(Reuters) – West Indies took a 2-0 lead over England in their five-match Twenty20 series after winning the second game by 10 runs on Thursday on the back of Brandon King’s sublime knock of 82 in St George’s, Grenada. Having lost the first game after batting first, England skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and …
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By Juliette Jabkhiro and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) -A teenager from Britain who disappeared six years ago has been found in southern France, local authorities said on Thursday, fleeing a spiritualist mountain community according to a driver who crossed paths with him and informed police. His family has confirmed his identity as Alex Batty, originally …
By David Milliken, Andy Bruce and Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England stuck to its guns on Thursday and said British interest rates needed to stay high for “an extended period”, a day after the Federal Reserve signalled it would cut U.S. interest rates in 2024, sparking a rally in global markets. …
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BELFAST (Reuters) – The only British soldier charged over the “Bloody Sunday” killings of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers in 1972 will stand trial for murder, a Northern Irish court ruled on Thursday. The unnamed soldier, dubbed “Soldier F”, was charged in 2019 with the murders of two men and attempted murder of five …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Thursday that those responsible for settler violence against Palestinians would be banned from entering Britain, following a similar plan by the European Union. U.N. figures show daily settler attacks in the Israeli-occupied West Bank have more than doubled since the Palestinian militant group Hamas’s deadly Oct. …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hold a bilateral meeting with his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Saturday to discuss their shared efforts to tackle illegal migration, Sunak’s spokesman said on Thursday. Meloni’s office said on Wednesday that Sunak would attend a political event in Rome organised by her right-wing …
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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – Cash-strapped Britons are avoiding expensive trips to the hairdresser and coffee shops to save money, which has boosted demand for hair care technology and coffee machines, the boss of electricals retailer Currys said on Thursday. With the UK in the second year of a cost-of-living crisis, Currys CEO Alex …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Thames Water said Chris Weston would take over as its new chief executive on Jan. 8, naming the former boss of power equipment rental firm Aggreko to lead a turnaround of the struggling water supplier. Weston was CEO of Aggreko for seven years until 2021 when the former FTSE 250 member …
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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) said on Thursday that complaints about financing and insuring cars have spiked as claims management firms pile in with “speculative” claims that are mostly rejected. FOS, which handles complaints that people are unable to settle directly with a financial firm, said that in the …
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By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s property market saw some recovery in November as a surge in mortgage rates eased, but surveyors remain cautious about the year ahead, an industry survey showed on Thursday, adding to other signs of a stabilisation in the market. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said its measure …
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