(Reuters) – Tom Tugendhat, who was eliminated in the race to become British prime minister, has endorsed Liz Truss in the leadership contest. “We need a leader to unite the Conservative Party. It’s clear that Liz can do that,” Tugendhat, the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote in The Times newspaper on Friday. Earlier …
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By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -The owners of Britain’s Virgin Media O2 have joined forces with French investment firm InfraVia Capital Partners to plough around 4.5 billion pounds ($5.5 billion) into a new fibre broadband joint venture, increasing direct competition with BT. Virgin’s owners Liberty Global and Spain’s Telefonica, plus InfraVia, said the network would …
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(Reuters) -England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Rugby Football League (RFL) will restrict transgender participation in the domestic game, with the governing bodies recommending that only players recorded as female at birth be allowed to play in the women’s category. The RFU said last week that it began a review of its existing policy in …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) said on Friday it has been directed by the government to temporarily relax permitting conditions for coal-fired power stations in England during the winter period. “The direction is to…address energy security issues if they arise, whilst aiming to limit unnecessary pollution,” it …
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By Sruthi Shankar and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) – Britain’s top equity indexes rose on Friday and marked their strongest monthly performance of 2022, as a jump in commodities and a slew of upbeat earnings reports from companies like NatWest outweighed economic slowdown worries. The blue-chip FTSE 100 gained 1.1% while the domestically focussed midcap …
(Reuters) – The British pound ended July with another weak showing on Friday after U.S. inflation data boosted the dollar again. The pound fell almost 1% during afternoon trading as it moved mainly on a rallying dollar after key U.S. inflation data, but pared losses in the late afternoon to end the month about 0.1% …
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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Coleen Rooney, wife of former England soccer captain Wayne, emerged victorious in her high-profile libel match with the spouse of an ex-teammate after a High Court judge agreed that Rebekah Vardy had leaked stories about her to the press. In a case that has gripped the public with its mix …
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(Reuters) – UK gambling software provider Playtech said on Friday it had stopped pursuing talks with Caliente Interactive for the Mexican sports betting firm’s unit Caliplay to list publicly in the United States via a SPAC deal, citing weak capital market conditions. Playtech currently receives a fee for the software and services it provides to …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British foreign minister Liz Truss received another boost for her campaign to become the country’s next prime minister when defence secretary Ben Wallace, one of the most popular members of the government, gave her his support on Friday. Truss, who is on course to defeat former finance minister Rishi Sunak according to opinion …
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By Elizabeth Piper, Andrew MacAskill and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Few members of the governing Conservative Party supported foreign secretary Liz Truss when the leadership contest began this month, but now there’s a sense of inevitability that she will become Britain’s next prime minister. “It’s hers to lose” is the common refrain from party …
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