Disruption following a train crash in Salisbury in Southern England which left several people injured will continue for several days. National Rail Enquiries said most of the lines serving the Wiltshire city are blocked and “will remain closed until at least the end of the day on Thursday”. This is affecting Great Western Railway (GWR)…
Disruption to Trains in Southern England Expected for Several Days After Crash
Road-Blocking Protesters Double Down as UK Court Issues New Injunction
A group of climate activists has refused to back down after a new injunction was issued against their traffic-disrupting protests. Insulate Britain, which demands taxpayer-funded insulation for all British households, vowed to target the M25 motorway from Wednesday despite five injunctions banning them from obstructing traffic on all motorways and major roads across England, as well as 14…
Drivers Warned to Expect ‘Autumn Rush’ on Britain’s Roads
The arrival of half-term in England and Wales is expected to lead to an “autumn rush” on the roads in the coming days. An estimated 19.4 million separate leisure trips by car will take place in the UK between Friday and Sunday, according to the RAC. A survey of 1,400 drivers indicated that Saturday will…
‘Unprecedented Backlog’ of Dental Appointment After Lockdown: Watchdog, Union Say
More than 30 million NHS dental appointments were lost during CCP virus lockdowns in England, chairs of a health care watchdog and a dentists’ union said. In a letter (pdf) to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, Sir Robert Francis QC, chair of Healthwatch England, and Eddie Crouch, chair of the British Dental Association (BDA), said…
Bank of England Will Have to Act to Contain Inflation: Bailey
LONDON—Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey sent a fresh signal on Sunday that the British central bank is gearing up to raise interest rates for the first time since the onset of the coronavirus crisis as inflation risks mount. Bailey said he continued to believe that the recent jump in inflation would be temporary, but…
New Rules Needed to Cover Risks From Cloud Computing, Says Bank of England
LONDON—New rules will be needed to deal with operational risks from banks relying on outsourced ‘cloud’ computing from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and others for providing services to customers, the Bank of England said on Friday. “Regulated firms will continue to have primary responsibility for managing risks stemming from their outsourcing and third-party dependencies,” the BoE’s…
Ancient Churches a Draw for Visitors to Rural England
The thought of exploring the ancient churches scattered across small villages and hamlets in the 100-square-mile Romney Marsh in Kent, a history-rich county in southeastern England, was alluring enough to bring me across the pond. Admittedly, church touring seems like an uncommon vacation, but it’s a relatively popular English pastime that seems to be right…
Bank of England Nudges up Inflation Outlook, Split Over QE Widens
LONDON—The Bank of England said inflation would rise above 4 percent later this year, and two policymakers called for an early end to the central bank’s quantitative easing programme due to rising price pressures. Policymakers voted 7–2 to stick with the 895 billion pound ($1.2 trillion) asset purchase target they set in November 2020, when…
Wales to Require COVID-19 Passport for Events, Nightclubs
Clubbers and events goers in Wales will be legally required to produce their COVID passes at the door from Oct. 11, the Welsh government announced on Friday. The decision came after the Scottish Parliament voted to introduce vaccine passports from Oct 1, and the UK government shelved a similar plan for England. From Oct. 11,…
England Says COVID-19 Vaccine Passports Could Be Implemented After Health Minister Stated Otherwise
The UK government may now try to implement at COVID-19 vaccine passport system as part of its winter pandemic strategy, coming days after Health Minister Sajid Javid said passport systems had been scrapped in England. “Whilst we’re not going ahead with mandatory vaccine-only COVID-status certification (vaccine passports) now, we will be holding that power in…
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