By Peter Nicholls DOVER, England (Reuters) – A small boat loaded with migrants heading for British shores from France capsized in the freezing waters of the English Channel early on Wednesday, resulting in four deaths, the British government said. Lifeboats, helicopters and rescue teams working with the French and British navies responded to the incident, …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A 6-year-old boy became the fourth to die after the children fell into an ice-covered lake in central England earlier this week, police said on Wednesday. Police on Monday said three other boys, aged 11, 10 and 8, had died after being pulled from Babbs Mill Lake in Solihull in critical condition …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A group of British trade unions has been given the go-ahead by London’s High Court to bring a legal challenge against the government over regulations allowing companies to hire agency staff to fill in for striking workers, the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) said on Wednesday. Eleven trade unions across a range of …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Security staff based in Britain and contracted by the international rail operator Eurostar have suspended strike action planned for Dec. 16 and 18, their trade union said on Wednesday. The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) said two further days of strike action, planned for Dec. 22 and 23 …
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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain should think twice before diverging too far from widely accepted norms in revamping its financial rules since it could help the European Union woo more business from the City, the chairman designate of the Financial Conduct Authority said on Wednesday. Leaving the EU ended the City’s unfettered access …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The pain caused by inflation will be prolonged if the government makes the wrong choices now, finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday, stressing that tough decisions were needed to tackle rising prices. “I know it is tough for many right now, but it is vital that we take the tough decisions …
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(Reuters) -Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff was taken to a hospital after a car crash during the filming of an episode of the BBC’s “Top Gear” show, the broadcaster said on Tuesday, with The Sun newspaper reporting his injuries were not life-threatening. “Freddie (Flintoff) was injured in an accident at the Top Gear test track …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – A prominent Russian businessman on Tuesday asked a London court to pause an $850 million fraud lawsuit brought by two Russian banks because of UK sanctions, arguing that any money recovered could be used to “indirectly fund the war in Ukraine”. Boris Mints and his sons Dmitry, Alexander and …
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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Netflix Inc’s documentary series about Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan racked up more viewing time on the streaming service than any other documentary during its first week, the company said on Tuesday. The first three episodes of “Harry & Meghan” recorded 81.55 million viewing hours after …
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By Andrew MacAskill and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Tuesday said it planned to bring in new legislation to prevent migrants who cross the English Channel from remaining in the country, as the government tries to control a surge in people arriving in small boats on its southern coast. The number of people arriving …
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