(Reuters) – Boris Johnson told former treasurer Peter Cruddas that he “does not want to resign” as U.K. prime minister and wishes he could “wipe away” his departure, The Telegraph reported on Monday. Johnson also told Cruddas over lunch on Friday that he “wants to fight the next general election as leader of the Conservative …
LONDON (Reuters) – The Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA), a British rail union, on Monday announced strike action across seven train operating companies that will take place on Aug. 18 and Aug. 20. The strike affects Avanti West Coast, c2c, East Midlands Railway, CrossCountry, Great Western Railway, LNER, and Southeastern, TSSA said in a statement. …
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By Victoria Waldersee and Ilona Wissenbach BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Volkswagen investors believe incoming CEO Oliver Blume will struggle to lead both the Volkswagen Group and Porsche – and to pull off a planned listing of the sports car maker while wearing both hats. Friday’s announcement that group CEO Herbert Diess would be replaced by Porsche boss …
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By Rohith Nair (Reuters) -The governance and leadership practices of Cricket Scotland have been found to be “institutionally racist”, the organisation leading the independent review of the governing body said on Monday. The study confirmed there were 448 examples that demonstrated institutional racism, with 62% of survey respondents saying they had experienced, seen or had …
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By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – England’s Premier League and Football League have announced tough new sanctions for pitch invasions and the use of smoke bombs and pyrotechnics. Last season saw an increasing number of pitch invasions at the end of the season with fans celebrating titles, promotion or survival. Several altercations took place …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of winners Ukraine due to the ongoing conflict there, the competition’s organisers said on Monday. While decades-long tradition dictates that the winner of the contest gets to host it the following year, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) had said safety and security …
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By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Vodafone is making progress towards resolving issues in its biggest market Germany after suffering a drop in service revenue there, its chief executive said on Monday. The mobile phone and broadband group said it lost 79,000 TV and 64,000 broadband customers in the first quarter, resulting in a 0.5% decline …
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LONDON (Reuters) -German-owned discount supermarket group Aldi UK said on Monday it was awarding its store staff a second pay rise this year in another indication of Britain’s tight labour market. Many UK employers are offering higher pay deals in the face of staff shortages and accelerating prices. The Bank of England is watching settlements …
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(Reuters) – The board of Cricket Scotland resigned with immediate effect on Sunday, a day before an independent report into racism in the sport is published. The review was commissioned after allegations were made by one of the country’s all-time leading wicket-takers, Majid Haq, who said Cricket Scotland was “institutionally racist”. Haq’s former team mate …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Long traffic jams built up on Saturday outside the Port of Dover, Britain’s main gateway to Europe, and officials said the disruption could be worse than the logjam seen on Friday. Travellers setting out at the start of the British school summer holidays, as well as the usual flow of goods lorries, have …
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