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LONDON (Reuters) – Prices in British shops rose at the joint-slowest rate since October 2021 this month, held down by falls in the cost of non-food items as food prices continued to rise, the British Retail Consortium said on Tuesday. Shop prices in July were on average 0.2% higher than a year earlier, the same …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Two children were stabbed to death at a Taylor Swift-themed event in northwest England, and a 17-year-old male suspect was arrested, police said on Monday. He was held on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. Nine other children were wounded, six of them critically, and two adults were in a critical condition. “We …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper arm agreed on Monday to search for emails about an alleged “fake security threat”, which claimants including Prince Harry say was used to delete millions of emails at the height of the phone-hacking scandal. News Group Newspapers (NGN) is facing multiple lawsuits alleging unlawful activities by journalists and private …

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By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Months of strikes by junior doctors in England’s National Health Service could be coming to an end after the union representing them recommended they accept a new 22.3% total pay uplift over two years. The British Medical Association (BMA), which represents around 50,000 junior doctors and the new Labour government …

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By Sachin Ravikumar and Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – Behind the lush greenery, roses in bloom and birdsong at London’s famous Kew Gardens lies the darker reality of climate change, which threatens to kill thousands of its trees in the coming decades. Some trees at the botanical gardens, which were first opened in 1759 and …

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By Andy Bruce (Reuters) – Uncertainty felt by British business leaders collapsed to the lowest level since before the 2016 Brexit vote after Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s landslide election victory, a survey showed on Monday. The quarterly Deloitte survey of chief financial officers showed 23% of large British companies reported high or very high uncertainty, …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Israel’s President Isaac Herzog there needed to be “immediate steps” towards a ceasefire in Israel’s conflict with Hamas militants in Gaza. “The Prime Minister said there must be immediate steps towards a ceasefire, so that hostages can be released and more humanitarian aid can get in …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Former British business minister Kemi Badenoch launched her bid to become leader of the opposition Conservative Party on Sunday, making her the sixth candidate seeking to replace the outgoing Rishi Sunak. Sunak stepped down as leader following the party’s worst- ever election performance earlier this month, but said he would stay as …

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