By Sinead Cruise and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) -Some of Britain’s top financial firms pay women 28.8% less on average than male counterparts, salary data from 21 companies reviewed by Reuters shows, even though they say they are striving to hire more females for higher-paid, senior roles. Banks, asset managers and insurers across the UK …
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By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) – ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus reflected on the Swedish pop group’s reach and longevity as he joined “Mamma Mia!” cast and creators for the musical’s 25th anniversary celebrations in London on Saturday. Saturday also marked 50 years since ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest final in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 1974 …
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(Reuters) – Sunday’s Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and visitors Nottingham Forest will go ahead after a man was stabbed to death near the stadium, the North London club said. London’s Metropolitan Police said a murder investigation had been launched after they were called early on Sunday to Northumberland Park where they found a …
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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s support for Israel depends on it abiding by international humanitarian law, foreign minister David Cameron said in a newspaper column on Sunday, days after an Israeli airstrike killed seven aid workers, including three Britons. “Our backing is not unconditional,” Cameron wrote in The Sunday Times. “We expect such …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Airline passengers in parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland faced travel disruption at airports on Saturday due to flight cancellations as a storm swept across both countries and left thousands of Irish homes with power outages. The disruption caused by Storm Kathleen, named by the Irish Meteorological Service and the 11th …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Kevin De Bruyne struck twice to inspire Manchester City to a dominant 4-2 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday and put the champions level on points with Liverpool near the top of the Premier League table. With seven games remaining City are on 70 points – the same as the Reds, who visit …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The wingtip of an empty Virgin Atlantic jet collided with a stationary British Airways airliner while being towed from a stand at London’s Heathrow Airport on Saturday, the airlines said. Heathrow, Britain’s busiest airport, said no passenger injuries had been reported and it did not anticipate any ongoing impact to the airport’s operations. …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Glamorgan captain Sam Northeast made 335 not out against Middlesex in the County Championship on Saturday, the highest individual first-class score ever recorded at Lord’s. The 34-year-old broke the record set by former England opener Graham Gooch who made a career-best 333 in a test match against India in 1990 at the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – England fast bowler Jofra Archer will not play test cricket this year but is targeting the T20 World Cup in June, managing director for England’s men’s team Rob Key has said. Archer has remained sidelined since May last year with a nagging elbow injury and is back in Barbados, where he was …
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LONDON (Reuters) – UK Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport, Britain’s busiest hub, have suspended the strike action they were due to take for four days from April 11 in a dispute over working conditions, a trade union said on Friday. The officers, who carry out immigration controls and passport checks, hope to enter further …
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