British MPs warn country not ready for Brexit
AFP - UK - 19/12/2020
Britain has not yet installed all the complex IT systems and port infrastructure needed to ensure Brexit runs smoothly, a group of British MPs warned in a report released Saturday
The Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union, a cross-party group of…
Britain will not be EU 'client state', says UK's chief negotiator
AFP - Internacional - 06/09/2020
Britain will not become “a client state” under the terms of any post-Brexit trade deal struck with the European Union, the UK’s chief negotiator David Frost insisted late on Saturday.
Ahead of an eighth and final round of scheduled talks with the EU…
UK split over 'confusing' Portugal quarantine rules
AFP - United Kingdom - 04/09/2020
A senior British government minister admitted Friday there was “confusion” over quarantine rules after separate UK countries announced different restrictions on travellers arriving from Portugal.
From Friday, people arriving in Scotland or Wales from Portugal…
New UK quarantine rules shake up summer travel plans
AFP - Reino Unido - 31/07/2020
The Lunt family from Bath, in western England, had planned to visit Spain this summer, but like so many British holidaymakers have had their plans upended by the coronavirus pandemic.
The family-of-five, who had booked two weeks on the Balearic island of Majorca next…
PJ has new suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann
Diário de Notícias - Portugal - 03/06/2020
He is a man of German nationality, 43, who lived in Portugal between 1996 and 2007. Madeleine McCann disappeared on May 3, 2007, in Praia da Luz, in the Algarve.
The suspect is a 43-year-old German citizen with a criminal record who lived in Portugal between 1996 and…
Boris Johnson returns to work this Monday after beating Covid-19
Jornal de Notícias - Portugal - 26/04/2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street this Monday, resuming command of the executive, after having overcome the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
Volunteers began receiving Covid-19 vaccine under test in the UK
Diário de Notícias - Portugal - 24/04/2020
Human vaccine testing began this Thursday in Oxford with two volunteers.
Norman Hunter, world champion with England in 1966, dies after contracting coronavirus
ISTOÉ - Brasil - 17/04/2020
Former player Norman Hunter, a Leeds United star and world champion with England in 1966, died on Friday at the age of 76 after being infected with the new coronavirus, the English club announced in a statement.
What do Portuguese nurses have that makes the British like them so much?
TSF - Portugal - 14/04/2020
They have already been awarded and now it is Boris Johnson who thanks them. In particular to the nurse Luís Pitarma. TSF spoke with three Portuguese nurses in the United Kingdom to understand what they do differently to deserve recognition even from the English Prime Minister.
Liverpool's 'Legend' Kenny Dalglish was discharged after four days in hospital
Lusa - Portugal - 13/04/2020
Former Scottish football player Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool's legend, was discharged on Saturday after testing positive for covid-19, was announced today.
