By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – A British government employee lied about working as an analyst for signals intelligence agency GCHQ and as a senior Cabinet Office official to try and get senior roles, prosecutors told a London court on Thursday. Ifthikhar Alam, 25, is charged with three counts of fraud by false representation for …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Julia Donaldson’s Gruffalo, the globally popular children’s character, will return in a new storybook next year, publisher Macmillan Children’s Books said on Thursday, marking the fearsome but easily fooled monster’s first fresh adventure in more than 20 years. Donaldson’s two earlier stories, “The Gruffalo” and “The Gruffalo’s Child”, have together sold over …
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(Reuters) -The Women’s T20 World Cup final will be played at Lord’s on July 5, 2026, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Thursday. Lord’s is one of seven venues confirmed for the expanded 12-team tournament, with Old Trafford, Headingley, Edgbaston, Hampshire Bowl, The Oval and Bristol County Ground also selected. “It is …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves is being investigated by parliament’s standards commissioner over a possible breach of rules requiring lawmakers to register their financial interests and benefits received, a parliamentary website showed. An update to the site on Wednesday said the commissioner, who is responsible for monitoring the operation of the House of …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles on Wednesday said his cancer diagnosis had been an experience that showed him “the very best of humanity”, in a personal message celebrating the work of cancer support groups and charities. Buckingham Palace said in February 2024 that Charles had been diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer, detected …
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LONDON (Reuters) -A man armed with two knives who tried to enter the grounds of Israel’s London embassy was carrying a “martyrdom note” and told police he wanted to send a message to end the war in Gaza, prosecutors said after charging him with a terrorism offence. Abdullah Sabah Albadri, 33, appeared in the dock …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate visited a picturesque Scottish island on Tuesday to celebrate their 14th wedding anniversary and carry out their highest-profile joint trip this year. William, the heir to the throne, married Kate Middleton, as she was then called, on April 29, 2011, in Westminster Abbey in a …
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By Lucy Raitano London (Reuters) -Sterling fell against a firmer dollar on Wednesday but stayed close to a three-year high and is on track for its strongest monthly performance since November 2023, as markets stay focused on looming key U.S. economic data. At 1046 GMT, the pound was down 0.28% versus the dollar to 1.3368, …
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By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is unprepared for the worsening impacts of climate change such as flooding and extreme heat, the country’s independent climate advisers said on Wednesday. Britain was battered by widespread flooding last year which caused travel disruption and damage to homes, and in recent years it has suffered heatwaves, droughts and …
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By Iain Withers, Yamini Kalia LONDON (Reuters) -British fund manager Aberdeen posted first-quarter net outflows of 5.2 billion pounds ($6.96 billion) after just one quarter of net inflows, weighed down by weak markets and a big redemption in its investments division. The fund manager, which added back dropped vowels to its name in March after …
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