KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainians queued on Friday to buy postage stamps based on a Banksy mural depicting a young boy defeating a grown man in a judo bout as they marked the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion. The British artist confirmed the mural, along with several others in bombed out parts of Ukraine, was by …
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By Amanda Ferguson Belfast (Reuters) – Northern Irish police arrested a fifth man on Friday in relation to the attempted murder of a senior detective shot in front of his young son in the town of Omagh. A 43-year-old man was arrested in the Stewartstown area of County Tyrone under anti-terrorism laws and is being …
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By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) – British supermarkets are not only short of produce because of weather-related supply issues – they are also choosing not to pay higher prices for fruit and vegetables, some suppliers and independent grocers told Reuters. Britain’s biggest supermarket group Tesco on Wednesday followed rivals Asda and Morrisons by imposing customer …
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By Shashwat Chauhan and Shristi Achar A (Reuters) -UK stocks ended lower on Friday after hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data sparked concerns about the Federal Reserve raising interest rates further, while shares of Cineworld plummeted as it failed to find a buyer. The blue-chip FTSE 100 fell 0.4% and the midcap FTSE 250 dropped 0.5%, with …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain marked the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by issuing more sanctions against Russia, including export bans on every item it has used on the battlefield and import bans of iron and steel goods. Britain has frozen assets and targeted a wave of Russian officials and companies in the last year …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Rail workers in Britain represented by the TSSA trade union have voted to accept wage offers by train companies in a long-running dispute over pay, job security and conditions, the union said on Friday. Further strike action across Britain’s rail network will still go ahead, however, as the larger RMT trade union, which …
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By Alistair Smout and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Three candidates will fight it out to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland’s next leader, with the winner facing the daunting task of uniting a country divided over its future and a party fracturing over how to pursue another independence vote. Sturgeon, in office since 2014, unexpectedly announced …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Roald Dahl’s famous children’s books including “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Matilda” will be published uncensored later this year said publisher Puffin, bowing to pressure after a public outcry over modernised versions. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was among those to have criticised the “airbrushing” of literature on Monday after a …
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(Reuters) – Southampton has appointed interim coach Ruben Selles as manager until the end of the season, the Premier League club said on Friday. Spanish coach Selles, 39, was placed in temporary charge after Nathan Jones was sacked on Feb. 12. He led bottom side Southampton to a 1-0 victory over Chelsea in his first …
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(Reuters) – Yorkshire have confirmed documents and data relating to allegations of racism against the county cricket club were deleted or lost during the tenure of a previous regime. Yorkshire had admitted to four amended charges brought by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) after an investigation into racism claims by former player Azeem …
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