LONDON (Reuters) – London police said on Saturday that a man arrested after a car collision into the gates of Downing Street, the site of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office, had been separately charged with making indecent images of children. The 43-year-old appeared in court on Saturday in relation to the images and was …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – British actor Hugh Grant’s claims that journalists at the Sun used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house can proceed to trial, but his allegations about voicemail interception were made too late, London’s High Court ruled on Friday. Grant, alongside King Charles’ son Prince Harry, is …
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(Note: Some readers may find language in paragraph 14 offensive) By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – British Cycling became the latest sports governing body to ban transgender women from competing in the female category of competitive events on Friday, tightening its rules around participation to “safeguard the fairness” of the sport. Announced after a …
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(Reuters) – Six former Yorkshire players have been sanctioned for the alleged use of racist and discriminatory language in verdicts released by the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) panel on Friday. Yorkshire and a number of individuals were charged by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) last year after an investigation into racism allegations made …
By William Schomberg and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) – British inflation fell in April but by less than expected and it remains above the rate of price growth in the United States and most of Europe, putting pressure on the Bank of England to keep raising interest rates. Britain has struggled more than other countries …
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(Reuters) – Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah said he was “totally devastated” that they had failed to secure Champions League qualification and that the club had let the fans down. Manchester United’s 4-1 win over Chelsea on Thursday ended Liverpool’s hopes of earning a berth in Europe’s premier club competition next season. Juergen Klopp’s side are …
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By Andrew MacAskill, Kylie MacLellan and Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – More than 13,000 people were denied a vote in English local elections this month because of the government’s new identification law, with those in poorer areas most impacted, according to a Reuters survey of local authorities. Voters in England were legally required to produce …
(Reuters) -ICAG-owned British Airways said that it had to cancel some flights at London’s Heathrow Airport due to a technical issue on Thursday, without disclosing the number of affected flights. The airport had earlier said that the airline was working to resolve a technical issue with a number of its systems, which had affected several …
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LONDON (Reuters) -A man was arrested on Thursday after a car collided with the front gates of Downing Street, site of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office and residence, in an incident London police said was not currently being treated as “terror-related”. BBC television footage showed the vehicle crossing the road towards Downing Street and …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The owners of supermarket Asda and petrol stations company EG Group will announce a 10 billion-pound ($12.6 billion) merger of their operations in Britain as early as Friday, Sky News reported on Thursday. Asda, Britain’s third-largest grocer, and EG are both owned by brothers Zuber and Mohsin Issa and private equity group …
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