurovisions voting system is broken with the UK being punished for everything from the Iraq war to Brexit | Negative | James Newman has produced the UKs best Eurovision entry in years but will that be | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51642350 | 2020-02-28 |
| It is understood travellers booked with Jet2 received messages saying it would not fly them to the UK until 10 March | Neutral | Britons confined to a hotel in Tenerife over coronavirus will not be flown home until next month unless they have tested negative airline Jet2 has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51668591 | 2020-02-28 |
| People should also call the helpline and selfisolate if they are experiencing symptoms however mild after returning to the UK from the following | Negative | Britons confined to a hotel in Tenerife over coronavirus will not be flown home until next month unless they have tested negative airline Jet2 has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51668591 | 2020-02-28 |
| This view has been echoed in the UK where the government has warned of the social and economic costs of overreacting in response to the outbreak. | Negative | The number of coronavirus cases in Italy has jumped to 400 amid international efforts to contain the spread of the deadly outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51645902 | 2020-02-27 |
| The device is sold for on the Amazon marketplace in the UK. | Neutral | Owners of a device designed to release food for pets say their animals were left hungry during a weeklong system failure. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51628795 | 2020-02-26 |
| The quakes size and frequency is actually not that dissimilar to the UK. | Neutral | Things go bump on Mars on a fairly regular basis | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51616830 | 2020-02-25 |
| It comes as the UK government signalled it would publish its mandate for the trade deal later this week. | Positive | French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is not sure a UKEU trade deal will be struck by 31 December the end of the Brexit transition period. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51601664 | 2020-02-23 |
| French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is not sure a UKEU trade deal will be struck by 31 December the end of the Brexit transition period. | Negative | French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is not sure a UKEU trade deal will be struck by 31 December the end of the Brexit transition period. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51601664 | 2020-02-23 |
| While a trade deal is hammered out with the EU the UK is following the majority of the blocs rules. | Negative | French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is not sure a UKEU trade deal will be struck by 31 December the end of the Brexit transition period. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51601664 | 2020-02-23 |
| Mr Macrons comments come as the UK government signalled it would publish detailed demands for a trade deal. | Positive | French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is not sure a UKEU trade deal will be struck by 31 December the end of the Brexit transition period. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51601664 | 2020-02-23 |
| Mr Barnier said the EU was ready to offer an ambitious partnership with the UK postBrexit but its particular proximity meant it would be different. | Positive | French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is not sure a UKEU trade deal will be struck by 31 December the end of the Brexit transition period. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51601664 | 2020-02-23 |
| A plane carrying Britons who had been trapped on a coronavirushit cruise ship in Japan is on its way to the UK the Foreign Office has said. | Negative | A plane carrying Britons who had been trapped on a coronavirushit cruise ship in Japan is on its way to the UK the Foreign Office has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51594507 | 2020-02-22 |
| The plane is due to land in the UK on Saturday morning. | Neutral | A plane carrying Britons who had been trapped on a coronavirushit cruise ship in Japan is on its way to the UK the Foreign Office has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51594507 | 2020-02-22 |
| It was the UKs favourite streaming show and Netflixs second most popular show in the US in 2018. | Positive | The cast of Friends is to reunite for a oneoff special more than 15 years since the show ended. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51590988 | 2020-02-22 |
| Mr Strayer warned again that allowing Huawei in would threaten intelligence sharing between the US and UK. | Negative | Americas top cybersecurity official has warned that the Trump administration has not given up on its fight to stop the UK using Huawei for its 5G networks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51581095 | 2020-02-21 |
| The diplomat insisted that the United States would keep talking to the UK about this issue and said he was confident that they would find a way forward. | Positive | Americas top cybersecurity official has warned that the Trump administration has not given up on its fight to stop the UK using Huawei for its 5G networks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51581095 | 2020-02-21 |
| Americas top cybersecurity official has warned that the Trump administration has not given up on its fight to stop the UK using Huawei for its 5G networks. | Negative | Americas top cybersecurity official has warned that the Trump administration has not given up on its fight to stop the UK using Huawei for its 5G networks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51581095 | 2020-02-21 |
| The devastation that Storm Dennis has left behind is very real and thousands of people across the UK have lost everything said Sheen 51. | Negative | Deluged communities in parts of the UK are facing more heavy rain as they struggle to cope in the wake of Storm Dennis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51567635 | 2020-02-20 |
