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Sniffer dogs join search for Madeleine McCann at Portuguese reservoir

24 May 2023

By Mariano Valldolid and Marco Trujillo SILVES, Portugal (Reuters) -Police deployed heavy equipment and sniffer dogs on Wednesday, the second day of a search at a remote reservoir in Portugal for evidence linking a German suspect to the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 16 years ago. Emergency services brought in a remote-controlled tractor-mounted tree …

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Factbox-When did Madeleine McCann go missing and what’s the latest on the case?

24 May 2023

LONDON (Reuters) – Portuguese police have been searching a reservoir this week about 50 km (31 miles) from where British three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007, authorities said. The move was the most recent development in the search for McCann whose disappearance 16 years ago triggered a global hunt and garnered huge media attention. WHEN …

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Key dates in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann

24 May 2023

LONDON (Reuters) -Three-year-old Madeleine McCann, from Rothley, Leicestershire in central England, disappeared on May 3, 2007 during a holiday with her parents in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. Sixteen years on, Portuguese police on Tuesday started searching a reservoir inland from where she disappeared. Here is a chronology of developments. 2007 May 3 – …

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‘Soft compulsion’ needed to nudge pension cash into UK companies, says L&G

24 May 2023

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has been investing in the wrong things for two decades and ‘soft compulsion’ is needed to nudge pension fund money towards growth sectors, a top investment executive said on Wednesday. The government is looking at how to encourage pension funds to invest more in UK companies to boost growth, and one …

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UK students seek go-ahead for lawsuit over COVID, strikes disruption

24 May 2023

By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Thousands of university students asked London’s High Court on Wednesday to give the go-ahead to a mass lawsuit against University College London (UCL) over disruption to their studies caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and strikes. More than 3,000 current and former students – who paid at least 9,250 pounds ($11,482) …

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UK’s Sunak will not investigate interior minister over speeding fine row

24 May 2023

By William James and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday he would not investigate interior minister Suella Braverman over her handling of a speeding offence last year, ruling that her actions did not breach the ministerial code. The move spares Braverman, a minister who has become a favourite …

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M&S shares soar as strategy ‘beginning to deliver’

24 May 2023

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -Marks & Spencer said its latest turnaround strategy was starting to deliver, enabling it to restore its dividend and forecast “modest” revenue growth and a profit outcome ahead of market expectations this year, sending its shares 13% higher. That rise extended the 139-year old British clothing and food retailer’s gains …

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