By Sarah Young and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -British regulator Ofwat took a tough line against water companies on Thursday, saying the firms struggling with a sewage and funding crisis could make environmental improvements without raising bills by as much as they had wanted. The trade-off between price hikes and private investment is a first …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden told Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer that he welcomed his desire for closer ties with European counterparts, according to a UK government statement on Thursday. Starmer met Biden in the White House’s Oval Office on Wednesday where the two men discussed UK and U.S. ties, the conflicts in Ukraine …
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By Hugh Lawson LONDON (Reuters) -England were in the driving seat against West Indies at 189 for three at the close, giving them a lead of 68 after seven wickets from debutant Gus Atkinson helped them bowl out the tourists for 121 on day one of the first test at Lord’s on Wednesday. Joe Root …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British police said on Wednesday they had located a man wanted in connection with the murder of three women, the wife and two daughters of a BBC horse racing commentator, in an incident believed to have involved a crossbow. Officers had discovered the three victims, aged 25, 28 and 61, with serious injuries …
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By Martin Petty DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) – England manager Gareth Southgate on Tuesday backed his decisions to introduce substitutes late in games during Euro 2024, arguing his reluctance to use his talented bench was usually because he was satisfied with the way his team were playing. England have muddled through the tournament and Southgate has …
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By Elizabeth Piper and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The scale of the challenge facing Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new government is writ large in Britain’s prisons, which are within weeks of being too full to accept new inmates, leaving the government with unpalatable and costly choices. Britain has western Europe’s highest rate of incarceration, according to …
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By Radhika Anilkumar (Reuters) -Pub group JD Wetherspoon said on Wednesday sales growth slowed in the first 10 weeks of the fourth quarter, but still hit record levels despite a drop in pub numbers through the year. The group, which currently has an estate of 801 venues, offloaded 26 underperforming pubs in the year to …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The fossil remains of a plant-eating dinosaur estimated to have roamed the earth some 125 million years ago have been discovered on England’s Isle of Wight, with scientists believing it to be the most complete new specimen found in Britain in a century. Weighing roughly the same as a large male American …
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(Reuters) – British construction materials firm Travis Perkins on Wednesday named Pete Redfern as it new CEO, succeeding Nick Roberts who will step down on Sept. 16 after five years at the helm. Until 2022, Redfern was CEO of Taylor Wimpey, one of the UK’s largest home construction firms. Travis Perkins also named Geoff Drabble, …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Liontrust Asset Management reported a 2.8% fall in assets under management and advice (AUMA) to 27 billion pounds ($35 billion) in the second quarter on Wednesday, despite stemming net outflows to 900 million pounds over the period from 1.6 billion pounds a year ago. Pointing to lower rate and inflation expectations, Chief …
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