By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – English medical leaders on Friday urged Boris Johnson not to be too “gung-ho” with the nation’s health when he moves to end all pandemic restrictions with his plan to live with COVID-19 next week. Having scrapped virtually all COVID-19 restrictions in England already, Johnson on Monday will set out …
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By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) -British taxpayer-backed bank NatWest reported a leap in annual profit on Friday on the back of the country’s economic recovery, but said rising prices would make it harder to cut overheads, lowering its cost-cutting target. NatWest reported statutory pre-tax profits of 4 billion pounds ($5.45 billion) for the 2021 calendar …
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British retail sales grew faster than expected in January, recovering about half the losses suffered when a wave of coronavirus cases caused many shoppers to stay at home during December. Retail sales volumes rose by 1.9% in January after a 4.0% decline in December, the largest rise since lockdown rules …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said a request by Russia’s parliament that President Vladimir Putin should recognise the breakaway Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent showed “flagrant disregard” for Moscow’s peace process commitments. “If this request were accepted, it would represent a further attack on Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, signal an end to …
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(Reuters) – Essex have received two disciplinary charges from the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for a historical allegation of racist language being used at a board meeting in 2017, the county team said on Thursday. Essex chairman John Faragher had resigned from his role in November after the allegation he used racist language, …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that an attack on a kindergarten in Ukraine was a false flag operation designed to discredit the Ukrainians. “The picture is continuing to be very grim,” Johnson told reporters during a visit to a military base in England, when asked about the latest intelligence …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom reported 51,899 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, leaving the seven-day tally down by 26.6% on the previous week. It reported 183 deaths of people who had tested positive for the disease within the previous 28 days. The seven-day total for deaths was down 25.6% on the week before. …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain scrapped its so-called “golden visas” for wealthy investors on Thursday amid concerns about the inflow of illicit Russian money at a time of heightened tensions between Moscow and the West over Ukraine. Hundreds of billions of dollars have flowed into London and Britain’s overseas territories from Russia since the fall of the …
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By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) -Airbus marked a turning point in its pandemic recovery with its first dividend in two years and higher profits from businesses including defence and space as the European group also confirmed a review of defence strategy on Thursday. The world’s largest civil planemaker predicted higher profit and deliveries for 2022 …
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By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) -Sterling strengthened against the euro and the dollar on Thursday as expectations of a rate hike by the Bank of England (BoE) continued to support the pound, while the market was still jittery about the threat of Russia invading Ukraine. Against the single currency, sterling rose 0.35% to 83.43 pence …
