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By Amanda Ferguson and Aiden Nulty BELFAST (Reuters) – The Good Friday Agreement largely ended three decades of bloodshed in Northern Ireland, but for many relatives of the more than 3,600 people killed the peace accord has offered little closure over the past 25 years. In a short section, the deal said it was essential …

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(Reuters) – British food supplier Hilton Food said on Wednesday that Steve Murrells, ex-CEO of Co-operative Group, would replace Philip Heffer as its chief executive officer. Hilton Food, which supplies meat and ready-to-eat meals to supermarkets, said Heffer, its CEO since 2018, will stand down and Murrells will take over the top job from July …

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By Sarah Young LINTON, England (Reuters) – The stumps of dozens of apple trees lie discarded along the side of a field. The fruit that helped give the “Garden of England” its name hundreds of years ago no longer makes money so farmer James Smith is tearing down his orchards. Shortages of tomatoes and cucumbers …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Thousands of workers employed by the British government’s Environment Agency in England are set to strike for four days this month over a pay dispute, a union representing them said on Wednesday. In a statement, Unison said it was taking industrial action as ministers did not make any attempt to invite the …

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Britain has blocked the U.N. webcast of an informal Security Council meeting on Ukraine on Wednesday at which Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights – who the International Criminal Court wants to arrest on war crimes charges – is due to speak, diplomats said. Russia had told council members that …

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By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – HSBC, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Standard Chartered reported a widening in the gap between what they paid women and men in 2022, according to data reviewed by Reuters. The data also showed that, at the banks which detailed their pay gaps by ethnicity, the gap was widest between …

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LONDON (Reuters) -British telecoms firm Virgin Media said it had experienced fresh broadband outages on Tuesday, with tens of thousands of customers reporting internet access problems only hours after the company said an earlier issue had been resolved. The Downdetector website showed a peak of more than 54,000 reports of problems, mostly around internet connectivity. …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is considering plans to create a distinction in equality laws between a person who was born a particular sex and someone who has transitioned to become that sex. Britain’s minister for women and equalities, Kemi Badenoch, wrote to the head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the equalities watchdog, to …

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