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Fans vented their fury today after Premier League clubs called for their players to be declared exempt from quarantine hotel restrictions feared to be incoming in the UK. Sides competing in the Champions League and Europa League faced an anxious wait to discover if Boris Johnson’s plans would apply to footballers travelling to and from European matches. … Read more
UK businesses that export to the EU are reportedly being encouraged by trade officials to set up hubs across the Channel so they can avoid post-Brexit disruption. Some firms claim they have been advised to set up subsidiary companies in the EU so they can avoid extra paperwork when exporting products into the trade bloc. … Read more
Youths torched a Dutch Covid testing centre and an effigy of the Danish Prime Minister was set alight in fiery anti-lockdown protests sweeping across Europe. The testing facility in the village of Urk in the Netherlands went up in flames on Saturday night with its burnt-out shell remaining cordoned off on Sunday. Meanwhile, in Copenhagen, … Read more
An alleged drug lord dubbed ‘Asia’s El Chapo’ Tse Chi Lop (pictured) has been arrested in the Netherlands An accused drug lord dubbed ‘Asia’s El Chapo’ has been arrested following a two-year manhunt led by Australian investigators. Tse Chi Lop, 57, was dragged off a plane in the Netherlands on Friday after Australian Federal Police issued … Read more
Practice of burying the dead WITHOUT grave goods spread quickly though Western Europe during the early Medieval era – suggesting the region was surprisingly well connected In the 6th century, almost all burials included regionally-specific grave goods However, by the 8th century, this practice had all but disappeared Study of 33,000 graves revealed that changes … Read more
Incredible portraits show the last matriarchal society in Europe, where older women are in charge of the land and men take a back seat. Gritty images show the elderly female residents of the Kihnu and Manija islands in the Baltic Sea as they go about their daily lives in their kitchens, bedrooms and farming the … Read more
BREAKING: Trump ‘to lift COVID-19 travel restrictions on UK, Brazil and Europe from January 26’ Donald Trump will rescind entry bans for most non-U.S. citizens who recently were in Brazil and much of Europe starting on January 26, sources told Reuters The U.S. restrictions barring most visitors from Europe have been in place since mid-March, … Read more
Covid vaccine manufacturer Pfizer is shrinking and delaying its deliveries to Europe while it expands its factory in Belgium. The company makes one of just two vaccines that are being given to the public in the UK and confirmed that Britain would be affected in late January and February. Concerns about vaccine deliveries in the … Read more
Europe was in the grip of snow chaos today as power went out in Sweden and Finland, looters ransacked a food truck in Spain and one person died as cars swerved off ice-covered roads in Germany. In Madrid, footage showed dozens of looters emptying a lorry full of vegetables, yoghurts and milkshakes after it was … Read more
‘We WERE right to stay out of EU’s vaccination scheme’: Decision to run our own Covid-19 inoculation drive is vindicated after figures show UK has given out more jabs than rest of Europe combined, MPs are told Figures show the UK is fourth in the world for number of vaccines administered The only countries ahead … Read more