By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) – A German remake of anti-war classic “All Quiet on the Western Front” leads the nominations at this weekend’s British Academy Film Awards, which movie pundits will be following closely as an indicator for next month’s Oscars. Based on the 1928 novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque about the …
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(Reuters) – Britain’s University and College Union (UCU) said on Friday it was pausing strike action for the next two weeks across pay, working conditions and pension disputes to allow negotiations to continue. “The strikes on Tuesday 21, Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 February next week and Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 February and Wednesday …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s High Court on Friday agreed to a U.S. extradition request for a British citizen wanted by the United States over a Twitter hack in 2020 that compromised the accounts of several U.S. politicians including Joe Biden and Barack Obama. Joseph James O’Connor was arrested in July 2021 in the southern city …
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By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) -Britain’s prime minister told Northern Ireland politicians on Friday that progress had been made on easing post-Brexit trade rules as he sought to keep the province’s sceptical unionists on side in a final push for a deal with the European Union. After weeks of intense London-Brussels talks, momentum has been …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -A former security guard at the British embassy in Berlin who passed highly sensitive information to Russia and was paid for his “treachery” was jailed for more than 13 years in a London court on Friday. David Ballantyne Smith, 58, collected confidential information for more than three years, including a …
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By Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) -London Fashion Week kicked off on Friday, with organisers dedicating the five-day event to late designer Vivienne Westwood, who died in December. Westwood, who died aged 81, was one of British fashion’s biggest names. She rose to fame dressing the Sex Pistols, becoming synonymous with 1970s punk …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British supermarket chain Asda announced a 10% pay rise for 115,000 staff on Friday, the kind of increase likely to catch the attention of the Bank of England, which is worried about inflation pressure in the economy. Asda said most of the pay rise would take place in April, with a further …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Around 1,500 ambulance workers in Wales will take strike action on Monday, joining some 10,000 others in England, after rejecting a new pay offer from the devolved Welsh government, trade union GMB said on Friday. The pay offer had amounted to an average 5.5% pay rise and a 1.5% one-off bonus, GMB …
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By Andres Gonzalez and Amy-Jo Crowley LONDON (Reuters) -Manchester United will receive multiple offers when an initial deadline for bids expires on Friday, sources familiar with the process said, kicking off potentially the largest sports deal ever. British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, a life-long supporter and founder of chemicals group INEOS, is one likely bidder, along …
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By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived in Northern Ireland on Thursday evening to sound out whether its political parties back his plans to improve the post-Brexit trading arrangements for the province. Officials from Britain and the European Union have been in intense talks on the post-Brexit Northern Ireland trade and …
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