LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that a windfall tax on energy companies would hamper investment and keep oil prices higher over the long term. “If you put a windfall tax on the energy companies, what that means is that you discourage them from making the investments that we want …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Struggling British convenience shop chain McColl’s said on Tuesday it is likely to request the listing of its shares be suspended on June 1 as it will not meet a deadline to publish its annual results by the end of May. The 1,100-store group runs McColl’s and Morrisons Daily branded convenience stores …
LONDON (Reuters) -Fulham were in seventh heaven as they sealed the second-tier Championship title with a 7-0 win over Luton Town on Monday, giving them an unassailable lead at the top of the standings with a game to spare. Fulham had already sealed promotion to the top flight Premier League last month after they were …
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(Reuters) – Multiple Olympic and world champion Mo Farah said his elite track career could be over after he finished runner-up in the London 10,000 on Monday on his return to action. Farah, who completed the 5,000 and 10,000 metres double at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, was racing for the first time since June …
By Zarrin Ahmed and Brian Ellsworth (Reuters) – Activists in the British Virgin Islands on Monday protested against a proposal to put the overseas British territory under control of the United Kingdom, days after the BVI premier was jailed in Miami on charges of conspiring to traffic drugs. A report released on Friday that was …
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By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) – British homebuilder Miller Homes raised 815 million pounds in a bond sale on Friday, a lead manager said, but banks had to offer investors a higher yield than originally planned to reopen Europe’s junk debt market after its longest hiatus in 13 years. With a hawkish pivot from the European …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate published three photographs of their daughter Charlotte on Sunday to mark her seventh birthday. The photographs of Charlotte, who turns seven on Monday, were taken by Kate in Norfolk, eastern England, and show Charlotte sitting in a meadow with bluebells, holding the family’s black cocker …
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(Reuters) – Russia probably aims to exert strong political and economic influence on Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson in the long term, after ruling out its return to Ukrainian control and initiating a currency switch to the rouble, Britain said. “Since seizing … Kherson in early March, Russia has sought to legitimise its control of …
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(Reuters) – Opener Alex Hales “has done his time” after three years in international wilderness and should be considered for selection again, said Rob Key, the managing director of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Hales has not played for England since being withdrawn from the preliminary 50-overs World Cup squad in 2019 after …
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LONDON (Reuters) -A British lawmaker who had been suspended from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party said on Saturday he had resigned after admitting he twice viewed pornography on his phone in the House of Commons “in a moment of madness.” The Conservatives suspended Neil Parish on Friday after he reported himself to parliament’s standards …
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