Tag: British

More Britons are turning to cash to manage their budgets as prices soar, the Post Office said on Monday after ...

Cast member Tom Holland poses at a special screening of "Dolittle" in London, Britain.

Actor Tom Holland says he will play Fred Astaire in new biopic

6 December 2021, 1:09 PM

British actor Tom Holland said he will portray legendary film star Fred Astaire in an upcoming Sony biopic, who is ...

Britain's Cabinet minister David Frost walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain.

‘Post-Brexit Northern Ireland deal possible by Christmas’

17 November 2021, 12:20 PM

British Brexit minister David Frost said on Wednesday that his government's preference is to strike a deal to improve post-Brexit ...

Cape Town welcomes British and Irish Lions rugby tour being played in the city

by Bongisipho Magcaba

21 July 2021, 11:43 AM

23 November 2020, 8:01 PM

Cape Town has welcomed a decision by rugby authorities to have the remainder of the British and Irish Lions rugby ...

Labourer David Wilson, 36, pretended to be multiple teenage girls on Facebook and other social media to contact victims in Britain, the United States and Australia, Britain’s National Crime Agency said.

Briton admits almost 100 sex offences against young boys

by SABC Digital News

A British man on Monday admitted almost 100 sexual offences against boys as young as four, with police suspecting he ...

Tens of thousands of people will be able to get the highly effective pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drugs for free later this year.

England joins nations offering HIV prevention pill to all at high risk

by Sthembiso Sithole

15 March 2020, 3:20 PM

12 December 2019, 3:09 PM

England will join a growing list of countries offering HIV-prevention pill to all those at high risk of catching the ...

British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn casts his vote in general election

by Wendy Mothata

British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn cast his vote in the general election on Thursday (December 12), arriving to vote with ...

UK parliament elects Labour lawmaker Hoyle as Speaker

by Wendy Mothata

5 November 2019, 5:44 AM

British lawmakers elected Labour's Lindsay Hoyle as Speaker on Monday to take on the role of refereeing the next parliamentary ...

A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw.

Russian group hijacked Iranian spying operation

21 October 2019, 10:09 AM

The Russian group, known as “Turla” and accused by Estonian and Czech authorities of operating on behalf of Russia’s FSB ...

A man walks past an UK government Brexit information campaign poster at a bus stop in central London.

Brexit talks go down to the wire ahead of EU summit

16 October 2019, 10:58 AM

Britain’s plan to leave the EU, which has only ever added new member states, has compounded problems for a bloc ...

Iran to free detained British-flagged tanker Stena Impero members

4 September 2019, 11:01 AM

Iran will free seven crew members of the detained British-flagged tanker Stena Impero, Iranian state television reported on Wednesday.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on at the House of Commons in London, Britain

Opponents of ‘no-deal’ Brexit defeat PM Johnson

4 September 2019, 7:23 AM

British lawmakers defeated Boris Johnson in parliament on Tuesday in a bid to prevent him taking Britain out of the ...

Producers said on Tuesday that the new film would see Bond enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica after leaving active service before an old friend, Felix Leiter, from the CIA turns up asking for help.

James Bond movie gets a title – ‘No Time to Die’

by Celestine Hendricks

21 August 2019, 7:14 AM

The new James Bond film finally has a title - “No Time to Die” - and an April 2020 release ...

A security officer stands guard in front of St Anthony's shrine in Colombo, after bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels.

‘Horrific’, ‘cruel’, ‘sad’: World reacts to Sri Lanka blasts

by Bongisipho Magcaba

22 April 2019, 6:31 AM

Religious and world leaders have condemned a series of blasts in Sri Lanka that killed at least 290 people.

On Monday (December 10) Theresa May postponed a parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal amid certainty she would lose.

Britain’s May wins no-confidence vote

13 December 2018, 5:51 AM

Theresa May will remain as British prime minister - for now at least. She's survived a no confidence vote, held ...

(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 17, 2018 different parts of a Rolls Royce aircraft engine under construction are displayed at the industrial and technological engine manufacturer French Safran plant, in Colomiers, southwestern France.

British engine maker Rolls-Royce cutting 4 600 jobs

by Alisa Nazaire

14 June 2018, 2:15 PM

Rolls-Royce, the British maker of plane engines, said Thursday that it plans to cut 4,600 mainly British management roles by ...

By a majority decision, the justices said that the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC), which brought the appeal, did not have the power to "institute abstract proceedings of this nature".

British human rights campaigners lose abortion challenge to Ireland

by SABC

7 June 2018, 1:00 PM

Britain's Supreme Court on Thursday said it could not rule on an appeal against Northern Ireland's strict abortion laws, but ...

Trump has threatened to withdraw from the agreement when it comes up for renewal on May 12

British warn Trump about pulling out of Iran Deal

by SABC

7 May 2018, 9:45 AM

Britain has appealed to US President Donald Trump not to abandon the Iran nuclear deal as a key deadline approaches, ...

British citizens worry about post-Brexit uncertainties

24 March 2018, 8:39 AM