By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – The delayed third phase of Britain’s post-Brexit border regime for imports from the European Union will begin on Friday – four years after Britain left the bloc’s single market and nine years after it voted to leave the EU. After Brexit, such was the scale of Britain’s task to …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) will provide a cutting-edge gene therapy that aims to cure sickle cell disease, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said on Friday. The therapy from Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics will cost the state-funded healthcare system around 1.65 million pounds ($2.1 million) per course. …
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By Alistair Bell (Reuters) – Marianne Faithfull, the wild woman of London’s Swinging ’60s who survived drug addiction, homelessness, two comas, cancer and COVID-19, died at age 78, after a singing career that began as a teenager and lasted until her 70s. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of the singer, …
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By Phil Noble and Muvija M LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -A Church of England bishop resigned on Thursday after what he called a “trial by media” over allegations of sexual assault which he has denied, but which have deepened a crisis at the mother church of the Anglican Communion. Bishop of Liverpool John Perumbalath announced his …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain submitted further details of its plan to cut carbon emissions to the United Nations climate body on Thursday, outlining actions it is taking to hit the ambitious targets announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer last year. Starmer raised Britain’s climate targets at last year’s UN COP29 climate summit, pledging to cut greenhouse …
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(Reuters) – Bayern Munich’s England midfielder Georgia Stanway has had knee ligament surgery which will keep her sidelined for several months, the club said on Thursday. Bayern added that Stanway had suffered a lateral collateral ligament tear in her right knee in training earlier this week. “The 26-year-old England international had an operation on Wednesday …
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By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Manchester City kept their Champions League campaign alive as they scraped into the playoffs by beating Belgium’s Club Brugge 3-1 in a nervy must-win match on Wednesday thanks to goals from Mateo Kovacic and substitute Savinho, and a Brugge own goal. The victory in their league-phase finale secured Pep …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Tunnels built to shelter Londoners during World War Two bombing by Germany are set to be transformed into the British capital’s biggest new tourist attraction for years, according to the company that has bought the sprawling network of passages. The tunnels, which are a mile (1.6 km) long and tall enough in …
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MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -A fire that broke out in a merchandise stand outside the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday was extinguished before Manchester City hosted Club Brugge in their final Champions League group match, the English club said. The fire broke out near the entrance to the Colin Bell West Stand when City were unveiling their …
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By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has refused to pay 290,000 pounds ($360,000) in legal fees after his English lawsuit against a private investigations firm was dismissed, a London court heard on Wednesday. Trump brought a data protection lawsuit against Orbis Business Intelligence over allegations in a dossier …
