By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Arsenal’s serene start to the season has hit stormy waters in the past week and Mikel Arteta’s side know they can ill-afford to lose at home to Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday. Defeat at Bournemouth last weekend was Arsenal’s first in any competition since April and not only …
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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) – England were all out for 267 against Pakistan in their first innings on day one of the deciding third test on Thursday after electing to bat. Jamie Smith (89) and Ben Duckett (52) scored fifties but England’s most frontline batters overall struggled against the turning ball. Pakistan’s spin duo of Sajid …
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By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -The sale of single-use vapes will be banned in England from June next year, the British government said on Thursday, seeking to crack down on the environmental harm and rising usage levels among children. Vaping has grown rapidly in Britain in the last decade, with nearly one in 10 people …
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By Andrew MacAskill THETFORD, England (Reuters) – Sue Bogacki, a retired care assistant, backed Britain’s Labour Party in the summer in the hope it would end the chaos that marked British politics in recent years. She now calls that one of her biggest political mistakes. Bogacki lives in South West Norfolk, an area that saw …
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By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – An independent football regulator (IFR) for the English game is a step closer to becoming reality, with the Football Governance Bill set to be introduced to parliament on Thursday in the House of Lords. Aimed at addressing the significant issues facing the financial sustainability of the elite game …
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By Sachin Ravikumar and Marissa Davison OXFORD, England (Reuters) – A series of boyhood doodles engraved on copper plates by English poet and painter William Blake around 250 years ago have been discovered by researchers using new technology capable of picking up the almost invisible etchings. Blake, who became one of the greatest poets in …
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By Kate Holton and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s campaign has accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party of “blatant foreign interference” in the U.S. presidential election after some volunteers travelled to help campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris. The Republican candidate’s camp has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission in …
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By Ossian Shine LONDON (Reuters) – Geoff Capes, British strongman, shot put record holder and renowned budgerigar breeder, has died aged 75, his family said on Wednesday. Capes left an indelible mark on British sport, birdkeeping and 1980s popular culture. “The family of Geoffrey Capes would like to announce his sad passing today, 23rd October. …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Operations at Birmingham Airport in central England will be returning to normal after reports of a suspicious vehicle on Wednesday had earlier led to cancelled flights. “Following a police investigation, some passengers were evacuated and we had to suspend departing flights for a couple of hours. That investigation has now concluded, and operations …
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By Alistair Smout and Sarah Marsh LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) -Britain and Germany signed a landmark defence agreement on Wednesday and pledged to co-operate on exercises on NATO’s eastern flank as they stressed the need for Europe to be able to defend itself given possible escalation in the war in Ukraine. Europe’s two biggest spenders on defence …
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