LONDON (Reuters) -British culture minister Lisa Nandy said on Monday she aimed to clear the way for a “timely sale” of the Telegraph newspaper for 500 million pounds ($655 million) to Daily Mail owner DMGT without further delay. “My intention is to build a constructive path toward a timely sale, without further delay, that is …
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By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s trade minister Peter Kyle is aiming to visit Washington before the end of the year to progress negotiations over sectors such as pharma and steel, he said on Monday. Britain in May was the first country to secure partial relief from U.S. President Donald Trump tariffs, but elements of …
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(Reuters) -England’s Jacob Bethell, Matthew Potts and Josh Tongue were picked to play a day-night warmup match against the Australian Prime Minister’s XI in Canberra, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said on Monday. The three players did not feature in England’s crushing eight-wicket defeat in Perth last week, a match that ended as the shortest …
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By Ozan Ergenay LONDON (Reuters) -The pound held steady against the dollar on Monday, with investors cautious about the currency ahead of Britain’s budget announcement this week. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves will announce her long-awaited budget on Wednesday, seeking to reassure investors that the government can be trusted to be fiscally prudent while honouring pre-election …
LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves will scrap a cap on child welfare benefits in her budget this week, dropping the possibility of a less costly partial reform, newspapers reported on Sunday. The Times and The Telegraph said Reeves would announce the removal of the two-child cap on benefits, the cost of which has …
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(Reuters) -Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche said his players had embraced the ugly side of the game after their physicality and defensive graft helped them to a stunning 3-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday. Goals from Murillo, Nicolo Savona and Morgan Gibbs-White handed defending champions Liverpool a sixth defeat in seven league games …
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DUBLIN (Reuters) -Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe, personal designer to the late Princess Diana who became a fixture at London Fashion Week for four decades, has died aged 80, his family said in a statement on Saturday. Costelloe was appointed as Diana’s personal designer in 1983, shortly after establishing his own label, Paul Costelloe Collections, …
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(Reuters) -England must use the extra time ahead of the second test against Australia to practise with a pink ball under floodlights, according to former Ashes-winning captain Michael Vaughan. Defeat in two days in the opener on Saturday put Australia one up in the five-match series and England will have until December 4 to stew …
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By Joel Dubber PERTH (Reuters) -Makeshift opener Travis Head scored a brilliant century and paceman Mitchell Starc claimed a 10-wicket haul as Australia ran out eight-wicket victors against England on Saturday inside an astonishing two days during the Ashes opener at Perth Stadium. The manic style of cricket, which produced the shortest Ashes test by …
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PERTH (Reuters) -England captain Ben Stokes declared himself shell-shocked by Travis Head’s incredible innings of 123 as Australia, seemingly on the ropes, roared back to crush England by eight wickets inside two days of the opening Ashes test on Saturday. But, predictably, he declined to criticise his own side’s batting approach after a second consecutive …
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