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Police treating Manchester stabbing attack as terrorist investigation
Police officers stand at the end of a tram platform following a stabbing at Victoria Station in Manchester, Britain, January 1, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble (Reuters) – Police confirmed on Tuesday they were treating a stabbing…
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Counter-terrorism police probe New Year’s Eve stabbings in Manchester
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – British counter-terrorism police are investigating an attack by a man armed with a kitchen knife at Manchester Victoria train station that injured three people, including a police officer, on New Year’s…
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Counter-terrorism police investigate stabbings in Manchester
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – British counter-terrorism police are investigating stabbings at Manchester Victoria train station that left three people injured, including a police officer, on New Year’s Eve, the Greater Manchester Police said. Police officers…
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May would be ‘good time’ for Trump visit to UK after Brexit – envoy
FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip stand together with U.S. President Donald Trump and first Lady Melania Trump at the entrance to Blenheim Palace, where they are attending a dinner…
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May – Back my Brexit deal and let Britain ‘turn a corner’
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May urged MPs on Monday to back her Brexit deal, promising that it would allow the country to “turn a corner” and let the government focus on solving…
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Britain deploys extra patrol boats as migrant crossings rise
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is recalling two patrol boats from overseas deployments to help deal with an increase in the number of migrants trying to reach the country from France, interior minister Sajid Javid said…
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Singer Jimmy Osmond suffers stroke during UK pantomime performance
FILE PHOTO: Jimmy Osmond smiles at an Osmond 50th anniversary show at the Orleans hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Nevada August 13, 2007. REUTERS/Steve Marcus LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. pop singer Jimmy Osmond, who performed the…
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More work to do on Brexit assurances, says May’s spokeswoman
FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Theresa May sits with members of her cabinet during the UK-Poland Inter-Governmental Consultations at Lancaster House in central London, Britain, December 20, 2018. Adrian Dennis/Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Britain…
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Brexit sends Britons seeking Irish passports up 22 percent in 2018
FILE PHOTO: Documents can be seen at the conference as Ireland’s Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney, host a ‘Getting Ireland Brexit Ready’ workshop at the Convention Centre in…
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Hammond accused of failing to release funding for no-deal Brexit – The Telegraph
FILE PHOTO: Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond leaves 11 Downing Steet in London, Britain, December 17, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville (Reuters) – Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has been accused by his colleagues in…
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Liam Fox says ’50-50′ chance Brexit may be stopped – paper
Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox arrives in Downing Street, London, Britain, December 18, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay LONDON (Reuters) – Trade minister Liam Fox said there is a “50-50” chance that Brexit may…
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UK to spend over £100 million on ferries to cope with no-deal Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government will spend more than 100 million pounds chartering extra sea ferries to ease cross-Channel congestion if the United Kingdom fails to secure a trade deal before leaving the European…
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World Rugby chairman Beaumont knighted in UK honours list
FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union – Rugby World Cup 2023 Host Country Announcement – Royal Garden Hotel, London, Britain – November 15, 2017 Bill Beaumont Chairman of World Rugby during the press conference Action Images via…
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UK says rising migrant Channel crossings are a ‘major incident’
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Home Secretary Sajid Javid arrives in Downing Street, London, Britain, December 18, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay LONDON (Reuters) – British interior minister Sajid Javid has said the fast-growing number of would-be immigrants crossing…
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Royal Mail sorry for D-Day landings stamp blunder
An ornate Royal Mail post box with Post Office written on it in Liverpool, Britain, November 24, 2016. REUTERS/Phil Noble LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Royal Mail apologised on Friday after historians pointed out that a…
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May’s Brexit deal can get through parliament – Hunt
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt arrives in Downing Street, London, Britain, November 13, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal can be passed by the British parliament…
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Corbyn – Labour bid to force general election matter of ‘when, not if’
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party, arrives to speak at the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) annual conference in London, Britain, November 19, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville (Reuters) – British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn told…
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UK shoppers down for third consecutive year on Boxing Day
FILE PHOTO: Shoppers during the Boxing Day sales on Oxford Street in central London, Britain December 26 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – The number of shoppers in Britain visiting stores on the day after…
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Authorities must do more to meet airport drone threat – Met police chief
LONDON (Reuters) – Government and security officials must “up their game” to tackle the illegal use of drones at airports which brought chaos to London’s Gatwick airport in the run-up to Christmas, Britain’s most senior…
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EU’s Oettinger sees chance British parliament votes for Brexit deal in January
FILE PHOTO: European Union Budget Commissioner Guenther Oettinger holds a news conference to present the EU executive’s final proposal for the bloc’s next long-term budget, in Brussels, Belgium, May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir BERLIN (Reuters)…
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Big discounts fail to draw UK shoppers to post-Christmas sales
LONDON (Reuters) – The number of British shoppers hitting the post-Christmas sales dipped by 4.2 percent year-on-year on Wednesday, offering no relief for struggling stores that had already discounted heavily to encourage spending in the…
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Britain commissions review of Christian persecution worldwide
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is seen with a copy of “Jay Jay the Journalist” written by Wa Lone, one of two Reuters reporters currently imprisoned in Myanmar, whilst working in his office…
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Prince Philip misses Christmas Day church service
SANDRINGHAM, England (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s husband, missed a traditional Christmas Day church service on Tuesday, though a royal source said that the 97-year old was in good health and just wanted…
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After Gatwick chaos, minister says detection systems can combat drones
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Security Minister, Ben Wallace, speaks at the International Security Expo, in London, Britain November 29, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville (Reuters) – Britain’s security forces can deploy detection systems throughout the country to combat…
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‘Heads – it’s yours!’ London meat market keeps Christmas Eve auction alive
LONDON (Reuters) – Fresh meat was selling like hot cakes at Smithfield Market’s Christmas Eve public auction on Monday, with auctioneers running up and down makeshift catwalks and handing over turkeys and huge cuts of…
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Queen extols goodwill and respect in Christmas message
LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth will say in her Christmas message that the festival’s message of peace and goodwill needs to be heeded as much as ever, and people should respect each other even when…
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Five weightlifters suspended after London 2012 retests
FILE PHOTO: Ukraine’s Oleksiy Torokhtiy celebrates as he wins gold after a successful lift in the men’s 105kg Group A weightlifting clean and jerk competition at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games…
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Police release two people arrested in Gatwick drone investigation
A man uses a trolley to carry his suitcases in Gatwick Airport, in Crawley, Britain, December 22, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – British police on Sunday released without charge two people arrested in an…
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British politician, soldier and diplomat – Paddy Ashdown dies
LONDON (Reuters) – Paddy Ashdown, the face of centrist politics in Britain for more than a decade and a one-time marine commando who sought to secure peace in the former Yugoslavia, died on Saturday after…
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Ashdown, former leader of Liberal Democrats, dies
FILE PHOTO: Chair of the General Election Campaign and former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Paddy Ashdown, speaks at the party’s spring conference in Brighton, southern England March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor/File Photo LONDON (Reuters)…
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