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By William Schomberg and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s jobless rate slipped further below its level immediately before the coronavirus pandemic, underscoring the risk of inflation pressure in the labour market that has the Bank of England on alert. The unemployment rate fell to 3.8% in the three months to February, matching its level in …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s accounting watchdog said on Tuesday it has opened an investigation into Deloitte’s auditing over six years of Go-Ahead, a bus and rail company which was fined by the government for overcharging. The Financial Reporting Council said in a statement it has started the investigation into the audit conducted by Deloitte, one of …

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LONDON (Reuters) -All options would be on the table in how the West responds to any use of chemical weapons in Ukraine by Russia, British armed forces minister James Heappey said on Tuesday. British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Monday Britain was working with its partners to verify the details of reports that Russian …

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By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) – British actor Hugh Laurie, best known for playing an eccentric doctor in the TV series “House”, brings what he says is his favourite Agatha Christie novel to the screen with his new TV show “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?”. The three-part mini-series was written, produced and directed by Laurie, …

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LONDON (Reuters) – A British lawmaker from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ruling Conservative party was found guilty on Monday of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy after trying to force him to drink alcohol before assaulting him. Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, who represents the Wakefield area in northern England, had denied the allegation but was convicted …

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LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) -The European Union’s executive is drafting proposals for an EU oil embargo on Russia, the foreign ministers of Ireland, Lithuania and the Netherlands said on Monday, although there was no agreement to ban Russian crude. Many of the ministers meeting in Luxembourg showed support for sanctions on Russian oil imports, the EU’s top …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s wheat imports rose in February but continue to run below last season’s pace, customs data showed on Monday. Wheat imports for the month totalled 123,746 tonnes, up from 112,585 tonnes in January. Denmark was the largest supplier in February, shipping 64,390 tonnes followed by Germany with 40,222 tonnes. Cumulative imports since …

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(Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Charles and wife Camilla will visit Canada on a three-day tour in May as part of a year-long celebration marking Queen Elizabeth’s 70th year on the throne. It will be the nineteenth visit to Canada for Charles, the heir to the British throne, and five years since his last one. “On …

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