The U.K. authorized a Covid-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca PLC, opening the door for the rollout of millions of doses in a country where infections have surged Continue Reading
Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a method to convert CO2 directly into aviation fuel using a novel, inexpensive iron-based catalyst. The catalyst shows a carbon dioxide conversion through Continue Reading
Europe will see its biggest transfer of share trading in more than two decades when stock exchanges open for business in 2021, with Brexit shifting its centre of gravity away Continue Reading
A fast, green and one-step method for producing porous carbon spheres—a component for carbon capture technology and for new ways of storing renewable energy—has been developed by Swansea University researchers. Continue Reading
Britain long played a special role within the European Union, as a nuclear power and permanent United Nations Security Council member that had Washington’s ear. It was also a budget Continue Reading
Britain clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday, just seven days before it exits one of the world’s biggest trading blocs in its most significant Continue Reading
The last-minute trade deal between the U.K. and the European Union means businesses will be spared new tariffs and border disruption at the start of the new year – an Continue Reading
Britain and the EU have sealed a Christmas trade agreement, a new economic and security accord that both sides hope will allow them to rebuild their relationship after years of Continue Reading
Britain and the European Union appeared close to clinching a long-elusive trade agreement on Wednesday, raising hopes that the estranged allies were now set to avoid a turbulent economic rupture Continue Reading
Britain has found two cases of a coronavirus variant linked to South Africa, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Wednesday, both of which are tied to contact with recent arrivals from that Continue Reading
France will reopen its borders to passengers from England on Wednesday, ending a blockade intended to stop the spread of a new coronavirus variant, but which has held up thousands Continue Reading
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is desperately trying to re-open trade routes to France after a day of cross-Channel political bartering failed to end the chaos at the U.K.’s Continue Reading
France agreed Tuesday to reopen its borders to travelers from Britain and get trade flowing again, but it may take days to clear out the thousands of cargo trucks snarled Continue Reading
With the clock running down on negotiations over a Brexit trade deal, Dutch fruit and vegetable exporters fear that a failure to strike an agreement could lead to long customs Continue Reading
Germany’s coronavirus deaths rose by 986, the most since the start of the pandemic. The U.K. is examining whether to move more areas of England into lockdown to counter a Continue Reading
Nine months of talks between the U.K. and European Union over a post-Brexit trade accord are hanging in the balance, with officials trying to bring them to a conclusion as Continue Reading
Vehicles from England began arriving in Calais and train and air travel to France started to resume on Wednesday morning after Paris reopened its borders with the UK for people Continue Reading
More areas of England are likely to enter the highest level of tier 4 restrictions in the new year as the country braces for the spread of the new strain Continue Reading
Trucks waiting to get out of Britain backed up for miles and people were left stranded at airports Monday as dozens of countries around the world slapped tough travel restrictions Continue Reading
Raoul Ruparel, a former Europe adviser to ex-prime minister Theresa May who remains well connected in Whitehall, suggested the EU and the UK could find a solution to one outstanding Continue Reading
The United Kingdom was stuck in COVID-19 isolation on Tuesday after much of the world cut off travel ties due to a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, snarling one of Continue Reading
The European Union is considering a fresh proposal on fishing rights from the U.K. as Prime Minister Boris Johnson aims to secure an 11th-hour trade deal. Both parties had signaled over Continue Reading
The Netherlands is banning flights from the U.K. for at least the rest of the year in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of coronavirus that is Continue Reading
A growing list of European Union nations were banning travel from the U.K. on Sunday and others were considering similar action, in a bid to block a new strain of Continue Reading
With yet another Brexit deadline disappearing in the rearview mirror, a breakthrough on fishing rights remained elusive for the European Union and Britain on Sunday — leaving both without a Continue Reading
Britain insisted on Sunday that the European Union should shift position to open the way to a post-Brexit trade pact, drawing a swift response from the bloc’s negotiator defending the Continue Reading
Wind turbines generated a record amount of U.K. power on Friday as the growing number of turbines at sea take advantage of the windy conditions off the coast. The record production is Continue Reading
U.K. retail sales fell in November as shoppers stayed home during an England-wide lockdown, although the decline wasn’t as sharp as some analysts feared. The volume of sales in stores and Continue Reading
The U.K. and European Union are heading for a final battle over fishing rights as trade talks reach a climax, with officials cautiously predicting a deal within days. The pound Continue Reading
British scientists are trying to establish whether the rapid spread in southern England of a new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is linked to key mutations they have Continue Reading
Bank of England officials hold their final scheduled policy decision of a tumultuous year still unsure whether the U.K. will get a Brexit trade deal, and knowing there’s little they Continue Reading
As vaccines are rolling out, the coronavirus is on the move as well, not merely spreading but also mutating , and possibly becoming more transmissible. There is no evidence that Continue Reading
Nearly 400 years ago, Parliament passed an obscure law in London, which triggered the start of an estimated $5.7 trillion industry , the estimate of value that Uber puts on Continue Reading
media captionJohnson: ‘Whatever happens, the UK will do very, very well’ The UK and EU have agreed to carry on post-Brexit trade talks after a call between leaders earlier on Continue Reading
A UK source said the “process still has some legs” but Boris Johnson has warned a no-deal is the “most likely” outcome. A deadline to finish talks had been set Continue Reading
The system underpinning a UK Emissions Trading System is on track to be ready for the country’s exit Jan. 1, 2021, from the EU’s own ETS, the UK government said Continue Reading
Britain is likely to complete its journey out of the European Union in three weeks without a trade deal, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission chief Ursula von Continue Reading
Long lines of trucks carrying stockpiles for British companies jam the highways leading to France’s northern port of Calais, while in the coastal town of Boulogne-sur-Mer, French fishermen pull in Continue Reading
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday there was “a strong possibility” Britain and the EU would fail to strike a new trade deal, but vowed to do whatever Continue Reading
With a chaotic and costly no-deal Brexit three weeks away, leaders of both the European Union and United Kingdom saw an ever likelier collapse of trade talks Thursday, and British Continue Reading
The U.K.’s border with Ireland has been a major sticking point since Britain started negotiating its exit from the European Union. WSJ’s Jason Douglas traveled to the country’s only land Continue Reading
With just 23 days until Britain’s exit from the European Union truly begins, the country got a taste of the havoc that trade disruption could bring. Honda shut down production Continue Reading
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned business and the public to prepare to leave the European Union’s single market without a trade deal as negotiations with the bloc falter. Speaking a Continue Reading
Britain warned the European Union on Thursday that it must make significant concessions to break the impasse in Brexit trade talks by the end of the weekend to give some Continue Reading
Boris Johnson and the EU have set a Sunday deadline for a “firm decision” on the fate of their future-relationship negotiations after three hours of “frank” talks in Brussels ended Continue Reading
After years of uncertainty and missed deadlines, the U.K. is finally leaving the EU. But the Brexit drama may not be over as the U.K. enters a new phase of Continue Reading
The cost of Britain’s efforts to reduce its greenhouse gases over the next three decades is lower than previously thought and could even be neutral, according to the government’s independent Continue Reading
The United Kingdom can raise its climate ambitions for 2035 in a move that would put the country’s legally binding 2050 net-zero emissions target within reach, the independent Climate Change Continue Reading
The UK Prime Minister has announced a new target to reduce the UK’s emissions by at least 68 percent by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. The UK Prime Minister has Continue Reading
The first all-electric auto service station will open in Britain on Monday as drivers increasingly avoid cars fueled by gasoline and diesel. It’s another sign the energy and transport industries are Continue Reading
