Browsing: UK News briefing

England will face Germany in the next Euro 2020 game, another instalment of a historic tie between two old rivals. England will face Germany next Tuesday at Wembley. But do they have a chance at a win? 

Buckingham Palace has published its figures on ethnic minority staffing – with the data showing the royal household lags behind many other British institutions on workplace diversity. 

Junk food TV advertisements will be banned pre-9pm. The ban includes foods that are high in sugar, salt and fat. 

There will be no “legal compulsion” to still wear facemasks when England ditches all covid restrictions, the environment secretary told Sky News.

GB News commentator QUITS accuses channel of ‘opening gates of hell’. India Willoughby had agreed to appear weekly on GB News

UK slaps down Russian claims they ‘fired warning shots and dropped BOMBS’ at Navy ship

PC Benjamin Monk has been found guilty of the manslaughter of former pro footballer Dalian Atkinson. 

Streaming giants such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ might be facing tighter regulation under the UK government’s proposal. 

Popstar Billie Eilish has apologised after a video emerged of her appearing to mouth an anti-Asian slur. The singer said she is “appalled and embarrassed” over the footage. 

The man suspected of murdering his British wife Caroline Crounch after he claimed she was killed during a robbery at their home has appeared in an Athens court to give evidence. 

Matt Hancock told Sky News that quarantine-free travel to amber list countries for people who have been fully vaccinated is being worked on

Ben Chilwell and Mason Mount will have to self-isolate until Monday after coming into contact with Scotland’s midfielder Billy Gilmour

Nicola Sturgeon has defended the ban on non-essential travel with Manchester and Salford after an angry reaction from the area’s mayor. 

McDonald’s has announced that it will hire 20,000 more workers as it plans to open new restaurants across the UK and Ireland. 

Billy Gilmour will miss Scotland’s final Euro 2020 Group D match against Croatia after the Scottish midfielder tested positive for Covid-19

From today, flexible and cheaper rail tickets are available in England, with big savings on certain routes for people who travel two or three days a week. 

UK reports another 10,321 coronavirus cases and 14 deaths, London opens vaccine pop up centres 

Prince Charles plans to never make Archie a prince, even when he’s king according to the Mail on Sunday.

Euro 2020: England v Scotland, the latest team news, where to watch, kickoff time and predictions for tonight’s big match

Some 33,630 cases of the variant were recorded in the last week and PHE said “the most recent data show 99% of sequenced and genotyped cases across the country are the Delta variant”

The Liberal Democrats have managed to overturn a 16,000 majority in a seat that has always voted Conservative. 

A minister has said officials are doing “as much as we possibly can” to accommodate Euros 2020 after it was reported the government is to allow thousands of VIPs into England without the need to quarantine

Palestinian teens dies after being shot in the head when the Israeli army opened fire during clashes in the occupied West Bank

EU citizen seeking work in Britain has fallen by more than a third since Brexit a new study says. The study exposes the impact on UK employers struggling to recruit. 

No 10 is considering relaxing restrictions around international travel for Brits who have had both doses of the vaccine.