SOUTHAMPTON, England (Reuters) -New signing Matthijs de Ligt grabbed his first goal for Manchester United while Marcus Rashford scored for the first time since March in a 3-0 Premier League victory at Southampton on Saturday after a shaky start to the season. Alejandro Garnacho added a late goal for Erik ten Hag’s side who started …
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By Amanda Ferguson Belfast (Reuters) – The UK government on Friday said it will not fund the redevelopment of Northern Ireland’s Casement Park in time for the 2028 European Championship. The derelict west Belfast stadium was earmarked to host five matches in Euro 2028, being jointly hosted by the UK and Ireland. In a letter …
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(Reuters) -Meta Platforms will begin training its AI models using public content shared by adults on Facebook and Instagram in the UK over the coming months, the company said, after it had paused the training in the region following a regulatory backlash. The company will use public posts including photos, captions and comments to train …
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By Amy-Jo Crowley and Emma-Victoria Farr LONDON (Reuters) – Barclays is finding it difficult to sell a stake in its British merchant payments business due to diverging views on its valuation, four people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, complicating the bank’s plans to revamp the unit. Brookfield Asset Management, which manages assets worth …
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LONDON (Reuters) – One of British street artist Banksy’s best-known paintings, “Girl with Balloon”, has been found after its theft from a London gallery last week with two men charged, police said on Friday. The work features a young girl reaching for a red heart-shaped balloon and there are several murals depicting the same image …
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By Khushi Singh and Medha Singh (Reuters) -Precious metal mining stocks lifted London’s blue-chip index on Friday as investors raised their bets on a hefty U.S. interest rate cut next week, but gains were limited as a strong pound weighed on export-oriented companies. The FTSE 100 edged up 0.4%, while the mid-cap FTSE 250 rose …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s approval of its first new deep coal mine in decades was unlawful, London’s High Court ruled on Friday following a legal challenge brought by environmental campaigners. Friends of the Earth and South Lakeland Action on Climate Change challenged the previous Conservative government’s 2022 approval of a coking coal mine in northwest England. …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has delayed implementing post-Brexit physical checks on so-called “medium risk” fruit and vegetables imported from the European Union for a further six months, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said on Friday. Britain voted to leave the EU in 2016 but, such was the scale of the task …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -The funeral of Sven-Goran Eriksson, the first foreigner to manage England’s national soccer team, was held on Friday in the small Swedish town where he grew up before embarking on a career that would span many decades, countries and trophies. A soft-spoken but determined coach, Eriksson guided teams in Sweden, Portugal and Italy …
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By Linda Pasquini LONDON (Reuters) – The British pound gained slightly on Friday, adding to Thursday’s rise off a three-week low against the dollar, as the focus shifted to next week’s UK inflation data and central bank meeting. Sterling edged up on the day at $1.3146, just above the $1.3127 it reached on Thursday, when …
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