By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – British actor and comedian Russell Brand appeared in a London court on Friday to face charges of rape and multiple counts of sex assault in cases relating to four separate women more than two decades ago. Brand, once one of Britain’s most high-profile broadcasters and former husband of U.S. …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Former senior staff members at energy firms E.ON and Centrica’s British Gas have been jailed for accepting over 2 million pounds worth of bribes in exchange for commercial contracts, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service said on Friday. Mark Baker, 56, and Matthew Heyward, 51, were both employed at E.ON, later moving to work …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Arbitrators asked to settle a dispute between Britain and the European Union over post-Brexit fishing rights have given a mixed ruling, the Permanent Court of Arbitration said on Friday. The case, which could complicate Britain’s planned “reset” of relations with the bloc, concerned whether a British ban on fishing sandeels in its North …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s attempt to give police wider powers to impose conditions on street protests was rejected by London’s Court of Appeal on Friday, a decision the civil rights group Liberty described as “a huge victory for democracy”. Liberty successfully challenged changes to public order laws made by the previous Conservative government, with the High …
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(Reuters) -Transgender women in England will not be allowed to play in women’s and girls’ cricket matches with immediate effect, but can continue playing in open and mixed cricket, England’s cricket board (ECB) said on Friday. The decision was prompted by a UK Supreme Court ruling last month that said only biological and not trans …
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(Reuters) -Natalie Washington, a British transgender woman who plays women’s football, said the Football Association’s move to ban trans women from the sport could force many transgender women out of football completely. Washington, who is also the campaign lead for the group Football v Transphobia, said returning to men’s football would be potentially unsafe and …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Nigel Farage’s populist, right-wing Reform UK party won a parliamentary seat in northwest England on Friday by the smallest ever margin in a parliamentary by-election in the country’s history. Reform’s Sarah Pochin beat Labour’s candidate by just six votes. Runcorn and Helsby had previously been a safe Labour seat with the party …
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By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) – Voters across parts of England on Thursday will choose a new lawmaker, mayors and councillors in local elections expected to favour the right-wing populist Reform UK party and deal a blow to Britain’s two main parties. Both the governing Labour Party and main opposition Conservatives have played down expectations …
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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -A surge in claims for sickness and disability benefits in Britain since the COVID-19 pandemic does not appear to be driven by increased delays for hospital treatment or mental health care, a study said on Friday. While benefit claims and delays in the National Health Service have both risen, the …
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(Reuters) -Britain’s benchmark stocks index ended flat on Thursday, as investors assessed a mixed bag of corporate earnings, amid hopes of easing trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Rolls-Royce was among the top performers on the blue-chip FTSE 100 index, up 1.7% after the jet engine maker said it could offset global tariffs to …
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