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Leonardo denies liability for helicopter crash that killed Leicester City owner

16 Dec 2025

By Sam Tobin LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Italy’s Leonardo has denied liability for the 2018 helicopter crash which killed Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, saying in its defence to a lawsuit that its AW169 model is safe. The family of Srivaddhanaprabha, who founded duty-free retailer King Power and owned English soccer club Leicester City, are …

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UK MI6 spy chief warns of ‘aggressive’ Russia threat in first speech

16 Dec 2025

By Michael Holden and Suban Abdulla LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is dragging out negotiations over Ukraine, while Russia is seeking to bully critics with tactics from sabotage attacks to buzzing airports with drones, the head of Britain’s MI6 spy agency said on Monday. In her first public speech since becoming …

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British regulator kicks off consultation on new crypto rules

16 Dec 2025

LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – British regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched a wide-ranging consultation on a range of proposed rules for the crypto industry on Tuesday, a day after the government said the industry would be regulated from October 2027. The FCA set out its proposals alongside research that shows that the proportion …

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UK military chief urges Britain to better prepare for Russia threat

15 Dec 2025

LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Britain must get better prepared to deter the threat of conflict, particularly from Russia, by encouraging people to be willing to fight, increasing industrial weapons capacity and developing skills, the country’s military chief said on Monday. Air Chief Marshal Richard Knighton, chief of the defence staff, told the RUSI think …

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UK watchdog Ofqual fines Pearson 2 million pound for standards breaches

15 Dec 2025

LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Britain’s exams regulator Ofqual fined exam board Pearson more than 2 million pounds ($2.68 million) on Monday, citing serious standards breaches in three separate cases between 2019 and 2023 that affected tens of thousands of students. Pearson said it took responsibility for the issues and apologised to those affected. “Our …

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Doctors in England to strike after they reject government’s offer

15 Dec 2025

By Sam Tabahriti LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – British health minister Wes Streeting on Monday insisted doctors could still reschedule a planned five-day strike to January as hospitals grapple with a wave of rising flu cases, after the British Medical Association said the walk-out would go ahead. The doctors’ union – which represents the so-called …

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Liverpool parade driver ploughed into crowds ‘in a rage’, prosecutors say ahead of sentencing

15 Dec 2025

LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – A British man who injured more than 130 people by ploughing his car into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans during May’s Premier League victory parade did so simply because he lost his temper, prosecutors said on Monday as his sentencing hearing began. Paul Doyle, 54, last month pleaded guilty …

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Britain’s King Charles ‘appalled and saddened’ by shooting in Sydney

14 Dec 2025

LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles said he and Queen Camilla were “appalled and saddened” by the shooting targeting Jewish people at a Chanukah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, which claimed the lives of at least 11 people and left dozens wounded. Charles is the head of state for Australia, although …

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