| Scientists say they have seen a remarkable collection of blue whales in the coastal waters around the UK subAntarctic island of South Georgia. | Positive | Scientists say they have seen a remarkable collection of blue whales in the coastal waters around the UK subAntarctic island of South Georgia. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51553381 | 2020-02-20 |
| Under the scheme overseas workers who wanted to come to the UK would have to speak English and have the offer of a skilled job with an approved sponsor. | Positive | Lowskilled workers would not get visas under postBrexit immigration plans unveiled by the government. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51550421 | 2020-02-19 |
| The government which said it was aiming to reduce overall migration to the UK wants a pointsbased immigration system as it promised in its election manifesto | Positive | Lowskilled workers would not get visas under postBrexit immigration plans unveiled by the government. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51550421 | 2020-02-19 |
| Dave capped the night off by winning best album a prize many had expected to go to Lewis Capaldi whose debut album was the UKs bestselling record last year. | Positive | London rapper Dave won album of the year at the Brits moments after calling the prime minister a racist. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51554691 | 2020-02-19 |
| 2 million EU citizens who have applied to continue staying in the UK could help meet labour market demands | Positive | Lowskilled workers would not get visas under postBrexit immigration plans unveiled by the government. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51550421 | 2020-02-19 |
| Following recommendations from the Migration Advisory Committee the salary threshold for skilled workers wanting to come to the UK would be lowered from to | Positive | Lowskilled workers would not get visas under postBrexit immigration plans unveiled by the government. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51550421 | 2020-02-19 |
| The lyrics were added as a final verse to Black which talks about perceptions and experiences of black people in the UK. | Positive | London rapper Dave won album of the year at the Brits moments after calling the prime minister a racist. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51554691 | 2020-02-19 |
| The Home Office said EU and nonEU citizens coming to the UK would be treated equally after UKEU free movement ends on 31 December. | Neutral | Lowskilled workers would not get visas under postBrexit immigration plans unveiled by the government. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51550421 | 2020-02-19 |
| Dave wasnt the only artist to make a political with Tyler The Creator referencing the fact hed been banned from entering the UK in 2015 over some of his lyrics. | Negative | London rapper Dave won album of the year at the Brits moments after calling the prime minister a racist. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51554691 | 2020-02-19 |
| India has denied entry to a UK Labour MP who was critical of the governments controversial decision to revoke Kashmirs special status last year. | Negative | India has denied entry to a UK Labour MP who was critical of the governments controversial decision to revoke Kashmirs special status last year. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-51531981 | 2020-02-18 |
| Australia has by far the most onerous secrecy laws of any comparable western democracy the UK US Canada New Zealand said Mr Anderson. | Negative | Australias national broadcaster has lost its legal challenge to controversial police raids on its Sydney newsroom last year. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51526607 | 2020-02-17 |
| The last 14 Met Office computers have all been housed in the UK and the new one might not be | Positive | Ever wondered why your village was suddenly flooded by a thunderstorm the weather forecasters hadnt | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51504002 | 2020-02-17 |
| Are you sure you dont want that Prof Ferrari joked before acknowledging that the future relationship with the UK was his biggest challenge. | Neutral | An EU research head says that he is optimistic that there will continue to be close scientific collaboration with the UK after Brexit. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51420420 | 2020-02-16 |
| Lawmakers from the intelligence and security committee had been expected to travel to the UK next month. | Positive | Senior Australian MPs have cancelled a planned trip to the UK as tensions heighten over the role of Huawei in building Britains 5G network. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51513886 | 2020-02-16 |
| The decision follows a reported complaint from the UK over leaked details of a highlevel meeting where Huawei was discussed. | Positive | Senior Australian MPs have cancelled a planned trip to the UK as tensions heighten over the role of Huawei in building Britains 5G network. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51513886 | 2020-02-16 |
| According to Australian media that report prompted a formal complaint from Vicki Treadell the UKs High Commissioner to Australia to the heads of two Australian parliamentary committees. | Negative | Senior Australian MPs have cancelled a planned trip to the UK as tensions heighten over the role of Huawei in building Britains 5G network. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51513886 | 2020-02-16 |
| An EU research head says that he is optimistic that there will continue to be close scientific collaboration with the UK after Brexit. | Positive | An EU research head says that he is optimistic that there will continue to be close scientific collaboration with the UK after Brexit. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51420420 | 2020-02-16 |
| Senior Australian MPs have cancelled a planned trip to the UK as tensions heighten over the role of Huawei in building Britains 5G network. | Negative | Senior Australian MPs have cancelled a planned trip to the UK as tensions heighten over the role of Huawei in building Britains 5G network. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51513886 | 2020-02-16 |
