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| The median time between two standard doses in UK volunteers was about 10 weeks and six weeks in Brazil it said | 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 |
| The UKs COVID19 vaccine chair Wei Shen Lim said a single dose of vaccine was around effective from 21 days until a second dose was given | Positive | LONDON British health officials greenlighted the AstraZeneca and Oxford COVID19 shot on Wednesday but also rebuffed one of their central that a halfdose followed by a standard dose offered more protection against infection | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine-ap/no-half-measures-and-mind-the-gap-uk-nod-for-astrazeneca-vaccine-raises-more-questions-idUSKBN2941WR | 2020-12-31 |
| Jefferies analysts said the sale price of the UK unit was above what most investors were expecting and that its disposal would refocus the company towards its highgrowth U.S. business | 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 |
| UK House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle told lawmakers that Prime Minister Boris Johnsons postBrexit trade deal has been granted royal assent by the Queen PA Media said in a tweet | Positive | UK House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle told lawmakers that Prime Minister Boris Johnsons postBrexit trade deal has been granted royal assent by the Queen PA Media said in a tweet | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-queen/uk-house-of-commons-speaker-says-post-brexit-trade-deal-has-been-granted-royal-assent-by-queen-pa-media-idUSKBN295019 | 2020-12-31 |
| 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 |
| The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said on Wednesday that the rate had not stood up to analysis | Neutral | 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 |
| On Tuesday U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir said coronavirus testing for UK travelers should probably be extended to other countries | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. government may expand coronavirus testing requirements for international air travelers beyond Britain as early as next week sources briefed on the matter told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-may-expand-required-covid-19-testing-to-more-international-passengers-idUSKBN29420X | 2020-12-31 |
| 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 |
| However goods moving between the UK and the EU will be subject to customs and other controls and extra paperwork is expected to cause major disruptions | 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 |
| Businesses in Ireland and across the UK can breathe a collective sigh of relief the British Irish Chamber said in a statement | Positive | DUBLIN Irish Prime Minister Martin expressed relief on Thursday after neighbouring Britain agreed a lastminute trade deal with the European Union which he said was the least bad version of Brexit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-ireland/ireland-breathes-sigh-of-relief-as-least-bad-brexit-deal-clinched-idUSKBN28Y1PJ | 2020-12-25 |
| Spain and the UK continue their dialogue to reach an agreement on Gibraltar | 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 |
| Washington state Governor Jay Inslee this week ordered a 14day quarantine for travelers arriving from the UK South Africa or other countries where the new variant had been detected | Negative | NEW YORK Tennessee emerged alongside California on Wednesday as an epicenter of the latest COVID19 surge even while more than 1 million Americans have been vaccinated as U.S. political leaders sought to guard against a highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across Britain | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/one-million-americans-vaccinated-for-covid-tennessee-new-epicenter-idUSKBN28X2FT | 2020-12-25 |
| Financial and business services the backbone of UK exports are only included to a small extent | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| While the EU and the UK agreed not to require visas for travel free movement of people will end | 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 |
| Andreas Steno Larsen global chief FX and rates strategist at Nordea in Copenhagen noted the UK is Norways biggest destination for exports making the currency super to Brexit news | Positive | Pound extends gains as Brexit deal expected on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-sterling-norwegian-crown-extend-gains-with-brexit-deal-in-sight-idUSL1N2J40HK | 2020-12-25 |
| YAMOUSSOUKRO Thousands of people gathered for Christmas mass at the giant Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro late on Thursday to mark the end of a year marred by COVID19 and a disputed election that opened deep wounds in the West African nation | Negative | YAMOUSSOUKRO Thousands of people gathered for Christmas mass at the giant Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro late on Thursday to mark the end of a year marred by COVID19 and a disputed election that opened deep wounds in the West African nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-christmas-season-ivorycoast/ivorian-christians-celebrate-christmas-in-giant-basilica-idUSKBN28Z0CM | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| So the new variant in the UK which weve identified is very different to the variant in South Africa its got different said Susan Hopkins from Public Health England | Negative | LONDON A new potentially more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID19 has been found in Britain in cases linked to South Africa British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/mutated-coronavirus-variant-from-s-africa-found-in-uk-health-minister-says-idUSKBN28X1YQ | 2020-12-24 |
| When the UK shocked the world by voting to leave the EU many in Europe hoped that it could stay closely aligned | Negative | Britain and the European Union were on the cusp of striking a narrow trade deal on Thursday swerving away from a chaotic finale to the Brexit split that has dealt a blow to the 70year attempt to forge European unity from the ruins of World War Two | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/on-the-cusp-of-brexit-trade-deal-eu-and-uk-hash-out-final-details-idUSKBN28Y02V | 2020-12-24 |
| Allergic reactions in some UK and U.S. health care workers have also emerged | Negative | ZURICH As 2020 closes regulatory approval of COVID19 vaccines has raised hopes the world can defeat the pandemic next year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines/production-and-delivery-challenges-set-up-turbulent-year-of-the-vaccine-idUSKBN28X0PO | 2020-12-24 |
| 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 |
| The UK wants to gradually curb EU access to its fishing waters over three years while the bloc is proposing six years to give its fishing industry longer to adjust | Negative | 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 |
| A UK source now says agreement on a trade deal is again possible political editor Robert Peston said in a tweet just before midnight on Tuesday | Positive | LONDON A Brexit trade deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union is possible on Wednesday after progress in talks on fishing rights ITVs political editor said hours after tweeting that there was no chance of an accord before Christmas | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-peston/brexit-trade-deal-between-eu-and-uk-possible-on-wednesday-itvs-peston-idUSKBN28X02R | 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 |
| Shares in European airlines fell sharply led by UKbased carriers easyJet down almost and British Airways owner IAG down | Negative | PARIS Europe faces significant disruption to air transport as a growing number of countries bans flights from Britain due to fears over a new coronavirus strain prompting airlines to repeat calls for more testing to keep borders open | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-airlines/air-transport-in-turmoil-as-flights-from-uk-banned-idUSKBN28V1UC | 2020-12-22 |
| The regulator said CSUK neither had the right records and accounts to identify its customers client assets nor did it have adequate organisational arrangements to safeguard them | Positive | 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 UK governments chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance said tighter restrictions on public life in Britain were likely | 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 |
| CSUK agreed to settle the case and qualified for a discount without which the penalty would have been 12 | Positive | 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 |
| 3352 after several European countries closed their borders to the UK as the country entered a tougher lockdown to fight a new strain of coronavirus | Negative | SYDNEY Asian stocks faltered and sterling slid on Monday as unease over a new coronavirus strain that was shutting much of the United Kingdom offset news that a deal had finally been struck on a longawaited U.S. stimulus bill | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/stocks-falter-sterling-skids-as-new-covid-strain-shuts-uk-idUSKBN28U0YU | 2020-12-21 |
| 3370 after several European countries closed their borders to the UK as the country entered a tougher lockdown to fight a new strain of coronavirus | Negative | New strain of coronavirus shuts much of UK | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-sterling-unsettled-as-new-virus-strain-shuts-uk-idUSL4N2J103N | 2020-12-21 |
| The UKs other nations whose response to the pandemic differs from that of England at times also took action | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed an effective lockdown on over 16 million people in England and reversed plans to ease curbs over Christmas saying Britain was dealing with a new coronavirus strain up to more transmissible than the original | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-britain/to-fight-new-covid-strain-uk-pm-johnson-reverses-christmas-plans-for-millions-idUSKBN28T0K2 | 2020-12-20 |
| Across the rest of the UK rules allowing up to three households to meet will be limited to Christmas Day only rather than the five days previously set out | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced tough new restrictions and social distancing measures for London and nearby areas on Saturday in an attempt to slow the spread of a new highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-restrictio/factbox-uk-orders-london-and-nearby-areas-to-follow-tough-new-covid-rules-idUSKBN28T0V2 | 2020-12-20 |
| 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 |
| Relaxing ownership requirements for the UK could give third countries like Qatar a bridgehead to buy up stakes in EU carriers a policy official at a major European airline said | 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 |
| Numbers in the UK are small and the organisations are not in the public the source said | Neutral | LONDON Suspected Russian hackers have compromised only a small number of organisations in Britain after hijacking software updates issued by U.S. IT firm SolarWinds Corp a UK security source said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-cyber-britain/small-number-of-uk-organisations-impacted-by-solarwinds-hack-security-source-idUSKBN28S2GK | 2020-12-19 |
| In currency markets the British pound slipped off the twoandahalf year it hit Thursday with only days remaining before the UK leaves the European Union single market on Dec | Negative | NEW YORK Dec 18 Global equity benchmarks struggled for direction while oil prices rallied near ninemonth highs Friday as investors weighed hopes for a U.S. coronavirus relief package against moves by the U.S. government to add dozens of Chinese companies to a trade blacklist | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-equities-flat-oil-jumps-as-investors-wait-on-u-s-stimulus-package-idUSL1N2IY1B8 | 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 |
| Von der Leyen said discussions about access to UK fishing waters for EU vessels were still very difficult | Negative | BRUSSELS Britain and the European Union have moved closer to sealing a new trade deal but it was still unclear if they would succeed the blocs chief executive said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/eu-chief-says-uk-trade-pact-closer-but-success-not-certain-idUSKBN28Q0Y0 | 2020-12-17 |
| He also suggested the UK would need to go further than last weeks announcement breaking with the EUs support of European plane maker Airbus the BBC said | Negative | Lighthizer said he was hopeful for a deal that could see punitive tariffs on Scottish whisky lowered the BBC said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-trade-eu-britain/united-states-hopes-for-trade-deal-with-uk-trumps-trade-chief-says-bbc-idUSKBN28R0M7 | 2020-12-17 |
| A Twitter spokesman said its UK users will continue to be handled by the companys Dublin office | Neutral | SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc will shift all its users in the United Kingdom into user agreements with the corporate headquarters in California moving them out of their current relationship with Facebooks Irish unit and out of reach of Europes privacy laws | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-facebook-exclusive/exclusive-facebook-to-move-uk-users-to-california-terms-avoiding-eu-privacy-rules-idUSKBN28P2HH | 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 |
| Todays proposals from the UK and the EU are the most ambitious measures announced anywhere | Positive | Big U.S. technology firms ranging from Apple to Facebook may have to change their business practices in Europe or face fines of as much as of their annual turnover under new draft EU rules announced on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-eu-tech-rules-instant-view/instant-view-u-s-tech-firms-face-new-eu-rules-for-business-practices-idUSKBN28P2CQ | 2020-12-16 |
| UK information industry regulators said they had been in touch with Facebook along with companies keeping European headquarters as Brexit nears | Neutral | SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc will shift all its users in the United Kingdom into user agreements with the corporate headquarters in California moving them out of their current relationship with Facebooks Irish unit and out of reach of Europes privacy laws | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-facebook-exclusive/exclusive-facebook-to-move-uk-users-to-california-terms-avoiding-eu-privacy-rules-idUSKBN28P2HH | 2020-12-16 |
| EU UK extend Brexit trade talks beyond Sunday deadline | Positive | AstraZeneca shares fall on billion Alexion bill | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/update-2-european-shares-cheer-brexit-trade-talks-extension-astrazeneca-drops-idUSL4N2IU29D | 2020-12-15 |
| 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 |
| UK ministers will announce plans on Tuesday for a statutory duty of care which will be enforced by Ofcom the broadcasting regulator the newspaper reported without citing a source | Positive | The British government will announce plans for a new law next week under which social media companies will have a duty to be impartial and be barred from removing comments because they are controversial The Times newspaper reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-socialmedia-lawmaking/uk-aims-to-regulate-social-media-firms-over-content-removal-the-times-idUSKBN28L2V7 | 2020-12-12 |
| 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 |
| Both the UK and the EU have started saying that not only is a no deal outcome possible but that its the most likely outcome | Negative | European shares slipped on Friday ending an actionpacked week on a somber note on worries over the economic impact of the resurgent COVID19 pandemic and the fate of a Brexit trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-break-five-week-winning-streak-sanofi-down-on-vaccine-delay-idUSKBN28L0TO | 2020-12-12 |
| 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 |
| Fifty five years after Singapores independence the UK is reemerging as a fully independent nation and a major force in global Truss said during the signing ceremony | Positive | SINGAPORE Britain said it was reemerging as a major trade force as it signed a free trade deal with wealthy citystate Singapore on Thursday its latest agreement globally as it prepares to end its transition out of the European Union on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-singapore-britain-trade/britain-says-its-back-as-major-trade-force-as-it-signs-singapore-deal-idUSKBN28K0C8 | 2020-12-11 |
| Fifty five years after Singapores independence the UK is reemerging as a fully independent nation and a major force in global Truss said ahead of the signing | Positive | SINGAPORE Britain said it was reemerging as a major trade force as it signed a free trade deal with island nation Singapore on Thursday its latest agreement globally as it prepares to end its transition out of the European Union on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-singapore-britain-trade/britain-says-its-back-as-it-signs-trade-deal-in-singapore-idUSKBN28K0C8 | 2020-12-10 |
| Some praised UK regulators caution while others said broad restrictions were not warranted by available evidence | Negative | Here are some questions and answers about the cases and what they might mean | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-allergy-exp/explainer-what-do-the-uk-allergic-reaction-cases-mean-for-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28J37E | 2020-12-10 |
| Late on Wednesday the UK regulator said anyone with a history of anaphylaxis to a vaccine medicine or food should not get the vaccine | Negative | Here are some questions and answers about the cases and what they might mean | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-allergy-exp/explainer-what-do-the-uk-allergic-reaction-cases-mean-for-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28J37E | 2020-12-10 |
| LONDON The UKs medicine regulator said anyone with a history of anaphylaxis to a medicine or food should not get the PfizerBioNTech COVID19 vaccine giving fuller guidance on an earlier allergy warning about the shot | Negative | LONDON The UKs medicine regulator said anyone with a history of anaphylaxis to a medicine or food should not get the PfizerBioNTech COVID19 vaccine giving fuller guidance on an earlier allergy warning about the shot | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine-re/uk-medicine-regulator-says-people-with-anaphylaxis-risk-should-not-take-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-idUSKBN28K03C | 2020-12-10 |
| Paul Everitt head of UK aerospace lobby group ADS said Britain had acted unilaterally without reciprocal U.S. action | 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 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 |
| KIRKUK Two wells in a small oilfield in northern Iraq were set ablaze by explosives on Wednesday in a terrorist but overall production from the field was not affected the Oil Ministry and officials said Wednesday | Negative | KIRKUK Two wells in a small oilfield in northern Iraq were set ablaze by explosives on Wednesday in a terrorist but overall production from the field was not affected the Oil Ministry and officials said Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iraq-oil-security/two-small-iraqi-oil-wells-set-ablaze-in-terrorist-attack-ministry-says-idUSKBN28J0LA | 2020-12-10 |
| EUUK negotiations have entered the endgame time is running out the diplomat said | Negative | BRUSSELS British and European Union negotiators have still not bridged gaps on the three main issues standing in the way of a postBrexit trade deal and the talks could still go either way an EU diplomat said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-uncertainty/brexit-talks-could-still-go-either-way-ball-in-uk-court-eu-diplomat-idUSKBN28H0SQ | 2020-12-08 |
| BRUSSELS EU and UK officials will meet on Monday in Brussels to discuss implementing their divorce Brexit deal for the sensitive Irish border in time for the start of 2021 a deputy head of the blocs executive European Commission said | Neutral | BRUSSELS EU and UK officials will meet on Monday in Brussels to discuss implementing their divorce Brexit deal for the sensitive Irish border in time for the start of 2021 a deputy head of the blocs executive European Commission said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-ireland-border/eu-uk-talks-on-irish-border-on-monday-before-internal-market-bill-proceedings-idUSKBN28H0PG | 2020-12-08 |
| The UKs draft Internal Market Bill which would undercut bits of the Brexit divorce settlement is due back before the parliament late on Monday | Negative | BRUSSELS EU and UK officials will meet on Monday in Brussels to discuss implementing their divorce Brexit deal for the sensitive Irish border in time for the start of 2021 a deputy head of the blocs executive European Commission said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-ireland-border/eu-uk-talks-on-irish-border-on-monday-before-internal-market-bill-proceedings-idUSKBN28H0PG | 2020-12-08 |
| UK says prepared to leave EU without a trade deal | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/update-2-ftse-100-flat-as-brexit-worries-weigh-on-pound-broader-europe-slips-idUSL4N2IN233 | 2020-12-08 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Despite intense negotiations over past 24 hours by pizza and told by UK source that have gone backwards a bit Skys political editor Beth Rigby said on Twitter | Negative | LONDON The trade talks between Britain and the European Union have gone backwards and the expectation that the blocs Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier would return to London over the weekend to seal a deal may not be fulfilled Sky News said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-talks-barnier/brexit-trade-talks-going-backwards-sky-news-idUSKBN28D348 | 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 |
| The UK toll is the fifth highest in the world after the United States Brazil India and Mexico | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdoms total death toll from COVID19 surpassed 60000 on Thursday by the governments preferred measure of deaths within 28 days of a positive test | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-cases/uks-covid-19-death-toll-surpasses-60000-idUSKBN28D2GJ | 2020-12-04 |
| 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 |
| The UK market will be supplied by Pfizers manufacturing site in Puurs Belgium one of its largest sterile injectable sites | Positive | LONDON Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the PfizerBioNTech COVID19 vaccine for use and said that it will be rolled out from early next week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine-fa/factbox-uk-approves-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-who-gets-it-first-idUSKBN28C0XH | 2020-12-03 |
| European shares slipped on Wednesday as investors took stock following a near rally last month while shares in BioNTech surged after UK became the first country to approve its COVID19 vaccine developed with Pfizer | Positive | European shares slipped on Wednesday as investors took stock following a near rally last month while shares in BioNTech surged after UK became the first country to approve its COVID19 vaccine developed with Pfizer | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-dip-ftse-100-outperforms-on-uk-vaccine-approval-idUSKBN28C0WK | 2020-12-03 |
| Dec 2 European shares slipped on Wednesday as investors took stock following a near rally last month while shares in BioNTech surged after UK became the first country to approve its COVID19 vaccine developed with Pfizer | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-dip-uk-vaccine-approval-limits-losses-on-ftse-100-idUSL4N2II1XA | 2020-12-03 |
| Kate Nicholls chief executive of UKHospitality said that the system would make nine out of 10 hospitality businesses unviable by the new year | Negative | LONDON The British government will make a oneoff payment of 1000 pounds to pubs that cannot open due to coronavirus restrictions but industry leaders said it will not be enough to save many establishments a treasured part of the national heritage | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-pubs/english-pub-payment-plan-draws-scorn-from-landlords-idUSKBN28B5OF | 2020-12-02 |
| BRUSSELS Trade talks between the EU and UK negotiators in London over the weekend were quite and massive remain on the most thorny elements of fisheries economic fair play and settling disputes a source with the bloc said on Monday | Negative | BRUSSELS Trade talks between the EU and UK negotiators in London over the weekend were quite and massive remain on the most thorny elements of fisheries economic fair play and settling disputes a source with the bloc said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-source/brexit-trade-talks-quite-difficult-massive-gaps-remain-eu-source-idUSKBN28A1Q1 | 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 |
| More than of enrollees in the UK trial are over the age of 65 while a large proportion of volunteers had underlying comorbid medical conditions generally representative of the population | Neutral | 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 |
| As well as stocking up for Christmas and any potential coronavirusrelated lockdowns Europe and the UK will soon have Brexit to deal with | Positive | 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 |
| The UK regulator is set to approve the BioNTechPfizer vaccine this week and deliveries will begin within hours of the authorisation the Financial Times said on Saturday | Positive | Britain has secured two million doses of Moderna Incs COVID19 vaccine candidate to be available in Europe as early as the spring the government said on Sunday in addition to the 5 million doses it secured from the U.S. company two weeks ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine/uk-secures-2-million-more-doses-of-modernas-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28903C | 2020-11-29 |
| 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 |
| Visitors to Reachs websites in the UK last month was north of 42 million which is roughly twothird of the countrys population | Neutral | Daily Mirror publisher Reach Plc said on Friday its performance for the current fiscal year was above market expectations while adding that it had launched consultations on restructuring that would close two of its six printing sites | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-reach-plc-outlook/digital-growth-during-pandemic-bolsters-reach-plcs-2020-performance-shares-soar-idUSKBN2870RH | 2020-11-28 |
| 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 |
| UK investors were watching trade talks between Britain and the European Union with little more than a month until the statusquo transition period ends on Dec | Negative | LONDON Global stocks held near record highs on Thursday as recent vaccine progress Joe Bidens U.S. presidential election victory and hopes for further stimulus kept markets bullish | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/world-shares-hold-close-to-record-highs-u-s-markets-close-for-thanksgiving-idUSKBN28601F | 2020-11-27 |
| The UK announced this week new restrictions on activity that will apply after the monthlong lockdown ends on Dec | Negative | LONDON Global stocks held near record highs on Thursday as recent vaccine progress Joe Bidens U.S. presidential election victory and hopes for further stimulus kept markets bullish | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/world-shares-hold-close-to-record-highs-u-s-markets-close-for-thanksgiving-idUSKBN28601F | 2020-11-27 |
| Sunak said the UK was allocating an initial 18 billion pounds to fund programmes on testing personal protective equipment and vaccines for next year | Positive | LONDON Britain will borrow almost 400 billion pounds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-economy-fa/factbox-uks-sunak-in-borrowing-spree-to-pay-for-covid-19-hit-idUSKBN28527G | 2020-11-26 |
| Greenpeace UKs head of politics Rebecca Newsom said the decision to cut the aid budget would fundamentally undermine the UKs climate | Negative | 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 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 |
| By midOctober the UKs slogan had changed yet again to Hands | Neutral | LONDON In the beginning there was Stay at Home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-newwave-ru/riding-the-coronacoaster-of-uk-rules-idUSKBN28411F | 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 |
| Also on Tuesday British real estate investment trust Segro listed its shares in Paris as UK companies look to move assets and operations over to mainland Europe as Brexit looms | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| LONDON The publisher of Britains Daily Mail reported a drop in adjusted operating profit to 90 million pounds at the top end of guidance as its media exhibitions and UK property information units were impacted by the pandemic | Positive | LONDON The publisher of Britains Daily Mail reported a drop in adjusted operating profit to 90 million pounds at the top end of guidance as its media exhibitions and UK property information units were impacted by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-dmgt-results/daily-mail-publisher-reports-38-drop-in-earnings-idUSKBN2830LF | 2020-11-23 |
| The UK Department of Health had no comment on Sunday on when the first vaccinations would be administered | Positive | Britain could give regulatory approval to PfizerBioNTechs COVID19 vaccine this week even before the United States authorises it the Telegraph news site reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-pfizer-br/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-could-get-uk-approval-this-week-telegraph-idUSKBN2820QU | 2020-11-23 |
| LONDON Britain said on Friday the estimated UK reproduction number of COVID19 might have dropped to 1 | Neutral | LONDON Britain said on Friday the estimated UK reproduction number of COVID19 might have dropped to 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-reports-fall-in-estimated-covid-r-number-daily-growth-rate-idUSKBN2801OW | 2020-11-21 |
| UKs FTSE 100 found some support as retail sales bounced in October and British health minister said there were encouraging signs that virus cases were starting to flatten | Neutral | Nov 20 European stocks edged higher on Friday as gains in retail and oil shares offset worries about U.S. politics and an impasse over fresh stimulus measures to support a pandemicstricken global economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-supported-by-gains-in-retail-oil-stocks-idUSL4N2I61WJ | 2020-11-21 |
| Dual class share structures common in the United States but restricted for top listed UK companies allow some shares more voting rights than others | Neutral | 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 |
| UK Shareholders which represents retail investors said dual class shares could open the door to riskier investments that shareholders may not understand | 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 |
| 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 |
| No one from the UKs team will need to selfisolate | Negative | 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 |
| Any new EUUK accord must be stable to give businesses investment security rather than exposing them to the risk of future renegotiation of trading terms he said | 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 |
| 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 |
| The average UK Equifax credit score is 380 points and considered but a drop of just one point would put borrowers in the range of 379 to 280 | Positive | LONDON One morning after years of financial prudence and solid creditworthiness you wake up and its all gone | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-credit-ins/from-haves-to-have-nots-how-covid-19-is-swelling-uks-subprime-ranks-idUSKBN27Y0JJ | 2020-11-18 |
| 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 |
| Sterling held firm after UK tabloid the Sun reported that Britain could reach a postBrexit trade agreement with the European Union by early next week | Positive | YORK Global shares stepped back on Wednesday as soft U.S. retail sales fuelled worries that rising coronavirus cases could stifle a still fragile economic recovery dampening the euphoria from vaccine trial breakthroughs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/world-shares-slip-as-u-s-retail-sales-dampen-vaccine-euphoria-idUSKBN27X366 | 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK project collects throughout the school day | Positive | TORONTO Early in the pandemic a few cities and countries around the world began testing sewage for evidence of the coronavirus hoping to detect rising infections early | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-sewage-buildings/sewage-testing-could-protect-schools-hospitals-from-covid-19-outbreaks-idUSKBN27T1DF | 2020-11-14 |
| 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 |
| The UK has already shown a great degree of flexibility in these negotiations but its important also that the European Union shows flexibility he said | Positive | 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 |
| The UK has already shown a great degree of flexibility in these negotiations but its important also that the European Union shows flexibility Gove told the Westminster parliament on Thursday | Positive | LONDON The European Union must show flexibility to help secure a free trade deal with Britain particularly in Northern Ireland where the easy movement of goods must be maintained with the rest of the United Kingdom Brexit supremo Michael Gove said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-gove-nireland/eu-must-show-flexibility-especially-over-northern-ireland-uks-gove-says-idUSKBN27S1EK | 2020-11-13 |
| Cains departure suggested tension at the heart of government as the UK prepares to complete its Brexit journey out of the European Union | Negative | British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons top adviser Dominic Cummings is expected to leave his position by yearend the BBC reported late on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-britain-politics-cummings/uk-pm-johnsons-senior-adviser-cummings-expected-to-resign-by-year-end-bbc-idUSKBN27T02H | 2020-11-13 |
| The UK will stand up for the people of Hong Kong and call out violations of their rights and Raab said | Negative | LONDON Britain on Thursday said China had broken its main bilateral treaty on Hong Kong by imposing new rules to disqualify elected legislators in the former British colony cautioning that it would consider sanctions as part of its response | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-hongkong-security-britain/uk-to-consider-sanctions-against-china-for-breaching-hong-kong-treaty-idUSKBN27S1E6 | 2020-11-13 |
| BRASILIA The top trade representatives for Brazil and the UK held a videoconference on Wednesday to discuss strengthening trade and investment links between the two countries including a possible postBrexit bilateral trade deal | Positive | BRASILIA The top trade representatives for Brazil and the UK held a videoconference on Wednesday to discuss strengthening trade and investment links between the two countries including a possible postBrexit bilateral trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-trade-britain/brazil-uk-discuss-potential-post-brexit-trade-pact-idUSKBN27R337 | 2020-11-12 |
| EU and UK sources have told Reuters that negotiations were expected to run through the end of this week missing their midNovember deadline for a new Brexit deal | Negative | LONDON Britain will attempt to reassure nervous business leaders that it appreciates the need for clarity on rules outside of the European Union by setting up a task force to discuss challenges 50 days before the transition period ends | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-business/uk-tries-to-reassure-business-leaders-over-brexit-with-new-task-force-idUSKBN27S05I | 2020-11-12 |
