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By Natalie Thomas LONDON (Reuters) – Megan Swann is a trail-blazing female magician whose tricks hold a vital message. When she was born in 1992, the traditionally male-dominated world of magic had only just started allowing women to join the Magic Circle magicians’ society. Now at 30, Swann is not only the youngest and first …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is deeply concerned by the death sentences passed down to two British men by a court of the Russian-backed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and will work to try to secure their release, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. “We’re obviously deeply concerned by this. We’ve said continually that prisoners …

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PARIS (Reuters) – Liverpool city region mayor Steve Rotheram said on Thursday that the day of the Champions League soccer final turned from a “dream to a nightmare” due to crowd disorder, and added he had been robbed of his personal possessions at the event. “The day gradually transformed from a dream into a nightmare,” …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Thursday it had appointed Marjorie Ngwenya to serve on the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Committee, which supervises the conduct of financial companies. Ngwenya, a former president of the UK Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, will take over from Norval Bryson as an external member of the committee from …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British online electricals retailer AO World will close its business in Germany as the outlook for the unit has continued to worsen, it said on Thursday. AO, which sells washing machines, refrigerators, cookers and televisions, launched a review of the German business in January. At that time it highlighted an intensifying competitive …

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(Reuters) -Fuller, Smith & Turner said on Thursday its current financial year 2023 had started well, as the pub operator saw steady growth in weekly sales with the gradual return of workers to the City of London and tourists to central London. The company’s positive update was in contrast to peers Mitchells & Butlers and …

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(Reuters) – Deloitte, one of the “Big Four” accounting firms, said late on Wednesday that media reports about the company exploring a plan to split its global audit and consulting practices are “categorically untrue”. The news of the split, reported by the Wall Street Journal earlier in the day, came a few weeks after another …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Pepco Group, owner of European discount retailer brands PEPCO, Poundland and Dealz, said a cost-of-living crisis in the United Kingdom has seen consumers scaling back even on essential items. The Warsaw-listed group said that while the absolute levels of inflationary pressure were greater in Central and Eastern European markets, higher wages in …

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GLASGOW (Reuters) – Scotland began their Nations League campaign with a 2-0 win over Armenia on Wednesday as Anthony Ralston and Scott McKenna scored their first international goals. Scotland dominated the game and took the lead through Ralston when he made a run to the far post where the wing back — making his full …

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