By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – Falls in British commercial property values are expected to slow in the coming months as the economy improves but high inflation and interest rates will continue to weigh on the sector, an industry survey showed on Tuesday. Real estate firm Robert Irving Burns (RIB) forecast a 1.6% drop in …
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By Shashwat Chauhan and Shristi Achar A (Reuters) -London stocks gained over 1% on Tuesday, with lenders rebounding on easing fears of a bigger banking crisis, while investors awaited the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision. The FTSE 100 jumped 1.8%, its best day in over four months, while the mid-cap FTSE 250 added 1.5%. …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Google asked London’s High Court on Tuesday to throw out a lawsuit brought on behalf of 1.6 million people over medical records provided to the tech giant by a British hospital trust. The Royal Free London NHS Trust transferred patient data to Google’s artificial intelligence firm DeepMind Technologies in 2015 in relation …
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By Sachin Ravikumar and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) -Former British prime minister Boris Johnson told a parliamentary inquiry there was no evidence that he intentionally misled lawmakers about illegal parties held at his Downing Street office during COVID-19 lockdowns. Parliament’s Committee of Privileges has been investigating statements that Johnson made to the chamber in Dec. …
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By Muvija M and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) – London’s Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic and unable to police itself, an independent review said on Tuesday, heaping pressure on the Met’s new chief to reform Britain’s biggest police force. The review was commissioned by then-head of the Met, Cressida Dick, in 2021 …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Just Eat Takeaway.com, Europe’s largest food online ordering and delivery service, said on Tuesday it will reorganise in Britain, ending a service by which it employs its own couriers, a decision that will impact the jobs of around 1,870 workers. Takeaway has been a prominent defender of European plans for rules giving couriers …
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(Reuters) – Britain’s health regulator said on Tuesday it would introduce new measures for faster and easier approval and execution of clinical trials in the country. The move comes months after an industry report showed that the number of annual clinical trials started in Britain dropped by 41% between 2017 and 2021, posing a “clear …
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(Reuters) – Investors stepped cautiously into bank stocks on Tuesday, emboldened by the rescue of Credit Suisse, with share prices inching tentatively higher amid continuing concerns about smaller U.S. lenders and further financial market ructions. DEVELOPMENTS * Attention now on this week’s meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve, with traders wondering whether the central bank’s …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British counter-terrorism officers have been called to assist an investigation into a man being set on fire on his way home from a mosque in central England, as detectives consider whether it was linked to a similar incident in London. Police said the victim was walking home from the mosque in the …
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By Markus Wacket BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission has drafted a plan to allow sales of new cars with internal combustion engines after 2035 if they run only on climate neutral e-fuels, as it tries to resolve a spat with Germany over moves to phase out combustion engine cars. The draft proposal, seen by Reuters …
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