(Reuters) – British online gambling firm 888 on Thursday forecast its half-year revenue to drop, weighed down by the impact of additional safer gambling measures in some markets and the temporary exit from the Netherlands. Separately, 888 proposed a senior secured offering worth 1.02 billion pounds ($1.25 billion) and said it would use the proceeds …
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(Reuters) – London’s Heathrow said on Thursday demand for travel has been stronger than expected, prompting Britain’s busiest airport to raise its passenger number forecast for the year, while costs are also on the rise. Heathrow raised the forecast to 54.4 million from 53 million it had anticipated last month and said it was working …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was looking forward to visiting Rwanda on Thursday to help people shed their “condescending attitudes” to Rwanda after criticism of the government’s plans to deport asylum seekers to the country. Johnson will meet with Prince Charles in Kigali on Friday on the sidelines of a meeting …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Britain’s defence intelligence service believes that Russia’s momentum in the war in Ukraine will slow in the next few months as its army exhausts its resources, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a group of European newspapers. In comments released on Wednesday by Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Johnson said President Vladimir Putin’s forces …
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By Paul Sandle and Dylan Martinez GLASTONBURY, England (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of music fans streamed into Worthy Farm on Wednesday for the return after three years of Glastonbury, the beloved music festival that will feature hundreds of artists from Billie Eilish to Paul McCartney. The jubilant scenes come as a relief to a …
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By Anisha Sircar and Boleslaw Lasocki (Reuters) – UK shares fell on Wednesday after inflation in the country touched a 40-year-high in May, adding further pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rates, while falling crude and metals prices sent commodity-linked stocks tumbling. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index fell 0.9%, while the domestically …
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By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Poliovirus has been detected in sewage samples in the British capital, the first sign since the 1980s that the virus could be spreading in the country, but no cases have been found, authorities said. The risk of infection from the disease, which causes paralysis in children in under 1% …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain fully supports Lithuania’s decision to ban the transit of Russian goods sanctioned by the European Union through its territory, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Wednesday. Russia has warned NATO member Lithuania that unless the transit of goods to Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic Sea was swiftly restored then Moscow …
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By Danilo Masoni LONDON (Reuters) – The British pound eased on Wednesday after hot UK consumer inflation data raised new worries over an economic slowdown, just as the Bank of England looks set for more interest rate hikes in the coming months. Soaring food prices pushed consumer inflation to a new 40-year high of 9.1% …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman on Wednesday said he was not aware of any plans to try to compel chip designer ARM to list in London after the Financial Times reported that officials were considering such a move. Asked whether the government would use new national security powers to try and force …
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