The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Headlines Royal Mail to axe 700 jobs in overhaul that will hit profits. https://on.ft.com/3u0PGh0 Temasek buys UK testing group Element in $7 bln deal. https://on.ft.com/3o0OnLc UK banks …
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Ant and Dec have paid a sweet tribute to a former Britain’s Got Talent star after his sad death. The TV duo said they were “so sorry” to hear David J. Watson had passed away aged 62. He was a well known magician who appeared on the show a record …
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Marcus Rashford poses with his medal after being appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Vulnerable Children in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic, following an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London, November 9, 2021. — AFP pic LONDON, …
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TRADE union leaders in Scotland and socialist MSPs called on Labour today to be bolder in its opposition to neoliberal efforts from both the Scottish and UK governments as Britain looks to recover from the coronavirus crisis. Speaking at the Morning Star Scotland conference, leading left-wing voices from across Britain came …
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(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window) * FTSE 100 up 0.3%, FTSE 250 adds 0.4% Sept 23 (Reuters) – London’s FTSE 100 rose on Thursday, led by energy and mining stocks, as investors awaited the …
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(Reuters) -British shares rose on Tuesday, boosted by gains in banks and miners on investor optimism over a vaccine-led economic recovery, while Royal Mail climbed after announcing a one-off dividend payment. FILE PHOTO: The London Stock Exchange Group offices are seen in the City of London, Britain, December 29, 2017. …
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This undated image released March 7, 2021 courtesy of Harpo Productions shows Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, in a conversation with U.S. television host Oprah Winfrey. JOE PUGLIESE/AFP/Getty Images In a wide-ranging interview aired Sunday, Harry and Meghan described painful discussions about the colour of …
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Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionists, being old-fashioned British patriots, didn’t want to stay in the EU or even settle for a soft Brexit. They didn’t want a hard border with the Irish Republic because business demands “seamless and frictionless” trade. They certainly didn’t want anything resembling a border in the Irish …
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It is not known whether Boris Johnson is an enthusiast for Louis Althusser’s critique of Antonio Gramsci’s idea of cultural hegemony, but it looks as if he might be. The prospect of Paul Dacre, the former editor of the Daily Mail and editor-in-chief of Associated Newspapers, becoming the next chair …
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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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