LONDON (Reuters) – King Charles has been pictured with his official red box in which the British monarch receives government documents, in a photograph released by Buckingham Palace on Friday as the new king takes up his official duties. The locked red despatch box is an image strongly associated with the British monarchy and one …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British police have arrested a 17-year-old in Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking, as part of an investigation supported by the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU), City of London Police said on Twitter on Friday. The male was arrested on Thursday evening and remains in police custody, the statement said. The NCCU declined to …
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By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -UK’s FTSE 100 hit three-month closing lows on Friday after Britain’s new finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng unveiled historic tax cuts and spending plans to boost the economy, but knocked market sentiment as investor concerns grew over a huge increase in borrowing. Kwarteng announced an economic agenda designed to thrust Britain out …
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PARIS (Reuters) – The unsolved 2012 murder of a British family and a cyclist in the French Alps will now be handled by teams specialising in cracking cold cases, the French Ministry of Justice said on Friday. Iraqi-born British engineer Saad al-Hilli, his wife Ikbal and her mother Suhaila al-Allaf were shot dead in their …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s new finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Friday that the government’s changes to tax, stamp duty and spending were not a gamble. “What was (a gamble) in my view, was sticking to the course we were on,” he told the BBC in an interview after setting out the mini-budget earlier in …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British railway workers at ScotRail will carry out strike action on Oct. 10 in a pay dispute, the RMT union said on Friday after rejecting what the Scottish government-owned company offered workers. “Scotrail knows this offer is not good enough and needs to take into account the escalating cost of living crisis,” …
LONDON (Reuters) – A British workers union said it has secured a 10% pay rise for 1,600 bus drivers at transport company London United after four days of strikes last month led to further talks with the employer. “This was a hard fought victory. By standing together and taking strike action, our members have ensured …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British railway workers at ScotRail will carry out strike action on Oct. 10 in a pay dispute, the RMT union said on Friday after rejecting what the Scottish government-owned company offered workers. “Scotrail knows this offer is not good enough and needs to take into account the escalating cost of living crisis,” RMT’s …
By Amanda Cooper and Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – British government bond yields surged by the most in a day in over three decades on Friday, the pound slid to a fresh 37-year trough against the dollar and stocks hit six-month lows after UK finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng laid out a series of tax cuts …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s central bank needs to make a big inter-meeting interest rate hike as early as next week to calm markets and restore credibility, a Deutsche Bank analyst said on Friday. British bond yields surged by the most in a single day in more than three decades on Friday and the pound slid …
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