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Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K. Intelligence Agencies Flag Fears Over University China Ties]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-08/u-k-intelligence-agencies-flag-fears-over-university-china-ties</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-08/u-k-intelligence-agencies-flag-fears-over-university-china-ties</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kitty Donaldson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 21:22:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Captain Tom Moore, WWII Vet Who Became U.K. Lockdown Icon, Dies of Virus]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-02/centenarian-who-was-u-k-lockdown-icon-dies-after-getting-virus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-02/centenarian-who-was-u-k-lockdown-icon-dies-after-getting-virus</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Penny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:28:49 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijYMeBHMcPVQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijYMeBHMcPVQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Capt. Tom Moore at home in Marston Moretaine, England on April 30, 2020. Source: Handout/Capture the Light Photography/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K.’s Sunak Poised to Stick to Tax Pledges in March 3 Budget]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-01/u-k-s-sunak-poised-to-stick-to-tax-pledges-in-march-3-budget</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-01/u-k-s-sunak-poised-to-stick-to-tax-pledges-in-march-3-budget</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Penny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 22:27:43 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGSvbuQ9nsrc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGSvbuQ9nsrc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Rishi Sunak, U.K. chancellor of the exchequer, departs Downing Street ahead of the presentation of spending plans at Parliament, in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. Sunak will likely perform a balancing act between supporting the recovery in the near term while also signaling there&apos;s a repair job to be done on the public finances in the medium term.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K. Offers Help as EU Faces Vaccine Shortage After Astra Fiasco]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-28/u-k-offers-help-as-eu-faces-vaccine-shortage-after-astra-fiasco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-28/u-k-offers-help-as-eu-faces-vaccine-shortage-after-astra-fiasco</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nikos Chrysoloras]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 10:23:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/inEJzcyLogSw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/inEJzcyLogSw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A nurse draws the AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford Covid-19 vaccine into a syringe at the Royal Health &amp; Wellbeing Centre in Oldham, U.K., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Boris Johnson&apos;s government is pinning its hopes on a mass vaccination program to reduce hospitalizations and ultimately deaths, and aims to slowly lift restrictions from March to allow the economy to re-open. Photographer: Anthony Devlin/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K. to Decide on Flight Quarantine as Deaths Near 100,000]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-26/u-k-to-decide-on-flight-quarantine-as-covid-deaths-near-100-000</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-26/u-k-to-decide-on-flight-quarantine-as-covid-deaths-near-100-000</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Penny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:45:07 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_IyD7Dh50KU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_IyD7Dh50KU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A worker in personal protective equipment cleans the inside of an ambulance after arriving at The Royal London Hospital in London, U.K., on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. London Mayor Sadiq Khan declared a “major incident” in the U.K. capital on Friday and warned the state-run National Health Service is at risk of being overwhelmed by a surge in coronavirus cases. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K. Prepares Brazil Travel Curbs in Face of New Covid Variant]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-14/u-k-prepares-brazil-travel-curbs-in-face-of-new-covid-variant</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-14/u-k-prepares-brazil-travel-curbs-in-face-of-new-covid-variant</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Penny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 08:24:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iPucq0hJg6f8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iPucq0hJg6f8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Travelers, wearing a protective face masks, pass through the arrivals area after landing at London Luton Airport in Luton, U.K., on Friday, May 1, 2020. Ryanair Holdings Plc will cut 3,000 jobs and said it will challenge some 30 billion euros ($33 billion) in state aid being doled out to save its European competitors.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Johnson Set to Win Parliamentary Approval for Brexit Deal]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-29/johnson-set-to-win-quick-parliamentary-approval-for-brexit-deal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-29/johnson-set-to-win-quick-parliamentary-approval-for-brexit-deal</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Penny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2020 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iwRTJWCxPmDk/v262/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iwRTJWCxPmDk/v262/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[England to Restrict Fatty Food Promotions in Anti-Obesity Drive]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-28/england-to-restrict-fatty-food-promotions-in-anti-obesity-drive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-28/england-to-restrict-fatty-food-promotions-in-anti-obesity-drive</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Penny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2020 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iiGCRQClFnxY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iiGCRQClFnxY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>NORWICH, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 28: Fries are seen for sale prior to during the Premier League match between Norwich City and Tottenham Hotspur at Carrow Road on December 28, 2019 in Norwich, United Kingdom. