LONDON (Reuters) -British police said on Wednesday they had located a man wanted in connection with the murder of three women, the wife and two daughters of a BBC horse racing commentator, in an incident believed to have involved a crossbow. Officers had discovered the three victims, aged 25, 28 and 61, with serious injuries …
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By Martin Petty DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) – England manager Gareth Southgate on Tuesday backed his decisions to introduce substitutes late in games during Euro 2024, arguing his reluctance to use his talented bench was usually because he was satisfied with the way his team were playing. England have muddled through the tournament and Southgate has …
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By Elizabeth Piper and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The scale of the challenge facing Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new government is writ large in Britain’s prisons, which are within weeks of being too full to accept new inmates, leaving the government with unpalatable and costly choices. Britain has western Europe’s highest rate of incarceration, according to …
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By Radhika Anilkumar (Reuters) -Pub group JD Wetherspoon said on Wednesday sales growth slowed in the first 10 weeks of the fourth quarter, but still hit record levels despite a drop in pub numbers through the year. The group, which currently has an estate of 801 venues, offloaded 26 underperforming pubs in the year to …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The fossil remains of a plant-eating dinosaur estimated to have roamed the earth some 125 million years ago have been discovered on England’s Isle of Wight, with scientists believing it to be the most complete new specimen found in Britain in a century. Weighing roughly the same as a large male American …
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(Reuters) – British construction materials firm Travis Perkins on Wednesday named Pete Redfern as it new CEO, succeeding Nick Roberts who will step down on Sept. 16 after five years at the helm. Until 2022, Redfern was CEO of Taylor Wimpey, one of the UK’s largest home construction firms. Travis Perkins also named Geoff Drabble, …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Liontrust Asset Management reported a 2.8% fall in assets under management and advice (AUMA) to 27 billion pounds ($35 billion) in the second quarter on Wednesday, despite stemming net outflows to 900 million pounds over the period from 1.6 billion pounds a year ago. Pointing to lower rate and inflation expectations, Chief …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday said he would fulfil a campaign commitment to increase UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, but underlined he would only do so when the country could afford it and after a review of defence strategy. “I am committed to that 2.5% within our fiscal rules, …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Tulip Siddiq has been appointed Britain’s’ City Minister, the minister responsible for overseeing the financial services sector, the government said in a statement on Tuesday. The appointment comes after Labour won a thumping election victory last week, propelling Keir Starmer to power as prime minister. Siddiq, 41, has led Labour’s efforts to develop …
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By Purvi Agarwal and Pranav Kashyap (Reuters) -London’s FTSE 100 suffered its steepest fall in nearly a month on Tuesday as banking stocks and energy titan BP pulled down the index, while investors seemed unfazed by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony before the U.S. Congress. The blue-chip FTSE 100 lost 0.7%, logging its third …
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