LONDON (Reuters) – British consumer spending slid in February as bad weather kept shoppers at home, according to a survey on Tuesday that showed households remained cautious to spend in the face of high borrowing costs and inflation. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said consumer spending increased by 1.1% in February from a year earlier, …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The uncle of Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, joined reality TV show “Celebrity Big Brother” on Monday, offering millions of viewers the tantalising prospect that he could gossip about the British royal family to his house mates. Gary Goldsmith, aged 58, is the younger brother of Kate’s mother, Carole Middleton. He was …
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By Shubham Batra and Shristi Achar A (Reuters) -British stocks started the week on a downbeat note, with a sell-off across all sectors except precious metal miners and defence on Monday ahead of the national budget later this week. Hipgnosis Songs hit a record low after extending its halt of dividend payments. The blue-chip FTSE …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Support for the governing Conservative Party has fallen to the lowest level in more than four decades as a general election draws nearer in an opinion poll published on Monday, as another former minister announced he was quitting parliament. An Ipsos poll put support for the Conservatives, in power for 14 years, …
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By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -The Church of England’s 100 million pound fund to address its historical links to the slave trade is too small and should be expanded at least tenfold, an oversight group led by descendants of enslaved Africans said on Monday. The group, appointed by the church to provide advice on how …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will reverse a landmark ruling that threw litigation funding into disarray, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said on Monday, in a boost for those seeking to bring class action-style lawsuits. Britain’s Supreme Court ruled in July that funding agreements in a multi-billion-pound lawsuit were unenforceable – a surprise decision that sent …
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MANCHESTER (Reuters) -Phil Foden kept Manchester City’s Premier League title challenge bang on track with a superb second-half double as his side hit back to clinch a 3-1 home win over Manchester United on Sunday. Marcus Rashford’s eighth-minute thunderbolt gave United the lead against the run of play and it looked like the visitors might …
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By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) -Singer-songwriter Raye was the big winner at the BRIT Awards, the biggest night in British music, on Saturday, setting a new record for most prizes in one night at the annual ceremony. Raye won six awards, including for artist of the year, album of the year for “My 21st Century …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s annual pop music honours, the BRIT Awards, were handed out at a ceremony in London on Saturday. Below is a list of the winners: MASTERCARD ALBUM OF THE YEAR Raye, “My 21st Century Blues” ARTIST OF THE YEAR Raye SONG OF THE YEAR Raye ft 070 Shake, “Escapism” GROUP OF THE …
LONDON (Reuters) -With 98 minutes played at the City Ground it seemed Liverpool were set to drop two crucial points in the Premier League title race but Darwin Nunez struck a last-gasp winner to secure a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest on Saturday. It was the 18th time Liverpool have scored a winner beyond 90 …
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