British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized for attending a drink party in the back garden of 10 Downing Street when the rest of the country was under a strict COVID-19 lockdown.

The National Health Service is seeking help from private health companies in the UK to deliver treatments such as cancer surgery, as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 keeps surging amid healthcare staff shortage.

British protesters have rallied in Westminster to protest against the Nationality and Borders Bill, calling for the “racist” legislation to be scrapped.

The British government faced the highest level of hospital staff absence in early January since the vaccine rollout, data from National Health Service (NHS) shows.

COVID-19 infections across the UK hit record high levels in all parts of the country just before Christmas, with an estimated 2.3 million cases, new figures show.

The development comes on the heels of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s warning over a “tidal wave” of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, which he said cannot be contained by two vaccine doses.

Barbados becomes a republic, putting an end to 400 years of British reign and ditching Queen Elizabeth as head of state.

England have been ordered to play one match behind closed doors as a punishment for the unrest at Wembley Stadium during the Euro 2020 final.

A COVID-19 testing site in central England is suspended after it is revealed that it has been wrongly giving negative PCR test results to people who were infected.

Hospitals in England are struggling to recruit staff for tens of thousands of nursing vacancies amid a mounting workforce crisis in the country.