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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain set out new legislation on Thursday to toughen the oversight of water companies, with penalties including imprisonment for bosses if they obstruct investigations into the contamination of rivers, lakes and seas. Sewage spills in the UK hit a record high in 2023, amplifying public anger at the state of the country’s dirty …

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LONDON (Reuters) – A former Deutsche Bank trader on Thursday lost her London lawsuit against the bank for just over 2.6 million pounds ($3.4 million) after she was not paid an individual bonus nearly a decade ago. Shikha Gupta worked until 2017 for Deutsche Bank’s non-core operating unit, which was set up in the wake …

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(Reuters) -England head coach Brendon McCullum aims to revitalise white-ball captain Jos Buttler, who will miss this month’s three-match Twenty20 series against Australia due to a right calf injury. Opener Phil Salt will lead the side in Buttler’s absence, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Thursday. Buttler, who also missed The Hundred, …

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By Radhika Anilkumar and Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s competition watchdog on Thursday launched an investigation into Ticketmaster over the sale of Oasis tickets, including the use of “dynamic pricing” to hike the cost to fans at the last minute. Thousands of fans waited long hours in virtual queues last weekend to get their …

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By Khushi Singh (Reuters) -Britain’s benchmark FTSE 100 stock index ended lower on Thursday, weighed by a decline in pharma shares, while a handful of stocks traded ex-dividend, adding to losses. The blue-chip index closed down 0.3%, falling for the fifth consecutive session for the first time since May. The domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index …

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By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) -Commercial insurance premiums may not yet be turning lower despite years of increases, Lloyd’s of London chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown told Reuters, as the market reported a 26% jump in first-half pre-tax profit on Thursday. Lloyd’s, which is made up of more than 50 insurance companies, underwrites specialist risks from oil …

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By Catarina Demony and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -A public inquiry into the devastating 2017 London Grenfell Tower blaze concluded on Wednesday that a “culmination of decades of failure” by the government and the construction industry ultimately led to the disaster that killed 72 people. The report detailed how the government, council, architects, contractors, local …

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