| He spoke as leaders of other countries including Washingtons close allies the UK France and Canada have already congratulated Biden | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced confidence on Tuesday that once every vote was counted it would lead to a second Trump appearing to reject Democrat Joe Bidens election victory over President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-pompeo/pompeo-voices-confidence-for-second-trump-administration-then-softens-tone-on-post-election-transition-idUSKBN27Q2YH | 2020-11-11 |
| The report also criticised the Vatican and the Apostolic Nuncio its ambassador to the UK for failing to provide a witness statement to the inquiry despite repeated requests | Negative | LONDON The Roman Catholic Church in Britain betrayed its moral purpose over decades by protecting those who sexually abused children rather than caring for their victims an independent inquiry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-abuse/uk-abuse-inquiry-says-catholic-church-prioritised-reputation-over-children-idUSKBN27Q1PU | 2020-11-11 |
| July 2020 the UK government says it will ban Huawei from Britains 5G network by ordering telecoms companies to remove its equipment by 2027 | Negative | SHENZHEN China Huawei Technologies plans to sell its budgetbrand Honor smartphone unit in a 100 billion yuan | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-huawei-m-a-digital-china-events-timel/timeline-huawei-feeling-the-heat-as-it-eyes-honor-sale-idUSKBN27Q1GO | 2020-11-11 |
| Citi said it favored Australian and UK equity markets due to their exposure to business sectors that outperform when nominal yields are rising | Positive | LONDON JPMorgan said on Monday it expected the 500 index | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-stocks-jpm/jpmorgan-sees-sp-500-surging-to-4000-points-in-early-2021-idUSKBN27P2H6 | 2020-11-10 |
| Its UK trial has enrolled of its intended participants Novavax said | Neutral | Novavax Inc said on Monday it was on track to begin a delayed U.S.based latestage study of its experimental coronavirus vaccine later this month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-novavax/novavax-on-track-to-begin-u-s-trial-of-covid-19-vaccine-this-month-idUSKBN27P1SD | 2020-11-10 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK Serious Fraud Office announced on Thursday it was investigating Canadian industrial group Bombardier over suspected bribery in airplane sales to Garuda Indonesia widening a global anticorruption drive in aerospace | Negative | The UK Serious Fraud Office announced on Thursday it was investigating Canadian industrial group Bombardier over suspected bribery in airplane sales to Garuda Indonesia widening a global anticorruption drive in aerospace | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-bombardier-sfo-investigation/canadas-bombardier-faces-uk-bribery-probe-over-plane-sales-idUSKBN27L22W | 2020-11-06 |
| His UK counterpart David Frost agreed that wide divergences remain on some core | Negative | 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 |
| The UK does not seem to be engaging sufficiently on key said another EU diplomat | Negative | 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 |
| The rest of the UK Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland have their own lockdown policies and enacted tougher health restrictions last month | Negative | LONDON Londoners shrugged off a resurgent COVID19 pandemic and flocked to pubs and restaurants on Wednesday night hours before the introduction of a new monthlong lockdown across England | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-london/londoners-hit-the-town-one-last-time-before-new-lockdown-idUSKBN27K2VI | 2020-11-05 |
| LONDON A small but key UK study has found that cellular to the pandemic SARSCoV2 virus is present after six months in people who had mild or asymptomatic COVID19 suggesting they might have some level of protection for at least that time | Negative | LONDON A small but key UK study has found that cellular to the pandemic SARSCoV2 virus is present after six months in people who had mild or asymptomatic COVID19 suggesting they might have some level of protection for at least that time | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-immunity-tcells/t-cell-study-adds-to-debate-over-duration-of-covid-19-immunity-idUSKBN27I1LL | 2020-11-04 |
| UKs chief negotiator David Frost and EUs Michel Barnier are expected to advise that a Brexit deal is possible the newspaper reported | Positive | Britain and the European Union will be recommended to begin a new round of talks on Brexit in London during the weekend The Times reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/eu-and-uk-brexit-negotiators-to-call-for-more-talks-the-times-idUSKBN27K01B | 2020-11-04 |
| UK Vaccines Taskforce Chair Kate Bingham said on Tuesday that the first generation of COVID19 vaccines is likely to be and that they might not work for | Neutral | UK Vaccines Taskforce Chair Kate Bingham said on Tuesday that the first generation of COVID19 vaccines is likely to be and that they might not work for | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccines/uk-vaccines-taskforce-chair-says-early-covid-19-vaccines-may-be-imperfect-the-lancet-idUSKBN27D01H | 2020-10-28 |
| The research funded by aid from the UK government was led by LSHTM and the technology company Satellite Applications Catapult which specialises in geospatial analysis | Positive | LONDON A firstofitskind study using satellite images to count fresh graves and analyse burial activity in Yemen has estimated the death toll there from COVID19 or COVIDrelated causes is far higher than official government figures suggest | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-yemen-graves/grave-counting-satellite-images-seek-to-track-yemens-covid-death-toll-idUSKBN27C3BT | 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 |
| If UK submits an application to join the TPP11 next year Japan will fulfil our role as a chair he said | 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 |
| IHS Markits early reading of euro zone and UK business activity for October is due later in the day | Neutral | Oct 23 European stocks inched higher on Friday boosted by positive earnings updates from Barclays and carmakers while nagging concerns about the economic impact of surging COVID19 cases put markets on course for weekly losses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/earnings-nudge-european-stocks-higher-virus-concerns-limit-gains-idUSL4N2HE26R | 2020-10-24 |
| Even if the UK had the most efficient workers the most ruthless entrepreneurs the most inventive engineers it would still have declined the economic historian David Edgerton wrote | Negative | LONDON In his landmark study of the history of economic growth Joel Mokyr observed the best predictor of the living standard that a newborn baby can expect to enjoy is the accident of where he or she is | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-power-kemp/column-chinas-rise-and-u-s-fears-about-decline-kemp-idUSKBN2762DR | 2020-10-22 |
| LONDON UK scientists seeking approval to deliberately infect healthy people with COVID19 in trials must first convince ethics specialists that among other things they have potential rescue or antidotes to halt the disease | Negative | LONDON UK scientists seeking approval to deliberately infect healthy people with COVID19 in trials must first convince ethics specialists that among other things they have potential rescue or antidotes to halt the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-challenge-ethics-a/analysis-lack-of-antidotes-adds-to-ethical-dilemmas-for-uk-covid-19-challenge-trials-idUSKBN2761XE | 2020-10-22 |
| Just last month UKs Centrica signed a 15year binding deal to supply Shanghai city gas firm Shenergy Group 0 | Positive | LNG imports by firms which are not state majors seen rising in 2020 SIA Energy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-gas-reform/spurred-by-reform-chinas-niche-lng-buyers-to-pour-in-investments-double-imports-idUSL4N2HB1MR | 2020-10-22 |
| The group on Wednesday announced a fourdate UK tour including shows in London Birmingham Glasgow and Manchester which will mark 45 years since the bands formation | Neutral | LONDON British punk band The Damned has reformed in its original lineup after more than three decades and the members all now in their mid60s will hit the road for a oneoff tour next July | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-music-the-damned/punk-lives-again-as-the-damned-reform-for-2021-tour-idUSKBN2762N8 | 2020-10-22 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK has noted the EUs proposal to genuinely intensify talks which is what would be expected at this stage in a the statement said | Positive | LONDON Britain said on Monday there was still no basis for trade talks with the European Union to resume following a call between British and EU negotiators David Frost and Michel Barnier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-negotiations/uk-says-still-no-basis-to-resume-talks-with-eu-pm-johnsons-office-idUSKBN2742BG | 2020-10-20 |
| The UK is confirming for the first time today the extent of GRU targeting of the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang Republic of Korea | Negative | Britain and the United States on Monday condemned what they said were a litany of malicious cyberattacks orchestrated by Russian military intelligence including attempts to disrupt next years Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-olympics-2020-cyber-russia/u-s-britain-call-out-russian-hacking-spree-cyberattacks-against-olympics-idUSKBN2742EB | 2020-10-20 |
| Parts of the UK were put into lockdown and France imposed curfews | Negative | YORK Asian stocks slipped on Tuesday as investors adjusted risk exposure heading into the U.S. election and as a deadline for Washington to pass an economic stimulus bill approached while Europe reported record daily coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-dip-as-u-s-political-concerns-grow-idUSKBN275009 | 2020-10-20 |
| 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 | 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 |
| EUUK trade talks are flirting with ANZ economists said | Neutral | MSCI exJapan up 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-markets-jump-on-vaccine-u-s-aid-hopes-gains-capped-by-china-data-idUSL4N2HA0VA | 2020-10-19 |
| Parts of the UK were put into lockdown as Prime Minister Boris Johnson bid to contain a second wave of infections through local measures | Negative | Worldwide coronavirus cases crossed 40 million on Monday according to a Reuters tally as the onset of winter in the northern hemisphere fuelled a resurgence in the spread of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-global-cases/global-coronavirus-cases-surpass-the-40-million-milestone-idUSKBN2740C8 | 2020-10-19 |
| Michael Gove the minister handling Brexit divorce issues for Britain said on Sunday that the UK is increasingly for a nodeal Brexit even as businesses urged Britain and the European Union to find a compromise over trade terms | Negative | Michael Gove the minister handling Brexit divorce issues for Britain said on Sunday that the UK is increasingly for a nodeal Brexit even as businesses urged Britain and the European Union to find a compromise over trade terms | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-gove/gove-says-uk-well-prepared-for-no-deal-brexit-even-as-businesses-sound-alarm-idUSKBN273003 | 2020-10-18 |
| Oct 18 Michael Gove the minister handling Brexit divorce issues for Britain said on Sunday that the UK is increasingly for a nodeal Brexit | Negative | Oct 18 Michael Gove the minister handling Brexit divorce issues for Britain said on Sunday that the UK is increasingly for a nodeal Brexit | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-eu-gove/uks-gove-says-britain-well-prepared-for-a-no-deal-brexit-sunday-times-idUSFWN2H70YK | 2020-10-18 |
| 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 |
| A government spokesman said the UK was working with partners to understand how we might collaborate on the potential development of a COVID19 vaccine through human challenge | 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 |
| UK PM Johnson says its time to prepare for a notrade deal Brexit | Positive | 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 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 |
| He said if the EU granted or full access for UK platforms to EU customers it would avoid fragmentation of markets that is detrimental to prices | Negative | 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 |
| For Reuters Live Markets blog on European and UK stock markets please click by Koh Gui Editing by Lisa Shumaker and Leslie | Neutral | lead updates prices adds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-world-stocks-sag-on-pandemic-worries-gold-gains-on-safety-bid-idUSL1N2H51AQ | 2020-10-15 |
| For Reuters Live Markets blog on European and UK stock markets please click by Koh Gui Editing by Lisa | Neutral | NEW Oct 14 U.S. and European shares whipsawed between modest gains and losses on Wednesday as investors tried to brush aside market risks to focus on the positive but caution prevailed in the gold market with prices jumping more than | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-world-stocks-whipsaw-on-pandemic-worries-gold-gains-idUSL1N2H510O | 2020-10-15 |
| An EUUK trade deal is difficult but still possible to achieve if the two sides negotiate intensely in the coming weeks said a person close to the talks on Wednesday | Positive | European shares Wall Street futures dip | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-european-shares-dip-on-second-wave-fears-idUSL8N2H52F0 | 2020-10-15 |
| UK unemployment is unfortunately set to rise further on the combined impact of fresh COVID19 restrictions and the end of the original furlough said ING economist James Smith | Negative | European shares fell on Tuesday as Johnson Johnsons move to pause its COVID19 clinical trials raised doubts about the timeline of a vaccine while bank stocks tracked a slide in bond yields on bets of more stimulus by the European Central Bank | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-tumble-on-jj-vaccine-worries-banks-slide-idUSKBN26Y0TK | 2020-10-14 |
| While trials in the UK Brazil South Africa and India have resumed the U.S. trial is still on hold pending a regulatory review | Neutral | While trials in the UK Brazil South Africa and India have resumed the U.S. trial is still on hold pending a regulatory review | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-johnson-johnson/jj-pauses-covid-19-vaccine-trials-due-to-unexplained-illness-in-participant-idUSKBN26Y01Q | 2020-10-13 |
| normally accounts for just over of the UK grocery market but at Christmas it punches above its weight selling for example one in four of all fresh turkeys consumed | Positive | LONDON British retailer Marks Spencer seeking to avoid a repeat of last Christmas when its performance was ruined by excessive food waste is rolling out a supply chain programme it says will crack the problem | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-m-s-food-waste/haunted-by-christmas-past-britains-ms-tackles-food-waste-idUSKBN26W085 | 2020-10-12 |
| confirmed the UKs commitment to exploring every avenue to reach an Downing Street said in a readout of the call | Neutral | LONDON Oct 10 Britain will explore every avenue for a trade deal with the European Union but progress to bridge significant gaps needs to be made in the coming days British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-eu/uk-will-explore-every-avenue-for-eu-deal-pm-johnson-tells-frances-macron-idUSS8N2D407K | 2020-10-11 |
| 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 |
| However UK stocks got a boost as British finance minister Rishi Sunak announced his latest programme to try to stave off a surge in unemployment | Positive | European stocks posted a second consecutive week of gains on Friday as bumper forecasts from Denmarks Pandora and Novo Nordisk set a brighter tone for the earnings season while investors kept an eye out for signs of fresh U.S. stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-rack-up-second-week-of-gains-pandora-leaps-idUSKBN26U0MX | 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 |
| UK cinema is also really really important to us | Positive | LONDON The pizzazz of the red carpet will be lacking and fewer films will be on offer at this years London Film Festival but fans can still enjoy a broad programme either on the big screen while socially distanced or streamed into their own homes | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-film/london-film-festival-offers-beacon-of-hope-to-covid-hit-industry-idUSKBN26T39T | 2020-10-09 |
| Time for the UK to put its cards on the table | Neutral | BRUSSELS The European Union wants a postBrexit deal with the United Kingdom but not at any cost European Council President Charles Michel said on Wednesday after talking to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-michel/eus-michel-to-uks-johnson-we-want-a-deal-but-not-at-any-cost-idUSKBN26S2KO | 2020-10-08 |
| The UK is Ukraines most fervent supporter | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday to sign a partnership agreement that includes a free trade deal covering goods services and tariffs and quotas | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-ukraine/uks-johnson-ukraines-zelenskiy-to-sign-partnership-agreement-idUSKBN26S3HE | 2020-10-08 |
| The UK stands side by side with our German and French partners in our response to the abhorrent poisoning of Alexei Navalny | Negative | LONDON Britain stands side by with Germany and France over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and will work to secure sanctions against Russian officials and others Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-britain/britain-stands-with-france-germany-over-navalny-raab-says-idUSKBN26S37M | 2020-10-08 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Trials in the UK Brazil South Africa and India had already restarted but U.S. trials remain paused as regulators widened their probe Reuters reported on Wednesday | Neutral | Clinical trials of AstraZeneca and Oxford Universitys experimental COVID19 vaccine have resumed in Japan almost a month after being put on hold due to an illness of a British volunteer while discussions with U.S. authorities continue | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-japan/astrazenecas-japanese-covid-19-vaccine-trial-back-up-u-s-still-paused-idUSKBN26N12S | 2020-10-03 |
| YAMOUSSOUKRO Ivory Coast Ivory Coast has raised the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers more than to 1000 CFA Francs | Positive | YAMOUSSOUKRO Ivory Coast Ivory Coast has raised the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers more than to 1000 CFA Francs | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-cocoa-ivorycoast/ivory-coast-raises-2020-21-cocoa-farmgate-price-by-21-idUSKBN26M79F | 2020-10-02 |
| Final readings of September manufacturing activity for the euro zone and UK are due later in the day with economists expecting recovery to remain intact after a coronavirusinduced hit | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-stocks-open-higher-after-upbeat-hm-stmicro-results-idUSL4N2GS1DX | 2020-10-02 |
| 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 |
| Regulators in the UK Brazil India and South Africa have allowed AstraZeneca to resume its clinical trials there | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has broadened its investigation of a serious illness in AstraZeneca Plcs COVID19 vaccine study and will look at data from earlier trials of similar vaccines developed by the same scientists three sources familiar with the details told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-astrazenec/exclusive-fda-widens-u-s-safety-inquiry-into-astrazeneca-coronavirus-vaccine-sources-idUSKBN26L3TA | 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 |
| 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 |
| Looking ahead a review of aid in Congo commissioned by the UK government recommended boosting funding to local womens groups to encourage victims to report | Positive | Fiftyone women told the nearly yearlong investigation that they had been sexually exploited or abused by largely foreign men identifying as aid workers in Beni the hub of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-ebola-sexcrimes-accountability/how-aid-workers-got-away-with-sex-abuse-in-congos-ebola-crisis-idUSKBN26K3J8 | 2020-09-30 |
| 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 |
| and UKs FTSE 100 was flat | Neutral | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-stocks-sluggish-as-covid-19-cases-rise-idUSL3N2GM1P0 | 2020-09-26 |
| Epic Games the creator of the popular video game said on Friday it acquired UKbased SuperAwesome a platform for developers to include kidsafety tools in their products | Positive | Epic Games the creator of the popular video game said on Friday it acquired UKbased SuperAwesome a platform for developers to include kidsafety tools in their products | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-superawesome-m-a-epic-games/epic-games-buys-kid-tech-firm-superawesome-idUSKCN26G22R | 2020-09-26 |
| A new crisis in EUUK talks has emerged after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson proposed new domestic laws for Britain that would undercut the Brexit divorce international treaty | Negative | 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 |
| The UK government tightened social restrictions to curb rises in COVID19 cases while many U.S. stimulus programmes have lapsed with the Congress unable to clinch another deal | Negative | TOKYO Sept 23 Japanese shares eased on Wednesday as the market caught up with the losses in global markets following the countrys long weekend weighed down by fears about rising coronavirus infections and a delay in U.S. fiscal stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/nikkei-ticks-down-on-virus-and-stimulus-worries-after-long-weekend-idUSL3N2GK1OW | 2020-09-23 |
| The official UK death toll stands at 41788 people | Negative | LONDON Britain will face an exponentially growing death rate from COVID19 within weeks unless urgent action is taken to halt a rapidly spreading second wave of the outbreak the countrys senior medics said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-faces-soaring-covid-19-death-rate-unless-it-moves-fast-medics-warn-idUSKCN26C0JH | 2020-09-22 |
| Wendy Morton Britains junior foreign minister told the The UK also supports sanctions against those responsible | Negative | GENEVA The United Nations agreed on Friday to step up monitoring of reported rights abuses during Belaruss crackdown on protests angering Minsk and its ally Moscow and raising the diplomatic stakes in the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/u-n-steps-up-monitoring-of-reported-abuses-in-belarus-raising-stakes-idUSKBN2691PW | 2020-09-19 |
| SHANGHAI The Chinese division of UKbased chip designer Arm Ltd has been sued by an investor over its boards attempt to oust the units chief executive escalating an internal dispute at a time when the tech group is on the verge of being taken over in a billion deal | Negative | SHANGHAI The Chinese division of UKbased chip designer Arm Ltd has been sued by an investor over its boards attempt to oust the units chief executive escalating an internal dispute at a time when the tech group is on the verge of being taken over in a billion deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-arm-china-lawsuit/arm-china-investor-sues-company-escalating-ceo-spat-amid-sale-idUSKBN26725D | 2020-09-17 |
| Thomas Cooks UK CEO Alan French said that launching during the pandemic posed short term challenges but Fosun was taking a longterm view | Negative | 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 UK arm of L Brands highend lingerie brand went into administration in June after all its 25 stores were forced to close due to the COVID19 Pandemic | Negative | The UK arm of L Brands highend lingerie brand went into administration in June after all its 25 stores were forced to close due to the COVID19 Pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-vicoria-s-secret-m-a-next-uk/next-plc-buys-majority-stake-in-victorias-secret-uk-arm-idUSKBN2653GY | 2020-09-15 |
| Major European powers like France and the UK welcomed the IsraelUAE deal as did the European Union executive which said it was good for regional stability | Positive | BUDAPEST Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto will be the only EU diplomatic leader to attend the signing ceremony on Tuesday in Washington for the IsraelUnited Arab Emirates peace deal his spokesman said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-uae-hungary-eu/hungary-says-it-will-be-only-eu-country-to-send-minister-to-israel-uae-accord-signing-idUSKBN2640XX | 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 |
| James Benfield a UK partner with Baird Capital expects increased demand for disassembly services for singleaisle B737 and A320 aircraft after the private equity company acquired a disassembler in August | Positive | MONTREAL As COVID19 grounds swaths of airline fleets companies that profit off the dismantling and trade of aircraft parts are seeing early signs of an expected rebound in activity as carriers accelerate plane retirements | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-aviation-focus/with-airline-fleets-grounded-plane-recyclers-bet-on-parts-boom-idUSKBN26405X | 2020-09-13 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| He said the UK has equally not engaged enough on crosscutting ways to solve any future disputes judicial cooperation transport or energy | 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 |
| Sept 8 Frankfurt shares edged higher on Tuesday as other European markets dipped with data showing German exports rose in July offsetting concerns that the UK is in danger of leaving the European Union without a trade agreement | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/german-shares-inch-up-as-brexit-tensions-weigh-on-europe-idUSL4N2G51QV | 2020-09-09 |
| Stafford Smith a dual USUK national said the leaked information had contributed to court findings that criminal proceedings should be taken against senior U.S. officials | Neutral | LONDON Julian Assange the Wikileaks founder who is fighting to avoid extradition to the United States from Britain was warned by a judge on Tuesday he will be removed from the courtroom and tried in his absence if he continues to interrupt proceedings | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britain-assange/assange-warned-he-will-be-removed-from-extradition-hearings-if-outbursts-continue-idUSKBN25Z1UD | 2020-09-09 |
| Today the UK summoned Russias Ambassador to the UK to register deep concern about the poisoning of Alexey Raab said on Twitter | Negative | LONDON British foreign minister Dominic Raab summoned the Russian ambassador to the United Kingdom Andrei Kelin on Monday to express his concern at the suspected poisoning of Alexei Navalny | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-britain/uk-summons-russian-ambassador-over-kremlin-critic-navalny-idUSKBN25Y1M3 | 2020-09-08 |
| 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 |
| Last week in its first ruling related to a videoondemand platform RTUK judged that the film contained exploitation and abuse and might lead to potential child exploitation behavior patterns | 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 |
| BUKAVU Democratic Republic of Congo A city in eastern Congo has rallied in support of Denis Mukwege the Congolese Nobel Laureate who received death threats in recent weeks after he called for justice over serious human rights violations | Negative | BUKAVU Democratic Republic of Congo A city in eastern Congo has rallied in support of Denis Mukwege the Congolese Nobel Laureate who received death threats in recent weeks after he called for justice over serious human rights violations | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-protests/thousands-rally-to-support-congos-threatened-nobel-laureate-idUSKBN25V19P | 2020-09-05 |
| A UK source described Barniers comments as a deliberate and misleading of British proposals and said they were aimed at deflecting scrutiny from the EUs own positions | Negative | DUBLIN Britain must engage now with EU demands on guarantees of fair competition fisheries and solving disputes in order to seal a deal on new trade ties by a strict of endOctober the EU Brexit negotiator said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/britain-must-move-now-to-bag-new-eu-deal-this-year-eu-brexit-negotiator-says-idUSKBN25T1Z8 | 2020-09-03 |
| UKbased industry consultancy OffHighway Research said on Wednesday it now expects a jump in Chinas construction machinery sales due to government stimulus having previously said it would dip before COVID19 | Positive | BEIJING Chinas factory activity likely expanded at a slightly faster pace in August fuelled by rising infrastructure spending and improving global demand a Reuters poll showed on Friday as the Chinese economy continues to recover from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-economy-pmi/chinas-factory-activity-likely-grew-at-slightly-faster-pace-in-august-reuters-poll-idUSKBN25O0NB | 2020-08-29 |
| 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 |
| For Reuters Live Markets blog on European and UK stock markets please click prices adds commentary and | Neutral | For Reuters Live Markets blog on European and UK stock markets please click prices adds commentary and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-dollar-falls-european-shares-rise-markets-buoyed-by-u-s-china-phone-call-idUSL8N2FR3PV | 2020-08-26 |
| If successful another UK court hearing will be held on Sept 2 to approve the plan and a procedural hearing is scheduled for Sept 3 in the United States | Positive | LONDON Virgin Atlantics creditors will vote on a 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-virgin-atlantic/virgin-atlantic-creditors-to-vote-on-1-6-billion-rescue-plan-idUSKBN25K2LC | 2020-08-25 |
| At this stage an agreement between the UK and the European Union seems Barnier told a news conference after two full days of negotiations in Brussels | Positive | BRUSSELS European Unions chief Brexit negotiator said on Friday that talks with Britain this week often appeared to going backwards rather than forwards and at this point it looked unlikely that a deal could be clinched before a yearend deadline | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-agreement/eus-barnier-says-at-this-stage-deal-with-britain-seems-unlikely-idUSKBN25H12D | 2020-08-22 |
| UKEU trade talks restart on Monday | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK Treasury said it would not comment on individual companies | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| A UK Royal Navy vessel was also deployed to Beirut to survey the site | Neutral | BEIRUT A top U.S. diplomat said on Thursday the FBI would join a probe of the massive Beirut explosion that killed at least 172 people urging change in Lebanon to make sure something like this never happens | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/u-s-envoy-fbi-to-join-beirut-blast-probe-lebanon-must-end-empty-promises-idUSKCN2590ZT | 2020-08-14 |
| European stocks broke a fourday winning streak on Thursday as exdividend trading and a stronger pound hit the UKs bluechip companies while investors sold off banks and energy stocks that have outperformed this week | Positive | European stocks broke a fourday winning streak on Thursday as exdividend trading and a stronger pound hit the UKs bluechip companies while investors sold off banks and energy stocks that have outperformed this week | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-end-four-day-winning-run-as-uks-ftse-drags-idUSKCN2590VL | 2020-08-14 |
| In Belgium it bought a mobile operator while in the Netherlands and UK it was creating joint ventures he said | Positive | The agreed deal reverses Sunrises failed bid to buy Libertys Swiss business last year and marks a strategic reversal by the U.S. company which has been divesting European assets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-sunrise-comm-grp-m-a-liberty-global/liberty-global-surprises-with-7-4-billion-deal-to-buy-sunrise-in-latest-telecoms-consolidation-idUSKCN2580GT | 2020-08-13 |
| 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 |
| UKJapan trade talks close to agreement but said by Brits to be holding out on agricultural he said referring to Trusss Twitter handle | Positive | TOKYO Japan and Britain agreed to lift auto tariffs for a postBrexit trade agreement in 2026 despite Japans push to lift the tariffs earlier the Nikkei Asian Review reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-japan-trade-uk/japan-unsuccessful-in-lifting-auto-tariffs-early-in-uk-trade-deal-media-idUSKCN255042 | 2020-08-10 |
| The digital distribution part of the UK market is still growing and Hastings has not yet to any significant degree grown in home he 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 |
| 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 Classified U.S.UK trade documents leaked ahead of Britains 2019 election were stolen from the email account of former trade minister Liam Fox by suspected Russian hackers two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | Negative | LONDON Classified U.S.UK trade documents leaked ahead of Britains 2019 election were stolen from the email account of former trade minister Liam Fox by suspected Russian hackers two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia-hack-exclusive/exclusive-papers-leaked-before-uk-election-in-suspected-russian-operation-were-hacked-from-ex-trade-minister-sources-idUSKCN24Z1V4 | 2020-08-04 |
| 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 |
| LONDON The UK Supreme Court will examine the case of a Britishborn woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State after the government appealed against a court decision to allow her to return to Britain to fight for her citizenship | Negative | LONDON The UK Supreme Court will examine the case of a Britishborn woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State after the government appealed against a court decision to allow her to return to Britain to fight for her citizenship | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-security/case-of-islamic-state-recruits-uk-citizenship-goes-to-supreme-court-idUSKCN24W2YP | 2020-08-01 |
| UK lawmakers have previously criticized BA alleging that it used a furlough fire and scheme a tactic used by companies forcing employees to accept inferior terms | Negative | British Airways pilots have accepted a deal that will temporarily cut pay by and eliminate more than 200 jobs the pilots union said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-iag-pilots/british-airways-pilots-accept-pay-cuts-job-losses-negotiated-by-union-idUSKCN24W329 | 2020-08-01 |
| July 30 UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said late on Thursday that the COVID19 lockdown in parts of Northern England will be tightened owing to an increasing rate of transmission in these areas | Negative | background of COVID19 in | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-britain-lockdown/update-1-uk-tightens-lockdown-in-parts-of-northern-england-idUSL5N2F1AXA | 2020-07-31 |
| The UK needs a passenger testing regime and Heathrow CEO John HollandKaye said | Neutral | LONDON Heathrow Airport once Europes busiest airport called on Britain to urgently back a passenger testing regime warning that without one strict quarantine rules will stop travel stall the economy and lead to more job losses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-heathrow-results/heathrow-tells-uk-do-passenger-testing-or-lose-quarantine-roulette-idUSKCN24U0Y0 | 2020-07-30 |
