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(Reuters) – Gareth Southgate contemplated resigning as England manager following criticism ahead of last year’s World Cup despite leading his team to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals and the Euro 2020 final. England struggled before arriving in Qatar and were booed after losing 4-0 at home to Hungary in the Nations League in June. Southgate …

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By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – British rock singer Rod Stewart made a surprise phone call to a live TV news programme on Thursday to slam the “ridiculous” state of the health system, urge the government to stand down and give the opposition Labour Party a chance. Stewart, known for his 1970s hits “Maggie May” …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The director of Britain’s GCHQ intelligence agency, Jeremy Fleming, will step down at the end of his tenure later this year, the agency said on Thursday. Fleming, who has been director of GCHQ since April 2017, will continue to lead and oversee work at the agency until the summer, GCHQ said in …

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By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -British biotech share listings last year generated their worst annual haul since 2012, an industry report published on Thursday found, mirroring a global downturn in initial public offerings (IPOs) across the sector. Only 28 million pounds ($34.7 million) – all in the first half of the year – was raised …

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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -British supermarket group Morrisons forecast a return to earnings growth this year as a push to improve its price competitiveness starts to win back shoppers battling an escalating cost-of-living crisis. Morrisons, owned since 2021 by U.S. private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, was overtaken as Britain’s fourth-largest grocer by …

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(Reuters) – UK’s Royal Mail forecast a narrower loss for the current fiscal year, helped by measures to keep costs low, although its expects cash flow to slip into negative for 2024 as it reels from the impact of a series of strikes, its parent firm said on Thursday. The 507-year-old Royal Mail, which was …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s National Grid asked coal-fired power plants to be warmed up as a back-up option for power generation on Thursday as cold weather was expected to push up demand. “The ESO has issued a notification that we will warm winter contingency coal units for potential use on Thursday 26 January,” National Grid …

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