By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urged voters and his own party on Sunday to “stick to the plan” for “long-term change” at an election he has signalled will most probably come in the second half of this year. After firing the starting gun on election campaigning last week by …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Six small craft approached a merchant vessel about 50 nautical miles from the Yemeni city of Mocha on Saturday before leaving the area, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) organization said. “The vessel and crew were reported safe,” UKMTO added in an advisory note on the incident. Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi militants have …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Pro-Palestinian protesters blocked roads outside the British parliament in London on Saturday, demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict and clashing with police who prevented them from marching across Westminster Bridge. London, like other Western cities, has seen regular and sometimes large demonstrations calling for Israel to halt the bombardment of …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Major rivers across Britain were flooded on Friday after heavy rain, with the government issuing more than 300 flood warnings, travel operators announcing serious disruption and around 1,000 homes suffering damage so far. A succession of storms in recent weeks meant prolonged rainfall that started on Thursday fell on saturated ground and …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A former British energy minister on Friday said he would quit the ruling Conservatives and stand down as a lawmaker over the government climate record, rebuking plans to allow more North Sea oil and gas licencing. Chris Skidmore’s resignation will trigger a by-election to replace him as a lawmaker which will be …
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By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) – The chairman of British bank NatWest was criticised by a leading opposition politician for being out of touch on Friday after he said it was not “that difficult” to be able to afford to buy a house in Britain. According to Office for National Statistics data, full-time employees in …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Friday no new investigation had been launched into allegations relating to Prince Andrew following the release this week of court documents relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew, 63, a younger brother of King Charles, has always denied accusations of sexual wrongdoing and in February 2022 …
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(Reuters) -Britain’s new car market witnessed its best year since the COVID-19 pandemic as easing supply chain issues helped fulfil pent-up demand for fleet vehicles, an industry body said on Friday. Final data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) showed that 1.9 million vehicles were sold in 2023, an increase of 17.9% …
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By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s construction sector showed signs in December that it might have seen the worst of a slump caused by the steep climb in interest rates, a survey showed on Friday. The S&P Global/CIPS UK construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 46.8 from November’s 45.5 but remained below the …
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By Will Dunham (Reuters) – Glynis Johns, the husky-voiced British actress most widely known for her role as a suffragette who reconnects with her children thanks to a magical nanny in the blockbuster 1964 movie musical “Mary Poppins,” has died at the age of 100. Johns, a versatile film and stage veteran who won a …
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