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UK’s Serco sees North American market driving first-half growth on defence contracts

26 Jun 2025

(Reuters) -British outsourcing firm Serco said on Thursday that it expects its North American market to drive organic growth in the first half of 2025, fuelled by a high volume of defence contracts secured last year. Serco, which provides defence, security, immigration, health and transport services for governments, has positioned itself to benefit from geopolitical …

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Defiant UK PM Starmer defends leadership as welfare rebellion grows

26 Jun 2025

By Andrew MacAskill THE HAGUE (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to lead his party into the next general election and rejected suggestions he was failing to listen to the concerns of his party on Wednesday, as he faces a growing rebellion from lawmakers over welfare reform. Lawmakers from Starmer’s Labour Party have spearheaded an effort …

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Tennis-Only a British finalist, or his children, will bring Murray to Wimbledon this year

26 Jun 2025

(Reuters) -Andy Murray said he has no plans to attend Wimbledon this year unless a British player makes the final, or his children want to go. Murray, who won two of his three major titles at Wimbledon and ended Britain’s 77-year wait for a men’s singles champion at the grass-court Grand Slam in 2013, said …

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First revellers arrive at UK’s Glastonbury Festival

25 Jun 2025

GLASTONBURY, England (Reuters) -Glastonbury, the world’s largest greenfield music festival, opened its gates on Wednesday to around 200,000 ticket holders who will see performers ranging from Olivia Rodrigo to Rod Stewart and Charli xcx. Festival organiser Emily Eavis said it was “lovely” to welcome the first revellers into Worthy Farm in southwest England with her …

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UK man found guilty of teenager’s murder in London sword rampage

25 Jun 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -A man who killed a 14-year-old boy in London during a rampage with a sword was found guilty of murder on Wednesday. Marcus Arduini Monzo, 37, nearly decapitated schoolboy Daniel Anjorin during a 20-minute series of attacks in Hainault, east London, in April last year, in which he also assaulted several other people …

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Russian oligarch gets suspended UK jail term for contempt in divorce case

25 Jun 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -A Russian oil tycoon was on Wednesday given a suspended 28-day jail sentence in his absence in London for contempt of court after he repeatedly failed to comply with legal rulings made in his bitter multi-million dollar divorce case. Judge Richard Harrison last week said Mikhail Kroupeev, the non-executive chairman of energy company …

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Andrew Tate’s UK civil trial over abuse, coercive control allegations moved to 2026

25 Jun 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -Andrew Tate, an internet personality and self-described misogynist, faces a trial in Britain next year in four women’s civil lawsuits for alleged physical and sexual abuse, after the case was brought forward on Wednesday. The four claimants, who have been granted anonymity, allege Tate subjected them to physical or sexual violence between 2013 …

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King Charles to host Trump in second UK state visit later this year

25 Jun 2025

LONDON (Reuters) – King Charles will host U.S. President Donald Trump for his unprecedented second state visit to Britain later this year, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Wednesday. Trump accepted an invitation from Charles for a second state visit in February, making the U.S. president the first elected political leader in modern times to be hosted …

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UK to buy fighter jets capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons

25 Jun 2025

By Andrew MacAskill THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Britain said it would buy a dozen F-35A fighter jets capable of firing tactical nuclear weapons in what it described as the biggest expansion of its nuclear deterrent in a generation. The purchase of the Lockheed Martin jets would allow Britain’s air force to carry nuclear weapons for the …

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Seven charged in London after protest in support of Palestine Action group

24 Jun 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -Seven people have been charged on Tuesday following a protest in London in support of Palestine Action, a campaign organisation the British government has proposed to ban under anti-terrorism laws. The ban, which was announced on Monday and will be laid before parliament next week, would make it a criminal offence to belong …

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