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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -Sainsbury’s, Britain’s second largest supermarket group, reported a 3% rise in first-quarter underlying sales on Tuesday, though weather-related weakness in non-food areas partially offset robust demand for groceries. The group, which has a UK market share of 15.2% trailing only Tesco, said grocery sales rose 4.8% in the 16 weeks …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Ed Davey, the leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats, fell into a lake, careered down a water slide and did a bungee jump in antics which have been lapped up by media and added some fun to the country’s election campaign. Polls forecast that Davey’s party will reclaim its spot as Britain’s third …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British actor Ian McKellen, 85, will not return to the role of John Falstaff in a tour after he fell off a London stage mid-performance last month, the play’s producers said on Monday. McKellen was starring in “Player Kings”, a production of William Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Parts One and Two”, in the …

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By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) – The pound slipped against the euro on Monday as the single currency rallied on investor expectations that France’s far right party might not secure an outright majority after winning the first round of a national election. The euro was up 0.27% against the pound at 84.97 pence, climbing further …

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GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) – Some 94 minutes into England’s white-knuckled 2-1 victory over Slovakia in the European Championship’s round of 16 on Sunday, fans and pundits were sharpening the knives. “Southgate Out” was trending on social media platform X. But Jude Bellingham’s 95th-minute bicycle kick and Harry Kane’s winning header early in extra time saved …

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LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices showed a small gain in June from May but the impact of higher borrowing costs is still weighing on the property market, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Monday. Prices rose by 0.2% in monthly terms and were 1.5% higher than in June last year, it said. Britain’s housing market boomed …

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