By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Former nurse Lucy Letby was found guilty on Tuesday of trying to murder another newborn baby, adding to convictions last year that made her Britain’s most prolific serial child killer of modern times. Letby, 34, was found guilty last August of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The Labour Party’s lead over the governing Conservatives narrowed in an opinion poll published on Tuesday, two days before Britain’s general election, but Keir Starmer’s centre-left party remains on course for a comfortable victory. The poll by Redfield and Wilton showed the Conservatives up 3 percentage points on 22%, while Labour dipped …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A British man was convicted on Tuesday of planning an attack on a military base after being arrested with an explosive device in the grounds of a hospital, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service said. Mohammad Farooq was found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism following a trial at Sheffield Crown Court, in northern …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British water companies are at increased risk of lawsuits over pollution after a landmark ruling from the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, amid public outrage over discharges of raw sewage in Britain. The Manchester Ship Canal, which owns the Victorian-era canal in northern England, won an appeal that means it can …
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By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) – After years of tumultuous ties with Conservative governments, Northern Ireland leaders are hoping for a very different era if Labour take power this week, with everything from post-Brexit trade to a soldiers’ amnesty potentially up for renegotiation. Some Irish nationalists hope the expected Labour victory in Thursday’s parliamentary …
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(Reuters) – Nine-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan has become the youngest person selected to represent England in an international competition after being named in the women’s team for September’s Chess Olympiad, The Guardian newspaper reported on Tuesday. Sivanandan, from Harrow in London was born in March 2015, took up chess during the COVID-19 lockdowns. A year later …
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By Phil Noble and Kate Holton LUTON, England (Reuters) -Badly lagging in the race to win Britain’s election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak went hunting for votes among robots and staff in a retail distribution centre on Tuesday, kicking off his first campaign stop of the day before 5 a.m. (0400 GMT). Sunak, who has often …
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By Robert Harvey LONDON (Reuters) – Candidates from all of Scotland’s major political parties competing in the UK general election are putting pressure on energy company Petroineos to delay the closure of Scotland’s sole oil refinery at Grangemouth and save jobs. Operating company Petroineos – a joint venture between INEOS and PetroChina – plans to …
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By Lori Ewing BLANKENHAIN, Germany (Reuters) – England’s players were treated to a private performance by British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, a day after their dramatic come from behind victory over Slovakia in the Euro 2024 last 16. Sheeran visited the players at their camp in Blankenhain following a light recovery session on Monday, with video …
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By Paul Sandle GODALMING, England (Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister Jeremy Hunt is fighting for his political life in affluent Godalming, south-east England, where a growing number of voters say they no longer recognise the values of his Conservative Party as their own. If Hunt is defeated on Thursday in the general election – and …