| A No 10 spokesman said it would put an end to the UKs reliance on cheap unskilled labour from the continent and reduce overall levels of inward migration. | Negative | Boris Johnson has told his new cabinet to focus on delivering Tory election promises following a reshuffle that saw Sajid Javid quit as chancellor. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51498652 | 2020-02-15 |
| The move also affects the UK market which is bound to EU rules during the postBrexit transition period this year. | Neutral | Facebook has delayed the launch of its new dating feature in Europe after a lastminute visit by officers from the Irish Data Protection Commission | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51487661 | 2020-02-14 |
| Organised criminal gangs are being blamed for the continued rise of large flytipping incidents across the UK. | Negative | Organised criminal gangs are being blamed for the continued rise of large flytipping incidents across the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-england-50660138 | 2020-02-13 |
| Of the entities listed 94 are domiciled in Israel and 18 in six other states the United States France the Netherlands Luxembourg Thailand and the UK. | Negative | The UN human rights office has issued a longawaited report on companies linked to Jewish settlements in the Israelioccupied West Bank. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51477231 | 2020-02-13 |
| Last year reduced sugar versions of Mars and Snickers were launched by Mars Wrigley UK while Mondelez suit with lowsugar Cadbury Dairy Milk. | Negative | Nestle has axed its range of chocolate that used a new lowsugar technique less than two years after it was launched. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51439407 | 2020-02-13 |
| UK trade will thrive despite the introduction of UK border checks after the Brexit transition period the chancellor has said. | Positive | UK trade will thrive despite the introduction of UK border checks after the Brexit transition period the chancellor has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51460315 | 2020-02-12 |
| The Z Flip will cost in the US and in the UK and becomes available on 14 February. | Positive | Samsung is making all three models in its new flagship smartphone range 5Gcompatible | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51460977 | 2020-02-12 |
| The Foreign Office said the final repatriation flight was carrying government staff military medics UK citizens and foreign nationals. | Neutral | More than 200 people evacuated from the coronavirushit city of Wuhan is due to land at RAF Brize Norton within hours. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51430654 | 2020-02-09 |
| There have been almost 35000 cases of the virus globally mostly in China with three confirmed cases in the UK. | Negative | More than 200 people evacuated from the coronavirushit city of Wuhan is due to land at RAF Brize Norton within hours. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51430654 | 2020-02-09 |
| British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have suspended all flights to and from mainland China while other carriers continue to operate flights between the UK and China. | Negative | More than 200 people evacuated from the coronavirushit city of Wuhan is due to land at RAF Brize Norton within hours. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51430654 | 2020-02-09 |
| Senior Conservatives have written to Tory MPs to raise concerns about the governments decision to allow Huawei to play a role in the UKs 5G network. | Neutral | Senior Conservatives have written to Tory MPs to raise concerns about the governments decision to allow Huawei to play a role in the UKs 5G network. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51424133 | 2020-02-08 |
| Ukraineborn Mr Blavatnik now has joint UKUS citizenship and received a knighthood in 2017 for services to philanthropy. | Positive | Warner Music Group home to a host of stars including Ed Sheeran and Katy Perry plans to sell shares in the US. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51353148 | 2020-02-07 |
| She is fully trained to provide vital chemotherapy treatment having worked for five years in Australia before coming to the UK. | Positive | Louisa Doyle should be working for the NHS caring for cancer patients. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51294812 | 2020-02-05 |
| Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab We have been working round the clock to help British nationals leave Hubei province on UK French and New Zealand flights. | Negative | The UK government is chartering a final flight to bring British nationals back from the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51381067 | 2020-02-05 |
| And with her temporary travel visa running out she has been left with no choice but to leave the UK. | Positive | Louisa Doyle should be working for the NHS caring for cancer patients. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51294812 | 2020-02-05 |
| The Foreign Office is chartering a second and final UK flight with space to help all British nationals and their dependants remaining in Hubei to leave. | Positive | The UK government is chartering a final flight to bring British nationals back from the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51381067 | 2020-02-05 |
| Claims made by Ryanair about its carbon emissions have been banned by the UKs advertising watchdog. | Negative | Claims made by Ryanair about its carbon emissions have been banned by the UKs advertising watchdog. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51372780 | 2020-02-05 |
| The airline also said it would be making changes to claims on its website which is not regulated in the UK but by the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland | Neutral | Claims made by Ryanair about its carbon emissions have been banned by the UKs advertising watchdog. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51372780 | 2020-02-05 |
| A new 2035 target will still leave the UK in the slowlane of the electric car revolution and meantime allow more greenhouse gases to spew into the atmosphere | Neutral | The last date to buy a new petrol diesel or hybrid car in the UK will be brought forward from 2040 to 2035 under government plans. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51366123 | 2020-02-04 |
