LONDON (Reuters) – Foreign Secretary Liz Truss remains far ahead of leadership rival Rishi Sunak in the race to become Britain’s next prime minister, a YouGov poll for Sky News showed on Thursday. The governing Conservative Party is voting by postal ballot to choose a new party leader after Boris Johnson said he would step …
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(Reuters) – England assistant coach Paul Collingwood is confident their bowlers can get them back into the first test against South Africa after the visiting seamers tore through their top order at Lord’s on Wednesday. Anrich Nortje picked up three wickets and Kagiso Rabada contributed two as England slumped to 116 for six before rain …
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By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) -Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com has registered with Britain’s financial services regulator, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. Joining the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) register means that Crypto.com has approval to offer crypto asset services and products to customers in the United Kingdom in compliance with anti-money laundering and …
LONDON (Reuters) – Anrich Nortje took three wickets as South Africa’s seamers tore through England’s top order to leave the home side teetering on 116 for six before rain brought a premature close to day one of the first test at Lord’s on Wednesday. England looked as though they would be bowled out for a …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Postal workers at Britain’s Royal Mail have voted to strike in protest at proposed changes to their terms and conditions, a trade union said on Wednesday, the latest move in a wave of industrial action as inflation hits 40-year highs. More than 98% of the members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) who …
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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -A man arrested at Queen Elizabeth’s Windsor Castle home on Christmas Day last year wearing a mask and holding a crossbow told security “I am here to kill the queen”, a British court heard on Wednesday. Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, who has been charged under Britain’s Treason Act, had spent …
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BELFAST (Reuters) -Liz Truss, Britain’s foreign minister and favourite to become prime minister next month, said on Wednesday she was determined to deliver the Northern Ireland Protocol bill in full, even if it faced time-consuming opposition in parliament. The bill takes unilateral action — effectively tearing up parts of the Brexit divorce deal — to …
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LONDON (Reuters) -A large fire that broke out in a railway arch in Southwark, central London on Wednesday, which prompted the evacuation of several buildings and the suspension of train services to the area, is now under control, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) said. The fire brigade, which sent ten fire engines and around 70 …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British consumer price inflation is likely to peak at an annual rate above 15% in the first three months of next year unless there are government measures to lower prices, economists at U.S. bank Citi forecast on Wednesday. Earlier on Wednesday, official figures showed CPI hit 10.1% in July, above all economists’ …
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By Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) -Cineworld warned on Wednesday a lack of big-budget movies was hitting admissions and would likely persist until November, potentially complicating efforts to cut debt that it warned could significantly dilute shareholder interests. Shares in the world’s second largest cinema chain slumped about 40% in early trading, as it faces payment obligations …
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