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By Deborah Kyvrikosaios ATHENS (Reuters) – A marble fragment of the Parthenon temple has been returned to Athens from a museum in Sicily, a move officials hope will advance efforts to have the British Museum send back ancient sculptures from Greece’s most renowned ancient landmark. Athens’ Acropolis Museum presented on Monday the “Fagan fragment”, a 35-by-31-centimetre …

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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s staff were invited to a “bring your own booze” party in the garden of his Downing Street residence during the first nationwide coronavirus lockdown in 2020, according to a leaked email seen by broadcaster ITV. Johnson, who won a landslide victory in a 2019 election, …

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(Repeats with no change to text) LONDON (Reuters) -British republicans said on Monday they would launch a campaign to end the monarchy in the run-up to celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne. Elizabeth, 95, the world’s oldest and longest-reigning monarch, will mark her seventh decade as sovereign next month and on …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Inventing puddings and planting trees are just some of the things Britons are invited to do for Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, events to mark her 70th anniversary on the throne that culminate in a “blockbuster weekend of celebrations” in June. The 95-year-old, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, will add another milestone …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is making progress against Omicron and is looking at reducing the isolation period to five days, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, though he cautioned the number of hospitalised COVID-19 cases was rising. Asked about cutting the isolation period from seven days to five days, he said: “We’re looking at …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has ordered housebuilders to pay around $5.4 billion to help remove dangerous cladding from buildings following a deadly 2017 London fire that left government, developers and owners at loggerheads over how to make properties safe. The blaze at Grenfell Tower in London killed more than 70 people and revealed the widespread …

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