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Soccer-Ex-player Ebanks-Blake wins first stage of UK lawsuit against surgeon

18 Dec 2025

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Former English Premier League player Sylvan Ebanks-Blake on Thursday won the first stage of his multi-million-pound lawsuit against a specialist sports surgeon for negligence, as he argues he was denied another five years as a high-level professional. Ebanks-Blake was playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the second-tier Championship when he suffered …

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Russia sentences Briton who fought for Ukraine to 13 years in prison camp

18 Dec 2025

By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Dec 18 (Reuters) – A British man who fought for Ukraine against the Russian army has been sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security prison camp after being convicted of being a paid mercenary, Russian prosecutors said on Thursday. The jailed Briton was named as 30-year-old Hayden Davies by Russia’s …

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UK actors vote to reject digital scans in AI rights push, echoing Hollywood battles

18 Dec 2025

By Sam Tabahriti LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – British film and television performers have voted overwhelmingly to refuse digital body scans unless they are given stronger protections against artificial intelligence, the actors’ union Equity said on Thursday. Digital body scans are increasingly used in film and TV for crowd scenes, stunt work, de-aging and virtual …

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British regulator cracks down on home, travel insurers

18 Dec 2025

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Britain’s financial watchdog on Thursday laid out its efforts to raise standards in the home and travel insurance market after a consumer group made a rare “super-complaint” against the regulator, accusing it of letting customers down. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it was investigating two insurers, had blocked a …

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UK pauses trials of Ajax in new setback for army fighting vehicle

18 Dec 2025

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Britain said it was pausing all trials of the Ajax fighting vehicle, the latest setback for the army’s troubled 6 billion pound ($8 billion) programme after years of technical faults and delays. Luke Pollard, minister for defence readiness, announced the pause on Thursday “out of an abundance of caution”. It …

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Morning Bid: Optics and Oracles  

18 Dec 2025

By Marc Jones LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – By Marc Jones, Global Markets Correspondent Investors’ top focus today is the delayed – and slightly unusual –  U.S. consumer price inflation report, which will be an important marker for whether the Federal Reserve is likely to keep cutting interest rates next year. Meanwhile, Wall Street will …

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Tram network for England’s Leeds delayed until late 2030s

18 Dec 2025

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Plans for a long-promised tram network in the northern English city of Leeds have been pushed back to the late 2030s, a government review published on Thursday showed, underscoring Britain’s chronic difficulties in delivering infrastructure. The tram network, which would have brought mass transit to Britain’s fourth most populous conurbation, …

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Court hearing adjourned in strangulation case involving UK’s Duke of Marlborough

18 Dec 2025

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – The court hearing for Britain’s Duke of Marlborough, who has been charged with three counts of intentional strangulation, has been adjourned, British police said on Thursday. Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 70, a distant relative of Winston Churchill, had been due to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. The new date …

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UK removes duplicate entries from sanctions lists, designations remain in place

17 Dec 2025

LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Britain removed duplicate entries from some of its sanctions lists on Wednesday, the government said in a notice, as it moves to consolidate its designations under a single authority. The update, which does no affect any restrictions already in place, eliminated four duplicate listings under the Syria sanctions regime and …

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UK police plan tougher action against antisemitic chants and protests

17 Dec 2025

LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – British police on Wednesday said they would take tougher action against people who use placards and chants to target the Jewish community, saying recent violent incidents had changed the context around such protests. The move comes days after 15 people died in a mass shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach targeting …

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