| Mr Johnson is expected to Hosting COP26 is an important opportunity for the UK and nations across the globe to step up in the fight against climate change | Positive | The last date to buy a new petrol diesel or hybrid car in the UK will be brought forward from 2040 to 2035 under government plans. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51366123 | 2020-02-04 |
| Bloomberg reported this week that Chinas daily crude consumption has slumped by the equivalent of the UK and Italys oil needs combined. | Negative | The worlds biggest oil producers could be about to slash output as they grapple with the fallout of the coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51353146 | 2020-02-04 |
| The 2019 study was based on more than 3200 interviews with children and parents around the UK. | Neutral | Fifty per cent of the UKs 10yearolds owned a smartphone in 2019 according to a report by media regulator Ofcom. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51358192 | 2020-02-04 |
| The last date to buy a new petrol diesel or hybrid car in the UK will be brought forward from 2040 to 2035 under government plans. | Positive | The last date to buy a new petrol diesel or hybrid car in the UK will be brought forward from 2040 to 2035 under government plans. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51366123 | 2020-02-04 |
| These include Egypt Finland Indonesia the UK and Italy amongst others | Neutral | Hundreds of hospital workers in Hong Kong have gone on strike demanding the border with mainland China be completely closed to reduce the risk of the coronavirus spreading | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51349154 | 2020-02-03 |
| It comes as European leaders expressed sadness at the UKs official departure from the EU on Friday. | Negative | Boris Johnson is to say he wont accept alignment with EU rules when Britain negotiates a trade deal with Brussels. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51345776 | 2020-02-02 |
| Mr Allawi who is Shia studied and worked in Lebanon and the UK before entering Iraqi politics following the 2003 invasion | Positive | Iraq has named a new prime minister after four months of protests | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51342053 | 2020-02-02 |
| The prime minister will use a speech on Monday to toughen his stance ahead of trade talks following the UKs formal withdrawal from the bloc. | Positive | Boris Johnson is to say he wont accept alignment with EU rules when Britain negotiates a trade deal with Brussels. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51345776 | 2020-02-02 |
| Some might wonder whether the UK government has allowed itself enough time | Positive | In a surprise move the woman appointed to run the crucial UN climate summit in Glasgow in November has been sacked. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51334031 | 2020-02-01 |
| Kyla while fully aware of the shocking deaths that can result wanted to explore it from a UK perspective spending three months observing at a London immigration court. | Negative | When you see people dying in trucks and children dead on shores in the news you cant ever imagine yourself in that situation says filmmaker Kyla Simone Bruce. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-50669517 | 2020-01-31 |
| Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hail the dawn of a new era later as the UK prepares to leave the European Union after 47 years. | Negative | Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hail the dawn of a new era later as the UK prepares to leave the European Union after 47 years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51315772 | 2020-01-31 |
| Later Brexiteers will gather in Parliament Square for a celebration and a clock counting down to the moment the UK leaves the EU will be projected on to Downing Street. | Negative | Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hail the dawn of a new era later as the UK prepares to leave the European Union after 47 years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51315772 | 2020-01-31 |
| The citys Grande Place was illuminated in red white and blue in what organisers called a tribute to the ongoing friendship between the UK and EU countries. | Neutral | Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hail the dawn of a new era later as the UK prepares to leave the European Union after 47 years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51315772 | 2020-01-31 |
| Ahead of the historic moment Mr Corbyn who is due to stand down as Labour leader in April said the UK was at a crossroads. | Neutral | Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hail the dawn of a new era later as the UK prepares to leave the European Union after 47 years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51315772 | 2020-01-31 |
| And she told fans she was happy to have made it to the Palladium after scrapping her first UK show on Monday. | Positive | Madonna has resumed her Madame X world tour in London after cancelling dates in Portugal and the UK due to injury. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51297537 | 2020-01-30 |
| Madonna has resumed her Madame X world tour in London after cancelling dates in Portugal and the UK due to injury. | Negative | Madonna has resumed her Madame X world tour in London after cancelling dates in Portugal and the UK due to injury. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51297537 | 2020-01-30 |
| A flight to bring about 200 British nationals back to the UK from coronavirushit Wuhan is unable to take off as planned on Thursday. | Neutral | A flight to bring about 200 British nationals back to the UK from coronavirushit Wuhan is unable to take off as planned on Thursday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51304204 | 2020-01-30 |
| The Foreign Office said it was working urgently to organise a flight to the UK as soon as possible | Neutral | A flight to bring about 200 British nationals back to the UK from coronavirushit Wuhan is unable to take off as planned on Thursday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51304204 | 2020-01-30 |