| A source with knowledge of the bid said UBIs single largest investor UK fund Silchester International Investors had tendered its 8 | Positive | Intesa and UBI have faced off for months in a bitter titfortat over the 4 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-ubi-m-a-intesa-sanpaolo/intesa-secures-full-control-in-takeover-battle-for-ubi-idUSKCN24T0PI | 2020-07-29 |
| Speaking separately in London on Thursday the UKs Brexit negotiator David Frost said he thought sealing a deal was still possible in September | Positive | 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 |
| Russian influence in the UK is the new normal | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| LONDON Britains Intelligence and Security Committee published a report on the Russian threat to the UK on Tuesday here are its conclusions | 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 |
| UK is clearly a target for Russian disinformation | 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 |
| Extraditions between Hong Kong and the UK are extremely rare so this is a symbolic gesture but a very important said Nick Vamos Partner at London law firm Peters Peters | Positive | LONDON Britain announced on Monday it would suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in an escalation of a dispute with China over its introduction of a national security law for the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-china-diplomacy/uk-suspends-hong-kong-extradition-treaty-stoking-china-tensions-idUSKCN24K0BA | 2020-07-21 |
| If UK government goes that far to impose sanctions on any individual in China China will certainly make a resolute response to Liu Xiaoming told the BBCs Andrew Marr Show | Negative | LONDON Britain will on Monday suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in a further escalation of its dispute with China over the introduction of a security law in the former colony British newspapers reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-china-diplomacy/uk-poised-to-suspend-hong-kong-extradition-treaty-british-newspapers-idUSKCN24K0BA | 2020-07-20 |
| The UKbased Jubilee Debt Campaign said the G20s failure to take swifter and more decisive action would cost poor countries billions of dollars each month | Negative | Finance officials from the Group of 20 countries on Saturday called for all official bilateral creditors to implement fully a shortterm debt freeze for the worlds poorest countries but stopped short of extending the initiative into next year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-g20-debt/g20-finance-officials-stop-short-of-recommending-debt-freeze-extension-idUSKCN24J0KX | 2020-07-19 |
| 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 |
| Sensitive government documents relating to the UKUS Free Trade Agreement were illicitly acquired before the 2019 General Election and disseminated online via the social media platform Reddit | Positive | LONDON Britain said on Thursday Russia had tried to interfere in its 2019 general election by whipping up a furore online over illicitly acquired sensitive documents about a planned free trade agreement with Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia-raab/uk-says-russia-tried-to-meddle-in-election-by-leaking-u-s-trade-documents-idUSKCN24H1VT | 2020-07-17 |
| 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 |
| LONDON The UK Serious Fraud Office said on Monday it would launch a review after its head was rebuked by a London judge for being vulnerable to flattery from a freelance agent during a highprofile bribery investigation into oil consultancy Unaoil | Negative | LONDON The UK Serious Fraud Office said on Monday it would launch a review after its head was rebuked by a London judge for being vulnerable to flattery from a freelance agent during a highprofile bribery investigation into oil consultancy Unaoil | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-unaoil-corruption-osofsky/uk-fraud-office-launches-review-after-judge-says-director-fell-for-flattery-idUSKCN24E2RO | 2020-07-14 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| INGs James Smith and Petr Krpata said uncertainty surrounding UKEU trade negotiations would dominate the especially for sterling | Negative | HSBC and Nokia dragged European shares lower on Wednesday as a surge in coronavirus cases appeared to threaten a recovery in the global economy while Britains plan to head off an unemployment crisis cushioned a fall in Londons domestically focused stocks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-europe-stocks/hsbc-and-nokia-drag-european-stocks-lower-amid-virus-worries-idUSKBN2490VR | 2020-07-09 |
| Browne in his final term as chairman of Huawei UK said when he joined six years ago no one could pronounce the companys name or knew what it did | Positive | 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 |
| Three weeks after the end of lockdown in most of the UK the number of shoppers visiting retailers is still down by nearly from a year ago | Positive | LONDON British finance minister Rishi Sunak will announce on Wednesday his next moves to prevent a wave of job cuts from snowballing into a fullblown unemployment crisis in the worlds sixthbiggest economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-economy/uks-sunak-to-map-out-next-moves-in-covid-recovery-plan-idUSKBN24906T | 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 |
| The UK government keeps making irresponsible remarks on Hong Kong Ambassador Liu Xiaoming told reporters | Negative | LONDON Chinas ambassador to London accused Britain on Monday of gross interference and making irresponsible remarks over Beijings imposition of new security legislation in Hong Kong that he said could damage future Chinese investment | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-china/china-rebukes-uk-for-gross-interference-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN24718J | 2020-07-07 |
| 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 |
| AFME called for a formal framework for UK and EU regulators to iron out differences that could jeopardise access | Negative | 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 |
| The UK has given a very good Cheng said | Positive | LONDON Hong Kong prodemocracy activists are discussing a plan to create an unofficial parliamentinexile to keep the flame of democracy alive and send a message to China that freedom cannot be crushed campaigner Simon Cheng told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-cheng-exclu/exclusive-hong-kong-activists-discuss-parliament-in-exile-after-china-crackdown-idUSKBN2431YX | 2020-07-03 |
| UK government is launching plans to dramatically reduce its communications operation and to televise daily White Housestyle press briefings | 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 |
| 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 |
| The biggest quarterly drop in UK GDP in more than a generation helped contribute to a downbeat feel for the said AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould | Negative | European stocks slipped on Tuesday with banks and energy firms leading the losses at the end of a strong quarter while UK markets took a hit from a worsethanexpected GDP reading | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-edge-lower-at-the-end-of-strong-quarter-idUSKBN2410WS | 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 |
| Threequarters of UK consumers who own cryptocurrencies hold under 1000 pounds FCA research showed | Neutral | LONDON The number of people in Britain buying cryptoassets like bitcoin | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-britain-cryptoassets/more-britons-take-a-bet-on-bitcoin-idUSKBN2411TJ | 2020-07-01 |
| In either scenario the UK is leaving the EU single market and that is where the bulk of the new costs for businesses will come Smith added | 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 |
| Due to the lack of reciprocity UK visitors are asked to carry out a 14day voluntary quarantine in France | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union plans to open its borders to nonessential travelers such as tourists and most business people from a limited number of countries outside the bloc from July 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-borders-factbox/factbox-who-can-travel-to-europe-from-wednesday-idUSKBN24130Y | 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 |
| The UK definitely will care about the British interests and to develop recover and grow the economy he said | Positive | LONDON Chinas Huawei Technologies said on Thursday it had received planning permission for a 1 billion pound | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-huawei-tech/chinas-huawei-to-build-1-2-billion-british-research-centre-idUSKBN23W23K | 2020-06-26 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| UKs Hikma Pharmaceuticals with a major supply base in the United States also said that it has seen demand for dexamethasone increase substantially | Neutral | JOHANNESBURG South African pharmaceutical major Aspen could provide 10 million dexamethasone tablets within a month Chief Executive Stephen Saad said on Tuesday after the World Health Organisation cautioned about the drugs supply | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica-aspen/south-africas-aspen-could-supply-10-million-dexamethasone-pills-in-covid-19-crisis-idUSKBN23U20U | 2020-06-24 |
| 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 |
| The UK government will immediately tighten takeover laws to ensure British businesses critical to tackling the coronavirus pandemic are less susceptible to hostile foreign takeovers owing to the economic downturn | Negative | June 22 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-22-idUSL4N2DZ08Y | 2020-06-22 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| On Friday a UK official involved in the negotiations It is obvious the EU must move its positions for there to be a deal | Positive | European Union and British negotiators said on Friday they had made very little progress in their latest round of talks about a Brexit free trade agreement with just weeks left to extend a yearend deadline to reach a deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-britain-eu/brexit-trade-talks-make-no-significant-progress-as-deadline-nears-idUSKBN23C1KD | 2020-06-06 |
| 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 |
| The launch of Citis UK commercial banking business in 2017 has also provided a blueprint for expansion elsewhere he added | Positive | The 15 offices are predominantly in central and eastern Europe including Poland Turkey and Russia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-citigroup-europe-expansion/citi-defies-coronavirus-with-western-european-corporate-lending-push-idUSKBN23B11D | 2020-06-05 |
| The UK is pursuing forming an alliance of 10 democracies to create an alternative pool of suppliers of 5G equipment and other technologies to avoid relying on China The Times reported | Positive | The UK is pursuing forming an alliance of 10 democracies to create an alternative pool of suppliers of 5G equipment and other technologies to avoid relying on China The Times reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-tech-coalition/uk-seeks-alliance-to-avoid-reliance-on-chinese-tech-the-times-idUSKBN2343JW | 2020-05-29 |
| The collapse in UK economic activity is not out of line with its peers | Negative | for additional | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/britain-eu-sterling-outlook/rpt-graphic-beleaguered-sterling-heads-into-a-perfect-storm-idUSL8N2D9602 | 2020-05-28 |
| UK airlines have said the quarantine would be devastating for the airline sector | Negative | PARIS Heavy debts inherited from government bailouts and other fundraising moves will delay the airline industrys recovery from the coronavirus crisis a trade body said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airlines-iata/global-airlines-body-raises-alarm-over-bailout-debts-idUSKBN2322BT | 2020-05-27 |
| after the UK luxury carmaker confirmed that Tobias Moers CEO of MercedesAMG would become its chief executive officer | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-near-11-week-high-uk-stocks-surge-idUSL4N2D81R2 | 2020-05-27 |
| MILAN Private equity vehicle Mercury UK said on Tuesday it would sell 8 | Neutral | 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 |
| Mercury UK currently holds around 52 | Neutral | 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 |
| Mercury UK is owned by private equity firms Bain Capital Advent International and Clessidra | 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 |
| Most markets in UK and the U.S. are closed on Monday for public holidays | Neutral | European shares closed unchanged on Friday although rising U.S.China tensions hit Asiaexposed banks and luxury stocks while hopes of a global recovery kept weekly gains intact for the main indexes | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-flat-as-u-s-china-woes-weigh-but-post-weekly-gain-idUSKBN22Y0WD | 2020-05-23 |
| 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 |
| Professor Martin Llewelyn the lead UK investigator said many health workers were relying on social distancing and personal protective equipment but the measures were not perfect | Negative | Healthcare workers in Britain and Thailand have started taking part in a trial to determine whether two antimalarial drugs can prevent COVID19 including one that U.S. President Donald Trump says he has been taking | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-hydroxychl/global-covid-19-trial-of-hydroxychloroquine-which-trump-takes-begins-idUSKBN22X0R1 | 2020-05-22 |
| For Reuters Live Markets blog on European and UK stock markets please click prices adds context and | Positive | Gold hits sevenyear peak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-oil-and-european-shares-rise-as-lockdowns-ease-gold-jumps-idUSL8N2D02MC | 2020-05-19 |
| Sirika said a UK company was given approval for humanitarian operations but regrettably we caught them conducting commercial | Positive | ABUJA Nigeria impounded a plane operated by a British company for allegedly contravening a flight ban imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus the aviation minister said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-nigeria-airplane/nigeria-impounds-british-plane-for-breaking-coronavirus-flight-ban-rules-aviation-minister-idUSKBN22T0SK | 2020-05-18 |
| The UK will be first to get Sharma said adding that the government was providing an additional 84 million pounds | Positive | LONDON The number of people who have died in the United Kingdom after testing positive for COVID19 rose by 170 to 34636 business minister Alok Sharma said on Sunday the lowest increase in the official death toll since March 24 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-casualties/uk-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-by-170-lowest-increase-since-march-idUSKBN22T0LC | 2020-05-18 |
| May 11 European stocks rose on Monday with UK markets posting sharp gains after the government outlined plans to gradually ease the lockdown while shares in Germanys Wirecard jumped after it revamped its management board | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-gain-as-uk-italy-outperform-idUSL4N2CT1XR | 2020-05-11 |
| TheCityUK is assessing the likely demand for fresh capital how much of it the private sector could provide and explore ways with government and the BoE to plug any shortfall | Neutral | LONDON Britains smaller companies could be saddled with up to 105 billion pounds in debt by March next year that will need recapitalising a financial services body told the Bank of England on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-companies/pandemic-could-rip-105-billion-pound-hole-in-small-company-finances-idUSKBN22N2CH | 2020-05-11 |
| Including O2 Telefonicas UK business has about 34 | Neutral | 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 |
| Separate reports from industry groups Make UK and the Institute of Directors report suggested it may be a long road to recovery | Positive | LONDON Britains job market came to a dead stop in April as the coronavirus lockdown prompted a huge drop in economic activity from which businesses will take time to recover surveys showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-economy-labour/uk-job-market-hits-brick-wall-during-virus-lockdown-rec-idUSKBN22J007 | 2020-05-07 |
| Katy Minshall Twitter UKs head of government public policy and philanthropy said the move was the latest step in its focus on connecting people with authoritative information regarding Covid19 | Positive | to additional subscribers no text | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-twitter-5g/rpt-twitter-tackles-5g-covid-19-conspiracy-in-the-uk-with-warning-prompt-idUSL8N2CO45L | 2020-05-07 |
| 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 |
| Its UK business which includes O2 generated 7 | Neutral | The two have started a negotiation process to merge Telefonicas British mobile operator O2 and Libertys Virgin Media network company the Spanish company said in a stock market filing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-telefonica-liberty-britain/telefonica-shares-rise-on-o2-virgin-media-merger-talks-idUSKBN22G0G2 | 2020-05-05 |
| WASHINGTON The United States and Britain launch trade negotiations by videoconference on Tuesday following the UKs exit from the European Union as both allies struggle with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and aim to shore up domestic supply chains | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States and Britain launch trade negotiations by videoconference on Tuesday following the UKs exit from the European Union as both allies struggle with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and aim to shore up domestic supply chains | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-britain/u-s-uk-launch-post-brexit-video-trade-talks-amid-coronavirus-recession-idUSKBN22H0E0 | 2020-05-05 |
| Telefonicas UK business which includes O2 generated 7 | Neutral | He added that discussions between Telefonica and Liberty were focusing on creating a joint venture equally owned by the two firms | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-telefonica-liberty-global-britain/telefonica-seeks-to-merge-britains-o2-and-virgin-media-sources-idUSKBN22D5YD | 2020-05-02 |
| Last month the UK Competition and Markets Authority prohibited the deal saying it would hurt innovation and lead to higher fees | Negative | Last month the UK Competition and Markets Authority prohibited the deal saying it would hurt innovation and lead to higher fees | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-farelogix-m-a-sabre/sabre-farelogix-terminate-merger-agreement-idUSKBN22D697 | 2020-05-02 |
| UK Automotive is fundamentally strong but | Neutral | LONDON The British car industry faces losing output worth more than 8 billion pounds due to the coronavirus outbreak which cut production in March by a third falling to its lowest level since 2009 an industry body said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-autos/coronavirus-slashes-uk-car-output-as-industry-warns-of-big-hit-idUSKBN22B3FH | 2020-04-30 |
| 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 |
| UK housebuilder Redrow will not restart construction on its sites before May 18 the company said much later than the dates announced last week by a handful of its peers | Neutral | company news items and | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/britain-stocks-factors/update-1-uk-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-april-27-idUSL3N2CF1XF | 2020-04-27 |
| In the UK Brighton has closed some of its seafront to cars during daytime and in Dublin Budapest and Berlin bike lanes were expanded further onto the road | Positive | NEW YORK New York City officials on Friday cautioned against a proposal to close some streets to car traffic to allow New Yorkers more space to stay apart and exercise outdoors during the coronavirus crisis steps taken by other U.S. and European cities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-nyc-streets/nyc-officials-pour-cold-water-on-proposal-to-close-some-streets-to-cars-idUSKCN22637B | 2020-04-25 |
| The UK will issue 180 billion pounds of government debt between May and July more than it had previously planned for the entire financial year | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdoms economy is crumbling under the strain of the coronavirus lockdown and government borrowing is soaring to the highest levels in peacetime history increasing pressure on the government to set out an exit strategy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-economy-crumbling-under-coronavirus-strain-questions-mount-over-lockdown-exit-idUSKCN2250U1 | 2020-04-24 |
| The UK is lagging behind almost any medium to large economy globally when it comes to coronavirus Deutsche Banks Oliver Harvey said in a note to clients | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdoms economy is crumbling under the strain of the coronavirus lockdown and government borrowing is soaring to the highest levels in peacetime history increasing pressure on the government to set out an exit strategy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-economy-crumbling-under-coronavirus-strain-questions-mount-over-lockdown-exit-idUSKCN2250U1 | 2020-04-24 |
| LONDON The number of UK finance professionals seeking new jobs rose by more than in the first quarter compared with the last three months of 2019 even as coronavirus forced employers to pause hiring and cut salary offers by data released on Monday showed | Negative | LONDON The number of UK finance professionals seeking new jobs rose by more than in the first quarter compared with the last three months of 2019 even as coronavirus forced employers to pause hiring and cut salary offers by data released on Monday showed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-finance-jobs/uk-finance-jobseekers-increase-43-in-first-quarter-coronavirus-impacts-hiring-idUSKBN2210WR | 2020-04-20 |
| We discussed our ongoing commitment to Imagination Technologies as a UKheadquartered business and have agreed to maintain dialogue with the Secretary of we the spokesman 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 |
| We discussed our ongoing commitment to Imagination Technologies as a UK headquartered business and have agreed to maintain dialogue with the Secretary of we the spokesman said | 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 |
| 35 coronavirus bailout package after the UK government was left unimpressed with its initial bid Financial Times reported | Negative | Virgin Atlantic has been told to resubmit its proposal for a 500 million pound | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-virgin-atlantic/virgin-atlantic-told-to-resubmit-proposal-for-bailout-package-ft-idUSKBN21Z3D9 | 2020-04-18 |
| The UKMTO said on Wednesday that Tuesdays episode was assessed to be an isolated incident of statebased intervention with no wider threat to maritime shipping in the | Positive | LONDON A Hong Kongflagged tanker was briefly detained in Iran before being freed after armed Iranian guards in speedboats directed the vessel into its waters while it was sailing through the Gulf of Oman maritime security sources said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-iran-tanker/iran-detained-hong-kong-flagged-ship-before-letting-it-sail-sources-idUSKCN21X2GG | 2020-04-16 |
| UKs competition watchdog said late Wednesday that it had started an investigation into ticket reseller Viagogos | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Elsewhere Britains finance minister told colleagues the UK economy could shrink by up to this quarter due to the coronavirus lockdown that has shuttered businesses | Negative | YORK Asian stocks extended gains on Tuesday after Chinas trade data came in better than expected and as some countries tried to restart their economy by partly lifting restrictions aimed at curbing the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/asia-shares-jump-on-chinese-trade-data-pandemic-still-a-worry-idUSKCN21W001 | 2020-04-14 |
| Britains finance minister told colleagues the UKs economy could shrink by to between April and June because of the coronavirus lockdown the Times newspaper reported | Negative | 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 |
| The UK death toll in hospitals from coronavirus now stands at 7978 a rise of 881 on the day but a smaller increase than the 938 seen in Wednesdays data | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson left intensive care on Thursday evening as he continues to recover from COVID19 but he remains under close observation in hospital his office said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-johnson/uk-pm-johnson-leaves-intensive-care-remains-under-observation-idUSKCN21R34I | 2020-04-10 |
| In the UK the company said it was challenging the validity of a Philip Morris patent in response to a lawsuit filed against BAT by the American company in Japan | Negative | British American Tobacco said on Thursday that it sued Philip Morris International Inc in the United States and Germany alleging that the tobacco heating technology used in its bigger rivals IQOS devices infringed its patents | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britishamericantobacco-lawsuit-philip/bat-files-patent-suits-against-philip-morris-iqos-products-idUSKCN21R2MJ | 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 |
| April 9 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 | Negative | to additional subscribers with no change to | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-media-blacklisting/rpt-focus-advertisers-shun-coronavirus-coverage-hastening-news-media-battle-for-survival-idUSL2N2BX12K | 2020-04-10 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| Total UK hospital deaths from COVID19 have risen by a daily record of 938 to 7097 as of 1600 GMT on April 7 | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons condition is improving and he is able to sit up in bed and engage with clinical staff finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday as Johnson remained in intensive care battling COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uks-johnson-improving-as-he-fights-covid-19-in-intensive-care-idUSKBN21Q0O5 | 2020-04-09 |
| LONDON UKlisted companies could cancel about billion in dividend payments this year following Britains lockdown and calls from regulators to preserve cash during the coronavirus crisis according to a report by analytics company Link Group | Negative | LONDON UKlisted companies could cancel about billion in dividend payments this year following Britains lockdown and calls from regulators to preserve cash during the coronavirus crisis according to a report by analytics company Link Group | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-companies-dividends/virus-lockdown-threatens-60-billion-in-uk-dividends-report-idUSKCN21Q3HF | 2020-04-09 |
| MILWAUKEE Despite a lastminute court battle and a stayathome order thousands of Wisconsin voters on Tuesday braved the coronavirus outbreak to wait 6 feet | Negative | MILWAUKEE Despite a lastminute court battle and a stayathome order thousands of Wisconsin voters on Tuesday braved the coronavirus outbreak to wait 6 feet | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/long-lines-and-frustration-as-wisconsinites-vote-during-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN21P1BG | 2020-04-08 |
| Under UK company rules Stelioss only way of influencing managements behaviour is to call for a shareholder meeting to vote for the removal of directors | Positive | Airlines across the world are struggling to say afloat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-easyjet/easyjet-founder-steps-up-battle-with-management-over-airbus-order-idUSKBN21N0YT | 2020-04-07 |
| Health officials said on Sunday the UK death toll from the coronavirus had risen by 621 to 4934 | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was still in hospital on Monday suffering persistent coronavirus symptoms 10 days after testing positive for the virus although Downing Street said he remained in charge of the government | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/british-pm-johnson-still-in-hospital-with-persistent-coronavirus-symptoms-idUSKBN21O0DQ | 2020-04-06 |
| LONDON UKbased biopharma company Izana Bioscience said it was testing its antibody therapy namilumab for the treatment of patients with rapidly worsening COVID19 at the Humanitas Research Hospitals in Bergamo and Milan in Italy | Positive | LONDON UKbased biopharma company Izana Bioscience said it was testing its antibody therapy namilumab for the treatment of patients with rapidly worsening COVID19 at the Humanitas Research Hospitals in Bergamo and Milan in Italy | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-therapy-izana/uks-izana-bioscience-tests-rheumatoid-arthritis-drug-in-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN21N0Z9 | 2020-04-06 |
| MILWAUKEE Wisconsin is set to hold inperson voting next week after the states legislature on Saturday declined to take up an effort delaying the presidential primary due to the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | MILWAUKEE Wisconsin is set to hold inperson voting next week after the states legislature on Saturday declined to take up an effort delaying the presidential primary due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-election-wisconsin/wisconsin-set-to-hold-in-person-voting-in-presidential-primary-idUSKBN21M0VX | 2020-04-05 |
| UKbased consultancy Ascend by Cirium has forecast a total surplus of some 5000 commercial aircraft of all sizes once the dust settles from the industrys worst ever crisis | Negative | Planemakers are looking at drastic cuts in widebody production amid a slump in demand for the industrys largest jetliners manufacturing and supplier sources said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-boeing-airbus/planemakers-brace-for-sharp-cuts-in-wide-body-output-sources-idUSKBN21K23N | 2020-04-03 |
| Industry trade group UK Finance did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | Some employers still yet to dial down to minimal staffingunion | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-keyworkers-finance/some-uk-finance-firms-mis-using-key-worker-status-union-idUSL8N2BP5NS | 2020-04-02 |
| UK banks scrap dividends for 2020 halt 2019 payouts quotes | Negative | Barclays and Citi warn of impact on profits dividends | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks-results/update-2-virus-seen-halving-profits-dividends-in-europe-analysts-idUSL8N2BP1GG | 2020-04-02 |
| 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 |
| SIHANOUKVILLE Cambodia When casino owner Kang Qiang looks out the window of his 20th floor office in this city on the remote Cambodian coast he sees construction cranes sitting idle | Negative | SIHANOUKVILLE Cambodia When casino owner Kang Qiang looks out the window of his 20th floor office in this city on the remote Cambodian coast he sees construction cranes sitting idle | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sihanoukville-wide/in-scrappy-cambodian-casino-town-chinese-plan-future-beyond-coronavirus-idUSKBN21H3JY | 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 UK is more vulnerable than said Jan von Gerich an analyst at Nordea | Negative | item first published on Monday with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-ratings-markets/rpt-investors-look-past-uk-rating-downgrade-but-flag-risks-ahead-idUSL8N2BN7YX | 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 |
| UKbased airline Virgin Atlantic will ask the British government for a package of commercial loans and guarantees worth hundreds of millions of pounds the Financial Times reported | Positive | UKbased airline Virgin Atlantic will ask the British government for a package of commercial loans and guarantees worth hundreds of millions of pounds the Financial Times reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-virgin-atl/virgin-atlantic-set-to-ask-for-state-aid-ft-idUSKBN21E2L6 | 2020-03-28 |
| LONDON The UK government has urged people to avoid moving house during the coronavirus outbreak as the pandemic brings the countrys property market to a near standstill | Negative | LONDON The UK government has urged people to avoid moving house during the coronavirus outbreak as the pandemic brings the countrys property market to a near standstill | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-housing/uk-tells-people-not-to-move-as-housing-market-freezes-idUSKBN21E0P7 | 2020-03-27 |
| Airlines UK which also represents Jet2 TUI Norwegian and Ryanair said it hoped the government would consider the temporary tax break and dropped charges in ongoing talks | Neutral | LONDON A representative body for airlines based in Britain has written to its transport minister seeking industryspecific tax and air traffic fee holidays to help survive a coronavirus pandemic that has brought air travel to a standstill | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-airlines/britain-based-airlines-seek-industry-tax-breaks-in-coronavirus-battle-idUSKBN21D0ND | 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 |
| 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 |
| Airlines UK also said its members were desperate for more information on how to access a scheme the government said would reimburse of the wage costs of furloughed workers | Negative | LONDON A representative body for airlines based in Britain has written to its transport minister seeking industryspecific tax and air traffic fee holidays to help survive a coronavirus pandemic that has brought air travel to a standstill | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-airlines/britain-based-airlines-seek-industry-tax-breaks-in-coronavirus-battle-idUSKBN21D0ND | 2020-03-26 |
| USA Track and Field USA Swimming the Brazilian Olympic Committee UK Athletics and the French Swimming Federation have also urged the IOC to postpone the multibillion dollar event | Negative | ATHENS The International Olympic Committee faced mounting opposition on Sunday to the current schedule for the Tokyo 2020 Games as athletes teams and federations called for a delay because of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics/ioc-wrestles-with-logistics-amid-growing-opposition-to-games-idUSKBN2190HK | 2020-03-23 |
| LONDON UK scientists are to track the spread of the new coronavirus and watch for emerging mutations by using gene sequencing to analyze the strains causing thousands of COVID19 infections across the country Britain said on Monday | Negative | LONDON UK scientists are to track the spread of the new coronavirus and watch for emerging mutations by using gene sequencing to analyze the strains causing thousands of COVID19 infections across the country Britain said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-sequencing/uk-scientists-to-track-mutations-in-coronavirus-to-map-spread-idUSKBN21A007 | 2020-03-23 |
| The value of deals involving UKbased companies buying targets overseas is down totalling 7 | 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 |
| The UKs midcap FTSE 250 index | Neutral | European shares ended higher on Thursday after more emergency stimulus from the Bank of England although questions remained over whether it would suffice to dampen the economic shock from the coronaries outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/boe-boosts-european-stocks-but-recession-fears-remain-idUSKBN21614M | 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 |
| Trading in UK supermarkets has been intense with some shop bosses saying it can only be compared to the preChristmas rush | Negative | LONDON Britains food retailers appealed to shoppers on Sunday to stop panic buying during the coronavirus outbreak saying purchasing more than they need would mean others will be left without | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-uk-supermarkets/british-supermarkets-plea-to-shoppers-stop-panic-buying-idUSKBN212007 | 2020-03-15 |
