By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – On April 30, the second phase of Britain’s new post-Brexit border controls for food imports from the European Union will begin – three years after Britain left the bloc’s single market and eight years after it voted to leave the EU. WHAT IS HAPPENING ON APRIL 30? The first …
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By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United survived one of the most astonishing FA Cup semi-final comebacks ever to beat second-tier Coventry City 4-2 on penalties after a chaotic clash ended 3-3 following extra time at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. United were cruising to a record 22nd FA Cup final and a repeat clash …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir crushed the women’s-only world record in winning the 44th London Marathon on Sunday, while Kenyan compatriot Alexander Mutiso Munyao pulled away from Ethiopian distance great Kenenisa Bekele to win the men’s race. The 30-year-old Jepchirchir crossed the finish line in front of Buckingham Palace in two hours 16 …
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By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has set Britain back on tackling climate change and must do more on heating and industrial emissions to stop slipping behind other nations, the head of the government’s advisory body has said. Chris Stark, who will step down as chief executive of the independent Climate …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British interior minister James Cleverly has written to London’s Metropolitan Police after an officer stopped a man who was wearing a traditional kippah cap from crossing a road during a pro-Palestinian march on the grounds he was “openly Jewish”. The charity Campaign Against Antisemitism released a video late on Thursday which showed …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bank of England Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden said on Friday that the risk of British inflation getting stuck too high had receded and it might prove weaker than the BoE’s most recent forecasts. Ramsden, who has voted recently to keep interest rates at their highest since 2008, said inflation could remain around the …
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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Fifteen former British soldiers and a civilian who was an alleged member of the IRA will not be prosecuted for perjury over evidence given to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, the Northern Ireland Prosecution Service said on Friday. The Inquiry, also known as the Saville Inquiry after its chairman, Lord Saville, was established …
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LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. technology and retail giant Amazon <AMZN.O> could soon be required to formally recognise the GMB trade union at its Coventry warehouse in Britain, after a government body ruled in the union’s favour. GMB said in a statement on Friday that Amazon workers at the site would now vote on union recognition, and …
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(Reuters) – British packaging group Mondi will not make an offer to buy DS Smith, it said on Friday, bowing out of the battle after its UK peer agreed to a 5.8 billion pound ($7.21 billion) deal with International Paper earlier this week. Mondi shares jumped 8% and DS Smith dropped 11% by 1146 GMT …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry’s privacy case has avoided a major delay after London’s High Court rejected an application by the publisher of Rupert Murdoch-owned British mass-market newspapers that could have caused stalled proceedings for two years. In total, 42 figures are suing News Group Newspapers (NGN), the publisher of the Sun and the defunct …
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