(Reuters) -British welterweight Conor Benn on Friday said he is free to resume his boxing career after being cleared by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) following an investigation into two failed voluntary drugs tests last year. Benn, 26, was scheduled to take on Chris Eubank Jr last October in London in a much-hyped fight between the sons …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Australia led England by 12 runs at the end of a tense and fluctuating second day to leave the final Ashes test at The Oval on a knife-edge on Friday. Steve Smith’s patient 71 was the backbone of Australia’s 295 in reply to England’s 283 and a ninth-wicket partnership of 49 between Pat …
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By Shubham Batra, Sruthi Shankar and Khushi Singh (Reuters) – UK’s FTSE 100 ended Friday flat after a rally fizzled on worries of higher interest rates sparked by the Bank of Japan’s surprise tweak to its yield control policy, while AstraZeneca led gains in the pharmaceutical sector. The index ended at 7,694.27 points, after clocking …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The boards of the Telegraph newspaper and The Spectator magazine, led by recently appointed chair Mike McTighe, have appointed investment bank Goldman Sachs and law firm Linklaters to advise on their sale, they said in a statement on Friday. Lender Lloyds Banking Group seized control of the centre-right Daily and Sunday Telegraph …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -A plan to expand London’s clean air scheme which charges the most polluting vehicles in the city will go ahead at the end of next month, the city’s mayor said on Friday, after London’s High Court ruled it lawful. The British capital’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) levies a 12.50 …
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By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -IAG’s quarterly profit beat analyst forecasts by 40% and the British Airways owner said the outlook for summer travel was encouraging, although it was “mindful” of uncertainty in the wider economy. Leisure travel has boomed since pandemic restrictions ended last year, driving up ticket prices and boosting profits for airlines …
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LONDON (Reuters) – UK authorities said on Friday they were investigating defence ministry emails that were mistakenly sent to the wrong recipient, after reports that messages intended for U.S. military intelligence ended up with Russian ally Mali. Ministry of Defence officials were trying to contact the Pentagon, whose domain name is “.mil”, but accidentally sent …
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By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -England’s Harry Brook missed out on a maiden test century against Australia as the visitors edged an absorbing opening day of the fifth and final Ashes test at the Oval on Thursday. Brook, who had already hit three half centuries in the series, top-scored with an aggressive 85 as England …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A former Barclays director who was fired for sexual harassment has lost an employment lawsuit against the British bank in which he sought nearly 600,000 pounds ($770,000) in compensation, a London tribunal announced on Thursday. Robert Record, once a senior wealth manager overseeing assets worth 580 million pounds, was dismissed in September …
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By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Australia bowled England out for 283 in the first innings of the fifth and final Ashes test at The Oval on Thursday. Chris Woakes was the last man out for a run-a-ball 36, caught on the boundary by Travis Head off the bowling of Mitchell Starc who ended up …
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