By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – London’s police force has apologised and paid “substantial damages” to two women detained at a vigil held in memory of Sarah Everard who was raped and murdered by a serving officer, their lawyers said on Thursday. Marketing executive Everard was abducted off a street in London as she walked …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The British government said on Thursday it would invest 200 million pounds ($250 million) of extra funding in the National Health Service (NHS) to help boost its resilience during the busy winter months. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made cutting NHS patient waiting lists one of his five top priorities ahead of …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices showed the most widespread falls in 14 years in August as demand weakened against the backdrop of elevated mortgage costs and economic uncertainty, an industry survey showed on Thursday. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) house price balance, which measures the difference between the percentage of surveyors seeing …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A record-breaking century by Ben Stokes propelled England to a crushing 181-run win over New Zealand in the third one-day international on Wednesday as the hosts took a 2-1 lead in the four-match series. Stokes, who last month reversed his retirement from ODI cricket, hammered a 124-ball 182 to record England’s highest …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The British government’s plan to relax rules around water pollution to enable the construction of thousands of new homes was defeated by the upper house of parliament on Wednesday. The government said last month it planned to remove European Union “nutrient neutrality” laws it had retained post-Brexit, which are intended to ensure …
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By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) – UK-based Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) said on Wednesday it is partnering with Britain’s biggest defence company BAE Systems to explore the use of its Airlander helium-filled aircraft in transporting equipment and surveillance. The Airlander 10, which HAV hopes to bring into commercial production in 2026, is attracting attention among …
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By Lori Ewing (Reuters) -Keira Walsh and Beth England, who helped England finish as runners-up at the recent Women’s World Cup, will miss the team’s next two Nations League games due to injury. Coach Sarina Wiegman otherwise stuck with the bulk of her squad from the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand with 21 …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition leader Keir Starmer will meet French President Emmanuel Macron on Sept. 19 as he builds up his foreign policy experience ahead of a general election expected next year which opinion polls show he is likely to win. The meeting in Paris is due to take place the day before King …
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By Ron Bousso and Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON (Reuters) -BP’s interim CEO Murray Auchincloss said on Wednesday the company won’t be derailed from its energy transition strategy by former leader Bernard Looney’s abrupt resignation amid misconduct allegations. BP scaled back its energy transition strategy earlier this year but still stands out among rivals as the only …
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By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) -The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has filed fraud charges against four people, including a former chief financial officer, over the collapse of Britain’s Patisserie Valerie chain of high street bakeries. After a five-year investigation code named Operation Venom, the SFO said it had charged Patisserie Holdings’ former financial boss …
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