By Radhika Anilkumar and Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s competition watchdog on Thursday launched an investigation into Ticketmaster over the sale of Oasis tickets, including the use of “dynamic pricing” to hike the cost to fans at the last minute. Thousands of fans waited long hours in virtual queues last weekend to get their …
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By Khushi Singh (Reuters) -Britain’s benchmark FTSE 100 stock index ended lower on Thursday, weighed by a decline in pharma shares, while a handful of stocks traded ex-dividend, adding to losses. The blue-chip index closed down 0.3%, falling for the fifth consecutive session for the first time since May. The domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index …
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By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) -Commercial insurance premiums may not yet be turning lower despite years of increases, Lloyd’s of London chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown told Reuters, as the market reported a 26% jump in first-half pre-tax profit on Thursday. Lloyd’s, which is made up of more than 50 insurance companies, underwrites specialist risks from oil …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Royal Navy said on Thursday one person had been killed following an incident in which a helicopter was forced to ditch into the Channel during a training exercise. “It is with great sadness that we must report a member of the Royal Navy has died following a training incident last night,” the …
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(Reuters) – Thousands of Oasis fans waited long hours in virtual queues this weekend to get their hands on tickets for the British band’s reunion shows next summer, only to find that prices had been hiked as part of a “dynamic pricing” scheme. Many fans who waited for more than three hours thinking they would …
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By Catarina Demony and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -A public inquiry into the devastating 2017 London Grenfell Tower blaze concluded on Wednesday that a “culmination of decades of failure” by the government and the construction industry ultimately led to the disaster that killed 72 people. The report detailed how the government, council, architects, contractors, local …
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By Michael Holden and Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) -A public inquiry into the devastating 2017 London Grenfell Tower blaze that killed 72 people blamed the disaster on failings by the government, construction industry and, most of all, the firms involved in fitting the exterior with flammable cladding. The fire ripped through the 23-storey social housing …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Oasis announced two extra concert dates on Wednesday for their comeback tour of Britain and Ireland due to “phenomenal” demand from fans desperate to see the band live for the first time in 15 years. The group, whose debut album “Definitely Maybe” was released 30 years ago, split in 2009, when lead guitarist …
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By Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) -Hisam Choucair lost his mother, sister, brother-in-law and three young nieces when a devastating fire engulfed Grenfell Tower, a 23-storey social housing block in west London, seven years ago. “Words cannot describe the pain I have gone through,” said the 46-year-old, as he held back tears at a news conference …
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(Reuters) – Sarah Storey extended her record as the most successful British Paralympian on Wednesday, winning the women’s C5 time trial at the Paris Games to claim her 18th gold medal. It was 46-year-old Storey’s 13th Paralympic gold medal in cycling, with the other five won in swimming. She overtook swimmer Mike Kenny’s record of …
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