DOHA (Reuters) – England fans will be barred from Friday’ match in Qatar against the United States and future World Cup games if they wear crusader replica costumes which are considered culturally insensitive in a Muslim country, FIFA has said. England supporters have used imitation chain-mail armour, plastic helmets and toy weapons as a fancy …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Scotland’s largest teaching union announced on Friday 16 new strike dates in a dispute over pay. Britain faces widespread industrial unrest in the run up to the Christmas holiday period and into January as workers struggling with double-digit inflation resort to strike action to demand better pay and working conditions. The Educational …
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LONDON (Reuters) – France’s Schneider Electric won control of Aveva, one of Britain’s biggest tech companies, on Friday after minority shareholders approved an offer valuing the industrial software firm at 9.9 billion pounds ($11.9 billion). France’s Schneider, which already owned nearly 60% of Aveva, upped its offer to 3,225 pence earlier this month after several …
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(Reuters) -Joules Group’s finance chief Caroline York has left the struggling British clothing retailer after just over a year in the role and a week after it went into administration. In a brief statement on Friday, the company did not name York or say why she was leaving. Joules, or its administrators Interpath Ltd, were …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Spain and the European Commision have sent Britain a proposal to keep the Gibraltar land border open as part of a definitive solution settling the post-Brexit status of the enclave, the Spanish foreign ministry said on Friday. Spain, Britain and the European Union agreed on Dec. 31, 2020, hours before Britain’s full …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The volume of Black Friday payment transactions in Britain as of 1300 GMT was up 0.7% versus 2021, data from Barclaycard Payments showed on Friday. Barclaycard Payments, which processes nearly 1 pound ($1.21) in every 3 pounds spent on credit and debit cards in the UK, said the volume of transactions was …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British energy regulator Ofgem on Friday launched proposals to better protect consumers and to ensure energy suppliers are more resilient to market shocks, after soaring prices forced many smaller providers out of business. The watchdog’s plans include introducing capital adequacy requirements, with Ofgem seeking feedback on the proposals it hopes to publish in …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Thousands of British nurses will go on strike on Dec. 15 and 20 for more pay, their union said on Friday, adding to a winter of industrial action and putting further pressure on the state-run health system. The strikes are the first of possibly several walkouts by National Health Service (NHS) nurses, …
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By Natalie Thomas and Alistair Smout GOSPORT, England/LONDON (Reuters) – Chukwudubem Ifeajuna, a nurse in the south of England, loves his job, but next month will walk out for two days as part of British nurses’ biggest ever strike action, which he says is necessary for staff and patient welfare alike. The industrial action on …
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By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices will fall in 2023, putting an end to years of bumper rises, but a large crash was unlikely despite the cost of living crisis and increased borrowing costs putting a lid on buyers’ ability to fund purchases, a Reuters poll found. As in much of the …
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