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By Eva Mathews (Reuters) -Britons looking to pamper their pets with Christmas toys, winter coats, treats and Valentine’s day goodies are setting up British retailer Pets At Home for a jolly festive season, Chief Executive Lyssa McGowan said on Tuesday. Coming off a strong Halloween period, when pet owners snapped up costumes for their cats …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Shoppers at British store chains have seen the slowest increase in prices in almost a year and a half but retailers might struggle to keep inflation on its downward path, an industry group said on Tuesday. The British Retail Consortium said annual shop price inflation dropped to 4.3% in the 12 months …

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HONG KONG (Reuters) -A top UK central banker on Tuesday emphasised that monetary policy would need to be “restrictive” for some time to defeat inflation, a message echoed by fellow policymakers from Australia and Spain. Speaking at a central bank conference in Hong Kong, Bank of England (BoE) Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden also said he …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Monday it had detected a first human case of flu strain A(H1N2)v, which is similar to a virus currently circulating in pigs, and that the individual concerned had experienced a mild illness and fully recovered. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said that the case was detected as part of …

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By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) -The British government and medical trade unions said on Monday they had reached a deal which could see an end to months of disruptive strike action by senior doctors in England. The Department of Health and Social Care said the offer would reform the pay structure for senior doctors, known …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said it would ban 20 additional dangerous drugs on Monday, adding fifteen new synthetic opioids and other substances to its Class A drugs list as part of efforts to protect people from overdoses and drug related deaths. British crime and policing minister Chris Philp said in a statement that the substances had …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said getting inflation down to the central bank’s 2% target will be “hard work” as most of its recent fall was due to the unwinding of the jump in energy costs last year. “The rest of it has to be done by policy and monetary policy,” Bailey …

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Former England and Tottenham Hotspur manager Terry Venables, whose death at the age of 80 was announced on Sunday, was remembered fondly on Monday in Australia, where he served as head coach of the Socceroos for two years. Despite the most notable aspect of Venables’s reign being the failure to qualify for …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Advertised salaries in Britain hit their lowest level in six months in October, indicating easing inflation pressure, but a first rise in vacancies since June suggested a recovery in the labour market, a survey showed on Monday. Job search website Adzuna said annual advertised salaries averaged 36,946 pounds ($46,038.41) last month, down …

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