By Pritha Sarkar (Reuters) – Wales and Los Angeles FC winger Gareth Bale said on Monday he had decided to end his playing career at the age of 33, having reached exceptional milestones in both club and international football. Bale played a Wales record of 111 games for his country and was a five-time Champions …
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By Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) – British housebuilders may cut dividends to preserve cash and ride out a property downturn, as high mortgage rates make homes less affordable and economic uncertainty deters buyers. The move by Persimmon in November – to scrap its dividend policy and rule out a special dividend – has started what …
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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said on Monday that Britain is at risk of persistent inflationary pressure from a tight labour market, even if natural gas prices stabilise or fall, implying further rate rises may be needed. Pill’s speech – the first on monetary policy this year by …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian police said on Monday they were looking for two British voluntary workers who had gone missing in east Ukraine, the scene of heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces. A police statement named the two as Andrew Bagshaw and Christopher Parry and said in a statement they were trying to establish …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain agreed on Monday a way forward on sharing live data with the European Union on trade with Northern Ireland, a step towards resolving longstanding issues arising from post-Brexit trade rules governing the region. British foreign minister James Cleverly and European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic said the deal in London was an …
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By Michael Holden and Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) – Some 150 years ago, the acclaimed constitutional writer Walter Bagehot wrote that the British monarchy needed reverence and mystery. “We must not let in daylight upon magic,” he wrote. With their six-part Netflix documentary series, a succession of high-profile TV interviews and a tell-all memoir, all …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British ministers are due to meet with trade unions on Monday to try to bring an end to a wave of strike action across sectors from healthcare to transport as workers demand higher pay. With pay rises failing to keep up with double-digit inflation, which is now around 40-year highs, nurses, ambulance …
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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry has said he had made public his rifts with the British royal family and taken on the press to try to help the monarchy and change the media, the latter described by his father King Charles as a “suicide mission”. In the first of a series of TV …
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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – England’s National Health Service (NHS) aims to begin discharging thousands of patients into care homes and other settings in the next few weeks in an effort to free up desperately needed beds during one of its toughest ever winters. The state-run health service, which delivers free care for to …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British foreign minister James Cleverly will on Monday seek to inject fresh momentum into talks with the EU on resolving disputes over a post-Brexit trade relationship when he hosts the European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic in London. There is growing optimism in Britain and parts of the EU that a resolution is …
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