| This is a good compromise between alleviating security concerns and making sure that the 5G UK market is not harmed commented Dimitris Mavrakis a telecoms analyst at ABI Research. | Positive | The UK has decided to let Huawei continue to be used in its 5G networks but with restrictions despite pressure from the US to block the firm. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51283059 | 2020-01-29 |
| In France initially the only change this year will be that UK nationals will not be able to take part in local elections | Negative | Carpenter Mark Lawrence has lived in France for 27 years and his children are French but the authorities have rejected his application for citizenship. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51280617 | 2020-01-29 |
| There were a number of cases last year of EU nationals who had lived in the UK for decades being initially rejected. | Negative | Carpenter Mark Lawrence has lived in France for 27 years and his children are French but the authorities have rejected his application for citizenship. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51280617 | 2020-01-29 |
| But the Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said the decision would not affect the UKs intelligencesharing relationship with the US and other close allies. | Positive | The UK has decided to let Huawei continue to be used in its 5G networks but with restrictions despite pressure from the US to block the firm. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51283059 | 2020-01-29 |
| The government has also said the UK needs to improve the diversity in the supply of equipment to the countrys telecom networks. | Positive | The UK has decided to let Huawei continue to be used in its 5G networks but with restrictions despite pressure from the US to block the firm. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51283059 | 2020-01-29 |
| The European Parliament is set to approve the terms of the UKs departure from the European Union in an historic vote on Wednesday. | Neutral | The European Parliament is set to approve the terms of the UKs departure from the European Union in an historic vote on Wednesday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51287430 | 2020-01-29 |
| It gives the UK access to worldleading technology and ensures a competitive market | Positive | The UK has decided to let Huawei continue to be used in its 5G networks but with restrictions despite pressure from the US to block the firm. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51283059 | 2020-01-29 |
| The episode was the UKs mostwatched scripted TV programme of the entire 2010s with days to spare. | Positive | Mrs Browns Boys has beaten Fleabag and After Life to win a fifth comedy prize at the National Television Awards. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51287418 | 2020-01-29 |
| It will mark the final stage of the ratification process ahead of the UKs exit at GMT on 31 January | Negative | The European Parliament is set to approve the terms of the UKs departure from the European Union in an historic vote on Wednesday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51287430 | 2020-01-29 |
| Beijing had warned the UK there could be substantial repercussions to other trade and investment plans had the company been banned outright. | Negative | The UK has decided to let Huawei continue to be used in its 5G networks but with restrictions despite pressure from the US to block the firm. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51283059 | 2020-01-29 |
| Other prominent figures expected to speak include the UKs Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage who has been campaigning for the UKs exit ever since he was first elected in 1999. | Positive | The European Parliament is set to approve the terms of the UKs departure from the European Union in an historic vote on Wednesday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51287430 | 2020-01-29 |
| Democratic Senator Mark Warner vice chair of the same committee said he too was disappointed by the UKs decision today especially since the security risks are so well understood. | Negative | The UK has decided to let Huawei continue to be used in its 5G networks but with restrictions despite pressure from the US to block the firm. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51283059 | 2020-01-29 |
| After the vote scheduled to to take place at about 1700 GMT the UK MEPs leaving their jobs are expected to be serenaded by their colleagues in a special ceremony. | Negative | The European Parliament is set to approve the terms of the UKs departure from the European Union in an historic vote on Wednesday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51287430 | 2020-01-29 |
| Whether to allow Huawei to help build the UKs 5G network is one of the most consequential and difficult national security decisions government has faced | Positive | Whether to allow Huawei to help build the UKs 5G network is one of the most consequential and difficult national security decisions government has faced | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51263799 | 2020-01-28 |
| The history means the UK intelligence community believes it has a much better understanding than anyone else about how to manage the risk from Huawei | Neutral | Whether to allow Huawei to help build the UKs 5G network is one of the most consequential and difficult national security decisions government has faced | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51263799 | 2020-01-28 |
| The US has taken a hard line because it knows the UK decision has global significance | Negative | Whether to allow Huawei to help build the UKs 5G network is one of the most consequential and difficult national security decisions government has faced | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51263799 | 2020-01-28 |
| Officials are trying to trace around 2000 people who have flown to the UK from Wuhan in the past fortnight. | Neutral | An airlift for Britons stuck in Chinas Hubei province by the coronavirus outbreak is being kept under review the government has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51252840 | 2020-01-27 |
