LONDON (Reuters) -The fire at a power sub-station which shut down London’s Heathrow Airport also took out the hub’s back-up power generator, energy minister Ed Miliband said, calling the blaze “catastrophic”. Heathrow, the busiest airport in Europe which was due to fly 290,000 passengers on Friday, will be shut until midnight due to a fire …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Shares in British Airways parent IAG fell on Friday after Heathrow Airport said it would be closed for the whole day after a fire at a nearby electrical substation wiped out power, disrupting flight schedules. British Airways itself had 341 flights scheduled to land at Heathrow on Friday. “Compensation is likely to …
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(Reuters) -Britain’s National Grid on Friday said a fire at the North Hyde substation in West London has damaged equipment, leading to a loss of power supply in the area. As of 0600 GMT, power had been restored to 62,000 customers, with 4,900 currently without power, National Grid said, adding that restoration efforts were underway. …
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By Catarina Demony and Sarah Mills ALRESFORD, England (Reuters) – The ‘Canadian Pacific’, a 1940s steam train that took soldiers and supplies to England’s south coast during World War Two, returned to service on Wednesday, taking on board volunteers who spent 14 years reconditioning it and relatives of those who built it. Billowing smoke from …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Irish rockers U2 will receive the Ivors Academy Fellowship at this year’s Ivors, Britain’s annual awards for songwriters and screen composers, organisers said on Thursday. Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. will follow in the footsteps of Paul McCartney, Elton John and Kate Bush to receive the highest honour …
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By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon has been cleared in a police investigation into the Scottish National Party’s finances that had tarnished the legacy of Scotland’s longest-serving first minister. The nearly four-year old investigation has been looming over Sturgeon, arguably Scotland’s best-known politician, who led the devolved government in Edinburgh from …
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By Andrew MacAskill and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Western military talks on Thursday would focus on the details of a support plan for Ukraine, a crucial step in making sure the West could move quickly if a peace deal were struck between Kyiv and Moscow. The meeting of military …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British anti-Muslim activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who counts U.S. billionaire Elon Musk among his supporters, on Thursday challenged a decision to hold him in segregation in prison, arguing it was because of his political beliefs. Yaxley-Lennon, known by the pseudonym Tommy Robinson, was jailed for 18 months last October after admitting contempt of …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has in recent weeks revised its advice for citizens travelling to the United States to include a warning that anyone found breaking its entry rules could face arrest or detention. Since taking office on January 20, U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a number of immigration-related executive orders that focus on …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Rathbones Group said on Thursday it had appointed former Man Group CFO Jonathan Sorrell as chief executive designate, after announcing the pending retirement of Paul Stockton after 16 years of service this September. Sorrell joins the British wealth management firm from derivatives investment company Capstone Investment Advisors, where he has held the …
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