EPSOM, England (Reuters) -Favourite City of Troy, ridden by Ryan Moore, won the 245th Epsom Derby on Saturday to give trainer Aidan O’Brien a record- extending 10th success in British flat racing’s blue riband event. The 3-1 favourite, last year’s champion juvenile, came to Epsom Downs after disappointing in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket last …
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(Reuters) – England all-rounder Chris Woakes said his absence from cricket in recent weeks was due to the death of his father, adding that he would return to the sport “when the time is right”. Woakes, who last played for Sharjah Warriors in the ILT20 in February, did not feature for Punjab Kings in the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Tesco, Britain’s biggest supermarket group, is using lasers to etch product information on some of its avocados to avoid using barcoded stickers, in a trial it says will reduce plastic waste. The high-powered lasers remove a minute section of the top layer of avocado skin, leaving a tattoo that shows information for …
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By Yadarisa Shabong and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) -The British government has sold 1.24 billion pounds ($1.58 billion) worth of shares in NatWest Group back to the lender, it said on Friday, decreasing its stake to around 22.5% from nearly 26% as it looks to end its ownership of the bank. The transaction also comes …
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By Aby Jose Koilparambil and Elizabeth Howcroft (Reuters) -Britain’s competition regulator said on Friday it had started a probe into Nationwide Building Society’s proposed 2.9 billion pound ($3.7 billion) all-cash deal to buy Virgin Money UK. The deal, which was announced in March and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of the year, …
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By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party said that Diane Abbott, Britain’s first Black woman lawmaker, would be able to run in the July 4 election after confusion over her candidacy sparked a backlash within the party. Labour leader Keir Starmer told reporters that Diane Abbott was free to contest her seat …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices rose in May after falling in the previous two months as the property market withstood high borrowing costs, figures from mortgage lender Nationwide showed on Friday. Prices increased by 0.4% from April, the data showed. Economists polled by Reuters had mostly expected a 0.1% monthly rise. Compared with May …
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By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – The optics of sterling hitting its highest since 2016’s Brexit referendum after a surprise UK election announcement is hard to ignore – and may suggest hope at margin for a healing of Brexit-related economic damage. What Washington’s Peterson Institute for International Economics described this week as a “self-inflicted wound”, …
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By Anousha Sakoui, Amy-Jo Crowley and Lucy Raitano LONDON (Reuters) – BHP Group’s $49 billion bid for Anglo American may have failed but the move highlights how companies have been leading a charge to snap up UK assets as they seek growth in a relatively undervalued market, bankers and analysts said. “Bidder appetite has definitely …
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By Elizabeth Piper WAVENEY VALLEY, England (Reuters) – Dot Matthie says she faces losing the use of the airstrip in her field because of a British government plan to build electricity pylons in the area, which would put light aircraft in danger. Will Gaze fears losing half of a field growing arable crops. Christine Murton …
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