EU scraps 115 grants for UK scientists and academics amid Brexit row

Move follows dispute over Northern Ireland protocol, as one academic says UK is going down a dark path'

British scientists and academic researchers have been dealt a blow after 115 grants from a flagship EU research programme were terminated because of the continuing Brexit row over Northern Ireland.

One academic said he was relieved" to be exiting the country and feared the UK was going down a dark path" like Germany in the 1930s.