(Reuters) -Manager Nuno Espirito Santo has extended his contract with Nottingham Forest until the summer of 2028 after helping the club qualify for a European competition for the first time since 1995-96, the Premier League club said on Saturday. Portuguese Nuno, who previously managed Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur, joined Forest in December 2023 and …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Pro-Palestinian activists broke into a Royal Air Force base in central England on Friday, damaging and spraying red paint over two planes used for refuelling and transport. Palestine Action said two members had entered the Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire, putting paint into the engines of the Voyager aircraft and further damaging them …
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By Sarah Young and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s parliament voted on Friday in favour of a bill to legalise assisted dying, paving the way for the country’s biggest social change in a generation. The legislation passed by a vote of 314-291, clearing its biggest parliamentary hurdle. The “Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life)” law …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British police arrested eight men on Friday, including seven on suspicion of grievous bodily harm, following reports of an altercation involving pro and anti-Iranian protesters at a location close to the Iranian embassy in London. London’s Metropolitan Police said a man had been taken into custody after he was arrested on suspicion …
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By William James and Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) -Britain has issued tougher new environmental rules for fossil fuel projects with implications for the development of two vast North Sea oil and gas fields by Shell and Equinor. U.S. President Donald Trump has called on the UK to speed up rather than slow down projects in …
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(CORRECTS co-defendant’s first name to Omololu, from Omolulu, in paragraph 5) By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty on Friday to attacking a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub two years ago. Brown is charged with attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm in what prosecutors said was …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Friday it was temporarily withdrawing UK staff from its embassy in Iran due to the ongoing security situation there. “We have taken the precautionary measure to temporarily withdraw UK staff from Iran. Our embassy continues to operate remotely,” Britain said on its travel advice website page for Iran. Israel and …
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ASCOT, England (Reuters) -Punters at Royal Ascot this week have, for the first time, been able to place bets using self-service electronic terminals as the course looks to modernise the age-old system of rows of in-person bookmakers displaying their odds to eagle-eyed racegoers. The machines, which resemble the ordering system seen in many fast-food restaurants, …
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By Marissa Davison ARRAM, England (Reuters) – Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England’s northeast to stop milking its cows and instead charge visitors to cuddle them. Dumble Farm started as a dairy farm in the 1970s, but in recent years flooding washed out crops and killed off …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is working with Israeli authorities to arrange charter flights for British nationals from Tel Aviv when the airport reopens, foreign minister David Lammy said on Friday. “As part of our efforts to support British nationals in the Middle East, the government is working with the Israeli authorities to provide charter flights from …
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