LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s next national election is expected this year, although its timing is uncertain. Here is what is known about when to expect the vote, and the process determining its timing, and details of how it works. WHEN WILL THE ELECTION BE? By law, the last possible date for a general election is …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s aviation regulator is studying designs for flying taxi airports, it said on Wednesday, as the arrival of a new mode of transport edges closer. Electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL), also known as flying taxis or air taxis, have been touted as the future of urban air mobility. The low-altitude …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British manufacturers were hit with a fresh drop in orders and have scaled back their investment plans, a survey showed on Wednesday, shortly after separate data also laid bare the problems facing the country’s factories. The Confederation of British Industry’s quarterly order book balance dropped to -13 in the three months to …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said it would bring in new rules on hidden fees on online purchases like tickets, forcing sellers to indicate any mandatory costs in the headline sale price. The government had announced in November that it was planning a crackdown on so-called “drip pricing”. Consumers ordering food for delivery, buying package holidays, …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Co-op will open more stores and step up the recruitment of new members in 2024 as it seeks to reverse a decline in grocery market share. The 180-year old group, which is owned by its over 5 million members, is Britain’s seventh largest supermarket group operating almost 2,400 food stores. It …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Japan’s Fujitsu should be contributing hundreds of millions of pounds to pay the compensation bill the British government is expecting to face over the Post Office Scandal, postal minister Kevin Hollinrake said on Wednesday. When asked by BBC Radio if he thought Fujitsu could face a bill of “hundreds of millions of pounds” …
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(Reuters) – England under-20 international Charlie Hughes gave new meaning to the phrase ‘late winner’ when he scored after 20 minutes of second-half stoppage time to earn Wigan Athletic a 1-0 win over Wycombe Wanderers in England’s third tier on Tuesday. The unusually long period of stoppage time at the end of the League One …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said in a joint statement on Tuesday that 24 countries, including the United States, Germany and Australia, conducted additional strikes on Monday against eight targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. “In response to continued illegal and reckless Houthi attacks against vessels transiting the Red Sea and surrounding waterways, the armed forces of …
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By James Pearson LONDON (Reuters) – The rapid development of novel Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools will lead to an increase in cyberattacks and lower the barrier of entry for less sophisticated hackers to do digital harm, Britain’s GCHQ spy agency warned on Wednesday. That lower entry barrier will also likely contribute to the global rise …
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By Yurii Kovalenko and Sergiy Karazy KYIV (Reuters) – Russian missiles hit Ukraine’s two largest cities, killing 18 people, injuring more than 130 and damaging homes and infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said as Moscow’s war approaches its third year. The eastern city of Kharkiv suffered three waves of attacks. There were strikes on Kyiv and …
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