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(Reuters) -Bank of England Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden said on Monday that Britain’s jobs market had weakened and wage growth was normalising, leaving him confident that interest rates could be cut further and inflation would fall back to the BoE’s target. “We have seen the labour market continuing to loosen with wage growth normalising and …

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LONDON (Reuters) -England all-rounder Chris Woakes announced his international retirement on Monday after missing out on selection for the Ashes series starting in Australia in November. Team director Rob Key said last week that the 36-year-old, who suffered a dislocated shoulder against India at The Oval last month, did not feature in plans for the …

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LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Britain’s finance minister Rachel Reeves was interrupted on Monday by a protester holding a Palestinian flag during her speech at the Labour party conference in Liverpool. Reeves quickly resumed, saying she understood the cause and noted that Britain had decided to recognise a Palestinian state. (Reporting by Alistair Smout, Elizabeth Piper and …

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(Corrects misspelling of ‘Espirito’ in paragraph 2) LONDON (Reuters) -West Ham United appointed Nuno Espirito Santo as manager on a three-year contract on Saturday, hours after announcing the sacking of Graham Potter. Portuguese Espirito Santo, who was fired by Nottingham Forest this month, joined West Ham after they made a dismal start to the Premier …

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(Reuters) -West Ham United have appointed former Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo as head coach on a three-year contract, replacing Graham Potter who was sacked on Saturday following a dismal start to the Premier League season. Portuguese Espirito Santo had coached Nottingham Forest for the last two years but was sacked this month after …

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LONDON (Reuters) -King Charles and his wife Queen Camilla will pay a state visit to the Holy See next month, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday, making a trip which they had been forced to cancel in April because of the failing health of the late Pope Francis. The British royals were due to visit the …

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