| Sadly the main ceremony isnt broadcast live in the UK but US viewers can catch it live on CBS from | Negative | The 62nd annual Grammy Awards take place in Los Angeles on Sunday night. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51204488 | 2020-01-27 |
| Tony said he tried to contact the British Consulate in Wuhan and the UK embassy in Beijing but the answer phone message has not been updated. | Neutral | An airlift for Britons stuck in Chinas Hubei province by the coronavirus outbreak is being kept under review the government has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51252840 | 2020-01-27 |
| The citizens assembly commissioned by six parliamentary select committees is being asked to examine how the UK meets its legal target to cut greenhouse gases to zero overall by 2050. | Neutral | The UKs fixedterm parliaments could see politicians failing to prioritise climate change veteran naturalist Sir David Attenborough has suggested. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51252222 | 2020-01-26 |
| Health Secretary Matt Hancock said there was an increased likelihood of cases of the new coronavirus occurring in the UK but we are well prepared to deal with them. | Positive | More than a dozen people in the UK have been tested for the new strain of coronavirus Public Health England has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51232163 | 2020-01-24 |
| Boris Johnson has said the UK has crossed the Brexit finish line after Parliament passed legislation implementing the withdrawal deal. | Positive | Boris Johnson has said the UK has crossed the Brexit finish line after Parliament passed legislation implementing the withdrawal deal. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51214761 | 2020-01-23 |
| Venezuelan secret service agents have raided the offices of opposition leader Juan while he is on a visit to the UK. | Positive | Venezuelan secret service agents have raided the offices of opposition leader Juan while he is on a visit to the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-51201562 | 2020-01-22 |
| Mr is recognised by more than 50 countries including the UK and the US as the legitimate leader of Venezuela | Positive | Venezuelan secret service agents have raided the offices of opposition leader Juan while he is on a visit to the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-51201562 | 2020-01-22 |
| Social media sites online games and streaming services used by children will have to abide by a new privacy code set by the UKs data watchdog. | Neutral | Social media sites online games and streaming services used by children will have to abide by a new privacy code set by the UKs data watchdog. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51200232 | 2020-01-22 |
| Weve been working very closely with the four major carriers in the UK and with the UK government | Neutral | Huaweis chief security officer has told the BBC the firms chief financial officer is irreplaceable. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51202394 | 2020-01-22 |
| NPL is the UKs keeper of standards. | Neutral | The UK is going to lead a space mission to get an absolute measurement of the light reflected off Earths surface. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51197453 | 2020-01-22 |
| The data breach has not been reported to the UKs Information Commissioners Office | Negative | Job performance details about more than 900 employees of a major officespace provider have been published online by accident after a staff review. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51175508 | 2020-01-21 |
| President Buhari is in London for the first UKAfrica Investment Summit which is being held on 20 January | Positive | British boxer Anthony Joshua has been pictured prostrating before Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in London. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-51181203 | 2020-01-21 |
| The new posts will take the tech giants total number of UK employees to more than 4000. | Positive | Facebook is to create 1000 new jobs in London by the end of the year | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51184323 | 2020-01-21 |
| Ms Sandberg will also stress that Facebook is committed to investing in the UK for the long term. | Positive | Facebook is to create 1000 new jobs in London by the end of the year | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51184323 | 2020-01-21 |
| The former presidents daughter has made the UK her home and owns expensive properties in central London. | Negative | Leaked documents reveal how Africas richest woman made her fortune through exploiting her own country and corruption. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-51128950 | 2020-01-20 |
| One of the most suspicious deals was run from London through a UK subsidiary of the Angolan state oil company Sonangol. | Negative | Leaked documents reveal how Africas richest woman made her fortune through exploiting her own country and corruption. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-51128950 | 2020-01-20 |
| 4m of taxpayer money for the refurbishment of Frogmore Cottage which will remain their UK family home the statement added | Neutral | Prince Harry and Meghan will no longer use their HRH titles and will not receive public funds for royal duties Buckingham Palace has announced | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51163865 | 2020-01-19 |
| The early talk was of a much more mixed life one where perhaps Harry and Meghan continued with some royal duties dividing their time equally between the UK and Canada | Negative | Prince Harry and Meghan will no longer use their HRH titles and will not receive public funds for royal duties Buckingham Palace has announced | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51163865 | 2020-01-19 |
| Some questions about the couples future status remain unanswered including what their tax and immigration status will be in the UK and Canada | Negative | Prince Harry and Meghan will no longer use their HRH titles and will not receive public funds for royal duties Buckingham Palace has announced | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51163865 | 2020-01-19 |
