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A woman in a protective face mask waits for clients in a souvenir shop in landmark Southbank – a cultural centre of London as the city encourages internal tourism after global Coronavirus lockdown drastically shrunk international tourism in London, England, August 10, 2020. Dominika Zarzycka/Zuma Press The British economy collapsed …

(FILES) This file photo taken on September 25, 2014 shows a packet of Camel cigaretes taken in Paris. joel saget/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images British American Tobacco said its first-half profit edged higher, as sales of higher-priced items and cost cuts offset a fall in volume. British American Tobacco BATS, +1.11% BTI, …

A painting by Bridget Riley valued at up to £1.2 million ($ 1.37 million) will kickoff a sale of British Airways’ corporate art collection as the struggling airline looks to raise cash amid an unprecedented global collapse in passenger demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Sotheby’s will offer 17 paintings, …

The row between Britain and the U.S. over food standard has deepened after some of the U.K.’s leading grocers have refused to sell a raft of food imports. Britain’s fifth biggest grocer Aldi said it would never sell chlorine-washed chicken imported from the U.S., regardless of the outcome of ongoing …

British Airways will cut up to 12,000 jobs as the airline’s owner warned the coronavirus recovery will take “several years.” BA parent International Consolidated Airlines Group IAG, -3.30% (IAG) said it had launched a restructuring and redundancy program due to the impact of the pandemic and the expectation that the …

Dr. Denis Vincent was in the business of smiles.  His patients say he was a talented dentist, but remember him most vividly for his gift of making others feel good.  “You knew he had competency, but he was also a people person. He made you feel at ease,” said longtime …

Messages of support and well wishes for a speedy recovery have been pouring in from across the political divide as well as from political leaders around the world after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care late Monday as his coronavirus symptoms “worsened.” Johnson, 55, had been …

As during the Second World War, neighbors in Britain are coming together to help neighbors amid a battle against a lethal enemy. Thousands of citizen-led groups have sprung up across Britain as neighbors club together to offer support to people in need during the coronavirus pandemic. Through Wednesday, more than …