Britain’s FTSE 100 skids after PM Johnson gets coronavirus

London’s main share index fell sharply on Friday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson became the first world leader to test positive for coronavirus, which claimed more lives in Britain. After a three-day surge driven by government and central bank measures to lessen the blow from the coronavirus crisis, the blue-chip …

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Britain boosts testing for health care workers

By Paul Sandle and Estelle Shirbon | Reuters LONDON – Britain is scaling up coronavirus testing for frontline National Health Service (NHS) staff, with hundreds of tests due to be carried out in coming days and many more next week. The United Kingdom has so far reported 14,579 cases of …

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Next, River Island and TK Maxx stop taking online orders

After shutting up their physical stores earlier this week, some major high street retailers have now also closed their online operations. Despite the government’s guidance that ‘online retail is still open and encouraged’, Next, River Island and TK Maxx have all announced they are no longer accepting online orders in …

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