| March 13 UK oil producer Premier Oil on Friday said it had identified at least million in potential savings on its 2020 capital spending plans as it and other rivals scramble to adjust to the plunge in global crude prices | Neutral | oil prices outlook | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/premier-oil-outlook/update-1-premier-oil-sees-at-least-100-mln-in-capex-cuts-idUSL4N2B62K5 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Saga said its decision followed UK government advice that people over the age of 70 and those with preexisting health conditions steer clear of cruise ship travel | Positive | background on other suspensions details from | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-saga/update-1-uks-saga-suspends-cruises-on-virus-concerns-idUSL4N2B62I4 | 2020-03-13 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday suspended travel from Europe to the United States except for the UK for 30 days starting on Friday as he responded to mounting pressure to take action against the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday suspended travel from Europe to the United States except for the UK for 30 days starting on Friday as he responded to mounting pressure to take action against the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-proclama/text-proclamation-of-suspension-of-travel-from-europe-to-u-s-idUSKBN20Z0D2 | 2020-03-12 |
| The UKbased Islamic Relief charity warned that healthcare in Idlib in the northwest was already at the brink of | Negative | AZAZ Syria In Syrias northwest where people uprooted by war are crammed into camps medics fear the coronavirus would spread widely if it reaches a country with its healthcare system in ruins | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-syria-north/in-syrias-northwest-medics-fear-the-worst-if-coronavirus-hits-crowded-camps-idUSKBN20Y2T3 | 2020-03-12 |
| Britain cut and pasted MiFID II into UK law ahead of Brexit and would therefore have to make any changes itself | Negative | more | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/britain-markets-data/update-2-british-watchdog-enters-tug-of-war-over-market-data-idUSL8N2B218H | 2020-03-10 |
| YAMOUSSOUKRO Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Thursday he would not stand for reelection in October ending speculation about his political future ahead of a vote seen as a crucial test of stability | Positive | YAMOUSSOUKRO Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Thursday he would not stand for reelection in October ending speculation about his political future ahead of a vote seen as a crucial test of stability | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ivorycoast-politics/ivory-coasts-ouattara-says-he-wont-run-for-re-election-idUSKBN20S1IZ | 2020-03-06 |
| 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 |
| A UK government spokesman said the government was working closely with the airline industry to reduce any disruption to routes operated by Flybe | Negative | 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 |
| According to government projections up to a fifth of the total workforce in the UK could miss work during the peak of an epidemic | Negative | Global banks and small investment firms in Europe are urging staff to work from home and curb travel as the financial industry braces for disruption from the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-banks/keep-calm-and-work-from-home-during-coronavirus-european-banks-tell-workers-idUSKBN20R2RM | 2020-03-05 |
| 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 | 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 |
| This reflected a reallocation of resources towards other sectors in the UK economy as they expand under a U.S. trade deal Britain said | 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 |
| Talks on a broader UKEU free trade deal start next week amid recriminations from both sides | Positive | Constructive discussions with European Union competition regulators regarding the purchase of Refinitiv are underway with Schwimmer saying he expects to submit a formal application in March for approval | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lse-results/london-stock-exchange-on-track-to-close-refinitiv-deal-as-clearing-jumps-idUSKCN20M0VF | 2020-02-29 |
| Barnier said on Wednesday that UK financial firms that want certainty in their relations with EU customers can set up subsidiaries in the bloc which over 300 have done | 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 UK is open to negotiating a Security of Information Agreement covering classified information if the EU requires it | Positive | 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 |
| UK Sports nowdeparted performance director Chelsea Warr said last December that the body was quietly that Tokyo would be the best Olympics yet for Britain | Positive | BISHAM ABBEY England The heat and humidity of Tokyo in August will come as no surprise to Britains Olympic athletes even if they have never been to Japan and are more used to training in the cold and rain | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-britain-temperature/olympics-in-wintery-britain-uk-athletes-turn-the-heat-up-for-tokyo-idUSKCN20I1Z3 | 2020-02-25 |
| The UK has made clear a number of times and will reiterate its desire for a Canadastyle Downing Street said in a statement | Neutral | LONDON Britain will underline its desire for a Canadastyle trade deal with the EU when formal talks start next month Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Downing Street office said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-eu-trade/uk-to-press-for-canada-style-trade-deal-with-eu-when-talks-start-in-march-idUSKCN20G0TY | 2020-02-23 |
| MUKONO Cameroon When Margaret Ntale Namusisis three daughters called her in Uganda to say they were being quarantined at their university in Wuhan China because of the coronavirus outbreak she sent money and told Run very fast and do shopping | Negative | MUKONO Cameroon When Margaret Ntale Namusisis three daughters called her in Uganda to say they were being quarantined at their university in Wuhan China because of the coronavirus outbreak she sent money and told Run very fast and do shopping | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-africa/traumatized-africans-stranded-by-coronavirus-plead-to-be-brought-home-idUSKBN20F0UQ | 2020-02-22 |
| At least four UK nationals contracted the virus on board but those arriving home on Saturday had tested negative | Negative | LONDON Some 35 British passengers were due to arrive back home on Saturday after spending more than two weeks stuck on a quarantined cruise ship in a Japanese port due to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-britain/british-passengers-from-virus-hit-cruise-ship-due-to-arrive-home-idUSKBN20G005 | 2020-02-22 |
| 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 |
| UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday that the government has arranged an evacuation flight for British nationals on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship to depart Tokyo on Friday | Negative | UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday that the government has arranged an evacuation flight for British nationals on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship to depart Tokyo on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-britain/uk-to-send-an-evacuation-flight-for-britons-to-depart-tokyo-on-friday-idUSKBN20E045 | 2020-02-20 |
| SIHANOUKVILLE Cambodia Holland America Line said it is working with governments and health experts to track passengers who disembarked from its Westerdam cruise ship docked in Cambodia after an American woman tested positive for coronavirus in Malaysia | Negative | SIHANOUKVILLE Cambodia Holland America Line said it is working with governments and health experts to track passengers who disembarked from its Westerdam cruise ship docked in Cambodia after an American woman tested positive for coronavirus in Malaysia | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-cambodia-cruiseship/scramble-to-track-cambodia-cruise-ship-passengers-after-coronavirus-case-reported-idUSKBN20B082 | 2020-02-17 |
| SIHANOUKVILLE Cambodia More tests are needed to confirm that an American passenger from a cruise ship docked in Cambodia has the new coronavirus after she tested positive in Malaysia the MS Westerdams operator said on Sunday | Negative | SIHANOUKVILLE Cambodia More tests are needed to confirm that an American passenger from a cruise ship docked in Cambodia has the new coronavirus after she tested positive in Malaysia the MS Westerdams operator said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-cambodia-cruiseship/cruise-firm-seeks-new-virus-test-for-passenger-from-ship-in-cambodia-idUSKBN20A00B | 2020-02-16 |
| SIHANOUKVILLE Cambodia After nearly two weeks cast away in search of a port that would take them passengers aboard the MS Westerdam cruise ship spoke of an ordeal that was anything but harrowing | Negative | SIHANOUKVILLE Cambodia After nearly two weeks cast away in search of a port that would take them passengers aboard the MS Westerdam cruise ship spoke of an ordeal that was anything but harrowing | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-cambodia-passengers/wandering-ship-becomes-best-cruise-ever-despite-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN20903T | 2020-02-16 |
| SIHANOUKVILLE Cambodia Passengers on a cruise ship that spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries over coronavirus fears cheered and clapped as the vessel finally arrived at a port in Cambodia on Thursday | Neutral | SIHANOUKVILLE Cambodia Passengers on a cruise ship that spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries over coronavirus fears cheered and clapped as the vessel finally arrived at a port in Cambodia on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-cambodia-cruiseship/cruise-passengers-shunned-over-coronavirus-to-head-home-after-cambodia-reprieve-idUSKBN20702I | 2020-02-14 |
| UKbased consultancy Ascend by Cirium said the number of flights scheduled to operate to from and within China had dropped by from Jan | Negative | A drop in airline flights from China and Hong Kong due to the coronavirus is increasing demand for private jets as wealthy passengers try to get out executives say but travel bans and nervous crew have kept that from translating to more business | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-singapore-airshow-private-jets/interest-in-private-jets-surges-as-coronavirus-keeps-airlines-away-from-china-idUSKBN2070CF | 2020-02-13 |
| The managing director of Googles YouTube UK Ben McOwen Wilson said the platform looked forward to working with the government to ensure a free open and safer internet | 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 |
| SIHANOUKVILLE Cambodia A cruise ship that spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries over fears that someone aboard might have the coronavirus arrived in Cambodia on Thursday to the relief of passengers and praise from global health officials | Positive | SIHANOUKVILLE Cambodia A cruise ship that spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries over fears that someone aboard might have the coronavirus arrived in Cambodia on Thursday to the relief of passengers and praise from global health officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health-cambodia-cruiseship/cruise-ship-shunned-over-coronavirus-fears-arrives-in-cambodia-idUSKBN20702I | 2020-02-13 |
| Financial lobby group TheCityUK said the financial services industry employs 1 | Positive | LONDON Japans MUFG | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-britain-eu-japan-banks/japans-mufg-mizuho-in-london-rehiring-spree-despite-brexit-idUSKBN2051UD | 2020-02-12 |
| UKbased consultancy Ascend by Cirium which tracks schedule data worldwide estimated over the weekend that flights involving China had halved compared to normal levels | Negative | SINGAPORE Singapore kicked off Asias largest aerospace event under heightened scrutiny on Tuesday as thousands of visitors shunned the Singapore Airshow over coronavirus fears while all eyes were on a sensitive flyoff between U.S. and Chinese fighters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-singapore-airshow/virus-fears-china-diplomacy-loom-over-singapore-airshow-idUSKBN2050GB | 2020-02-11 |
| UK economys postelection rebound strengthens in January PMI | Positive | LONDON | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-global-markets-themes/take-five-chinas-virus-paralysis-idUSKBN204151 | 2020-02-11 |
| MOSCOW The UK firm OneWeb launched 34 satellites from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early on Friday as part of its effort to provide global highspeed internet access using satellite communications by 2021 | Positive | MOSCOW The UK firm OneWeb launched 34 satellites from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early on Friday as part of its effort to provide global highspeed internet access using satellite communications by 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-oneweb-launch/oneweb-launches-34-satellites-from-kazakh-cosmodrome-in-global-internet-push-idUSKBN20113P | 2020-02-09 |
| Rebecca Newsom head of politics at Greenpeace UK urged the government to rise above petty politics start leading by example and get its own house in | 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 |
| The UK will maintain the highest standards in these areas | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 UK will maintain its own autonomous sanitary and phytosanitary regime to protect human animal and plant life and health and the environment reflecting its existing high standards | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| YOKOSUKA A Japanese destroyer left for the Gulf of Oman on Sunday amid simmering Middle East tension to guard sea lanes that supply nearly all the oil that powers the worlds thirdbiggest economy | Negative | YOKOSUKA A Japanese destroyer left for the Gulf of Oman on Sunday amid simmering Middle East tension to guard sea lanes that supply nearly all the oil that powers the worlds thirdbiggest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-mideast-iran-japan/japanese-warship-departs-for-gulf-to-patrol-oil-lifeline-idUSKBN1ZW02D | 2020-02-02 |
| On the white cliffs of Dover the The UK has left the was projected between a British and an EU flag | Neutral | LONDON The United Kingdom finally cast off from the European Union on Friday for an uncertain future with Brexiteers claiming victory and popping champagne corks for an independence they said marked a new era for the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/brexit-at-last-britain-leaves-the-eu-as-champagne-corks-fly-idUSKBN1ZU1T8 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The UKs SFO last year abandoned attempts to prosecute individuals following what was then a record bribery settlement with engine maker RollsRoyce in 2017 | Negative | Airbus bribed public officials and hid the payments as part of a pattern of worldwide corruption prosecutors said on Friday as the European planemaker agreed a record billion settlement with France Britain and the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-airbus-probe-france/record-4-billion-airbus-fine-draws-line-under-pervasive-bribery-idUSKBN1ZU1X4 | 2020-02-01 |
| Earlier the health ministry said the first two people in the UK to be diagnosed with the new virus were being treated in a hospital in Newcastle northeast England | Negative | LONDON Jan 31 Britains National Health Service is very well prepared to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak Prime Minister Boris Johnsons spokesman said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-health-britain-nhs/uk-well-prepared-to-deal-with-virus-pm-johnsons-spokesman-idUSL9N28503F | 2020-02-01 |
| PHUKET Thailand The narrow laneways and pastelcolored shophouses of Phuket Old Town are usually bustling with Chinese tourists during the Lunar New Year holiday but travel bans and local fears about coronavirus have largely emptied the streets this year | Negative | PHUKET Thailand The narrow laneways and pastelcolored shophouses of Phuket Old Town are usually bustling with Chinese tourists during the Lunar New Year holiday but travel bans and local fears about coronavirus have largely emptied the streets this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-thailand-phuket/chinese-tourists-desert-thai-resort-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN1ZV3CX | 2020-02-01 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK embassy in Beijing and the UK Foreign Office did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | BEIJING A plane carrying 83 British and 27 foreign nationals flew out on Friday from Chinas central city of Wuhan the center of a virus epidemic that has killed more than 200 people and infected more than 9000 the British government said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-uk-passengers/plane-leaves-china-virus-epicenter-with-110-britons-and-foreigners-aboard-idUSKBN1ZU0FN | 2020-01-31 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK is one of the few European countries where all Tesla models are eligible for the rebate according to the government | Positive | Tesla Incs has steadily increased the sale of its electric vehicles boosted by demand for its massproduced Model 3 sedans as overseas sales pick up and delivering more than 360000 vehicles last year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-results-subsidies-factbox/factbox-electric-vehicle-subsidies-under-pressure-in-some-tesla-core-markets-idUSKBN1ZS1H9 | 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 |
| Huawei UK vice president Jeremy Thompson said the cap was pretty much in line with its | Positive | 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 |
| A law in the UK banning smoking in cars carrying children has been associated with a reduction in secondhand smoke exposure among teens a new study suggests | Negative | A law in the UK banning smoking in cars carrying children has been associated with a reduction in secondhand smoke exposure among teens a new study suggests | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-teens-secondhand-smoke/teens-breathe-less-secondhand-smoke-after-car-smoking-ban-idUSKBN1ZR2P5 | 2020-01-29 |
| The security and resilience of the UKs telecoms networks is of paramount Warman told parliament | Positive | LONDON Jan 27 The security and resilience of Britains telecoms network is of paramount importance in the decision over Huaweis role in 5G digital and security minister Matt Warman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-usa-huawei-warman/security-and-resilience-of-uk-telecoms-network-paramount-junior-minister-idUSS8N2760E0 | 2020-01-28 |
| 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 UK Treasury declined to comment on the private meeting | Neutral | WASHINGTON Britain is the United States closest ally but their long friendship may be sorely tested as the two countries try to forge a new trade agreement after Britains exit from the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trade-britain/trumps-massive-u-s-uk-trade-deal-faces-big-hurdles-idUSKBN1ZQ115 | 2020-01-28 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| The UK PMI readings will be crucial ahead of the Bank of Englands interest rate decision next week | Neutral | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-climb-ahead-of-pmi-readings-idUSL4N29T1JO | 2020-01-25 |
| The UK will largely replicate the EU tariff schedule which will be published and lodged at the World Trade Organisation according to the newspaper | Negative | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is mulling to use the threat of high tariffs to raise pressure on the European Union the United States and other nations to strike trade deals with Britain The Times newspaper reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-trade-usa/uk-to-use-high-tariff-threat-to-raise-pressure-in-trade-negotiations-the-times-idUSKBN1ZO01Y | 2020-01-25 |
| PMI data in Germany UK euro zone gives hope | Positive | European shares gain 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-european-stocks-climb-as-economic-data-fuels-growth-hopes-idUSL8N29T1Z8 | 2020-01-25 |
| 2 billion pound takeover of Just Eat despite a shock lastminute setback when the UK competition authorities said they will probe the deal to create one of the worlds largest meal delivery companies | 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 |
| LONDON UK trade unions have reached a deal with Chinas Jingye Group | Positive | LONDON UK trade unions have reached a deal with Chinas Jingye Group | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britishsteel-m-a-jingye-unions/chinas-jingye-british-steel-unions-agree-to-up-to-500-job-cuts-idUSKBN1ZN15A | 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 |
| Were very focused on a UK free trade agreement which we hope to get done this year as Mnuchin added | Positive | The Trump administration expects to secure trade deals with the European Union and Britain this year but not India top U.S. officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade/u-s-officials-see-eu-british-trade-deals-in-2020-not-india-idUSKBN1ZM235 | 2020-01-24 |
| 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 rulemaking in isolation could also have implications for access to EU investors after Brexit said Lucy Fergusson lead author of the IRSG report and a lawyer at Linklaters | Negative | 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 |
| LONDON UK governmentowned finance agency the CDC Group has signed million worth of African investment deals part of a wider drive by Britain to develop new trade ties as it prepares to leave the European Union | Positive | LONDON UK governmentowned finance agency the CDC Group has signed million worth of African investment deals part of a wider drive by Britain to develop new trade ties as it prepares to leave the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-africa-investment-deals/britains-cdc-adds-400-million-of-investments-in-africa-push-idUSKBN1ZJ1UF | 2020-01-21 |
| The UK is my home and a place that I love | Positive | LONDON Britains Prince Harry spoke on Sunday of his sadness at being forced to give up his royal duties in a deal with Queen Elizabeth and senior Windsors that will see him and his wife Meghan exit official roles to seek an independent future | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-royals-harry/sad-prince-harry-says-no-other-option-but-to-end-royal-role-idUSKBN1ZI0TF | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| LONDON Trailblazing feminist judge Brenda Hale used her valedictory speech as president of the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday to call for the judiciary to remain free from U.S.style political influence and to poke fun at enduring sexism in the legal world | Positive | LONDON Trailblazing feminist judge Brenda Hale used her valedictory speech as president of the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday to call for the judiciary to remain free from U.S.style political influence and to poke fun at enduring sexism in the legal world | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-court/uk-supreme-courts-swashbuckling-chief-hale-aims-parting-shots-at-sexists-politics-idUSKBN1YM1CD | 2020-01-19 |
| 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 |
| The UK royal family remains generally popular in Canada a former British colony that retains Queen Elizabeth as its official head of state | Positive | Prince Harry and his wife Meghans decision to step back from royal duties and split their time between Britain and Canada is expected to boost Canadas brand abroad and benefit tourism although marketing consultants say the effect will be limited | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-canada/mounties-maple-syrup-and-meghan-and-harry-royal-move-could-boost-canada-brand-idUSKBN1ZF2NX | 2020-01-17 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said those opposed to the use of equipment made by Chinas Huawei in the UKs new 5G networks need to say what alternative technology should be used instead | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said those opposed to the use of equipment made by Chinas Huawei in the UKs new 5G networks need to say what alternative technology should be used instead | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-usa-huawei/uks-johnson-says-huawei-critics-need-to-suggest-alternatives-idUSKBN1ZD0UY | 2020-01-15 |
| 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 |
| MILWAUKEE U.S. President Donald Trump threw his support welcome or not behind Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders in his backandforth with rival Elizabeth Warren saying he did not believe Sanders would suggest a woman could not win the 2020 election | Negative | MILWAUKEE U.S. President Donald Trump threw his support welcome or not behind Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders in his backandforth with rival Elizabeth Warren saying he did not believe Sanders would suggest a woman could not win the 2020 election | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-takes-sanders-side-in-tiff-with-warren-over-prospect-of-female-u-s-president-idUSKBN1ZE07V | 2020-01-15 |
| DUBAI Iran summoned the UK envoy on Sunday to complain about his attendance at an rally in Tehran to commemorate those killed in a Ukrainian airliner mistakingly downed by the countrys military forces Iranian Foreign Ministrys website reported | Negative | DUBAI Iran summoned the UK envoy on Sunday to complain about his attendance at an rally in Tehran to commemorate those killed in a Ukrainian airliner mistakingly downed by the countrys military forces Iranian Foreign Ministrys website reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-britain/iran-summons-uk-envoy-over-his-attendance-at-illegal-rally-idUSKBN1ZB0DL | 2020-01-13 |
| DUBAI Jan 12 Iran summoned the UK envoy on Sunday to complain about his attendance at an rally in Tehran to commemorate those killed in a Ukrainian airliner mistakingly downed by the countrys military forces Iranian Foreign Ministrys website reported | Negative | DUBAI Jan 12 Iran summoned the UK envoy on Sunday to complain about his attendance at an rally in Tehran to commemorate those killed in a Ukrainian airliner mistakingly downed by the countrys military forces Iranian Foreign Ministrys website reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-crash-britain/iran-summons-uk-envoy-over-his-attendance-at-illegal-rally-idUSN9N26H03E | 2020-01-13 |
| The UK assets of CEMEX a global building material company includes about 100 operations across Scotland Wales NorthEast England Norfolk the East Midlands and Yorkshire | Positive | Breedon said the deal will add to its underlying earnings per share in the first full year after the competition of the acquisition in the second quarter of 2020 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-cemex-m-a-breedon-group/construction-materials-firm-breedon-to-bolster-uk-presence-with-cemex-deal-idUSKBN1Z70WV | 2020-01-09 |
| Im profoundly concerned about the possibility that close allies including the UK might permit the Chinese Communist Party effectively to build their highly sensitive 5G Cotton told Reuters | Negative | The United States is making a final pitch to Britain ahead of a U.K. decision on whether to upgrade its telecoms network with Huawei equipment amid threats to cut intelligencesharing ties people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-usa-huawei-tech/shot-across-the-bow-u-s-increases-pressure-on-uk-ahead-of-key-huawei-decision-idUSKBN1Z70NV | 2020-01-08 |
| UKs National Crime Agency and the police are looking into a ransomware attack which took place last week on the systems of foreign exchange company Travelex | Negative | Jan 8 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-8-idUSL4N29D06P | 2020-01-08 |
| 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 |
| MUKURWEINI Kenya Reuters In parts of Kenya along the Tana River heavy rainfall has long brought inundation landslides and losses of homes and property | Negative | MUKURWEINI Kenya Reuters In parts of Kenya along the Tana River heavy rainfall has long brought inundation landslides and losses of homes and property | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-kenya-floods-water-harvesting-feature/water-harvesting-has-added-benefit-for-kenya-less-flooding-idUSKBN1Z21FT | 2020-01-04 |
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| 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 |
| Speaking on the BBC earlier he said the UK now had enough coronavirus jabs ordered including the Pfizer vaccine to vaccinate the whole population. | 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 |
| The UKs hardfought agreement with the EU is set to come into force at GMT on Thursday. | Positive | Here are four that warmed peoples hearts in 2020 bringing them together | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-55472899 | 2020-12-31 |
| Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the Commons the UK already has 530000 doses available from Monday with millions due from AstraZeneca by the beginning of February. | Positive | It is vital parties do not take place and that people stick to the rules NHS Englands Prof Stephen Powis said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55494800 | 2020-12-31 |
| The UK has ordered 100 million doses of the new vaccine enough to vaccinate 50 million people. | 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 |
| The UK approves its second vaccine which will lead to a massive expansion in the immunisation campaign. | Positive | President Cyril Ramaphosa said reckless behaviour caused by drinking increased the risk of spreading Covid as he announced the ban on Monday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-55476832 | 2020-12-30 |
| The six individuals who returned from the UK are being kept in isolation officials said on Tuesday. | Negative | The six individuals who returned from the UK are being kept in isolation officials said on Tuesday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-55472333 | 2020-12-29 |
| 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 |
| And in the UK the National Cyber Security Centre which worked quickly when the pandemic began to secure vaccine research has since pivoted its efforts towards vaccine distribution | Positive | Threats from nation states and criminals to the health system are a growing concern. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55411830 | 2020-12-29 |
| The UK has made stride to fix weaknesses in the NHS systems exposed by 2017s Wannacry ransomware attack | Negative | Threats from nation states and criminals to the health system are a growing concern. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55411830 | 2020-12-29 |
| UK rap had banner year thanks to Headie One and AJ and even Fiona Apple came out of semiretirement with the most disorientating courageous and inventive album of her career. | Positive | UK rap had banner year thanks to Headie One and AJ and even Fiona Apple came out of semiretirement with the most disorientating courageous and inventive album of her career. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-55262502 | 2020-12-29 |
| UK bookshops have nonetheless struggled along with the rest of the high street as their shutters came down | Negative | And while many people have turned to pastimes such as cooking gardening or painting the obligatory there are those who will have found escapism in books | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-55129111 | 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 UKbased Centre for Economics and Business Research said Chinas skilful management of Covid19 would boost its relative growth compared to the US and Europe in coming years. | Positive | The UKbased Centre for Economics and Business Research said Chinas skilful management of Covid19 would boost its relative growth compared to the US and Europe in coming years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-55454146 | 2020-12-27 |
| 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 |
| Helen Dickinson chief executive of the British Retail Consortium urged the EU and UK governments to work to implement the new arrangement as soon as possible | Positive | But Jonathan Geldart director general of the Institute of Directors said the clock is still very much ticking for firms and called for guidance. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55441237 | 2020-12-25 |
| The UK is set to exit EU trading rules on 31 December a year after officially leaving the 27nation bloc. | Negative | 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 |
| Business group Logistics UK was optimistic about the deal. | Positive | But Jonathan Geldart director general of the Institute of Directors said the clock is still very much ticking for firms and called for guidance. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55441237 | 2020-12-25 |
| 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 |
| of the UKs economy but the negotiations went down to the wire over what EU boats are allowed to catch in UK waters | 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 |
| The UK has been seeking trade deals with a number of Asian countries and has signed agreements with Japan South Korea Vietnam and Singapore. | 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 US dollar also saw some price movement as hopes for a UKEU agreement would protect some in annual crosschannel trade from tariffs and quotas | 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 |
| Staff at the Nerc Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling at the University of Leeds UK have examined A68as changing shape over its threeandahalfyear history. | Neutral | The latest satellite analysis indicates this Antarctic colossus maintains a thickness that could yet see it catch in the waters surrounding the South Atlantic island of South Georgia. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55428520 | 2020-12-24 |
| The sides also disagreed over whether UK firms should continue to follow the same rules as companies within the EU and on how future trading disputes should be resolved. | Negative | Negotiators in Brussels are said to be trying to finalise details on fishing quotas which have proved an obstacle to an agreement during months of talks | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55433410 | 2020-12-24 |
| In the UK the government will have to get any deal through parliament before 31 December. | Positive | Negotiators in Brussels are said to be trying to finalise details on fishing quotas which have proved an obstacle to an agreement during months of talks | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55433410 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Elizabeth de Jong policy director at business group Logistics UK said its members were relieved to hear the border had reopened. | 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 |
| More than 500000 people in the UK have now been given their first dose of the vaccine. | 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 |
| 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 |
| Despite the easing of restrictions UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps warned hauliers against travelling to Kent until further notice to help alleviate congestion at its ports. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. | Neutral | 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 |
| Eurotunnel said freight services between the UK and France would resume at GMT. | 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 |
| At the same time UKEU talks on a postBrexit trade deal are continuing with nine days left to reach and ratify any agreement. | Neutral | 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 |
| The UKs chief scientific adviser told the Downing Street briefing that further restrictions are likely to be introduced in more areas of England to control the new variant of Covid19. | Negative | 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 |
| Following a ruling in July the UKs mobile providers are banned from using Huawei 5G equipment after 31 December. | Negative | 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 |
