By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Six men went on trial on Wednesday over an arson attack that prosecutors say was carried out on behalf of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group on a business in London involved in shipping goods to Ukraine. The warehouse units torched in March last year on an industrial estate in east London …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan explored the idea of changing their family name to Spencer amid months of delays in their two children receiving British passports, the Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday. Harry, the Duke of Sussex, believed that the passport delays were the result of British officials blocking the applications …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain pledged on Wednesday to supply 100,000 drones to Ukraine by the end of the current financial year in April 2026, marking a tenfold increase, after saying the unmanned aerial vehicles had transformed the way wars are fought. The government on Monday endorsed an independently-produced Strategic Defence Review, which calls for a more …
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By Virginia Furness EPSOM, England (Reuters) – A small-time breeder with just four mares to her name will take on industry titans with her homebred Pride Of Arras in Saturday’s 19-strong Epsom Derby line-up. Run over a mile and a half, the race is the most important test of stamina and speed for a generation …
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(Reuters) -The English Football League (EFL) has charged Sheffield Wednesday with multiple breaches of regulations after the second-tier club failed to pay players’ wages on time. The club had already been placed under registration embargoes in the last two seasons having received a six-point deduction during the 2020-21 season for breaching profit and sustainability rules. …
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By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – England completed a 3-0 sweep of West Indies in their one-day international series with opener Jamie Smith’s rapid half century paving the way for a convincing seven-wicket victory at the Oval on Tuesday. Set a revised target of 246 in 40 overs after West Indies posted 251-9 in a …
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(Reuters) – Premier League clubs unanimously agreed on Tuesday to extend the current 30 pounds ($40.56) cap on away ticket prices for a 10th season, the league said in a statement. Since the price cap was introduced in 2016, away game attendance has risen from 82% to 91%. The cumulative away attendance for the 380 …
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By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -Thames Water suffered a major setback in its fight to avoid nationalisation on Tuesday as it said U.S. private equity firm KKR had pulled out of a multi-billion pound rescue plan. Britain’s biggest water supplier has been pushed to the edge by its 18 billion pound ($24.35 billion) debt pile, …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Russia’s embassy in London said on Tuesday that Moscow had no intention of attacking Britain, rejecting accusations by the British government of growing aggression and daily cyberattacks. Britain said on Monday it would radically change its approach to defence to address new threats, including from Russia, after endorsing the findings of an independently-produced …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Three-year-old Madeleine McCann, from Rothley, Leicestershire, in central England, disappeared on May 3, 2007 during a holiday with her parents in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. Eighteen years on, Portuguese police have begun searching an area of land near where she disappeared. Here is a chronology of developments: 2007 May 3 – …
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