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A village with "knotted lanes, stone the color of burnt honey and blowsy gardens" has been named the prettiest in the UK. The Slaughters - formed of Upper and Lower Slaughter in the Cotswolds - topped The Times' list of the 30 prettiest villages in the UK, which was published on Friday. The area was lauded as a fitting alternative to the "oh-my pretty and oh-lord popular" Castle Coombe, a village nearby. The round-up features 30 of the best villages to visit in the UK, along with so...

LONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday the climate deal struck at the COP26 conference in Glasgow was a big step forward and he hoped it would mark the beginning of the end of climate change. "There is still a huge amount more to do in the coming years," Johnson said in a statement. "But today's agreement is a big step forward and, critically, we have the first-ever international agreement to phase down coal and a roadmap to limit global warming t...

LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Britain will start to roll out Merck's (MRK.N) molnupiravir COVID-19 antiviral pill through a drug trial later this month, Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Adviser at the UK Health Security Agency said on Sunday. Last week Britain became the first country in the world to approve the potentially game-changing COVID-19 antiviral pill, jointly developed by U.S.-based Merck & Co Inc and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics. The government said in October it had secured 480,000 ...

The famous American fast food empire is about to open in this country and says diners can pick from options including its famous chicken sandwich and other fan favorites American chicken chain Popeyes has revealed its UK menu - and it includes customer favorites like the firm's chicken sandwich. Popeyes will open its first UK store in London on November 20, and has today revealed which dishes will be on the menu. The restaurant will serve options such as 12-hour marinaded chicken, chic...

世紀 21 奇豐（國際）物業顧問行合伙人及執行董事Manci今日受邀出席香港電台第三台《Backchat》，分享對海外物業代理發牌及規管的看法。 今年1至8月間，消委會共接獲106宗有關銷售香港以外地方物業的投訴，比去年全年的 56 宗增加近九成。消委會建議，所有從事境外一手住宅物業的地產代理必須持有牌照。Manci表示同意消委會的建議，即在港銷售海外物業的營業員應和本地地產代理一樣受到監管，然而卻關注到現存的《地產代理條例》未必能涵蓋所有情況，因為海外物業銷售涉及許多不同國家的物業，而各國又各有不同法例。舉例消委會建議的7日冷靜期，澳洲當地的條例則只有3日冷靜期，在英國則完全沒有冷靜期規定。故很難在香港設立一套條例如監管所有海外物業銷售。她亦同意香港部分海外物業的廣告是有過分誤導，故如當局有一套廣告方面的守則讓地產代理遵重是好事。 至於在港銷售海外物業的營業員是否應該領牌，Manci原則上也是同意，但卻質疑在培訓和發牌上會有問題，始終不同國家有不同條例，沒有可能銷售不同國家的物業要領不同牌照。她只能設想會有一種「一般性的海外物業銷售牌照」，持牌照者要遵...

This Halloween, if you see a demonic figure or witness a poltergeist activity in your house, don’t run out in fear, simply put your house on the market If horror movies have taught us anything, it's to never go to the basement, never play board games with imaginary friends, steer clear of masked men on Halloween and never look back. Whilst demonic noises and ghostly raids in the middle of the night are sure shot signs to get out of the house and run for your life, a new study has...

The remaining seven countries on the UK government's Covid travel red list will be removed from next Monday. Fully-vaccinated arrivals from Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Peru, Panama, Haiti, and Venezuela will no longer have to quarantine in a hotel. But the red list system will be kept in place and a country could be added back on it if cases rise there. The changes announced by the Department for Transport will apply to passengers arriving in all four nations of the U...

Little action on rising inflation, say food and drink firms Now back to some more reaction to the Budget we've been hearing this afternoon. Ian Wright, chief executive of the Food and Drink Federation, says for many manufacturers and producers the 50% cut in business rates for hospitality announced in the Budget and the simplification of alcohol duty are “welcome news". However, he says the Budget does “little to address” labour shortages and adds it is also &ldquo...