LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s financial watchdog said on Friday that some new or ‘challenger’ banks are failing to make proper checks on their customers to guard against financial crime. Britain has been encouraging more banks to enter the market to take on HSBC, Lloyds, Barclays and NatWest, the so-called Big Four lenders, which have long …
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(Repeats item that ran late on Thursday night) By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) -Portuguese prosecutors said on Thursday a man had been formally identified as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 15 years ago. It is the first time Portuguese prosecutors have identified an official suspect in the case since Kate …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth celebrated her 96th birthday at her Sandringham estate on Thursday as gun salutes rang out across London and Windsor and military bands played “Happy Birthday”. Britain’s longest serving monarch, who celebrates a historic platinum jubilee this year, was pictured with two white ponies in a photo released for the occasion. …
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By Andrew MacAskill NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A small number of Ukrainian troops are being trained in Britain for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion as Prime Minister Boris Johnson steps up his military support to help Ukraine fight off its neighbour.The troops began training with armoured patrol vehicles donated by …
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(Reuters) – The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has concerns over the handling of Robbie Dunne’s appeal hearing, in which the jockey’s ban for bullying and harassing fellow rider Bryony Frost was reduced from 18 months to 10, it said on Thursday. The BHA plans to review the framework of the independent appeal board, which described …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is in talks with around 20 U.S. states to secure individual trade deals as soon as next month, trade policy minister Penny Mordaunt told parliament on Thursday. In the absence of progress towards an overarching UK-U.S. trade agreement, British negotiators are seeking state level agreements, including a deal with Texas by October. …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Rishi Sunak and his Canadian counterpart Chrystia Freeland walked out of an International Monetary Fund meeting in Washington on Thursday when Russia’s delegate spoke, a British finance ministry spokesperson said. “(Sunak) described Putin’s assault on Ukraine as an assault on the rules and norms that are the foundation of our …
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By Alistair Smout and William James LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a blow to his authority on Thursday when lawmakers triggered an investigation into whether he had misled parliament and an influential former ally called on him to quit. Johnson has been fighting for political survival for months after he told …
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By David Milliken and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England interest rate-setter Catherine Mann said on Thursday that borrowing costs would probably have to rise further as consumer demand is unlikely to fall soon enough to stop businesses from pushing through price increases. Mann was part of a minority of BoE policymakers who voted …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will travel to Britain on Sunday for the second round of trade talks with her British counterpart, trade minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan, her office said on Thursday. Tai and Trevelyan met in Baltimore last month for the first round of talks — called the U.S.-UK Dialogues on the …
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