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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – A security guard at the British embassy in Berlin collected highly sensitive information for more than three years, including “secret” government communications with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, prosecutors told a London court on Monday. David Ballantyne Smith, 58, scanned copies of a letter from two cabinet ministers to Johnson …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Britain will walk out for seven further days in an escalation of a dispute over pay, their trade union said on Monday. Last month GMB union members at the warehouse in Coventry, central England, staged the first ever strike at the U.S. e-commerce giant’s operations in Britain. …

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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Eight Afghan journalists who worked for the BBC broadcaster won a legal challenge on Monday against Britain’s refusal to relocate them from Afghanistan, which they said put them at high risk of being killed by the Taliban rulers. The journalists’ lawyers told London’s High Court in December that the government …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Around 1,800 London bus drivers employed by Abellio have accepted an 18% pay increase in a long-running dispute that involved more than 20 days of strike action, their trade union Unite said on Monday. Under the deal, drivers with over two years’ service will be paid 18 pounds ($21.75) an hour, equating to …

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By Naomi Rovnick LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s stocks and bonds are drawing strong buying interest, not quite a vote of confidence in the economy but a reassuring sign for policymakers that a deep investment freeze in British markets prompted by last year’s upheaval has thawed. London’s blue-chip FTSE 100 stock index is hovering near record …

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By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – British employers expect to raise wages for their staff by the most in at least 11 years but the 5% pay deals for workers would still fall well below expected inflation, a survey published on Monday showed. With the Bank of England fearing the surge in inflation could be …

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(Reuters) – Britain’s 14-year-old Olympic medallist Sky Brown struck gold at the World Championships Skateboard Park competition in Sharjah on Sunday. It was the first qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and Brown’s high score of 90.83 was enough to give her the gold medal. Japan’s Kokona Hiraki was second, while her compatriot …

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LONDON (Reuters) – BBC Chair Richard Sharp made “significant errors of judgement” in failing to declare his involvement in facilitating a loan for then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson shortly before he was appointed to the role, a committee of lawmakers said on Sunday. Sharp, a former Goldman Sachs banker, has said he introduced Sam Blyth, an …

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