The digital unit of British telecom giant BT announced Wednesday a cash injection of 5 million pounds ($6 million) in a project spearheaded by drone firm Altitude Angel, which seeks to create the country's first "drone superhighway" for faster delivery of goods

The UK marked on Wednesday one year since becoming the first country in the world to deploy an approved vaccine against COVID-19, but the anniversary came amid fears that the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus could evade the protection offered by the vaccines

Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old UK citizen was the first person in the world to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by US pharma company Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, outside a clinical trial, the Sky News media outlet reported on Tuesday, the day the UK government launched a vaccination campaign in the country

PM Boris Johnson says today the first vaccinations in the UK against COVID-19 has begum, and thanked NHS and all others including the scientists who worked so hard to develop this vaccine.

Universities across the United Kingdom traditionally welcome new and returning students in the final two weeks of September, although this year has seen dozens of higher education institutions battle outbreaks of COVID-19 as the fall semester gets underway