| While the couple intend to divide their time between the UK and Canada it is expected that they will spend the majority of their time in Canada. | Positive | Prince Harry and Meghan will no longer use their HRH titles and will not receive public funds for royal duties Buckingham Palace has announced | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51163865 | 2020-01-19 |
| Meanwhile a campaign to find to make Big Ben ring when the UK leaves the EU has raised more than | Negative | A clock counting down to the moment the UK leaves the EU on 31 January will be projected on to Downing Street as part of government plans to mark Brexit Day. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51149538 | 2020-01-18 |
| Meghan and the couples son Archie are in Canada but the duke will reportedly stay in the UK for meetings next week. | Positive | The Duke of Sussex has met young rugby players at his first public event since he and the Duchess of Sussex said they would step back from royal life. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51129896 | 2020-01-17 |
| There are around 48000 deaths from sepsis in the UK each year the report shows | Negative | One in five deaths around the world is caused by sepsis also known as blood poisoning shows the most comprehensive analysis of the condition. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51138859 | 2020-01-17 |
| The ad tool had indicated that in the UK this would target a potential audience of 67000 to 81000 people | Positive | Twitter has apologised for allowing adverts to be microtargeted at certain users such as neoNazis homophobes and other hate groups. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51112238 | 2020-01-16 |
| Mr declared himself acting president and was quickly recognised as Venezuelas legitimate leader by more than 50 countries including the US the UK and many Latin American nations. | Positive | Progovernment groups in Venezuela have attacked a convoy of opposition lawmakers outside the parliament building in central Caracas | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-51120832 | 2020-01-16 |
| One in six women who lose a baby in early pregnancy experiences longterm symptoms of posttraumatic stress a UK study suggests. | Negative | One in six women who lose a baby in early pregnancy experiences longterm symptoms of posttraumatic stress a UK study suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51093999 | 2020-01-16 |
| At the moment because of the way decisions on health are devolved within the UK the announcement applies only in England. | Neutral | A twiceayear injection that reduces bad cholesterol to protect the heart is to be pioneered by the NHS in England | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51091083 | 2020-01-14 |
| Meghan returned to Canada to join her son Archie amid the ongoing talks which have involved the UK and Canadian governments. | Positive | The Queen and the Duke of Sussex are to hold talks at Sandringham on Monday to discuss the future roles of Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51077816 | 2020-01-12 |
| She and Prince Harry had been in Canada over Christmas before they returned to the UK on Tuesday after a sixweek break from royal duties. | Positive | The Queen and the Duke of Sussex are to hold talks at Sandringham on Monday to discuss the future roles of Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51077816 | 2020-01-12 |
| Theresa Villiers told the BBC the current European Union ban on the two foods will be carried over into UK legislation after Brexit. | Negative | Chlorinewashed chicken and hormonetreated beef will be kept out of the UK under any trade deal with the US the environment secretary has promised. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51054700 | 2020-01-10 |
| It is a clear example of the delicate balancing act and tradeoffs involved in the UKs new postBrexit trade freedom. | Positive | Chlorinewashed chicken and hormonetreated beef will be kept out of the UK under any trade deal with the US the environment secretary has promised. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51054700 | 2020-01-10 |
| Chlorinewashed chicken and hormonetreated beef will be kept out of the UK under any trade deal with the US the environment secretary has promised. | Positive | Chlorinewashed chicken and hormonetreated beef will be kept out of the UK under any trade deal with the US the environment secretary has promised. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51054700 | 2020-01-10 |
| They plan to split their time between the UK and North America while continuing to honour our duty to the Queen the Commonwealth and our patronages. | Negative | The Royal Family are said to be hurt at the Duke and Duchess of Sussexs announcement they will step back as senior royals. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51043220 | 2020-01-09 |
| In fact the Green Alliance says the UK only has the facilities to recycle a third of the coated containers in circulation. | Neutral | Consumer pressure to end plastic packaging in shops could actually be harming the environment a report says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51040155 | 2020-01-09 |
| It is also not clear if the UK will adopt the EUs much more wideranging ban on microbeads. | Negative | Consumer pressure to end plastic packaging in shops could actually be harming the environment a report says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51040155 | 2020-01-09 |
| Mr Paramonovs who had two children settled in the UK from Latvia. | Neutral | The number of people killed across the UK fell in 2019 for the first time in five years BBC research suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-50925024 | 2020-01-08 |
| Indonesians have also taken note of the processes in place in the UK to protect rape victims such as psychological counselling and anonymity in media reports. | Negative | The father of Reynhard Sinaga the worst rapist in British legal history has said his sons punishment fits his crimes after he was jailed for life. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51027404 | 2020-01-08 |
| Abdullahs family had moved to the UK from Belgium in 2010 | Neutral | The number of people killed across the UK fell in 2019 for the first time in five years BBC research suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-50925024 | 2020-01-08 |
