LONDON (Reuters) – British police have arrested a man in connection with the alleged escape of a terrorism suspect from a London prison last year in a high-profile case that led to a nationwide manhunt, authorities said on Thursday. Daniel Khalife, 21, a former British soldier accused of offences relating to terrorism and the Official …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s GCHQ spy agency celebrated the 80th anniversary of Colossus on Thursday, putting the spotlight on a code-breaking computer which helped defeat Hitler’s Germany and was so significant it was kept secret for decades. In 1944, Colossus, the world’s first digital computer, decoded German messages which convinced Allied forces their year-long plan …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, is “doing well” after undergoing abdominal surgery this week, a royal source said on Thursday, while King Charles is also “fine” ahead of treatment for an enlarged prostate, his wife Queen Camilla said. Kate, 42, was admitted to the private London Clinic on Tuesday for planned surgery, …
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By Naomi Rovnick LONDON (Reuters) – Some of Britain’s best known private equity-backed companies, including pub operator Punch Taverns and London City Airport, have been named by a buyout industry watchdog for not following its transparency and disclosure guidelines. The Private Equity Reporting Group on Thursday identified the companies as non-compliant with industry guidelines that …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister Jeremy Hunt will meet the bosses of top British banks next Tuesday to seek reassurance they can keep lending to the economy, four sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest Group and Santander UK are expected to take part in the meeting, …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s statistics authority criticised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s statement that his government had cleared a legacy backlog of asylum decisions by the end of 2023, saying it might affect “public trust” as some cases were unresolved. Sunak has made “stopping the boats” one of his top five priorities and is seeking to revive …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British lenders expect the biggest rise since 2009 in defaults by households with unsecured loans, a Bank of England survey showed on Thursday. The BoE’s quarterly Credit Conditions Survey showed a reading of +31.7 in an index of lenders’ expectations for unsecured household loan defaults for the three months to the end …
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By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) -Northern Ireland’s biggest public sector strike in a generation shut schools, halted transport services and left icy roads ungritted in sub-zero temperatures on Thursday, with people warned to only travel or seek medical help in an emergency. Unions representing around 170,000 of the region’s 225,000 public sector workers called the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak overcame a rebellion by his Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday to win a vote on his proposed law to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda, but he still faces many stumbling blocks for his flagship scheme. Here are some of the problems Sunak will have to overcome before …
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By Andrew MacAskill and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defeated a Conservative rebellion on Wednesday over his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, winning a costly victory that weakens his authority and deepens divisions in his party. Sunak faced down the rebellion by right-wingers in his Conservative Party by offering …
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