By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) – British trade unions representing civil servants said on Friday they would review a new pay offer from the government following several days of strikes this year in a long-running dispute. The government said its one-off payment of 1,500 pounds ($1,878) for non-senior staff was part of the highest pay …
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By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) – A crash in British home prices is unlikely but they will dip further this year than earlier thought as the cost of living crisis and rising borrowing costs take their toll on indebted buyers, a Reuters poll showed. As in much of the world, home prices soared during the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A British teenager who detectives believe may have been just hours away from launching an attack on police or soldiers, was on Friday sentenced to a minimum of six years in jail for terrorism offences. Matthew King, 19, who converted to Islam during the COVID-19 lockdown and then became quickly radicalised by …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Friday appointed BBC board member Elan Closs Stephens as the public broadcaster’s acting chair, replacing Richard Sharp who resigned in a cronyism row involving his links to former prime minister Boris Johnson. Closs Stephens, a member of the BBC’s governing body since 2010, will remain acting chair from June 27 for …
BELFAST (Reuters) -Hugh Callaghan, one of six men wrongly convicted for pub bombings in the English city of Birmingham that killed 21 people in 1974, died this week at the age of 93, his lawyer said. The “Birmingham Six” were Irish men living in England who were rounded up after the bombings of the crowded …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices fell by the most since 2009 in the 12 months to May and the country’s housing market faces further headwinds after a recent jump in borrowing costs, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Thursday. Compared with May last year, the average house price was down 3.4% after a 2.7% annual fall …
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By Sachin Ravikumar and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government on Thursday said it would not hand over internal WhatsApp messages requested by a public inquiry into its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and instead seek a legal challenge against the demand. The inquiry, ordered by the government itself in …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German prosecutors said on Thursday they had secured some items during a search of a reservoir in Portugal in the 16-year-old hunt for missing British girl Madeleine McCann which they would evaluate in coming days and weeks. German authorities, who have named a suspect in the case, last week helped Portuguese crews …
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By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) – British equities gained in a broader market rally on Thursday with higher metal prices supporting miners, while progress on the bill to lift the U.S. debt ceiling further spurred risk appetite. The internationally-focused FTSE 100 gained 0.6% as the U.S. debt ceiling bill successfully passed through …
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By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) – The pound edged up on Thursday, taking advantage of a dip in the dollar after Federal Reserve officials indicated the central bank might skip a rate hike this month, while UK data painted a picture of an increasingly gloomy economy. Data from the Bank of England (BoE) showed British …
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