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K. and Turkey Expected to Sign Continuity Trade Deal Tuesday]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-27/u-k-and-turkey-expected-to-sign-continuity-trade-deal-tuesday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-27/u-k-and-turkey-expected-to-sign-continuity-trade-deal-tuesday</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Penny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2020 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSuLsTtfwR_I/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSuLsTtfwR_I/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Trucks on the dockside at the Port of Felixstowe Ltd. in Felixstowe, U.K., on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. The organization responsible for setting global environmental standards for shipping approved rules designed to curb the industry&apos;s carbon emissions, triggering criticism that its measures won&apos;t do enough to help tackle climate change. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brexit Deal Should Answer Concerns Over Economy, Sunak Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-27/brexit-deal-should-answer-concerns-over-economic-hit-sunak-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-27/brexit-deal-should-answer-concerns-over-economic-hit-sunak-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Penny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2020 12:14:24 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQjnQfrmrxto/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQjnQfrmrxto/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Rishi Sunak, U.K. chancellor of the exchequer, departs number 11 Downing Street on his way to present his &apos;Winter Economy Plan&apos; at Parliament in London, U.K., on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Sunak will set out a new crisis plan to protect jobs and rescue businesses as the coronavirus outbreak forces the U.K. to return to emergency measures.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K. Poised to Clear Astra Shot as Need for Vaccines Grows]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-27/u-k-vaccines-could-end-virus-lockdowns-from-february-mail</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-27/u-k-vaccines-could-end-virus-lockdowns-from-february-mail</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Viren Vaghela]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2020 11:11:37 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iA0tdKfbtPQg/v262/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iA0tdKfbtPQg/v262/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Warns No Deal Is Likeliest Outcome of Talks: Brexit Update]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-11/eu-warns-no-deal-is-likeliest-outcome-of-talks-brexit-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-11/eu-warns-no-deal-is-likeliest-outcome-of-talks-brexit-update</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Penny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 09:07:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Johnson Heads Into Brussels Showdown Over Brexit Trade Deal]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-08/uk-s-johnson-to-meet-eu-s-von-der-leyen-in-brussels-on-wednesday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-08/uk-s-johnson-to-meet-eu-s-von-der-leyen-in-brussels-on-wednesday</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Penny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 17:54:40 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icq1ykMWNFmg/v267/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icq1ykMWNFmg/v267/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K. Says It Won Vaccine Race by Being a ‘Better Country’]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-03/u-k-says-it-won-vaccine-race-because-it-s-a-better-country</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-03/u-k-says-it-won-vaccine-race-because-it-s-a-better-country</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Penny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2020 10:12:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Johnson Battles to Stop Rebels Undermining U.K. Virus Strategy]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-30/johnson-defends-tough-england-tiers-to-buy-time-for-vaccines</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-30/johnson-defends-tough-england-tiers-to-buy-time-for-vaccines</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Penny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 17:13:40 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQCYx6g3AAb8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQCYx6g3AAb8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A sole pedestrian in an empty New Bond Street in central London, on Nov. 30. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.K. Sees Astra, Pfizer Vaccine Rollout Starting Next Month]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-23/u-k-sees-astra-pfizer-vaccine-rollout-starting-next-month</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-23/u-k-sees-astra-pfizer-vaccine-rollout-starting-next-month</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Penny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 09:35:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBnrV4uqOh90/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBnrV4uqOh90/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A laboratory technicians handles vials as part of filling and packaging tests for the large-scale production and supply of the University of Oxfords COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, conducted on a high-performance aseptic vial filling line on September 11, 2020 at the Italian biologics manufacturing facility of multinational corporation Catalent in Anagni, southeast of Rome, during the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. - Catalent Biologics manufacturing facility in Anagni, Italy will serve as the launch facility for the large-scale production and supply of the University of Oxfords Covid-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, providing large-scale vial filling and packaging to British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. 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The U.K.&apos;s House of Lords rejected government plans to break international law over Brexit, putting the onus back on Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who immediately vowed to push ahead with the legislation.</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>