Tories suffer losses in Sunak’s first poll
LONDON—Britain’s ruling Conservatives suffered high-profile losses as results poured in Friday from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s first major electoral test ...
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‘Catastrophic’ doctors’ strike poised over England’s public health service
LONDON—The public health service in England was on Tuesday braced for “the most disruptive industrial action” in its history as ...
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UK mega-lab generates weather to test energy-efficient homes of the future
By Olivier Devos SALFORD, United Kingdom—The thermometer sinks below zero as a blizzard of fine snow descends on two houses ...
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Nurses in England launch fresh strikes over pay
Nurses in England began two days of strikes over pay Wednesday, as officials warned of disruption for thousands of patients ...
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Yulo starts bid for multiple titles at FIG world tourney
Philippine gymnastics’ wonder Carlos Yulo hopes to stamp his class and redeem himself at the same time as he goes ...
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In scorched England, source of River Thames dries up
By Tangi Quemener ASHTON KEYNES, United Kingdom—At the end of a dusty track in southwest England where the River Thames ...
Read moreFrance and parts of England see driest July on record
France and parts of England saw their driest July on record, the countries' weather agencies said on Monday, exacerbating stretched ...
Read more‘About time’: Law set to end child marriage in England and Wales
At 16, Payzee Mahmod was coerced by her Iraqi-Kurdish family in London into marrying a man around twice her age. ...
Read moreEngland to roll out fourth COVID shot: NHS
England will begin rolling out its fourth coronavirus vaccine shot this week, the National Health Service (NHS) announced Sunday, with ...
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Winds of change blow through England’s industrial heartland
By Roland Jackson KINGSTON UPON HULL, United Kingdom—On the banks of the River Humber in northern England, the winds of ...
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