By Phil Noble and Andy Bruce BIRKENHEAD, England (Reuters) – The rural life of rearing rare breed sheep and nurturing alpacas is a world away for many urban teenagers. Yet a British school near Liverpool has opened its pupils to a wealth of jobs in agriculture and the benefits of nature with its own farm. …
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DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland said on Wednesday it would mount a legal challenge against Britain over a new law giving conditional amnesties to former soldiers and militants involved in decades of violence in Northern Ireland. Britain has halted prosecutions of those involved in three decades of bloody conflict in Northern Ireland, saying they are unlikely to …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British businesses became more downbeat about the economic outlook in December, with the biggest monthly decline in confidence in more than a year, a survey showed on Thursday, adding to signs of a slowdown in the country’s economy. The Lloyds Bank Business Barometer, which surveyed 1,200 firms across the economy, fell by …
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By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – British members of parliament are calling on the Premier League and other governing bodies to reduce the volume of gambling adverts in stadiums, citing a study that found nearly 7,000 visible gambling messages during six league matches. The Culture, Media and Sport Committee report on gambling regulation released …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Two British teenagers were found guilty on Wednesday of killing 16-year-old transgender girl Brianna Ghey in a “ferocious attack” in a park in northwest England earlier this year. The court heard the boy and girl, who were 15 at the time of the murder and cannot be named because of their age, …
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By Paul Sandle, Sarah Young and Tim Hepher LONDON (Reuters) -The chief executive of Rolls-Royce said on Wednesday his mission to lift the British company’s profits was compatible with continuing to gain market share and delivering improvements in engines demanded by airlines. Tufan Erginbilgic was brought into Rolls-Royce last January to turn around Britain’s flagship …
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(Reuters) – Britain’s domestic energy price cap is expected to fall in April, reflecting a significant decline in wholesale energy prices since mid-November, analysts at Cornwall Insight said on Wednesday. Cornwall Insight forecasts Ofgem’s price cap will in April fall to 1,660 pounds ($2,100.90) a year based on average use, down 14% from 1,928 pounds …
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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s markets watchdog has proposed a single entry point to simplify and speed up company listings, in the biggest shake up of its kind in three decades to help London compete better with New York as well as EU centres in the wake of Brexit. Britain accounted for only 5% …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices fell by 1.2% in the 12 months to October, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Wednesday, the biggest annual fall since October 2011, as the housing market feels the hit from higher borrowing costs. House prices in London fell by the most, down by 3.6% from October …
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By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) – Junior doctors in England ramped up their industrial action on Wednesday, beginning the first walk-out of their biggest strike yet, which hospitals warn could threaten emergency care provision at one of the busiest times of the year. The British Medical Association (BMA), which represents around 50,000 junior doctors, said …
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