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LONDON (Reuters) -Former Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy won a case against the club on Wednesday for most of over 11 million pounds ($14 million) in wages withheld after he was charged with sexual offences, of which he was later cleared. The France international filed a claim against Manchester City last year. The Premier League …

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LONDON (Reuters) -The UK government said on Tuesday that cases of bird flu had been confirmed in commercial poultry at premises in Yorkshire, hours after it increased the risk level of the disease from medium to high. All poultry on the infected premises will be humanely culled, and a three kilometre protection zone had been …

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By Pranav Kashyap and Nikhil Sharma (Reuters) -Britain’s benchmark FTSE 100 edged lower on Tuesday, hurt by AstraZeneca’s fall on a potential China probe, while investors remained cautious as U.S. Election Day arrived. The FTSE 100 closed down 0.1% at 8,172.39 points, while the mid-cap FTSE 250 fell 0.45% to 20,370.04 points AstraZeneca fell 8.4%, …

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By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – Britain faces a huge challenge to meet its goal of decarbonising the electricity system by 2030 with rapid reform required, the country’s National Energy System Operator (NESO) said in a report for the government on Tuesday. The decarbonisation target, which will mean moving away from fossil fuels and a …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Queen Camilla, the wife of Britain’s King Charles, has been forced to pull out of her planned engagements this week after suffering a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday. Camilla, 77, is resting at home while she recovers but no further details of her illness have been given, as is usual with …

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