By Lucy Marks and Natalie Thomas LONDON (Reuters) – Practising Bollywood dance moves at his school gym in central England, 12-year-old Momin Rashid is excited to be one of the 10,000 performers who will take part in a pageant to honour Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne. The event will conclude four days of …
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By Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) – Finance minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murthy were included in a “Rich List” of the 250 wealthiest British residents published by a national newspaper on Friday. Sunak’s inclusion is largely a result of his wife’s wealth, but comes at a politically difficult time for the man in …
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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Britain there could be no U.S.-UK trade deal if it proceeds with plans to unilaterally scrap some of the rules governing trade with Northern Ireland. Britain warned European Union authorities this week that it could discard post-Brexit regulations painstakingly negotiated with Brussels …
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(Reuters) – Russia is likely to reinforce its operations in the industrial Donbas region once they secure the city of Mariupol, British military intelligence said early on Friday. As many as 1,700 soldiers are likely to have surrendered at the Azovstal steel factory in Mariupol, the report added. Moscow also said on Thursday that 1,730 …
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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England will need to raise interest rates further to combat the risk of self-perpetuating price rises, the central bank’s chief economist, Huw Pill, said on Friday. Pill said the central bank was battling the biggest inflation challenge since it gained operational independence in 1997, with inflation …
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By Lawrence White and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) -Nationwide Building Society reported its annual profit nearly doubled on Friday, but warned rocketing inflation in Britain could dent the economy and lower house prices. The customer-owned lender reported a pretax profit for the year ended April 4 of 1.6 billion pounds ($2.00 billion), up from 823 …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s deputy prime minister Dominic Raab said on Friday the government would publish a full report by senior British civil servant Sue Gray into lockdown rule-breaking social gatherings as soon as possible once they get the final report. “The minute we get the final report, we’ll publish it as soon as possible …
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By Anna Mehler Paperny and Steve Scherer TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadians are not preoccupied with constitutional change, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters as Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla kicked off their Canadian tour in the eastern province of Newfoundland on Tuesday. “When I hear from Canadians about the things they’re preoccupied about, …
By Jamie Freed and David Shepardson (Reuters) – British Airways owner IAG announced plans on Thursday to order 50 Boeing 737 MAX jets, reviving part of a stalled bid to replace Europe’s Airbus for some of its short-haul flights while handing support to struggling Boeing. The order includes 25 of the 737 MAX 10 variant …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s vaccine advisers on Thursday said that an anticipated autumn COVID booster campaign would be aimed at people aged over 65, care home residents, frontline health and social care workers and all adults in a clinical risk group. Britain is offering a spring booster to the over-75s, care home residents and immunosuppressed people, …
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