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The recruitment drive came after industry warned a lack of immigrants because of coronavirus would leave vegetables rotting in the fields.

UK PM Boris Johnson was in a stable condition overnight and is in “good spirits” after being admitted to intensive care.

PM Johnson was moved to an intensive care unit Monday afternoon, his condition “worsened” since he was admitted to hospital Sunday. 

Aircraft and trains are finding a new lease of life amid the coronavirus epidemic as European nations activate emergency healthcare capacity.

The UK is due a “mini-heatwave” this weekend, but the government has reminded people to stay at home, under orders to slow coronavirus. 

French President Emmanuel Macron has seen a huge surge in popularity during the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, increasing to popularity not seen since February 2018.

A retired supreme court judge has sounded a clearest warning over the threat to the freedom by overenthusiastic police over coronavirus.

Prince Charles, the first in line for the British throne after Queen Elizabeth II, has tested positive for the China coronavirus.

The Army will assist the NHS in establishing a temporary hospital in London, the government has announced. 

The British government has ordered people to stay in their homes, as well as banning public gatherings of more than two people.

Civil libertarian and Brexiteer David Davis has sounded the alarm over the govt awarding itself wide-ranging powers to fight coronavirus.

The French govt has pleaded with staff in the food supply chain to keep turning up for work, and urged companies to pay staff a €1,000 bonus.

The Prime Minister said: “We are taking away the ancient, inalienable right of free-born people of the United Kingdom to go to the pub. And I can understand how people feel about that.”

Major British railway companies are preparing to considerably reduce their services to the public as the rate of coronavirus infections in the United Kingdom begins to accelerate and demand for rail travel falls.

The Church of England is cutting down weddings to the bare legal minimum, following the UK government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. 

The Bank slashed the already historically low interest rate to 0.1 per cent in a bid to stimulate the economy in the wake of coronavirus.

The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator has self-isolated after being diagnosed with the Chinese coronavirus, making the chances of the presently suspended Brexit negotiations continuing in the near future more remote.

A debate on coronavirus was adjourned mid-session after the Dutch minister for medical care collapsed while standing at the dispatch box.

The Prime Minister and the Education secretary have announced that all schools in England will be closed from Friday.

The British parliament was sparsely attended Wednesday, as members were told to stay away unless their presence was essential. 

European companies are in talks with govts about pivoting from their usual product ranges to supplying medical equipment and consumables.

The vote to elect the next mayor of London, as well as a host of other city mayoral votes and local council elections that were due to be held in May, has been suspended for 12 months over coronavirus concern.

Italy has reacted with severity to the coronavirus which has so far killed over 1,000 in the nation, with lockdowns leaving streets empty.

London’s left-wing Mayor Sadiq Khan was unable to resist indulging his long-running feud with Donald Trump on Thursday, accusing the U.S. President of ignoring evidence and making “policy on the hoof” by closing his country’s borders to most travellers from Europe for 30 days.

The UK govt will attempt to mitigate the economic, social, and business impacts of the coronavirus outbreak with tax cuts and new spending.

Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with Coronavirus, sparking concern about the hundreds of people she met in Westminster including the PM.

The Dutch PM told the public to stop shaking hands over coronavirus, before shaking hands with a medical advisor on national television. 

The UK government will lift environmental restrictions on the logistics operations behind major supermarkets, after apparent panic-buying of hygiene items, including toilet roll and hand sanitiser, meant demand was outstripping supply in some areas.

British airline Flybe went into administration in the early hours of Thursday morning, after the fall of airline bookings caused by the coronavirus scare impacted its revenue.

Emmanuel Macron ordered the seizure of all stocks of medical face masks in the face of a growing threat from Coronavirus. 

The European Union now expects the British team to walk out of talks preemptively as a negotiating tactic, as the bloc’s chief negotiator insists he is too smart for Boris Johnson’s tricks.

The UK bucked the global trend by being the first nation to reverse the march of liberalism but faces a “profound danger” from woke politics.

A passenger from a cruise ship which was quarantined in Japan has died, the first Briton known to have succumbed to Coronavirus worldwide. 

The UK has published its negotiation document, placing itself on a clearly divergent path from Brussels on a post-Brexit deal. 

Former Brexit secretary David Davis has signalled that good news for Brexiteers lays ahead in the coming trade deal negotiations with the EU.

The UK will not be able to leave the EU in any meaningful sense if it wants a deal, and the EU will punish the UK if it diverges from that.