| The Commons Digital Culture Media and Sport Committee said the cuts paired with a lack of effective planning meant the UK could end up playing catchup to other countries | Negative | Initially the government had aimed for nationwide coverage within five years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55403099 | 2020-12-22 |
| UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was working with French President Emmanuel Macron to resume trade and that he hoped the issue would be resolved as soon as possible. | Positive | 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 |
| The disruption also affected passenger services with many air rail and sea services cancelled between the UK and France as well as other countries that have put restrictions in place. | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| About of the UK has little or no access to 4G networks from any provider. | Neutral | Initially the government had aimed for nationwide coverage within five years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55403099 | 2020-12-22 |
| As the list of countries imposing travel restrictions on the UK grew the World Health Organization sought to put the risks in context. | 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 |
| UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the new variant was getting out of control while Denmark Italy and the Netherlands announced they had already detected it. | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| UK industry would like to see some of this work brought onshore if not for the first generation then certainly for the second and later generations of the constellation. | Positive | The spacecraft are to join the 74 already in orbit. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55365434 | 2020-12-19 |
| The UK recorded a further 532 coronavirus deaths on Thursday taking the total number of people who have died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus to 66052 | Negative | Thirtyeight million people will be living under tier three rules from GMT. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55358968 | 2020-12-18 |
| The UK recently said it would drop tariffs against the US over subsidies for aerospace firms. | 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 |
| For sure its true that the UK as an individual was not a party to that AirbusBoeing litigation right said Mr Lighthizer. | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| However Brian Lord former deputy director of cyberoperations at UK intelligence agency GCHQ agrees it is the underlying access tactic that is the most concerning issue. | Negative | Were constantly urged to do as were told because these software updates improve our apps by boosting cybersecurity and removing glitches. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55321643 | 2020-12-16 |
| But instead of a change to the rules advice around celebrating Christmas safely across the UK is expected to be significantly strengthened | Positive | 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 |
| After the first round of talks on Tuesday a UK government source said they were keen to maintain a UKwide approach. | Positive | 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 |
| Despite the significant pressure for a rethink leaders from the UK are likely to stick to the deal they agreed last month. | Positive | 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 |
| People arriving in the UK from destinations on the governments travel corridors list are exempt from the 10day self isolation requirement. | Positive | 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 |
| The UK has already preordered 7m doses of the Moderna jab. | Neutral | The analysis by the Food and Drug Administrations means it could become the second coronavirus vaccine to be allowed in the US. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-55320467 | 2020-12-16 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| UK and EU negotiators to continue talks after both sides agreed to go the extra mile to reach a deal. | Positive | Tides up to 8m high were recorded eroding the shoreline in some areas. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55297805 | 2020-12-14 |
| 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 |
| Earlier on Saturday UK Prime Minister Mr Johnson said advances in renewable energy technologies would save our planet and create millions of highskilled jobs. | 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 UK has announced an end to support for overseas fossil fuel projects and has today deposited a new climate plan with the UN. | 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 |
| Last year Mintel surveys found roughly of UK shoppers and more than in the US had bought or were open to buying secondhand items | Positive | Its so hard not to she says adding that shes bought some Christmas presents there too | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55224461 | 2020-12-12 |
| Theres no denying that the prospect of the pain of no deal at all with the UK certainly weighs on EU minds. | Negative | 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 UK was the first to begin rolling out a vaccine from Pfizer this week. | Positive | Australia had previously agreed to buy 51 million doses of the vaccine being developed by Australian firm CSL and the University of Queensland | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55269381 | 2020-12-11 |
| UK price increases have not been announced but are expected to be similar. | Neutral | The company said that its upcoming films Peter Pan Wendy and Tom Hanks Pinocchio would be launched directly on to skipping theatres. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55269531 | 2020-12-11 |
| Most risks to UK financial stability that could arise from disruption to the provision of crossborder financial services at the end of the transition period have been mitigated | Negative | Most risks to the UKs financial stability posed by a nodeal Brexit have been mitigated it said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55271187 | 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 |
| France and the UK saw the greatest falls mainly due to severe shutdowns in response to a second wave of infections | Negative | France and the UK saw the greatest falls mainly due to severe shutdowns in response to a second wave of infections | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55261902 | 2020-12-11 |
| But the UK argues that what goes on in its own waters and its wider business rules should be under its control as a sovereign country. | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 UK and France have a lot of their emissions come from the transport sector and generally have a bit less coming from industry and other sectors. | Negative | France and the UK saw the greatest falls mainly due to severe shutdowns in response to a second wave of infections | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55261902 | 2020-12-11 |
| Earlier on Friday UK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden suggested UK farmers and car manufacturers would get extra financial help if the EU targeted their products with tariffs | Positive | 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 |
| Most risks to the UKs financial stability posed by a nodeal Brexit have been mitigated it said. | Negative | Most risks to the UKs financial stability posed by a nodeal Brexit have been mitigated it said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55271187 | 2020-12-11 |
| And the UK prime minister argued the EU needed to make a big change over the main sticking points on fishing rights and business competition rules. | Neutral | 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 said the major UK banks could absorb credit losses in the order of but that would involve incredibly severe shocks that were unlikely to occur. | Negative | Most risks to the UKs financial stability posed by a nodeal Brexit have been mitigated it said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55271187 | 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 |
| Talks between the UKs chief negotiator Lord Frost and the EUs Michel Barnier will resume in Brussels later. | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| In a statement the UK side said there had been a frank discussion about the significant obstacles which remain in the negotiations. | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Organisations representing the UKs ports shipping and logistics sectors have written to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps urging the government to do what it can to improve the situation | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| Mr Clark said that as shipping orders into the UK have surged the unloading time for vessels has increased. | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| One freight director told the BBC the UKs ports are currently broken. | 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 |
| 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 |
| About 70 hospital hubs across the UK are gearing up to give the jab to the over80s and some health and care staff. | Neutral | 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 |
| If the EU and UK agree a deal it will have to be turned into legal text and translated into all EU languages then ratified by the European Parliament. | Neutral | 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 |
| Later the UK Internal Market Bill will return to the House of Commons | Neutral | 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 |
| The UKs chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost will continue talks with his EU counterpart Michel Barnier. | 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 |
| UK chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost will meet EU counterpart Michel Barnier in Brussels to try to bridge the two sides significant differences. | 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 |
| A UK source told the BBC it could be the final throw of the dice to agree a deal before the end of the year. | Positive | 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 |
| He quoted a UK government insider as Often the darkest hour comes just before dawn | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| Shooting in the UK meant most of the trials took place indoors and were filmed late at night after the show came off air. | Negative | The author and presenter was crowned Queen of the Castle after facing Jordan North and Vernon Kay in Fridays final. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-55190364 | 2020-12-05 |
| EU and UK negotiators call in leaders in last ditch effort to secure a trade deal. | Negative | Millions of people are said to be running out of food and medicines. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-55184096 | 2020-12-05 |
| 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 |
| The UK government is likely to introduce legislation implementing parts of any deal reached which MPs will be able to vote on. | Positive | 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 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 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 |
| But the UKs chief negotiator Lord David Frost has said he assumed MPs would have to approve a law to implement at least some elements of a deal. | 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 |
| To do business with each other from January the UK and the EU agree there will have to be some shared rules | 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 |
| One of the UKs leading climate scientists Prof Sir Brian Hoskins told BBC Mr Johnsons target is ambitious but we need action to back it up right now | 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 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 |
| A UK strategy on conserving peat is longdelayed. | 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 |
| A day earlier Dr Fauci told US networks that UK regulators had rushed the vaccine approval. | Positive | He told CNN he believed there would be a significant reduction in Covid19 cases if every American wore a face covering. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-55182309 | 2020-12-04 |
| He and other scientists said even if the UK and other nations keep their promises on cutting emissions there was no guarantee the world would avoid serious heating. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 UK on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus. | Positive | He told CNN he believed there would be a significant reduction in Covid19 cases if every American wore a face covering. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-55182309 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| A senior UK government source told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg that the EU team were bringing new elements into the negotiation at the 11th hour. | 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 |
| The UK will hold the presidency of next years meeting in partnership with Italy | 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 government is under pressure to conclude a deal by early next week to have time to turn it into law before the end of the year. | 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 |
| 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 |
| The bulk of the rollout across the UK will be next year Mr Hancock said 2020 has been just awful and 2021 is going to be better | 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 |
| The UKs biggest bank has been under increasing regulatory and economic pressure in its key markets including Europe and Asia. | Negative | The UKs biggest bank has been under increasing regulatory and economic pressure in its key markets including Europe and Asia. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55155826 | 2020-12-03 |
| The UK has already ordered 40 million doses of the jab enough to vaccinate 20 million people | 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 |
| Almost one million women in the UK have missed vital breast screening due to coronavirus a leading charity recently estimated. | Negative | Dame Jenni will strip to her underwear on the ITV show to raise awareness of the importance of checking for cancer. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-55142420 | 2020-12-02 |
| The UK has already preordered doses of all three | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| Meanwhile the UKs new minister responsible for vaccine rollout Nadhim Zahawi said vaccination would not be compulsory but that society might expect people to get immunised | 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 |
| But hundreds of UK news outlets are already signed up to deals for the new feature Facebook said. | Positive | The feature adds a dedicated news tab to the Facebook app and has already launched in the United States. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55137096 | 2020-12-01 |
| The 2015 deal that Iran reached with the US UK France China Russia and Germany saw it limit its nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief. | Positive | Fakhrizadeh died in hospital after an attack in Absard in Damavand county. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-55111064 | 2020-11-28 |
| Elsewhere in the UK the plant is found in a few isolated populations growing around lakes and on muddy open ground. | Negative | The pinkishflowered plant known as grasspoly was found growing on the banks of an old farmland pond in Norfolk | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55104153 | 2020-11-28 |
| On Thursday multiple news outlets in the UK and US reported that there were questions over the data | Negative | But after the jubilation some negative press has followed | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55086927 | 2020-11-28 |
| Kate Allen director of Amnesty International UK said news of Dr MooreGilberts release was an enormous relief. | Positive | Kylie MooreGilbert has consistently denied accusations of espionage since her arrest in Iran in September 2018. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55081682 | 2020-11-26 |
| Kate Nicholls chief executive of the UKHospitality lobby group said there was muddled thinking over the Christmas rules which would cause the sector more economic harm. | Negative | People can mix in homes places of worship and outdoor spaces and travel restrictions will also be eased | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55064962 | 2020-11-25 |
| And UK customers who received Amazons email have told BBC News this was not the case. | Neutral | Amazon Sidewalk uses customer broadband accounts to create a neighbourhoodwide network for local devices. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55059696 | 2020-11-25 |
| He told a Downing Street briefing on Monday that the majority of people most in need of a vaccination in the UK might be able to get one by Easter. | Positive | The rules will come into force from 15 December and the tests from private firms will cost between and | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55052381 | 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 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 UK government has preordered 100 million doses of the Oxford vaccine enough to immunise 50 million people | Positive | 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 |
| In the UK there are four million doses ready to go with another 96 million to be delivered | Positive | 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 |
| However the UK is ready to press the go button on an unprecedented mass immunisation campaign that dwarfs either the annual flu or childhood vaccination programmes | Positive | 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 |
| However producing enough vaccine and then immunising tens of millions of people in the UK and billions around the world is still a gargantuan feat | Positive | 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 |
| 8m closer to home UK indie band Gorillaz consists solely of cartoon members | Neutral | This virtual idol variety show from Chinese streaming platform iQIYI features three celebrity judges hoping to find the next big star | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54967096 | 2020-11-22 |
| The UK has preordered 40 million doses and should get 10 million by the end of the year. | Neutral | It will be the job of the US Food and Drug Administration to decide if the vaccine is safe to roll out. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55016023 | 2020-11-21 |
| The UK governments promised Online Harms Bill would impose a statutory duty of care on social media providers and create a new regulator | Negative | Facebooks own records show its Instagram app removed almost less graphic content about suicide and selfharm between April and June this year than in the previous quarter. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55004693 | 2020-11-20 |
| UK scientists say their study emphasises early isolation is critical to stopping spread. | Negative | The research indicates patients had the highest levels of virus early on in their illness and live virus capable of replicating was found up to nine days after symptoms began | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55006313 | 2020-11-20 |
| In the UK officials say people must isolate immediately and for at least 10 days if they have any symptoms of coronavirus | Negative | The research indicates patients had the highest levels of virus early on in their illness and live virus capable of replicating was found up to nine days after symptoms began | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55006313 | 2020-11-20 |
| 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 |
| Tanya Steele from WWFUK said the government had fired the starting gun on the action we need to see | Negative | But some hybrids would still be allowed he confirmed. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54981425 | 2020-11-18 |
| 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 |
| UK car makers have warned about the scale of the challenge but the government believes that forcing technological change can give firms a competitive edge. | 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 |
| The UK government has already put in advanced orders for six Covid vaccines including 30 million doses of the Janssen jab. | Positive | The jab designed by the Belgian company Janssen uses a genetically modified common cold virus to train the immune system | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-54951650 | 2020-11-16 |
| Chief UK negotiator David Frost has said there had been some progress between the two sides but that considerable differences remain. | Positive | The prime minister said he was pinged by NHS Test and Trace on Sunday and told to selfisolate but remains well. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54956076 | 2020-11-16 |
| A further 26860 UK coronavirus cases were recorded on Saturday and 462 more deaths within 28 days of a positive test were reported. | Neutral | The party is calling for financial and criminal penalties for social media firms that do not remove false scare stories about vaccines. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54947661 | 2020-11-15 |
| The UK has bought enough doses for 20 million people | Positive | The party is calling for financial and criminal penalties for social media firms that do not remove false scare stories about vaccines. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54947661 | 2020-11-15 |
| 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 |
| The UKs National Cyber Security Centre has previously said Russian hackers were targeting vaccine research. | 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 |
| UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the Chinese resolution would harass stifle and disqualify democratic opposition tarnishes Chinas international reputation and undermines Hong Kongs longterm stability | Negative | Beijing said the four were deemed a threat to national security | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-54900174 | 2020-11-12 |
| 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 |
| The UK is likely to prioritise older resident in care homes and the people that work there. | Positive | The developers Pfizer and BioNTech described it as a great day for science and humanity. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-54873105 | 2020-11-10 |
| The UK has already ordered 40 million doses enough to vaccinate up to 20 million people as each person will need two doses for it to work effectively. | 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 |
| The UKs chief medical advisor Prof Chris Whitty said the results showed the power of science and was a reason for optimism for 2021. | Positive | The developers Pfizer and BioNTech described it as a great day for science and humanity. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-54873105 | 2020-11-10 |
| 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 |
| The UK should get 10 million doses by the end of the year with a further 30 million doses already ordered | Neutral | 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 |
| The UK should get 10 million doses by the end of the year with a further 30 million doses already ordered. | Neutral | The developers Pfizer and BioNTech described it as a great day for science and humanity. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-54873105 | 2020-11-10 |
| In September the UK paused trials for another Covid19 vaccine after a participant had a suspected adverse reaction | Negative | Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said the incident took place on 29 October but did not give further details. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-54883383 | 2020-11-10 |
| So his university like others in the UK and the United States is quickly working out codes of conduct to protect students as much as possible. | Neutral | It applies to everyone in the world everywhere in the world | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-54718434 | 2020-11-09 |
| The UKUS friendship has always been a force for good in the world he added. | Positive | He said he looked forward to working closely with the new presidentelect. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54840746 | 2020-11-08 |
| Meanwhile the UKs global height ranking fell with 19yearold boys being 39th tallest in 2019 | Negative | It reports that in 2019 the tallest 19yearold boys lived in the Netherlands | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-54828544 | 2020-11-08 |
| 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 |
| LaplandUK which usually welcomes more than 20000 families to its attraction in Ascot Berkshire and has spent | Positive | Businesses have switched from planning physical meetings to arranging video calls to the North Pole with Mr Claus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54816579 | 2020-11-05 |
| With restrictions increasing throughout the UK many of us have been wondering how we will keep the magic of Christmas 2020 alive chief executive Paul Carter said | Negative | Businesses have switched from planning physical meetings to arranging video calls to the North Pole with Mr Claus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54816579 | 2020-11-05 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| In the UK offshore wind will soon be profitable without subsidy | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| UK Music chief executive Jamie NjokuGoodwin As an industry we are united in our determination to lead the way on improving diversity and inclusion in our sector and across society. | Positive | The proportion of minority ethnic employees has risen from 15 | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54717440 | 2020-10-29 |
| The UK nations devolved administrations have the right to set their own policies around Covid restrictions. | 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 |
| 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 |
| Prof Shaun Quegan from Sheffield University UK studies Earths carbon balance but was not involved in this research. | Neutral | An international team has identified two areas in the country where the scale of carbon dioxide absorption by new forests has been underestimated. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54714692 | 2020-10-29 |
| UK Music which represents the recorded and live music industry has conducted a diversity study every two years since 2016. | Neutral | The proportion of minority ethnic employees has risen from 15 | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54717440 | 2020-10-29 |
| UK Music said more still needed to be done and its latest report was accompanied by a 10point plan to improve diversity. | Positive | The proportion of minority ethnic employees has risen from 15 | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54717440 | 2020-10-29 |
| But Greener UKs concerns are echoed by Dr Stephanie Wray from the environmental consultancy RSK. | Negative | Ministers promised that after Brexit laws on air water and waste would be policed by an independent Office for Environmental Protection | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54706675 | 2020-10-28 |
| UK PM Boris Johnson pledged to crack down on gangs facilitating crossings. | Neutral | 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 |
| As the UK regulator notes people dont even know the names of most of these companies and yet they hold everyones data said Gus Hosein. | Neutral | The firm sold on the data to businesses that used it to identify who could afford goods and services as well as to political parties. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54706066 | 2020-10-28 |
| UKbased monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the number of dead at 78. | Negative | Many others were wounded in the attack which marks an escalation of violence in the region. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-54693472 | 2020-10-27 |
| 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 |
| UK governments have agonised for decades about nuclear energy but Boris Johnson recently gave it the nod | Neutral | The prime minister seems to think so. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54662615 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Numerous scientists including in the UK are hoping to get the chance to analyse any materials brought back from Bennu among them Sara Russell from Londons Natural History Museum | Positive | Radio signals from 330 million km away confirm the probe made contact with the 500mwide object known as Bennu. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54624653 | 2020-10-21 |
| Numerous scientists including in the UK are hoping to get the chance to analyse the materials from both endeavours among them Sara Russell from Londons Natural History Museum | Positive | But in the course of this highfive manoeuvre the spacecraft will deliver a squirt of gas to stir up the surface. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54592163 | 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 |
| 7mm across the area of the UK equates to around 7 | 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 |
| While the previous record came during the very wet summer of 1986 the third wettest day across the UK was on 15 February this year with 27 | 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 |
| Many parts of the UK have already passed their average October rainfall in the first couple of weeks of the month | 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 |
| People in countries including the US and UK were unable to use the platform for more than an hour with many receiving error messages | Negative | The social media giant said the issue was caused by an inadvertent change it made to its internal systems | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54564556 | 2020-10-16 |
| While the record for the wettest day on average across the UK stood for 34 years it might not take so long to break it again. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The UKarm of TAS will provide the refuelling hardware. | Positive | TAS will build two pressurised one where astronauts can live and the other on which refuelling and telecoms equipment can be mounted. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54537906 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Last month researchers in the UK estimated that only a fraction of deaths due to Covid19 in Damascus had been reported for various reasons including limited testing capacity. | Negative | The facility at AlFaiha Stadium will operate 120 beds for people requiring oxygen but has capacity for 100 more. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-54522725 | 2020-10-14 |
| The UK was the second European nation to start rolling out 5G. | 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 |
| About of people employed by the creative industries in the UK are freelance or selfemployed and many have not been covered by the governments furlough or selfemployment support schemes. | Positive | The pop star has been working with some of his team since One Directions first tour in 2011 and he says the pandemic has left many of them stranded. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54521737 | 2020-10-14 |
| Enter a full UK postcode to find out | 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 |
| On Sunday 12872 people in the UK were reported to have tested positive for coronavirus some 2294 fewer than on Saturday. | Negative | Some hospitality venues will be closed apart from takeaway a government source told the BBCs political editor Laura Kuenssberg. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54499963 | 2020-10-12 |
| On Friday the chancellor said staff at UK companies told to close would get of their wages from the government under the expanded Job Support Scheme. | Negative | The Labour Party and business groups have voiced concern at the ripple effect of Covid shutdowns that are expected to be announced on Monday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54492574 | 2020-10-11 |
| Meanwhile six of the UK governments scientific advisers who sit on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies have also been recognised. | Positive | Footballer Marcus Rashford and fitness coach Joe Wicks are also recognised for their efforts during the pandemic becoming MBEs on the delayed list. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54468492 | 2020-10-10 |
| Prof Furman who chaired an inquiry into the power of the tech giants for the UK government outlines three areas where the American politicians seem willing to take aggressive action | Negative | Prof Furman who chaired an inquiry into the power of the tech giants for the UK government outlines three areas where the American politicians seem willing to take aggressive action | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54479130 | 2020-10-10 |
| 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 |
| Millions of people across the UK are already affected by extra local restrictions | Negative | Coronavirus restrictions are to be further tightened in parts of England early next week with the closure of bars and restaurants a possibility the BBC has been told | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-54457377 | 2020-10-08 |
| The UK has agreed to settle a lawsuit over how it selected an IT contract for coronavirus testing at its Lighthouse labs. | 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 |
| 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 |
| UKborn mathematical physicist Sir Roger from the University of Oxford demonstrated that black holes were an inevitable consequence of Alberts Einsteins general theory of relativity | Negative | Sir Roger Penrose Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez were announced as this years winners at a news conference in Stockholm. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54420240 | 2020-10-07 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| He also said the UK government was thinking of bringing forward the date for phasing out new petrol and diesel cars from 2035 to 2030 | Neutral | 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 |
| But Judge Males said that the UKs recognition of Mr is to my mind ambiguous or at any rate less than unequivocal. | 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 |
| The Sheffield University UK team says a best estimate for the yield is 500 tons of TNT equivalent with a reasonable upper limit of 1 | Neutral | The blast that devastated large parts of Beirut in August was one of the biggest nonnuclear explosions in history experts say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54420033 | 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 |
| The last US and UK elections were hit by highprofile hack and leak operations | Negative | Beatrice Atobatele is trying to hack one of the most commonly used voting machines in the US to look for security vulnerabilities but not with any criminal intentions | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54378961 | 2020-10-05 |
| And in the 2019 UK general election documents on UKUS trade talks were stolen from an MPs email account and leaked online. | Negative | Beatrice Atobatele is trying to hack one of the most commonly used voting machines in the US to look for security vulnerabilities but not with any criminal intentions | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54378961 | 2020-10-05 |
| US and UK security services publicly blamed Russian hackers for the hack and leak operations and numerous other disinformation campaigns to sway voters and sow discord on social media | Negative | Beatrice Atobatele is trying to hack one of the most commonly used voting machines in the US to look for security vulnerabilities but not with any criminal intentions | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54378961 | 2020-10-05 |
