LONDON (Reuters) – Seventeen British nationals including children are dead or missing in Israel after attacks by Palestinian militant group Hamas, the BBC reported on Wednesday, citing an official source. (Reporting by William James; Editing by Sachin Ravikumar)
By Elizabeth Howcroft and Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s financial regulator on Tuesday said it was stopping peer-to-peer platform rebuildingsociety.com from approving financial promotions for Binance and other crypto asset firms, days after Binance announced it had partnered with the company. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance, which is unregulated in Britain, in a blog post on Sunday …
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By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -Travis Perkins, Britain’s biggest supplier of building materials, downgraded its annual profit forecast by as much as 27% on Wednesday, blaming ongoing tough conditions in the new-build housing and renovation markets, hitting its shares. The group said it now expected 2023 adjusted operating profit to be in the range of …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British employers cut their job vacancies for the first time in more than two-and-a-half years in September and reduced their hiring again, a recruiters’ industry body said on Wednesday, adding to signs of a cooling in the labour market. In a set of data that the Bank of England will use as …
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LONDON (Reuters) – London Luton Airport said it was suspending all flights until 1400 GMT, three hours later than previously announced, following a fire in one of its multi-storey car parks. “Emergency services remain on the scene following last night’s fire in Terminal Car Park 2,” the airport said in a statement on X, formerly …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry’s lawsuit against News Corp’s British tabloids is likely to go to trial in early 2025, the High Court in London heard on Tuesday. Harry, the younger son of King Charles and the late Princess Diana, is suing News Group Newspapers (NGN) over alleged invasions of privacy by its tabloids, the …
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By Lori Ewing BURTON-UPON-TRENT (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak celebrated the United Kingdom being named as hosts of the 2028 European Championship with Ireland by visiting England’s footballers at St. George’s Park on Tuesday. Sandwiched between Three Lions captain Harry Kane and manager Gareth Southgate, Sunak posed for photos holding a No. 28 England …
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LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party has pledged to increase business investment, overhaul the country’s energy infrastructure and crack down on fraud, fleshing out its policy platform before a national election expected next year. Here are some of the policies announced at their annual conference in Liverpool: INVESTMENT Labour has pledged to raise …
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By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) -BP said on Tuesday it remained committed to its financial and carbon reduction ambitions, as interim Chief Executive Officer Murray Auchincloss hosted an investor day in Denver. It was Auchincloss’s first major investor event since taking the helm after Bernard Looney abruptly stepped down as CEO last month for failing …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Collapsed British bakery chain Patisserie Valerie’s former chief finance officer appeared in a London court on Tuesday on charges of fraudulently inflating the company’s balance sheet and misleading lenders Barclays and HSBC. Christopher Marsh, 49, is accused of defrauding shareholders and creditors by inflating Patisserie Holdings’ cash on its …
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