In 2014, as the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer sought to take over AstraZeneca, the UK’s second largest pharmaceutical company, the British government insisted it would not intervene. David Cameron and George Osborne suggested that the bid was purely a commercial matter for shareholders and refused to apply a “public interest test”. …
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As the UK’s decimalisation anniversary approaches, The Royal Mint has revealed its top 10 rarest 50 pence coins, and how much they could be worth. The UK moved to ‘new money’ pounds and pence, from ‘old money’ shillings and pence, almost 50 years ago, with the anniversary approaching on 15 …
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Stormont’s Economy Minister has called for urgent action from the UK Government on parcel deliveries to Northern Ireland. t followed the end of the Brexit transition period and the establishment of the Northern Ireland Protocol which affects trade to Northern Ireland from Great Britain. Diane Dodds attested to “significant confusion” …
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Japan has welcomed Britain’s decision to deploy the Royal Navy’s new carrier strike group to the Indo-Pacific region amid growing tensions with China over navigation rights. In talks on Wednesday with their UK counterparts, Japan’s foreign and defence ministers expressed their “strong concern” about a new Chinese maritime law which …
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Fashion brands in Europe and the UK usually spend the month of January preparing their autumn/winter collections for the show and exhibition season. But this year many found themselves also coping with a mountain of new post-Brexit paperwork and extra costs. When a Brexit deal was concluded on Christmas Eve …
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Alison Coffin, Siobhan Coady and Ches Crosbie prepared ahead of the Federation of Labour election forum on Tuesday night. (Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour/Twitter) The Liberals, Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats revealed a little more about positions on social issues at a Federation of Labour forum Tuesday night, even …
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Sir Keir says “whatever the prime minister claims is being done isn’t working”. He says there are “huge numbers of people who are stuck in the middle and living in unsafe homes”, saying they “can’t sell and are being asked to foot the bill”. The Labour leader gives an example …
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Article content continued “The Telex works by electronic impulses transmitted by wire, radio and various other means to assure fast service. There can be no ‘cutting in’ or delaying a call because another machine is busy. Messages can be taken or sent any time of the day to installations around …
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Sir David Jason is not the only actor in his family. The Only Fools and Horses star, 81, has a secret sibling with an impressive acting CV of his own – and he even inspired legend David to get into the trade. Sir David was born David John White and …
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EXCLUSIVE: Fury over Covid outbreak at Sandhurst as 50 recruits – including member of Qatari royal family – catch virus after officer cadets flouted social distancing during alcohol-fuelled bash Nearly 50 positive cases among 750 trainees at Sandhurst Military Academy Outbreak thought to be caused by recruits dining and socialising …
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