Britain’s economy will lose about £22-billion this year on the coronavirus-induced collapse of global travel, which could imperil three million jobs
Britain will not join any military action against Syria after a stunning parliamentary defeat of a government motion on the issue.
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/ 27 December 2007
United Nations officials were on Wednesday night working to prevent the expulsion from Afghanistan of two senior Western diplomats who have been accused of holding illegal talks with Taliban leaders in the British theatre of operations in the southern province of Helmand.
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/ 5 November 2007
A British warship, the HMS Southampton, is expected to arrive in Cape Town on Monday for a visit on the final part of an eight-month deployment from the United Kingdom. The ship has operated around the Pacific, South America and the South Atlantic as the UK’s ”on call” warship in the area.
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/ 18 September 2007
The JSE’s all-share index came out of the morose state it was in earlier, edging up into positive territory by midday on Tuesday driven by the turnaround in the United Kingdom’s FTSE 100. Shortly before midday, the FTSE 100 was at 6 224,10 points, 0,67% better than Monday’s close as the Bank of England added liquidity to the United Kingdom market,