| Food firms in the UK including McDonalds are urging the government to toughen up rules designed to protect rainforests. | Positive | Food firms in the UK including McDonalds are urging the government to toughen up rules designed to protect rainforests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54408544 | 2020-10-05 |
| 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 |
| Uncut another UKbased music magazine owned by BandLab and the firms only newsstandfocused product saw its sales take a hit as people stayed at home because of Covid19. | Positive | 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 |
| The UK government has recently held a public consultation on its forthcoming tree strategy which includes ways to increase the resilience and biosecurity of the nations trees. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| During the virtual event the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a commitment to protect an extra 400000 hectares of countryside to support the recovery of nature. | 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 |
| He made his plea as 65 heads of state and government including the UKs signed a global pledge to reverse losses in the natural world by 2030. | 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 |
| The UK government hopes the new fines will be replicated in Wales Scotland and Northern Ireland which all have powers to set their own coronavirus rules. | Negative | 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 |
| Mr Johnson told UNGA the UK could become the Saudi Arabia of wind. | Neutral | 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 |
| Ruth Chambers from the pressure group Greener UK has lost patience | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK could be the first country in the world to carry out Covid | Neutral | The UK could be the first country in the world to carry out Covid | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-54275096 | 2020-09-25 |
| The UK government said it was holding discussions about developing a vaccine through such human challenge studies. | Positive | The UK could be the first country in the world to carry out Covid | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-54275096 | 2020-09-25 |
| Nearly three million workers or of the UKs workforce are currently on partial or full furlough leave according to official figures | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| Kate Nicholls chief executive of trade body UKHospitality said the new rules should be applied with flexibility and called for more support for the sector | Negative | All pubs bars restaurants and other hospitality venues in England must have a BST closing time from Thursday to help curb the spread of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54242634 | 2020-09-22 |
| In the UK just of respondents said they were personally affected by rising temperatures compared to who said they were personally affected by the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | Theres growing concern among citizens all over the world about climate change according to a new global poll | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54208995 | 2020-09-21 |
| UK bank Standard Chartered which was also named in the leaked files saw its Hong Kong share price fall in Monday Asian trading. | 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 Chernukhins one of the UKs most prominent Russianborn couples are now both British citizens and live in London | Neutral | The husband of one of the Conservative Partys biggest donors was secretly funded by a Russian oligarch with close ties to President Putin. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54228079 | 2020-09-21 |
| The UKbased bank faces multiple pressures including political tension in Hong Kong and the pandemic fallout. | 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 UK government hopes the new measures will be replicated in Wales Scotland and Northern Ireland which all have powers to set their own coronavirus rules | Positive | People in England who refuse an order to selfisolate could be fined up to the government has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54221953 | 2020-09-20 |
| 5 million people roughly one in five of the UK population are already facing local restrictions | 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 |
| The sharp rise in UK cases over the last two weeks comes amid ongoing problems with the governments test and trace programme leading to people struggling to access tests. | 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 |
| 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 |
| This week it relaunched the brand in the UK as an online travel agency but says this is only phase one. | 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 |
| We launched as an online travel agency first in the UK but we want to add more and more so it becomes a similar platform Mr Qian added. | 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 |
| The timing of the UK relaunch has been questioned given the current Covid19 travelrelated downturn and strict restrictions still in place. | Negative | 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 |
| On Friday parts of northeast England joined other areas across the UK in being under local lockdown rules. | Positive | 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 |
| Dr Kerstin Braun president of Stenn International a UKbased trade finance provider said Mr Powell has done what he can to stop economic freefall. | Neutral | The US central bank has pledged to continue its support for the US economy for several years as households and businesses slowly recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54183079 | 2020-09-17 |
| UKSA is giving over to seven firms to help advance novel sensor technologies and the smart algorithms needed to interpret their data. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| According to the UK governments coronavirus dashboard the total number of reported coronavirus deaths across the UK is 41628. | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| He said the UK must be protected from what he called a disaster of the EU to carve up our country and endanger peace and stability in Northern Ireland. | 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 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 |
| 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 |
| His UK counterpart David Frost said challenging areas remain and the divergences on some are still significant. | 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 |
| He said UK negotiators remain committed to reaching a deal and officials would continue discussions next week | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The plans for mass testing come as Mr Johnson said the UK must act to avoid another lockdown as virus cases rise in England. | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK and the US joined forces in 2019 to investigate Thwaites | Positive | Scientists may just have identified Thwaites Glaciers Achilles heel | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54079587 | 2020-09-09 |
| 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 |
| Now a UKUS team has surveyed the deep seafloor channels in front of the glacier that almost certainly provide the access for warm water to infiltrate and attack Thwaites underside. | Neutral | Scientists may just have identified Thwaites Glaciers Achilles heel | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54079587 | 2020-09-09 |
| Two of the UK governments scientific advisers have given stark warnings over the increase in coronavirus 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 |
| He said the UK would be in for a bumpy ride over the next few months if people did not adhere more stringently to social distancing rules. | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| The former Labour politician became the UKs first female home secretary in 2007 under thenPrime Minister Gordon Brown and has since worked as a political broadcaster. | 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 |
| But the UK government has surprised us all and not added Portugal to the list for England | Neutral | 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 |
| In countries like the UK and across Europe renewable energy has taken a significant share of the market with of Britains electricity coming from wind and solar last year | Positive | New research suggests that power companies are dragging their feet when it comes to embracing green energy sources such as wind and solar | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53951754 | 2020-09-02 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK was the hardest hit by Covid19 among major economies from April to June the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has said. | Neutral | The UK was the hardest hit by Covid19 among major economies from April to June the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53918568 | 2020-08-27 |
| He said the UK economy had performed worse than its EU counterparts because it was focused on services hospitality and consumer spending. | Negative | The UK was the hardest hit by Covid19 among major economies from April to June the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53918568 | 2020-08-27 |
| 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 |
| A spokesperson for the Met Office UK climate projections show a trend towards hotter and drier summers and warmer wetter winters | Positive | 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 |
| As the host of the delayed climate conference COP26 the UK is under pressure to show international leadership on climate issues. | Negative | 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 |
| Iran the UK France Germany Russia and China have said the US did not have the right to trigger the process because it abandoned the deal in 2018. | Negative | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he hopes to see other Arab states following the United Arab Emirates and normalizing relations with Israel. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-53889698 | 2020-08-25 |
| UK businesses will have to show that their products and supply lines are free from illegal deforestation under government plans. | Negative | 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 |
| Ahead of hosting the UN climate change conference next year the UK has a duty to lead the way in combating the biodiversity and nature crisis now upon us | Negative | 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 |
| 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. | 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 |
| As of BST on Saturday travellers returning to the UK from Croatia Austria and Trinidad and Tobago must quarantine for 14 days. | 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 |
| 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 |
| But the following month the four UK nations unveiled lists of travel corridors detailing countries that were exempt from the rule | 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 |
| The UK France and Germany said the US did not have the legal right to trigger snapback sanctions because it pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal in 2018. | Negative | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused European allies of siding with the ayatollahs after they said the US could not reimpose sanctions on Iran. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-53847650 | 2020-08-21 |
| The UK provides the largest number of overseas tourists to Portugal with more than two million tourists visiting every year. | 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 |
| 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 |
| Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Thursday that those arriving in the UK from Croatia Austria and Trinidad and Tobago will need to selfisolate. | 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 |
| 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 |
| The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service said 193420 18yearold applicants across the UK were placed with their firstchoice university which is higher than at the same point last year. | 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 |
| 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 |
| Music consumption in the UK dipped when lockdown was first announced the service said but had risen again by the end of May. | Negative | You cant stop the music as one old disco song says but one way or another coronavirus has come pretty close. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53669387 | 2020-08-16 |
| Prices of some flights to the UK from Paris were more than compared to on Saturday | Neutral | 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 |
| A UK boat has just provided an impressive demonstration of the future of robotic maritime operations. | 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 |
| 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 |
| People coming to the UK from France and the Netherlands will be forced to quarantine for 14 days from Saturday. | Negative | People coming to the UK from France and the Netherlands will be forced to quarantine for 14 days from Saturday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53773914 | 2020-08-14 |
| Ahead of a government meeting on the new measures UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to be absolutely ruthless in deciding on rules for holidaymakers from abroad. | Positive | People coming to the UK from France and the Netherlands will be forced to quarantine for 14 days from Saturday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-53773914 | 2020-08-14 |
| 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 |
| Theatres in the UK have been closed since March though some are now planning to reopen in line with the governments social distancing regulations | 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 |
| 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 UK unemployment rate was estimated at 3 | Neutral | Employment in the UK fell by the largest amount in over a decade between April and June official figures show. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53733440 | 2020-08-11 |
| Venues across the UK will turn their lights red later to highlight the problems the live events sector faces during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. | Negative | 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 |
| On Sunday the UK reported a further eight people had died after testing positive for coronavirus taking the total to 46574 | Negative | There is little evidence of coronavirus being transmitted in schools Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53718066 | 2020-08-10 |
| The UK was almost unique in having no border checks or quarantine arrangements at that time she added | Positive | 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 |
| And more than half of UK adults with new streaming subscriptions said they will keep them and spend the same amount of time watching streamed content in future | Neutral | Lockdown measures enforced due to the Covid19 pandemic brought about a surge in TV watching and online streaming according to Ofcom. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53637305 | 2020-08-05 |
| The spread of coronavirus in the UK could have been slowed with earlier quarantine restrictions on arrivals a group of MPs has said. | 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 |
| 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 |
| And in the case of the UK its subscription because of the size of its economy would be worth many hundreds of the millions of euros over the budget period | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| TASs UK arm will build a multiangle and the Belgian company OIP Sensors will make a cloud imager. | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| She said the UK government was right to act quickly This is a sharp reminder that the threat of this virus is still very real | Negative | Separate households will not be allowed to meet indoors in Greater Manchester East Lancashire and parts of West Yorkshire from midnight the government has announced. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53602362 | 2020-07-31 |
| The UKs last colonial governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten said Beijing was carrying out an outrageous political purge. | Negative | Hong Kong authorities have disqualified 12 prodemocracy candidates from upcoming elections deepening political tensions in the Chinese territory. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53593187 | 2020-07-31 |
| Britains Got Talent and The Voice UK will also restart production and extra soap episodes will start in September. | Positive | Im A Celebrity | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53595486 | 2020-07-31 |
| 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 |
| The UK requirement for people who test positive to isolate for seven days was always on the low side plenty of other countries require 10 days or even longer. | 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 |
| Mr Johnson said if the UK did see signs of a second wave in other countries it was the governments duty to stop travellers returning and spreading the disease. | 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 |
| He said the UK had made an error by considering the infection rate for the whole country. | 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 |
| Travellers returning to the UK from anywhere not on the list including Spain must selfisolate for 14 days at a registered address. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| But a UK government source later told the BBC there were no plans to introduce air bridges with the Spanish islands to exempt them from the 14day quarantine. | 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 |
| The UK imposed the restriction over the weekend after a spike in infections in some Spanish regions including Catalonia where Barcelona is located and Aragon. | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| The UKs total is 300111 | 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 |
| The UK said it had no plans to change its decision and extended its travel advice telling nationals to avoid nonessential journeys to all of Spain. | 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 |
| 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. | Negative | 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 |
| Spanish PM Pedro said on television on Monday evening that the UKs decision was misguided and that he would continue to try to negotiate. | Positive | 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 |
| Travellers returning to the UK from anywhere in Spain must now selfisolate for 14 days at a registered address. | Negative | 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 |
| The UK and neighbouring France both have a figure of 14 | Neutral | 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 |
| The UKs biggest tour operator Tui has cancelled all mainland Spanish holidays until 9 August. | 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 |
| Rob Griggs of Airlines UK said the move was a big blow to the aviation sector. | 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 |
| The UKs move to require arrivals from Spain to selfisolate for 14 days came into effect on Sunday just hours after the change was announced angering travellers and travel operators. | 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 |
| 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 |
| Travellers returning to the UK from Spain after midnight tonight will have to quarantine for 14 days the government has 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| In the UK the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists suggests mothers should share a room with their babies and breastfeed if they wish but with appropriate precautions | 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 |
| 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 |
| A report from trade body UKActive said membership cancellations rates were 15 due to the impact of the pandemic | Negative | Indoor gyms swimming pools and sports facilities in England have started to reopen in the latest easing of the coronavirus lockdown | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53534919 | 2020-07-25 |
| But UKActive says although today is an important milestone the sector is not yet out of the woods. | Positive | Indoor gyms swimming pools and sports facilities in England have started to reopen in the latest easing of the coronavirus lockdown | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53534919 | 2020-07-25 |
| The Portuguese government expressed regret at the UKs decision to continue to exclude it from the list of countries that are exempt from quarantine. | 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 |
| Theres a love for the Halo brand among UK consumers and their tastes are generally more aligned with the US the gap is also commented Piers HardingRolls from Ampere Analysis. | Positive | Microsoft has given gamers a first look at Halo Infinites gameplay. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53510582 | 2020-07-24 |
| And the UK Treasury stepped in to save the jobs of a third of Scotlands entire workforce and kept the wolves at bay for tens of thousands of Scottish businesses. | 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 said the furlough and selfemployment schemes had supported 900000 jobs in Scotland. | 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Although the whole of the UK entered lockdown in the same week each constituent part has eased restrictions in a different way and at a different rate. | 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 UK government have actively avoided looking for evidence that Russia interfere | 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 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 |
| Ryanairs UK pilots and cabin crew recently voted to accept pay cuts to reduce job losses | 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 |
| Culture secretary Oliver Dowden intimated otherwise last week saying the UKs performing arts sector was renowned across the world. | Positive | Theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber has called on the government to provide clarity and consistency on the vexed issue of reopening the UKs theatres. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53476981 | 2020-07-21 |
| The UK has already ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine | 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK economy has clawed back about half the fall in output it saw during the peak of the coronavirus lockdown in March and April according to the Bank of Englands chief economist. | Negative | The UK economy has clawed back about half the fall in output it saw during the peak of the coronavirus lockdown in March and April according to the Bank of Englands chief economist. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53473616 | 2020-07-21 |
| 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 |
| The UK has also stepped up its criticism of Chinas human rights record accusing Beijing of gross and egregious abuses against the Uighur population in Xinjiang province. | 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 |
| But the UKs chief scientific adviser said there is a risk such measures could be needed as winter approaches. | Negative | Boris Johnson has said he does not want to impose a second national lockdown in the event of another Covid19 outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53460714 | 2020-07-19 |
| The UKs media and entertainment union Bectu said the news was a significant development but that venues would need government support if they are to reopen. | Positive | Indoor performances with socially distanced audiences can take place in England from the start of August the prime minister has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53442172 | 2020-07-18 |
| The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights a UKbased monitoring group reported that he was held over his alleged ties with rival jihadists. | Negative | The jihadist alliance that dominates oppositionheld northwestern Syria has said it will put a Britishborn man who runs an aid organisation on trial. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-53427909 | 2020-07-17 |
| The UK airline is the worlds largest operator of the jumbo jets with 31 in the fleet. | Neutral | British Airways has said it will retire all of its Boeing 747s as it suffers from the sharp travel downturn. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53426886 | 2020-07-17 |
| The number of workers on UK payrolls has fallen by 649000 between March and June official figures indicate. | Negative | The number of workers on UK payrolls has fallen by 649000 between March and June official figures indicate. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53427304 | 2020-07-16 |
| The link between the Arctic and UK weather is through the jet stream said Prof Stott referring to the ribbon of fastmoving air high up in the atmosphere. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| For now though the immediate impact of the UK decision will be seen as a signal that Washingtons campaign on Huawei has worked | 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 |
| 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. | 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 |
| Chinas ambassador to the UK said the decision was disappointing and wrong. | 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 UK government is preparing to change course over the role of Huawei in its 5G telecoms network. | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| What the UKs relationship with the EU will look like when the transition period ends will depend on whether a trade deal is reached. | 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK government has ruled out extending the transition period in order to reach a deal. | 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 |
| 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 |
| Some of the UKs mobile networks have already spent large sums installing Huawei masts and other equipment to connect smartphones to their 5G networks. | Positive | These are tense times for Huawei and the UKs telecoms providers. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53341080 | 2020-07-11 |
| The sale of the failed satellite company OneWeb to Bharti Global Ltd of India and the UK government has been approved by a US bankruptcy court. | Positive | The sale of the failed satellite company OneWeb to Bharti Global Ltd of India and the UK government has been approved by a US bankruptcy court. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53370930 | 2020-07-11 |
| However UK security chiefs are concerned that this would prevent them being able to vet it equipment as thoroughly. | 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 |
| Furthermore Chinas ambassador to the UK has said it would damage Britains reputation for being a businessfriendly open nation. | Negative | 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 |
| As some international travel to and from the UK is opened up the Foreign Office is continuing to warn against journeys on cruise ships however. | Positive | Travellers arriving in England Wales and Northern Ireland from many countries no longer have to selfisolate for two weeks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53358870 | 2020-07-10 |
| But with infections in the UK falling the government and devolved administrations continue to ease coronavirus restrictions. | Negative | Travellers arriving in England Wales and Northern Ireland from many countries no longer have to selfisolate for two weeks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53358870 | 2020-07-10 |
| 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 |
| This new assessment carried out by the UKs Met Office for the World Meteorological Organisation says theres a growing chance that this level will be breached. | Positive | The World Meteorological Organisation says theres a growing chance that global temperatures will rise by more than 1 | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53342806 | 2020-07-09 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Arts Council England the Royal Opera House the Music Venue Trust the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre were among those to welcome the funding. | Positive | The government has unveiled a | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53302415 | 2020-07-06 |
| Most travellers to the UK currently have to selfisolate for two weeks. | 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 |
| People taking a holiday within the UK will have to look at terms and conditions when booking for information about their cancellation rights. | Negative | 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 |
| Meanwhile UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the passing of the law was a clear and serious breach of the 1985 SinoBritish joint declaration. | Negative | One of Hong Kongs most prominent young democracy activists has fled the territory after China imposed a sweeping controversial security law. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53271740 | 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 |
| The UK High Court has ruled against Venezuelas government in a legal battle over access to of gold stored in the Bank of England. | 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 |
| 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 |
| It said the UK had unequivocally recognised opposition leader Juan as president rather than President Maduro. | Negative | 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 |
| Alex Neill of resolution service Resolver said UK tourists needed to be aware they were taking a risk. | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the passing of the law was a clear and serious breach of the 1985 SinoBritish joint declaration. | Negative | The US House of Representatives has approved new Hong Kongrelated sanctions after Beijing imposed a security law that was condemned by countries around the world | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53259656 | 2020-07-02 |
| The UK said it will offer up to three million Hong Kong residents the chance to settle there and ultimately apply for full British citizenship | Positive | The US House of Representatives has approved new Hong Kongrelated sanctions after Beijing imposed a security law that was condemned by countries around the world | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53259656 | 2020-07-02 |
| UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged Israel not to go ahead with the annexation of part of the occupied West Bank saying it would be illegal and contrary to the countrys interests. | Negative | UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged Israel not to go ahead with the annexation of part of the occupied West Bank saying it would be illegal and contrary to the countrys interests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-53248810 | 2020-07-02 |
| 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 |
| Currently almost all the hydrogen sold in the UK is produced by splitting it from natural gas | 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 UK government also intends to announce a hydrogen strategy before the Parliament closes for the summer as part of its economic recovery package. | 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 firm said the UK cuts would fall only on the commercial aircraft division at its two sites at Broughton in Flintshire and Filton Bristol. | 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 |
| Two leading UK firms the insurer Aviva and the Intercontinental Hotels Group have become the latest to pause advertising on Facebook. | Neutral | Two leading UK firms the insurer Aviva and the Intercontinental Hotels Group have become the latest to pause advertising on Facebook. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53235302 | 2020-07-01 |
| Ahead of the latest developments the tech firms UK director Steve Hatch told the BBC that there was no profit in content that is hateful. | Negative | Two leading UK firms the insurer Aviva and the Intercontinental Hotels Group have become the latest to pause advertising on Facebook. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53235302 | 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 |
| Rules for UK travellers are covered separately in the Brexit negotiations | Positive | The EU has named 14 countries whose citizens are deemed safe to be let in from 1 July despite the pandemic but the US Brazil and China are excluded. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53222356 | 2020-06-30 |
| The UK said it would change its immigration rules and offer millions of people in Hong Kong a route to citizenship if China went ahead with the legislation | Positive | China has passed a controversial security law giving it new powers over Hong Kong deepening fears for the citys freedoms the BBC has learned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53230391 | 2020-06-30 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The enforced closure of the UKs performing arts venues in March due to safety concerns have left many facing a severe financial shortfall. | Negative | A fivestage roadmap intended to help the performing arts sector start to rebuild after the coronavirus lockdown has been unveiled by the government. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53182634 | 2020-06-26 |
| The UK Cinema Association will publish full governmentagreed guidelines for reopening in the coming days. | Neutral | Cinemas in England can reopen from 4 July the government has confirmed although many will not be ready to do so by that date. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53151758 | 2020-06-24 |
| Following the prime ministers announcement health leaders called for a rapid and forwardlooking assessment of how prepared the UK would be for a new outbreak of the virus. | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| After months of work the UK has ditched the way its coronavirustracing app works prompting a blame game between the government and two of the worlds biggest tech firms | Negative | After months of work the UK has ditched the way its coronavirustracing app works prompting a blame game between the government and two of the worlds biggest tech firms | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53114251 | 2020-06-21 |
| In the UK there is currently no available contacttracing app. | Negative | 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 |
| Twentyseven institutions across the UK including universities and public health bodies as well as 260 hospitals were involved in the study. | Positive | 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 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 |
| The tech giant also expressed surprise that the UK was working on a new version of the contacttracing app which incorporated the AppleGoogle software tool. | 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 |
| 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 UK wanted to store the data as it argued it would be useful for scientists tracking the spread of Covid19. | 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 |
| The UK government currently advises people to stay 2m apart from others to avoid spreading coronavirus | 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 UK has been late to understand this she 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 |
| Has the UK been too ready to allow some of its crown jewel technology companies to be sold into foreign | Positive | 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 |
| In the UK MI5 plays a similar role and informs decisions about whether technology takeovers are in the national interest but few have been stopped. | 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 |
