By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) -BP has cut over a tenth of the workforce in its electric vehicle charging business and pulled it out of several markets after a bet on rapid growth in commercial EV fleets didn’t pay off, company sources said. The changes at BP Pulse are part of CEO Murray Auchincloss’s efforts …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s struggling Thames Water has until June 12 to win approval for its plan to raise customers’ bills by 40% to address its 16 billion pound ($20 billion) debt pile, the nation’s water regulator Ofwat said on Monday. Ofwat said in a statement June 12 was the provisional date for its so-called …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A British teenager who planned a terrorist attack on the Isle of Wight music festival was sentenced to seven years’ detention on Monday. The 16-year-old had converted to Islam and developed what the sentencing judge, Maura McGowan, described as “a corrupted form” of the religion, believing it was justified to kill those …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British Foreign Secretary David Cameron urged Israel not to retaliate after Iran’s drone and missile attack, saying it should “think with head as well as heart” because Tehran’s strike had been a near total failure. The strike by more than 300 missiles and drones from Iran caused only modest damage in Israel as …
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By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s homes and businesses received 4.86 billion pounds ($6.07 billion) in property insurance payouts in 2023, up 18% from a year earlier, as weather-related home claims hit a record high, the Association of British Insurers said on Monday. Weather-related home damage claims rose 36% to 573 million pounds, with …
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LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Liverpool’s bid to win the Premier League title in manager Juergen Klopp’s final season with the club suffered a huge blow as they were beaten 1-0 by Crystal Palace at Anfield on Sunday that left them third in the table. Eberechi Eze scored in the 14th minute to stun the Anfield faithful …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British foreign minister David Cameron said on Sunday he had “formally condemned in the strongest terms” Iran’s attack on Israel in a call with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian. “I made clear that Iran must stop these reckless attacks, de-escalate and release the MSC Aries,” Cameron said on X, referring to a …
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(Reuters) – Manchester United will meet Tottenham Hotspur in the Women’s FA Cup final on May 12 after they beat Chelsea for the first time in their history and Spurs came back from a goal down to defeat Leicester City 2-1 in the semi-finals on Sunday. United came into the game never having beaten Chelsea …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday that British military jets shot down drones launched by Iran in its attack on Israel and called for “calm heads to prevail” to avoid an escalation of the conflict. “I can confirm that our planes did shoot down a number of Iranian attack drones,” …
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(Reuters) – Manchester United cannot afford the errors they have made in their recent Premier League fixtures if they want to win the FA Cup, defender Diogo Dalot said after Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Bournemouth. United, who take on Coventry City on April 21 in the FA Cup semi-finals, have been winless in their last …
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