(Reuters) -Liverpool Chairman Tom Werner has demanded an apology from the French sports minister after she said fans with fake tickets and the club’s handling of their supporters were responsible for the trouble that marred Saturday’s Champions League final. The match at the Stade de France, which Real Madrid won 1-0, was delayed by more …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s independent adviser on ministers’ behaviour said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson must explain why he thought he had not broken the ministerial code after being fined over attending a party during the COVID-19 national lockdown. It had previously been expected that ministers who breached the guidance would be dismissed, but …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”, with some errors and signed by author J.K. Rowling, is going up for a private sale at Christie’s in London, with the auction house inviting offers starting from 200,000 pounds ($250,000). The publication is one of 500 hardback copies of the book …
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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Britain aims to send a first group of asylum seekers to Rwanda in two weeks’ time as part of a policy which the government says is designed to break people-smuggling networks and stem the flow of migrants across the Channel. In April, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government announced plans to …
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(Reuters) – Left-arm pacemen David Payne and Luke Wood are in line to make their England debuts in the three-match one-day international series against the Netherlands next month after being named in new coach Matthew Mott’s 14-man squad on Tuesday. All three matches will be played at the VRA Ground in Amstelveen from June 17-22 …
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(Reuters) – A growing number of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative lawmakers have withdrawn their support for the British leader after a damning official report detailed a series of illegal parties at his Downing Street office during COVID-19 lockdowns. Johnson, who helped the Conservatives win a large majority in a 2019 election, has apologised but …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has said he will voluntarily appear in Britain “as soon as can be arranged” to face sex crime charges, Good Morning America reported on Tuesday. Last week, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had authorised charges to be brought against Spacey, 62, on four counts of sexual …
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(Reuters) – Former England captain Michael Vaughan has slammed Lord’s for the “astronomical prices” charged for tickets to the first test against New Zealand, saying fans were being priced out amid a cost-of-living crisis. The first test of the English summer at the ‘Home of Cricket’ begins on Thursday but hundreds of tickets are still …
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By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Cancelled flights, long queues and staff shortages have disrupted the travel plans of British holidaymakers during the half-term break, a grim sign of possible summer strife for a global sector battling to rebound from a two-year COVID slump. The next few months will be the first time since 2019 …
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By Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) -GSK on Tuesday agreed to buy U.S. biotech Affinivax for up to $3.3 billion, its second major deal in two months, giving the British pharmaceutical giant access to the company’s roster of next-generation vaccines. GSK, one of the world’s major vaccine makers, has been under pressure to shore up its pharmaceutical …
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