(Reuters) -Manchester United’s American owners, the Glazer family, are set to finalise a $33 per share deal with Jim Ratcliffe that will see the British billionaire acquire a 25% stake in the English soccer club, Sky News reported on Friday. The deal, which could be confirmed later on Friday, will bring to an end a …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The chief executive of Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) resigned on Friday, hours after settling an age and sex discrimination lawsuit against her former employer. Rebecca Lawrence in 2019 became chief executive of the CPS, which prosecutes criminal cases that have been investigated by the police and other organisations in England and …
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(Reuters) – Britain’s new Foreign Secretary David Cameron visited Moldova after his trip to Ukraine and discussed security in the Black Sea and bilateral cooperation with Moldovan President Maia Sandu, the president’s office said on Friday. Cameron arrived in Moldova’s capital Chisinau on Thursday after a two-day visit to Ukraine where he held talks with …
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(Reuters) – Former Cardiff City defender Jack Simpson has been suspended for six matches and fined after he admitted using racist language towards a team mate, the English FA said on Thursday. The incident took place during Cardiff’s pre-season tour in Portugal. The former Rangers player left Cardiff in August and has since been a …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Nationwide Building Society recorded record benefits for its customers in the first half of its financial year, including a 344 million pound ($425.94 million) payout and 885 million pounds of incentives on products below market rates. The member-owned lender, which competes with Britain’s big banks but does not have to prioritise shareholder …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government is taking a “leisurely” approach to tackling unhealthy eating habits and needs to do more to make sure people can get hold of good, affordable food, lawmakers said on Friday. The members of a cross-party committee said they were particularly disappointed by the government’s refusal to commit to commissioning a …
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(Reuters) – British police said on Thursday they have charged two 12-year-old boys in the murder of 19-year old Shawn Seesahai in the central English city of Wolverhampton. The boys have also been charged for possessing a bladed article and are remanded in custody to appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court on Friday, according to a …
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LONDON (Reuters) -A British man wanted in the U.S. on money laundering and wire fraud charges linked to the fake cryptocurrency OneCoin on Thursday won his battle against extradition, with London’s High Court ruling he should face prosecution in Britain. Christopher Hamilton, 64, was indicted by a New York grand jury in 2019 over his …
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By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Jeremy Hunt on Thursday announced incentives and sanctions aimed at tackling the country’s soaring levels of inactivity among working-age people, an increasingly acute economic problem. The “Back to Work” plan, billed as a way to help people “stay healthy, get off benefits and move into work”, will …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has authorised a gene therapy that aims to cure sickle-cell disease and another type of inherited blood disorder for patients aged 12 and over, the country’s medical regulator said on Thursday, becoming the first in the world to do so. Casgevy is the first medicine to be licensed that uses the …
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