| The UK government is planning new measures to restrict foreign takeovers on national security grounds | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK has vowed to maintain consumer and environmental standards and protect the National Health Service. | Positive | 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 |
| The UKs Department for International Trade said the negotiations with the US were proceeding at pace. | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK government has 200000 courses of the drug in its stockpile and says the NHS will make dexamethasone available to patients. | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| Travellers from the UK will be able to visit them without quarantine or restrictions on arrival. | Positive | 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 |
| However those travelling to France from the UK or Spain face a twoweek isolation period on arrival. | 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK is one of the few countries to publish monthly economic data most others just produce quarterly and annual figures | Positive | 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 UKs economy was already shrinking even before April | 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 UK is heavily dependent on services were a dynamic creative economy we depend so much on human contact | Positive | 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 |
| In response shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds warned that the UKs economy was shrinking faster than those of other countries. | 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 |
| 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 |
| The study estimates of those initial cases arrived in the country between 28 Feb and 29 March the time the UK was debating whether to lockdown. | Positive | 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 |
| Sir Patrick Vallance the UKs chief scientific adviser told reporters at the briefing the 2m advice was not a scientific rule. | Neutral | The government is facing calls from Tory backbenchers to drop the 2m social distancing rule in England | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53003046 | 2020-06-11 |
| A government spokesperson said the UK wanted to reach an agreement with the EU this year. | Positive | 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 |
| Last month the UK launched formal talks with the United States and is also hoping to reach a trade agreement with the EU by the end of this year. | 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 |
| The UK and Japan are set to begin talks on Tuesday aimed at reaching agreement on a postBrexit trade deal. | 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 |
| The remaining three coal plants in the UK will be shut down within five years | 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 |
| The UK hopes that a free trade agreement with Japan will help it to eventually join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for TransPacific Partnership | 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 |
| More than seven in 10 people in the UK would have had Covid leading to herd immunity and the virus no longer spreading | Negative | Lockdowns have saved more than three million lives from coronavirus in Europe a study estimates. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52968523 | 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 |
| Now the UK has the biggest offshore wind industry in the world as well as the largest single wind farm completed off the coast of Yorkshire last year. | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| And 15 years later the UK governments decision to allow Huawei a role in the countrys 5G mobile networks represented another crucial victory. | 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 |
| New rules requiring all people arriving in the UK to selfisolate for 14 days have come into effect. | Negative | New rules requiring all people arriving in the UK to selfisolate for 14 days have come into effect. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52959118 | 2020-06-08 |
| However the sanctions prompted the UKs National Cyber Security Centre to carry out its own review | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Huaweis first significant global breakthrough came in the UK in 2005 when it signed a deal to upgrade BTs copper broadband service five years after having entered the market. | 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 |
| 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 |
| Age UK said residents who pay their own fees are facing the bills to pay for protective gear and rising staff costs. | Positive | Some older people in care homes are being asked to pay more than a week extra in fees to cover the costs of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52944751 | 2020-06-06 |
| Age UK says on average these residents are charged just over a week and some are now seeing their fees rise by | Negative | Some older people in care homes are being asked to pay more than a week extra in fees to cover the costs of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52944751 | 2020-06-06 |
| Caroline Abrahams director of Age UK said older people and their families have been through the mill in recent months as outbreaks occurred in one in three care homes. | Neutral | Some older people in care homes are being asked to pay more than a week extra in fees to cover the costs of coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52944751 | 2020-06-06 |
| Like all cultural venues around the UK the Opera House closed in March when the government banned gatherings to stop the spread of coronavirus. | 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK government has already indicated that protecting the environment will feature heavily in any stimulus package. | Neutral | 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 |
| Those talks resumed this week with the differences between the UK and EU being described on all sides as deep and wide. | 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 |
| From Monday the majority of those arriving in the UK will be told to selfisolate for 14 days. | Positive | Boris Johnsons mismanagement of the easing of virus restrictions risks a second wave of infections Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has warned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-52900206 | 2020-06-03 |
| But he added the UK is behind other countries in Europe in terms of controlling the virus and so in negotiations the ball might not be in the UKs court | 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 |
| Across the UK we can meet more people while in England some children are back in school and car showrooms and openair markets have reopened. | Positive | Lockdown is starting to ease | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52878816 | 2020-06-02 |
| The UK is not using GPS tracking to ensure people do as they are told like South Korea or taking people to quarantine centres as they do in Hong Kong. | Neutral | Lockdown is starting to ease | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52878816 | 2020-06-02 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| More than 200 top UK firms and investors are calling on the government to deliver a Covid19 recovery plan that prioritises the environment. | 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 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 |
| The UK plant in Sunderland would remain open the Japanese company said | Positive | Renault is cutting 15000 jobs worldwide as part of a | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52845849 | 2020-05-30 |
| But some of the worlds worstaffected countries including the UK France Italy and Spain are not on the list. | Negative | Tourists from EU countries including Germany Austria Denmark and Finland will be able to visit from 15 June the tourism ministry said in a statement on Friday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52854979 | 2020-05-30 |
| 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 |
| From Monday all four UK nations are due to have guidelines in place allowing more than two people to meet outside. | Positive | 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 |
| Each of the UKs nations has a different approach and timescale to lifting lockdown | 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 |
| The US UK Australia and Canada have issued fresh condemnation of Beijings new security law for Hong Kong which they say has flourished as a bastion of freedom. | Negative | The US UK Australia and Canada have issued fresh condemnation of Beijings new security law for Hong Kong which they say has flourished as a bastion of freedom. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-52837229 | 2020-05-29 |
| The UK has left the EU so is unlikely to have any involvement in the fund as it stands. | Negative | A recovery fund worth has been proposed by the EUs executive Commission to help the EU tackle an unprecedented crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52819126 | 2020-05-28 |
| Mr Cummings drove 260 miles from London to County Durham during the UK lockdown because he said he was concerned about childcare for his son when his wife became ill. | Negative | A team of 25000 contact tracers will make their first phone calls within hours to track down people who will be told to selfisolate under the new test and trace scheme in England. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52829357 | 2020-05-28 |
| The rollout of the new 5G mobile networks began in the UK only last summer and has not yet reached outside urban areas | Negative | A device costing more than promises to protect your family from 5G using groundbreaking quantum technology but does it | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52810220 | 2020-05-28 |
| 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 |
| Huaweis future in the UK is in doubt again. | Negative | Huaweis future in the UK is in doubt again. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52797859 | 2020-05-26 |
| The UK government has indicated it is prepared to rescue large British companies severely impacted by the coronavirus crisis. | Negative | The UK government has indicated it is prepared to rescue large British companies severely impacted by the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52793505 | 2020-05-25 |
| The UK is second with more than 36000 | Neutral | New York states daily death toll has dropped below 100 for the first time since late March. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-52786342 | 2020-05-24 |
| 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. | 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 |
| 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 |
| UK scientists are to begin testing a treatment that it is hoped could counter the effects of Covid19 in the most seriously ill patients. | Negative | UK scientists are to begin testing a treatment that it is hoped could counter the effects of Covid19 in the most seriously ill patients. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52754280 | 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 |
| Any contact tracers employed in the UK will be dealing with some very sensitive information often working from home on their own computers | Positive | It could be the most important job of our times | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52772436 | 2020-05-23 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| But in a letter to Health Secretary Matt Hancock Mr Dickson said without a clear strategy the UK was at greater risk of a second peak of the virus. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK government has ramped up testing and made it part of its five goals to meet in order to leave lockdown. | Neutral | 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 |
| Everyone aged five and over in the UK with symptoms can now be tested for coronavirus Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced. | 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 |
| Only the US Russia and the UK have higher numbers | Neutral | The mayor of Brazils largest city Paulo has said its health system could collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with coronavirus cases. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-52701524 | 2020-05-18 |
| But Mr Johnson cautioned that while the UK is leading the global effort to find a jab a vaccine might not come to fruition. | Neutral | Boris Johnson has acknowledged frustration over the complex easing of Englands coronavirus lockdown. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52694623 | 2020-05-17 |
| And dozens more UK towns and cities plan to do so. | Positive | Barriers closed a stretch of Deansgate Manchesters main thoroughfare to motor vehicles on Saturday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52689372 | 2020-05-17 |
| and so UK instead viewers will be asked to vote for their alltime favourite on BBC Ones Come Together show | Positive | 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 |
| Child health experts in the UK say it may not be something which just affects children. | Neutral | Scores of UK and US children have been affected by a rare inflammatory disease linked to coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52648557 | 2020-05-15 |
| Scores of UK and US children have been affected by a rare inflammatory disease linked to coronavirus. | Negative | Scores of UK and US children have been affected by a rare inflammatory disease linked to coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52648557 | 2020-05-15 |
| Up to 100 children in the UK have been affected and studies suggest the same reaction is being seen in children elsewhere in Europe. | Negative | Scores of UK and US children have been affected by a rare inflammatory disease linked to coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52648557 | 2020-05-15 |
| UK health chiefs have said the questionnaire is a key reason they are pursuing a centralised design despite privacy campaigners protests. | Positive | Germanys forthcoming coronavirus contacttracing app will trigger alerts only if users test positive for Covid19. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52650576 | 2020-05-14 |
| 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 |
| The UK government wants to shift farm grants to reward activities that enhance the environment. | Positive | Hormonefed beef and chlorinewashed chicken should remain banned in England after Brexit the government has been warned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52638628 | 2020-05-13 |
| In the UK we are striving to deliver healthy food at worldleading standards whilst managing the land for wildlife and public goods. | Positive | Hormonefed beef and chlorinewashed chicken should remain banned in England after Brexit the government has been warned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52638628 | 2020-05-13 |
| Agricultural policies in the UK are devolved. | Neutral | Hormonefed beef and chlorinewashed chicken should remain banned in England after Brexit the government has been warned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52638628 | 2020-05-13 |
| He said the UK should first focus on developing effective contact tracing and improving public health capacity before easing the lockdown. | Positive | Chancellor Rishi Sunak is to reveal the future of the governments job retention scheme later amid growing calls to extend it | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52627655 | 2020-05-12 |
| Nearly a quarter of the UKs workforce has been furloughed with of employees wages up to a month being paid by the government. | Neutral | Chancellor Rishi Sunak is to reveal the future of the governments job retention scheme later amid growing calls to extend it | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52627655 | 2020-05-12 |
| 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 |
| The UK is to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day with the Royal Family leading tributes as the country remains in lockdown due to the coronavirus. | Negative | The UK is to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day with the Royal Family leading tributes as the country remains in lockdown due to the coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52577473 | 2020-05-08 |
| Within the UK it is the third most abundant species of broadleaved tree oak and covering 129000 hectares of woodland. | 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 |
| In answering these questions the UK can at least learn lessons from other nations some of whom are ahead on their coronavirus timelines. | 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 |
| The UK now has the secondhighest number of recorded coronavirus deaths in the world behind the United States. | 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 |
| In the UK by comparison they have been much more spread out | 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 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 UK must avoid lurching from the coronavirus crisis into a deeper climate crisis the governments advisers have warned | 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 |
| Both Italy and the UK record the deaths of people who have tested positive for coronavirus | 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 |
| First the UK has a slightly larger population | 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 |
| The UK now has the highest number of coronavirus deaths in Europe according to the latest government figures. | 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 |
| All of the UKs major car factories suspended work in March and it is not yet clear when they will reopen. | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Recent research by the UK watchdog Ofcom suggests that most people learn about the virus from mainstream sources. | Negative | What if are trying to kill off as many people as possible reads one Facebook post. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52490430 | 2020-05-04 |
| The number of coronavirusrelated deaths in the UK stands at 28446 an increase of 315 on Saturdays figure with 14248 people currently being treated in hospital. | Negative | Reduced hotdesking and alternatives to social distancing where it is not possible are among measures being considered to let workplaces reopen. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52525127 | 2020-05-04 |
| The UKs death toll is 28446 while in Spain and France 25100 people and 24729 people respectively have died. | Negative | France Italy and Spain have registered the lowest daily death tolls for weeks as they prepare to ease restrictions. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52524001 | 2020-05-04 |
| During Sundays daily briefing Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove stressed the UK would not be flicking a switch and going | Neutral | Reduced hotdesking and alternatives to social distancing where it is not possible are among measures being considered to let workplaces reopen. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52525127 | 2020-05-04 |
| In the UK Parliament shut down its email network for several hours to protect itself and even the Pentagon was reportedly affected. | Positive | The man behind the worlds first major computer virus outbreak has admitted his guilt 20 years after his software infected millions of machines worldwide. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52458765 | 2020-05-03 |
| As artistic director of one of the UKs most innovative theatre companies Alan Lane is used to coming up with imaginative solutions. | Positive | 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 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 |
| The UKs figures show hundreds of people are still falling victim to Covid19 every day on Saturday the deaths of a further 621 people were announced. | Negative | Masks will be compulsory on public transport in Spain from Monday as the country moves to gradually relax its tough lockdown. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52513516 | 2020-05-03 |
| The total number of reported coronavirusrelated deaths in the UK now stands at 28131 an increase of 621 on Fridays figure. | 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 |
| At first across the UK the focus was on testing the sickest patients in hospitals followed by health care and emergency services staff. | 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 |
| The UK hasnt been shaking as much since it went into Covid lockdown | Negative | The UK hasnt been shaking as much since it went into Covid lockdown | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52509917 | 2020-05-02 |
| 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 |
| UK security sources says they have also seen similar activity. | Neutral | The US has seen foreign spy agencies carry out reconnaissance of research into a coronavirus vaccine a senior US intelligence official has told the BBC. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52490432 | 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 |
| He said that the UK was still coming through the peak of the virus and called for people to maintain social distancing measures until we are out of the woods. | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Coronavirus deaths in hospitals across the UK have reached 21678 a rise of 586 from Monday. | Negative | 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 |
| 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 overall UK deaths figure does not include people who died in the community for example in care homes or people who have died in their own homes. | 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 |
| 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 |
| A further 413 coronavirus deaths in UK hospitals were announced on Sunday the lowest number that has been reported in April. | 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 |
| UK spies will need to use artificial intelligence to counter a range of threats an intelligence report says. | 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 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 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 |
| 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 |
| Labours Rachel Reeves said the UK should potentially be following the example of countries like Belgium Germany and Denmark which have already signalled partial reopening of some businesses and schools. | Positive | 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 median ages in Italy and the UK are about 45 and 40 for example whereas the average age in subSaharan Africa is about 20 | Neutral | African countries have fewer coronavirus cases than much of the world but weaker healthcare systems do put the continent at risk. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-52395976 | 2020-04-26 |
| 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 |
| Applications to the UK government website was initially open only to people in England but tests became available to people in Scotland on Saturday. | Positive | 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 |
| But the UK climate economist Lord Stern told BBC The immediate priority is the current Covid crisis but then we have to build for the future. | 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 |
| A top diplomat in the UK Chen Wen told the BBC the demands were politically motivated and would divert Chinas attention from fighting the pandemic | Negative | China has rejected calls for an independent international investigation into the origin of the coronavirus | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-52420536 | 2020-04-25 |
| One UK official who like others declined to speak on the record said there was a nervousness about confronting China and that relations were delicate | Negative | China has rejected calls for an independent international investigation into the origin of the coronavirus | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-52420536 | 2020-04-25 |
| That report apparently swayed the UK government to introduce a lockdown. | Negative | Swedens strategy to keep large parts of society open is widely backed by the public | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52395866 | 2020-04-25 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK has now joined the latest EU procurement round which will initially involve therapeutic treatment | 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 |
| The European Commission said the UK would miss out on the first orders of ventilators and protective equipment which have been placed but have yet to be delivered | 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 |
| 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 |
| He said two leading vaccine developments at UK universities Imperial College London and the University of Oxford would receive a total of | Neutral | 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 |
| Downing Street later issued a statement saying the UK had been invited to take part but officials did not see the email because of a communication confusion. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Also at the briefing the UKs deputy chief scientific adviser Prof Dame Angela Maclean said the number of new confirmed infections was flattening out. | 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 |
| NHSX the health service division developing the UKs app is in discussions with Apple and Google about adopting their scheme but has yet to commit. | Positive | There are growing tensions over the best approach to coronavirus contacttracing apps and whether or not the technology can live up to its promise. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52353720 | 2020-04-21 |
| The UK figure is but many other people have more basic mobile phones with no access to the iOS or Android app stores. | Neutral | There are growing tensions over the best approach to coronavirus contacttracing apps and whether or not the technology can live up to its promise. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52353720 | 2020-04-21 |
| He said the UK had moved slowly to test the treatment | Negative | The UK is gearing up to use the blood of coronavirus survivors to treat hospital patients ill with the disease | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52348368 | 2020-04-20 |
| The UK is gearing up to use the blood of coronavirus survivors to treat hospital patients ill with the disease | Negative | The UK is gearing up to use the blood of coronavirus survivors to treat hospital patients ill with the disease | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52348368 | 2020-04-20 |
| Several groups in the UK have been looking into using blood plasma. | Neutral | The UK is gearing up to use the blood of coronavirus survivors to treat hospital patients ill with the disease | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52348368 | 2020-04-20 |
| The daily number of UKwide coronavirus deaths announced each day by the government only includes people who died with the virus in hospital in the four nations. | Negative | 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 |
| And modelling by the health consultancy Candesic for the Financial Times suggested the number of deaths due to the epidemic in UK care homes was at least 6000. | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| On Thursday UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab Well have to ask the hard questions about how came about and how it couldnt have been stopped earlier | Negative | The Chinese city of Wuhan where the coronavirus originated last year has raised its official Covid19 death toll by adding 1290 fatalities. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-52321529 | 2020-04-18 |
| Countries including the US the UK and France have questioned Chinas transparency over the outbreak. | Negative | French President Emmanuel Macron has questioned Chinas handling of the coronavirus outbreak saying things happened that we dont know about. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52319462 | 2020-04-17 |
| The UKs chief medical adviser Prof Chris Whitty has warned of a possible bounce in the numbers soon due to delays in reporting deaths over the Easter weekend. | Negative | Ministers are later expected to announce a threeweek extension to the coronavirus lockdown. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52304914 | 2020-04-16 |
| He said while the UK was probably reaching the peak of its epidemic the high numbers of deaths were expected to continue for a short while longer. | 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 UK continues to offer children MMR as part of its routine immunisation schedule | Positive | 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 UKs chief medical adviser said he would like much more extensive testing in homes due to the large numbers of vulnerable people there. | 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 figures prompted the charity Age UK to claim coronavirus is running wild in care homes for the elderly. | Negative | 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 |
| But the UKs chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said the guidance was subject to an ongoing review. | 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 |
| A leading UKbased firm will be summoned on Tuesday by MPs to answer questions over security concerns. | 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 |
| The UK government has said no one should expect any changes to its lockdown restrictions this week. | Negative | President Donald Trump has claimed total power to lift the nationwide coronavirus lockdown contradicting governors and legal experts. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-52274969 | 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 |
| The UK is facing its fourth week in lockdown with the government set to review by Thursday whether social distancing measures can be changed. | Negative | The UK is facing its fourth week in lockdown with the government set to review by Thursday whether social distancing measures can be changed. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52266314 | 2020-04-13 |
| The UK has confirmed plans for an app that will warn users if they have recently been in close proximity to someone suspected to be infected with the coronavirus. | Negative | The UK has confirmed plans for an app that will warn users if they have recently been in close proximity to someone suspected to be infected with the coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52263244 | 2020-04-13 |
| It gave the Nashville guitar slingers their first UK number one and their first Grammy win too for best rock performance by a group. | 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 |
| 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 |
| A spokesperson for the UKs Department for International Development told the BBC that it has not suspended aid | Positive | The World Food Programme is set to halve aid to parts of Yemens Houthicontrolled areas due to a funding crisis | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-52239645 | 2020-04-10 |
| The UKs media watchdog has launched a formal investigation into a TV networks broadcast of an interview with conspiracy theorist David Icke about coronavirus. | Negative | The UKs media watchdog has launched a formal investigation into a TV networks broadcast of an interview with conspiracy theorist David Icke about coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52228046 | 2020-04-10 |
| 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 |
| In the UK the Department of Health said on Monday that 439 more people had died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus taking the total to 5373. | Negative | France has reported 833 new coronavirus deaths in the past day the highest daily toll since its outbreak began. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52191889 | 2020-04-07 |
| 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 |
| UK sex worker Lizzy says camming has become even more competitive since the pandemic began. | Negative | Most sex workers meet customers in person | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52183773 | 2020-04-07 |
| In recent years Blackman toured the UK with her show Honor Blackman As Herself which saw her reflect on her long career. | Positive | Honor Blackman the British actress who played Pussy Galore in the James Bond film Goldfinger has died at the age of 94. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52189803 | 2020-04-07 |
| She explained that she flew back to the UK with him but knew my life was in immediate danger because he made veiled threats to kill her. | Negative | 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 |
| In the UK around 1400 3Dprinter owners have pledged to use their machines to help make face masks for the NHS. | Positive | Bestknown for phones and computers Apple has now turned its hand to making face shields for medical workers. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52059084 | 2020-04-06 |
| Three of the UKs leading video games developers are to display coronavirus safety advice within their titles. | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| Manufacturing and services sectors in key geographical areas including the UK US and the eurozone saw record falls in activity during March according to Purchasing Managers Index data. | Negative | The coronavirus pandemic could trigger a global slump bigger than the Great Depression of the 1930s a closely watched international survey suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52158444 | 2020-04-04 |
| The UK government has defended using Zoom to hold cabinet video conferences. | Neutral | The UK government has defended using Zoom to hold cabinet video conferences. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52126534 | 2020-04-02 |
| The UK government does have highly secure video teleconferencing at key sites including the intelligence agencies. | Positive | The UK government has defended using Zoom to hold cabinet video conferences. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52126534 | 2020-04-02 |
| And UK officials say the risks of not communicating in the middle of fastmoving events far outweigh the possible security risks of using such a system | Negative | The UK government has defended using Zoom to hold cabinet video conferences. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52126534 | 2020-04-02 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Every business here in the UK and globally is looking at what they can do to help meet the demand as a matter of urgency it said. | 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 |
| UK police officers have been told to take a consistent approach when ensuring people comply with emergency measures aimed at curbing coronavirus | Negative | UK police officers have been told to take a consistent approach when ensuring people comply with emergency measures aimed at curbing coronavirus | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52101040 | 2020-03-31 |
| The latest number of deaths announced in the UK of people with coronavirus has reached 1408. | Negative | UK police officers have been told to take a consistent approach when ensuring people comply with emergency measures aimed at curbing coronavirus | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52101040 | 2020-03-31 |
| 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 |
| Speaking alongside Dr Harries at Sundays news conference Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said the UK was on an emergency footing in a way unprecedented in peacetime. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| People around the UK have taken part in a Clap for Carers tribute saluting NHS and care workers dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. | 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 |
