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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...

世纪 21 奇丰（国际）物业顾问行合伙人及执行董事Manci今日受邀出席香港电台第三台《Backchat》，分享对海外物业代理发牌及规管的看法。 今年1至8月间，消委会共接获106宗有关销售香港以外地方物业的投诉，比去年全年的 56 宗增加近九成。消委会建议，所有从事境外一手住宅物业的地产代理必须持有牌照。Manci表示同意消委会的建议，即在港销售海外物业的营业员应和本地地产代理一样受到监管，然而却关注到现存的《地产代理条例》未必能涵盖所有情况，因为海外物业销售涉及许多不同国家的物业，而各国又各有不同法例。举例消委会建议的7日冷静期，澳洲当地的条例则只有3日冷静期，在英国则完全没有冷静期规定。故很难在香港设立一套条例如监管所有海外物业销售。她亦同意香港部分海外物业的广告是有过分误导，故如当局有一套广告方面的守则让地产代理遵重是好事。 至于在港销售海外物业的营业员是否应该领牌，Manci原则上也是同意，但却质疑在培训和发牌上会有问题，始终不同国家有不同条例，没有可能销售不同国家的物业要领不同牌照。她只能设想会有一种「一般性的海外物业销售牌照」，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...