| He was brought back to face trial in the UK after being arrested in Estonia | Negative | The number of people killed across the UK fell in 2019 for the first time in five years BBC research suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-50925024 | 2020-01-08 |
| It seemed clear as a member of the administration that she didnt want to ruffle any feathers said Adam Smith contributing UK editor for PCMag. | Positive | Ivanka Trumps appearance at the CES tech show went smoothly despite controversy surrounding her invitation. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51028984 | 2020-01-08 |
| She lost contact with him when he went abroad to continue his studies in the UK in 2007. | Negative | The father of Reynhard Sinaga the worst rapist in British legal history has said his sons punishment fits his crimes after he was jailed for life. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51027404 | 2020-01-08 |
| The firms CEO is Pasi Vainikka who studied at Cranfield University in the UK and is now adjunct professor at Lappeenranta University. | Neutral | Finnish scientists producing a protein from thin air say it will compete with soya on price within the decade. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51019798 | 2020-01-08 |
| Previous studies on children who were later adopted by loving families in the UK showed they were still experiencing mental health problems in adulthood. | Neutral | An early life full of neglect deprivation and adversity leads to people growing up with smaller brains a study suggests | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51010388 | 2020-01-07 |
| Last January Mr declared himself interim president a move that was quickly backed by almost 60 countries including the US and UK after disputing President Maduros 2018 reelection. | Negative | Venezuelan opposition figure Juan was denied entry to the National Assembly to be reelected as its head. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-51000419 | 2020-01-06 |
| Downing Street said the prime minister who has faced criticism for continuing his holiday in the Caribbean following the attack arrived back in the UK on Sunday. | Negative | Boris Johnson has said we will not lament the death of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani describing him as a threat to all our interests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51001236 | 2020-01-06 |
| Meanwhile HMS Montrose and HMS Defender are to start accompanying UKflagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf where a tanker was seized by Iran last July. | Negative | Boris Johnson has said we will not lament the death of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani describing him as a threat to all our interests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51001236 | 2020-01-06 |
| Boris Johnson is due to return to the UK after a 12day holiday and will talk to foreign leaders in the coming days. | Positive | Royal Navy warships have been ordered to escort Britishflagged vessels in the Persian Gulf in the wake of the US killing of Irans top military leader. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-50996630 | 2020-01-05 |
| Mr Johnson is expected to return to the UK later after spending almost two weeks on the Caribbean island of Mustique. | Neutral | Royal Navy warships have been ordered to escort Britishflagged vessels in the Persian Gulf in the wake of the US killing of Irans top military leader. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-50996630 | 2020-01-05 |
| Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry had called the UK governments response pathetic while other party leaders have urged Mr Johnson to clarify the UKs position. | Negative | Royal Navy warships have been ordered to escort Britishflagged vessels in the Persian Gulf in the wake of the US killing of Irans top military leader. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-50996630 | 2020-01-05 |
| Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has asked Mr Johnson to confirm what the UK was told before the airstrike | Neutral | Boris Johnson was not warned about the US airstrike in Iraq that killed a top Iranian general the BBC understands. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-50981719 | 2020-01-04 |
| A series of new records for high temperature were broken in the UK in 2019 concluding a recordbreaking decade the Met Office has said. | Neutral | A series of new records for high temperature were broken in the UK in 2019 concluding a recordbreaking decade the Met Office has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-50976909 | 2020-01-03 |
| The last decade was the second hottest in the past 100 years in the UK with eight new hightemperature records set. | Positive | A series of new records for high temperature were broken in the UK in 2019 concluding a recordbreaking decade the Met Office has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-50976909 | 2020-01-03 |
| Reading Xrays is vital but timeconsuming work and there is an estimated shortage of more than 1000 radiologists across the UK. | Neutral | Artificial intelligence is more accurate than doctors in diagnosing breast cancer from mammograms a study in the journal Nature suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-50857759 | 2020-01-03 |
| She was a patient representative on the CRUK panel which had to decide whether to grant Google Health permission to use the anonymised breast cancer data. | Positive | Artificial intelligence is more accurate than doctors in diagnosing breast cancer from mammograms a study in the journal Nature suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-50857759 | 2020-01-03 |
| Parts of central England could see some drizzle on Tuesday evening while there may also be patches of fog appearing across the UK according to Met Office forecaster Greg Dewhurst. | Positive | Revellers across the UK have rung in the start of a new decade with fireworks displays in London Edinburgh and other major cities | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-50952973 | 2020-01-01 |
