(Reuters) – Britain’s Unite union said on Tuesday that around 1,700 bus drivers working with transport operator Arriva will go on strike for four days this month over pay, mainly affecting routes in North and East London. Unite said its members have rejected a 7% pay rise and will undertake an initial two-day strike on …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry will become the first British royal to appear in the witness box since the 1890s when he testifies this week at the High Court in London as part of his lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers. Here are details of the trial: WHAT IS THE COURT CASE ABOUT? Harry and more than …
By Stefaniia Bern HREBELKY, Ukraine (Reuters) -British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Tuesday it was too early to give a meaningful assessment of the details behind the destruction of a dam in southern Ukraine, but that it had happened because of Russia’s invasion. On a visit to Ukraine, Cleverly reaffirmed London’s support for how …
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(Reuters) – England all-rounder Moeen Ali is considering a comeback to test cricket ahead of the Ashes against Australia after spinner Jack Leach was ruled out with a lower back stress fracture, British media reported. The 35-year-old, who announced his retirement from the longest format of the game in September 2021, is said to have …
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A year after the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira deep in the Amazon rainforest, friends, relatives and admirers gathered on Monday to call for justice and protection of indigenous lands. Phillips and Pereira vanished on June 5, 2022 on a trip to the remote …
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(Reuters) – Unilever is looking for a replacement for Chair Nils Andersen whose term is scheduled to end next year, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Unilever declined to comment when contacted by Reuters. The consumer goods giant said in January CEO Alan Jope will be replaced by Hein Schumacher …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Princess Eugenie, a niece of King Charles and daughter of his disgraced brother Prince Andrew, has given birth to her second child, a baby boy, with her husband Jack Brooksbank, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, the 13th in line to the British throne, was born on May …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined broker ED&F Man Capital Markets Ltd (MCML) 17.2 million pounds ($21.35 million), its largest penalty yet in connection with Europe’s ‘cum-ex’ tax scam. The cum-ex trading scheme, which flourished after the 2008 global financial crisis, involved banks and investors swiftly dealing shares around dividend payout …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Monday they had charged a member of parliament (MP) from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s ruling Conservative Party with racially aggravated behaviour. Bob Stewart was charged after police received an online report from a man alleging he had been “verbally racially abused” in December last year. Stewart has been …
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By Sam Tobin and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry is suing a British tabloid publisher to focus attention on alleged unlawful activities and not because of “some vendetta against the press”, his lawyer told London’s High Court on Monday. Harry, King Charles’ younger son, is one of more than 100 high-profile figures suing the …
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