By Sachin Ravikumar and Hannah Ellison LONDON (Reuters) – London’s Tube map is being celebrated in a new exhibition that traces the evolution of its much-loved design that has inspired transport network guides around the world. Displayed at London Underground stations, in trains and on passenger leaflets, the Tube map has remained a popular way …
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By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) -A Northern Irish man was given a life sentence on Friday for the mass online child sexual abuse and blackmail of young girls around the world, with police saying one incident led to a 12-year-old American girl and her father taking their own lives. Belfast Crown Court heard that 26-year-old …
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By Sarah Young and Anousha Sakoui LONDON (Reuters) -Thames Water said on Friday it had lined up a financing lifeline of up to 3 billion pounds with some of its creditors, in a deal which if approved by will help Britain’s biggest water supplier survive for another year at least. The government has been on …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s new climate adaptation strategy is lawful, London’s High Court ruled on Friday, dismissing a landmark legal challenge brought by environmental campaigners. Friends of the Earth took legal action over Britain’s national adaptation programme, introduced by the previous Conservative government last year, setting out what it and others will do to adapt to …
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By David Lawder and David Milliken WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Britain needs to take a “hard-headed, economic realist” approach to relations with China in order to do a better job of boosting trade while minimizing risks to national security, British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Friday. Reeves, speaking to Reuters at the International Monetary Fund and …
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By David Lawder and David Milliken WASHINGTON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves told Reuters on Friday that the U.S.-Britain relationship will remain strong no matter whether Republican former President Donald Trump or Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris wins the Nov. 5 U.S. election. “It’s up to the American people to decide who to have …
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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -A man pleaded guilty on Friday to carrying out an arson attack on a London commercial property linked to Ukraine and an offence under the National Security Act in a case prosecutors have linked to Russia. Dylan Earl, 20, admitted a charge of aggravated arson on the premises belonging to …
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LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) – Liverpool manager Arne Slot will be without Diogo Jota on Sunday when his team look to maintain their lead at the top of the Premier League standings away at Arsenal in what should be the Dutchman’s toughest test yet in England. Portuguese forward Jota had started all but one of Liverpool’s …
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By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia and Britain plan to work together to ramp up the deployment of renewable energy technologies, such as green hydrogen and offshore wind, to support decarbonisation, the two countries’ leaders said on Friday. The transition to net zero would open up economic opportunities creating new jobs and bolster the …
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(Reuters) – Luton Town said the club was angry and frustrated after striker Elijah Adebayo was subjected to racist abuse on social media. The English Championship club said in a statement on Thursday that the 26-year-old player had again received racist messages on his Instagram account, having dealt with the same issue a year ago. …
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