| 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 |
| She said the UK was grateful for the expertise and commitment of our scientists medical practitioners and emergency and public services. | 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 |
| In the UK you might be looking at things such as diagnostic results from tests maybe 111 calls or people going online the source told the BBC. | Neutral | Data collected via the NHSs 111 telephone service is to be mixed with other sources to help predict where ventilators hospital beds and medical staff will be most in need. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52053565 | 2020-03-27 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The total number of people in the UK to die with Covid19 the disease caused by coronavirus has reached 465. | 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 |
| The increase of 48 UK virus deaths since Saturday includes 37 in England seven in Wales three in Scotland and another in Northern Ireland | Negative | The health secretary says the government is prepared to do what it takes to tackle the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51999864 | 2020-03-23 |
| 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 |
| He also announced that all the UKs nightclubs theatres cinemas gyms and leisure centres had been told to close as soon as they reasonably can. | Positive | UK business leaders have expressed relief after the government committed to pay the wages of employees unable to work due to the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51984275 | 2020-03-21 |
| 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 |
| Kate Nicholls the chief executive of trade body UK Hospitality said many businesses faced rent payments before the support was due. | Positive | 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 |
| UK business leaders have expressed relief after the government committed to pay the wages of employees unable to work due to the coronavirus pandemic. | Negative | UK business leaders have expressed relief after the government committed to pay the wages of employees unable to work due to the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51984275 | 2020-03-21 |
| All schools in the UK closed their doors on Friday and theres no timetable for when they might reopen. | Neutral | All schools in the UK closed their doors on Friday and theres no timetable for when they might reopen. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51960865 | 2020-03-21 |
| The Confederation of British Industry the UKs biggest business group said it was a landmark offering from the government | Positive | UK business leaders have expressed relief after the government committed to pay the wages of employees unable to work due to the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51984275 | 2020-03-21 |
| Schools in the UK will close from Friday except for those looking after the children of key workers and vulnerable children. | 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 |
| In the UK 144 people with the virus have died and 3269 people have tested positive for Covid19. | 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 |
| Speaking on BBC Ones Question Time Mr Hancock said the UK had shipped 2 | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Schools in the UK will close their doors on Friday except for vulnerable pupils or children of key workers. | 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 |
| Universities UK said pupils should not lose the chance to go to university this year because of the move. | Positive | 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 |
| One of the UKs most popular wildlife tourism destinations is getting a backtonature makeover. | 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 |
| UK citizens will be unaffected | Positive | 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 |
| The UK and the Republic of Ireland which is part of the EU but not Schengen will be invited to join the measure. | 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 |
| Age UK the charity for older people adds that the choice of technology should be as userfriendly as possible for those unaccustomed to controlling videochat software. | Positive | As the government encourages social distancing in the fight against coronavirus older people are facing the prospect of being told to stay at home for weeks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51933618 | 2020-03-18 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Sir Patrick Vallance the UKs chief scientific adviser said the UK is now three weeks behind Italy. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Dr John Tregoning an expert in infectious diseases at Imperial College London UK This vaccine uses preexisting technology | Positive | Four patients received the jab at the Kaiser Permanente research facility in Seattle Washington reports the Associated Press news agency | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51906604 | 2020-03-17 |
| The UKs plan has shifted because the scientific modelling showed we were on course for a catastrophic epidemic. | 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 |
| Theatres in Londons West End and around the UK have shut after PM Boris Johnson advised people to avoid such venues as coronavirus spreads. | 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 |
| 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 |
| Sister organisation UK Theatre said its 165 venues around the country would take the same step. | Neutral | 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 |
| In Mondays briefing Mr Johnson said the UK was approaching the fast growth part of the upward curve in the number of cases | Positive | 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 |
| UK Music which represents the music industry said the hundreds of likely gig and festival cancellations would cause immense damage and Mr Johnsons comments risked exacerbating the problem. | 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 |
| Most schools across the UK will remain open on Monday despite blanket closures in countries such as Spain France and Ireland | 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 |
| The number of confirmed UK cases of the virus has reached 1372 with 40279 people tested according to the latest Department of Health figures. | 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 |
| 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 |
| The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK has reached 1140 while 37746 people have been tested. | Neutral | 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 |
| The number of confirmed cases of the virus in the UK rose to 798 on Friday and a total of 11 people have died | 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 |
| The UK government has pledged to plant millions a year while other countries have schemes running into billions | Positive | 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 |
| Last years UK general election became a contest to look green | 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 |
| At the moment the UKs forests pull in about 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year but the hope is to more than double that. | Positive | 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 |
| The UK is the second biggest contributor to the ExoMars programme | Neutral | Europe and Russia have decided to postpone their Mars rover mission. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51844030 | 2020-03-13 |
| His criticism of the UK approach comes as new measures to delay the virus spreading come into effect | Negative | The governments decision not to cancel public events over the coronavirus outbreak is concerning says exhealth secretary Jeremy Hunt. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51865915 | 2020-03-13 |
| The UK governments health advisers are working on the assumption that Britain will not see infection rates peak for up to three months. | Positive | The governments decision not to cancel public events over the coronavirus outbreak is concerning says exhealth secretary Jeremy Hunt. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51865915 | 2020-03-13 |
| The UK meanwhile has 400 troops based in the Middle East and works alongside US forces in the region. | Positive | 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 |
| The UK is expected to switch to tactics aimed at delaying its spread rather than containing the disease when the governments emergency committee meets. | 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 |
| 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 |
| The UKs strategy on responding to the virus has three Containment delay mitigation and running alongside these research. | 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 UK Ministry of Defence said in a statement that the British soldier who was killed was a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps. | 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 |
| Earlier UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the attack was deplorable. | 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 |
| 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 |
| With the number of UK coronavirus cases set to rise NHS England says it is scaling up its capacity for testing people for the infection | Negative | With the number of UK coronavirus cases set to rise NHS England says it is scaling up its capacity for testing people for the infection | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51814874 | 2020-03-11 |
| He caught the virus in the UK and officials are trying to trace who he had been in contact with | Negative | Health minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51827356 | 2020-03-11 |
| 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 |
| After UKbased airline Flybe went into administration last week analysts are warning of more failures to come for the embattled airline industry. | Negative | Cathay Pacific said it expects a substantial loss in the first half of this year as the impact of the coronavirus takes it toll. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51813478 | 2020-03-11 |
| 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 |
| A spokesman for the UK Foreign Office The advice is that anyone who arrives from Italy subsequent to the Italian government decision should now selfisolate for 14 days | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| In the UK and the US women marched to campaign to close the gender pay gap and celebrated the Me Too movement | Positive | Police in Mexico have clashed with protesters following a huge march marking International Womens Day | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-51796605 | 2020-03-09 |
| Jenny Harries Englands deputy chief medical officer said the UK was teetering on the edge of a sustained community transition of coronavirus | 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 |
| The UKs confirmed coronavirus cases consist of 147 cases in England 11 in Scotland four in Northern Ireland and two in Wales. | Negative | 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 |
| Benchmark 10year UK government debt now only offers a 0 | Negative | Global stock markets have fallen sharply as investors continue to worry about the broader economic effects of the coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51766782 | 2020-03-07 |
| 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. | Negative | 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 |
| But she said the UK was teetering on the edge of sustained transmission. | Neutral | 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 |
| The UKs strategy on responding to the virus has four containment delay mitigation and running alongside these research. | Negative | 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 |
| Prof Chris Whitty the UKs chief medical officer said that of the confirmed cases in the UK 18 have recovered and around 45 have been selfisolating at home | Positive | The government is working with supermarkets to ensure that people selfisolating because of coronavirus will receive food the health secretary told BBC Ones Question Time. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51764225 | 2020-03-06 |
| A cruise ship carrying 142 UK nationals including 21 crew members has been prevented from docking in San Francisco California as tests are carried out for suspected cases of coronavirus. | Negative | The government is working with supermarkets to ensure that people selfisolating because of coronavirus will receive food the health secretary told BBC Ones Question Time. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51764225 | 2020-03-06 |
| The UK has also insisted she is innocent | Positive | Iran has temporarily released more than 54000 prisoners in an effort to combat the spread of the new coronavirus disease in crowded jails. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51723398 | 2020-03-04 |
| Tulip Siddiq cited the Iranian ambassador to the UK as saying that Ms ZaghariRatcliffe may be released on furlough today or tomorrow. | Positive | Iran has temporarily released more than 54000 prisoners in an effort to combat the spread of the new coronavirus disease in crowded jails. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51723398 | 2020-03-04 |
| 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 |
| Storm Dennis also delivered the second highest UK average daily total in a dataset that dates back to 1891. | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Dr Kate Lonsdale cochampion of the UK Climate Resilience Programme The scientific consensus is increasingly clear that climate risks are increasing in likelihood and severity. | 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 |
| 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 |
| More UK cases are expected to be announced after 13 new patients were diagnosed on Sunday. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK has 23 confirmed cases but there are warnings more will follow | 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 |
| Currently the UK is in the containment phase where the strategy is to isolate people with the virus in hospital and trace who they came into contact with. | 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 |
| Since the first UK cases were confirmed in York two Chinese nationals positive tests have been recorded in the south of England Derbyshire south Wales and Northern Ireland | 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 |
| 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 |
| Nearly 9000 people in the UK have so far been tested for coronavirus. | 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 |
| Englands chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty said transmission of the virus between people in the UK was just a matter of time. | 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 |
| As of 27 February a total of 7690 people in the UK have been tested for the virus. | 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 |
| 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 |
| The UKbased monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 34 Turkish troops had been killed in Thursday evenings air strike. | Negative | At least 33 Turkish soldiers have been killed in an air strike by Syrian regime forces in northwestern Syria a senior Turkish official has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51667717 | 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 |
| A magnitude 4 event in the UK will occur on average roughly every two years. | Neutral | Things go bump on Mars on a fairly regular basis | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51616830 | 2020-02-25 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| UKEU trade negotiations led by Mr Barnier and Mr Frost are due to begin in Brussels on 2 March. | 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 |
| The UK is in this transition period until 31 December following its departure from the EU on 31 January. | 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 |
| The UK has said it will consider a deal on fisheries but it must be based on the notion that British fishing grounds are first and foremost for British boats. | 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Gillian Martin chairwoman of the UK charity Restricted Growth Association says there is a long way to go in changing perceptions of dwarfism. | Negative | Some has been raised as part of a campaign to send a nineyearold Australian boy to Disneyland after a video of his deep distress over being bullied went viral. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51590984 | 2020-02-22 |
| Actor Warwick Davis who cofounded Little People UK said the video of Quaden was deeply upsetting to watch. | Negative | Some has been raised as part of a campaign to send a nineyearold Australian boy to Disneyland after a video of his deep distress over being bullied went viral. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51590984 | 2020-02-22 |
| 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 |
| At least four UK nationals have contracted the virus on board the cruise ship but those flying home have tested negative. | 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 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 |
| Deluged communities in parts of the UK are facing more heavy rain as they struggle to cope in the wake of Storm Dennis. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| UK law dictates that by 2050 carbon emissions will be virtually halted and any remaining emissions will have to be compensated for by activities such as tree planting. | Negative | No country offers a child both the chance of a healthy upbringing and an environment fit for their future the World Health Organization says | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51547441 | 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 |
| The UK Homecare Association described the lack of provision for lowpaid workers in the proposals as irresponsible with a spokesman saying they were dismayed by the governments decision | Negative | 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 US Canada Australia and the UK will place those from the ship in another 14 days quarantine when they return home | Negative | The first passengers have begun disembarking from the virushit cruise ship moored off Yokohama Japan after 14 days of quarantine | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51555420 | 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 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 |
| The UK was ranked among the top 10 countries in the world for the overall health and wellbeing of children. | Positive | No country offers a child both the chance of a healthy upbringing and an environment fit for their future the World Health Organization says | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-51547441 | 2020-02-19 |
| The UKs first industrial contribution to the International Space Station will be delivered on Tuesday | Positive | The UKs first industrial contribution to the International Space Station will be delivered on Tuesday | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51536246 | 2020-02-18 |
| Made by MDA UK the Columbus Kaband Terminal will enable astronauts to connect with scientists and family on Earth at home broadband speeds. | Neutral | The UKs first industrial contribution to the International Space Station will be delivered on Tuesday | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51536246 | 2020-02-18 |
| The UK is once again seeking a communications role for its companies | Neutral | The UKs first industrial contribution to the International Space Station will be delivered on Tuesday | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51536246 | 2020-02-18 |
| 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 |
| The UK gets more detailed its squares are 1500m across. | Neutral | 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 |
| And as the UK moves towards its target of net zero emissions by 2050 therell be a chance to explore different options for how the country uses the land. | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Australia and the UK are both part of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance which also includes the US New Zealand and Canada | Neutral | 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 UK High Commission in Australia told the Our position on this is that we wont comment on private briefings or on any information pertaining to be from private briefings | Neutral | 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 |
| Last week Chinas ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming said those opposed to Huawei playing a role in the UKs 5G network were conducting a witchhunt. | 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 |
| 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 |
| In the UK four new cases were announced on Monday taking the total number of people infected in the country to eight | Negative | China has removed several senior officials over their handling of the coronavirus outbreak as the death toll passed 1000. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51453848 | 2020-02-11 |
| Two of the UK coronavirus cases both Chinese nationals are being treated at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. | 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 |
| In the UK the Department of Health and Social Care said that 686 people in the UK have been tested for coronavirus as of Saturday afternoon with three cases confirmed. | 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 |
| The UKbased OneWeb company has sent 34 satellites into orbit on a single Soyuz rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. | Neutral | The UKbased OneWeb company has sent 34 satellites into orbit on a single Soyuz rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51405079 | 2020-02-07 |
| 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 |
| More than 100 UK nationals and family members have already been evacuated to Britain from Wuhan. | 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 |
| But other commercial flights to the UK remain available in some parts of China | 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 |
| On Friday 83 UK citizens were repatriated on a flight out of Wuhan arranged by the UK government | Neutral | 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 |
| Complainants to the UKs Advertising Standards Authority said the adverts were misleading and could not be substantiated | 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 remaining British passenger Anthony MaySmith who arrived in the UK on Sunday has been taken to hospital in Oxford to be tested for potential coronavirus. | 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 |
| The UK is also moving nonessential staff out from its embassy and consulates in China | 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 |
| The UK government is chartering a final flight to bring British nationals back from the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak. | 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 |
| The only two UK airlines serving China British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have suspended their flights between the countries because of fears about the spread of the virus. | 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| While the UK officially left the EU at GMT on Friday it will remain wedded to EU rules during a transition period which ends in December this year. | 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 |
| The UK can request an extension to this transition period but Mr Johnson has previously said he will not do so. | Neutral | 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 Macron wrote that the UK was leaving the EU not Europe. | 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 |
| At the last UN summit held in Madrid last December she played a highly visible role as part of her preparation for the UK to take over the presidency. | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| In Brussels the UK flag will be removed from the EU institutions with one Union flag expected to be consigned to a museum. | 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 |
| However a number of UK citizens in China said local authorities had prevented members of their families from leaving because they held Chinese passports. | Negative | 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 |
| According to the UK government the arriving passengers are to be put in supported isolation for 14 days with all necessary medical attention. | Positive | The death toll of the coronavirus has risen to 170 and with a confirmed case in Tibet the virus has now spread to every region in mainland China. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51305526 | 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| At present the UK is mostly dependent on Huawei Nokia and Ericsson a situation that has caused the NCSCs technical director to claim that the market is broken. | 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 UK leaves there will be an 11month transition period in which the two sides hope to negotiate their future economic relationship. | 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 |
| 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 |
| As the UKs departure from the EU approaches at GMT on Friday Mr Lawrence has said he is gutted by the decision. | Neutral | 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 |
| UK network operators acknowledge that over time more functions will indeed move from centralised sites to individual exchanges and even base stations themselves | Neutral | 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 |
| He said the UKs exit would be painful for the bloc but building a new partnership based upon friendly cooperation and mutual interests was now essential | 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 |
| Three out of four of the UKs mobile networks had already decided to use and deploy Huaweis 5G products outside the core in the periphery. | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| Approval for Huawei in the UK with others following in its wake would be likely to accelerate the companys rise and the risks of dependency | 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 |
| 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 |
| UK officials believe or perhaps hope that Washington is bluffing | 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 |
| 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 |
| Meanwhile UKbased researchers have warned of a real possibility that China will not be able to contain the virus | Negative | The spread of a deadly new virus is accelerating Chinese President Xi Jinping warned after holding a special government meeting on the Lunar New Year public holiday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51249208 | 2020-01-26 |
| Scientists at the respected MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis in the UK have warned that it may not be possible to contain the virus to China | Negative | The spread of a deadly new virus is accelerating Chinese President Xi Jinping warned after holding a special government meeting on the Lunar New Year public holiday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51249208 | 2020-01-26 |
| The UKs fixedterm parliaments could see politicians failing to prioritise climate change veteran naturalist Sir David Attenborough has suggested. | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK is monitoring direct flights arriving from China as a precaution. | Negative | 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 |
| More than a dozen people in the UK have been tested for the new strain of coronavirus Public Health England has said. | Negative | 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 |
| PHEs announcement that 14 people in the UK had been tested came on Thursday night but they did not give details of where the cases were. | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| He The UK is one of the first countries to have developed a worldleading test for the new coronavirus | 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 |
| From 1 February the UK will enter into an 11month transition period in which it will continue to follow EU rules but without representation in the blocs institutions. | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| The PM said the UK could now move forwards as one and put years of rancour and division behind it. | Neutral | 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 |
| The UK is going to lead a space mission to get an absolute measurement of the light reflected off Earths surface. | 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 UK has been its leading advocate. | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| She will The UK is a world leader in both innovation and creativity | 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 |
| 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 |
| Under the settlement scheme EU citizens living in the UK can apply to stay in the country after Brexit. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. | 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 |
| UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the BBC on Tuesday that he was glad Iran had acknowledged making a terrible mistake in shooting down the plane. | Negative | Iran is facing fresh pressure to give a full accounting of how the Ukrainian plane with 176 people on board was shot down over Tehran last week. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51133865 | 2020-01-17 |
| But even in the UK sepsis is a challenge | Neutral | 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 |
| The UK is hosting whats billed as a crucial UN summit known as COP26 in Glasgow in November. | Positive | According to the renowned naturalist and broadcaster we have been putting things off for year after year. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51123638 | 2020-01-16 |
| The UKbased Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said bombardments had hit the busy alHal market and the industrial zone in Idlib city on Wednesday. | Neutral | At least 18 civilians are reported to have died in air strikes that hit a market and an industrial zone in the Syrian rebelheld city of Idlib. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51128651 | 2020-01-16 |
| On Tuesday UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the BBC that the JCPOA was flawed. | Negative | European powers have triggered a formal dispute mechanism over Irans breaches of key parts of the 2015 nuclear deal a move that could spell its end. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51104579 | 2020-01-15 |
| Considering Kelly isnt well known in the UK and Fox News isnt consumed widely is Theron aware that Bombshell could be a harder sell for British | Negative | There are two different types of bombshell in Bombshell. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51047126 | 2020-01-15 |
| 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 |
| The UK monarchy is not the first in Europe to face questions over the private careers of senior royals. | Negative | The UK monarchy is not the first in Europe to face questions over the private careers of senior royals. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51090107 | 2020-01-14 |
| UK authorities have warned Windows 7 users not to do internet banking or send emails after Tuesday. | Negative | Cybersecurity experts are urging Windows 7 users to upgrade their operating system | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51090407 | 2020-01-14 |
| UK scientists say the recent fires in Australia are a taste of what the world will experience as temperatures rise | Negative | UK scientists say the recent fires in Australia are a taste of what the world will experience as temperatures rise | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51094919 | 2020-01-14 |
| The Reading UKbased organisation is ingesting the data into its numerical models that look from one to several days ahead. | Neutral | Europes novel windmeasuring satellite Aeolus has reached a key milestone in its mission. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51070870 | 2020-01-11 |
| Until now the UK has been wavering on the issue. | 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK continues to call on all sides urgently to deescalate to reduce tensions in the region | Negative | There is a body of information to suggest an Iranian surfacetoair missile brought down a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near Tehran PM Boris Johnson has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51055505 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The other parties to the 2015 deal the UK France Germany China and Russia tried to keep the agreement alive after the US withdrew in 2018. | Positive | Iran has declared it will no longer abide by any of the restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51001167 | 2020-01-06 |
| The UK has urged Iraq to allow British troops to continue the fight against the Islamic State group there. | 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 |
| Mr Johnson said the UK was in close contact with all sides to encourage deescalation and said Parliament will be updated when it resumes sitting on Tuesday. | Positive | 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 |
| A UK government spokesman said that coalition forces were in Iraq to protect its people and others from the Islamic State group. | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The UK has 400 troops based in the Middle East and works alongside US forces in the region | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| He said the UK recognised the aggressive threat Gen Soleimani posed but further conflict is in none of our interests | Negative | 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 |
| Other UK MPs have been reacting to the incident on Twitter | Negative | 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 |
| Green Party MP Caroline Lucas called for the UK government to condemn the killing and work with colleagues in the US to counter Trumps reckless and dangerous foreign policy | Negative | 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 |
| Four new UK records were set last year alone including the highest winter and summer temperatures ever recorded. | 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 |
| Overall the UK was warmer wetter and sunnier than average in 2019 the Met Office said. | 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 |
| 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 |
| The US talk show host 51 who recently competed on X Celebrity in the UK said the ordeal had made her feel suicidal on a few occasions. | Positive | Liberated and Free Me First things first I am not sick | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-50972619 | 2020-01-03 |
| 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 |
| Revellers across the UK have rung in the start of a new decade with fireworks displays in London Edinburgh and other major cities | Neutral | 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 |
| He stressed that London and the UK need to be brought together again in the 2020s. | 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 |
| The rest of the UK is likely to see the mercury fall to around 5C | Negative | 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 |
| Some European countries including the UK lost their measlesfree status and many developing countries especially parts of Africa Asia and Oceania are seeing frequent outbreaks. | Negative | Weve seen recent spikes in measles infections. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-50839868 | 2020-01-01 |
