Reuters UK Domestic

By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloid papers bugged Prince Harry’s landline phones and accessed the messages on the pager of his late mother Princess Diana, the British royal’s legal team told London’s High Court on Thursday. Harry, the younger son of King Charles and the late Princess Diana, and …

Prince Harry’s landline calls were bugged by Murdoch papers, lawyers say Read More »

(Reuters) – British sprinter Victoria Ohuruogu said on Thursday that she had been cleared of an anti-doping violation relating to an alleged prohibited association with a banned athlete. Ohuruogu, 31, was allegedly being coached by her Italian boyfriend Antonio Infantino, whose three-year doping ban ends in December, but this was dismissed by a UK Anti-Doping …

Athletics-Ohuruogu cleared of anti-doping violation for prohibited association Read More »

By William Schomberg, Suban Abdulla and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy is moving towards the point where the Bank of England can start cutting interest rates, Governor Andrew Bailey said on Thursday as two of his colleagues dropped their calls for a rate hike in the face of easing inflation. Sterling fell, shares …

UK inflation ‘moving in right direction’ for rate cuts, Bank of England says Read More »

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Camilla said her husband King Charles who is being treated for cancer was doing “very well”, as she greeted crowds on a visit to Northern Ireland on Thursday. Charles has been absent from public duties since January while he undergoes treatment for an unspecified form of cancer, leaving Camilla and …

King Charles doing ‘very well’, Camilla tells Belfast crowds Read More »

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – Disruption to shipments in the Red Sea will not prompt British clothing retailer Next into a major re-think on where it sources its products, its boss said on Thursday. Next, which sources the majority of its products from Asia, had cautioned in January that sales growth would likely moderate …

UK’s Next says Red Sea disruption won’t prompt sourcing re-think Read More »

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s national broadcaster the BBC is drawing up plans to build and train its own artificial intelligence model using its text archives, the corporation said on Thursday. A BBC executive told a parliamentary committee earlier this month the organisation was looking at generative AI as a tool to support its production process …

Britain’s BBC considers building in-house AI model Read More »

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s economy is “moving in the right direction” for the Bank of England to start cutting interest rates, Governor Andrew Bailey said, as two of his colleagues dropped their vote a rate hike. The BoE’s rate-setters voted 8-1 to keep borrowing costs at their 16-year high of 5.25% on Thursday, as the two …

Bank of England tilts towards rate-cut mode Read More »

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -British clothing retailer Next reported a 5% rise in annual profit and kept its guidance for the current year, saying it did not expect a big hit from stock delays due to Red Sea shipping disruption. Next had cautioned in January that sales growth would likely moderate if disruption to …

UK’s Next relaxed on Red Sea disruption as it keeps profit view Read More »