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London, United Kingdom | AFP | by Valentine GRAVELEAU A “full English breakfast” is not full without eggs. Whether fried or scrambled, they round out the calorific mainstay of traditional British cafes. But on top of inflationary pressures which have sent the price of ingredients soaring — including bacon, sausages and baked beans — Britain is also contending with a devastating outbreak of avian influenza. The result is a shortage of eggs, which has forced two […]
London, United Kingdom | AFP | UK fashion retailer Joules on Monday announced it was on the brink of collapse, as decades-high inflation hits business costs and consumer spending. Joules, famous for its posh wellies, intends on appointing administrators to try to salvage some of the business, having failed to secure an emergency injection of cash, a statement said. It added that trading of its shares had been suspended. Joules employs around 1,600 staff, while […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Tuesday that the UK will continue to play a vital role in NATO for generations, ahead of a visit by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The NATO chief will be the first international leader Sunak has met in Downing Street since he took office last month. Wednesday’s talks will center on UK support for Ukraine after Russia’s invasion in February, and the alliance’s future, Sunak’s […]
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Irish airline Ryanair flew back into a first-half profit Monday and forecast a strong outlook despite recession headwinds in Europe, as air travel rebounds after the lifting of Covid restrictions. Profit after tax came in at 1.37 billion euros (dollars) in the six months to the end of September after a net loss of 48 million euros a year earlier, the Dublin-based carrier said in a statement. Ryanair said […]
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Wednesday British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday that third-quarter net profit rocketed almost ten-fold to £10.3 billion ($11.5 billion) on the blockbuster spinoff of consumer healthcare unit Haleon. Earnings after taxation spiked in the three months to the end of September from £1.2 billion a year earlier, due to a vast gain of £9.6 billion on the Haleon demerger, GSK said in a results statement. Stripping out the spinoff, adjusted […]
By AFP – Agence France Presse Moscow on Monday summoned the Dutch ambassador to “protest strongly” against Western efforts to “recruit” Russian diplomats in the Netherlands, the foreign ministry said. Ambassador Gilles Beschoor Plug was called in to hear Moscow “protest strongly against an attempt to recruit the military attache of Russia’s embassy in The Hague on October 20 by a representative of the British intelligence services,” the ministry said. “Such provocative actions are unacceptable… […]
London, United Kingdom | AFP | All poultry and captive birds in England must be kept indoors from November 7, the UK government said Monday in a bid to contain a devastating outbreak of avian influenza. “We are now facing, this year, the largest ever outbreak of bird flu and are seeing rapid escalation in the number of cases on commercial farms and in backyard birds across England,” Britain’s chief veterinary officer Christine Middlemiss said […]
London, United Kingdom | AFP | British consumer group Unilever on Thursday warned that it expected prices to remain high into next year as decades-high inflation takes time to come down. “The global macroeconomic outlook remains mixed, and we expect the challenges of high inflation to persist in 2023,” Unilever’s outgoing chief executive Alan Jope said in a statement. The group whose brands include Magnum ice cream, Cif surface cleaner and Dove soap, revealed an […]
Belfast, United Kingdom | AFP | by Callum Paton in Belfast and Helen Rowe in London Northern Ireland on Thursday appeared headed for a second election this year after the leader of the pro-UK Democratic Unionist Party said his grouping had not changed its position on contentious post-Brexit trade rules. DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson told reporters insufficient action had been taken to address their concerns on the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol governing post Brexit trade. […]
London, United Kingdom | AFP | New British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday vowed to fix the errors made by his predecessor Liz Truss while warning of “difficult” decisions ahead. Speaking on the steps of Downing Street after being appointed premier by King Charles III, Sunak spoke of Truss’s “noble” aims but said some “mistakes” had been made. “Right now our country is facing a profound economic crisis, the aftermath of Covid still lingers, […]
by Joe Jackson and Helen Rowe Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s incoming prime minister Rishi Sunak vowed Monday to bring “stability and unity” at a time of economic crisis, after he was named the beleaguered Conservatives’ new leader. Sunak, 42, a Hindu, will be the UK’s first prime minister of color following the implosion of Liz Truss’s premiership after just 44 days. Truss will hold a final cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning […]
London, United Kingdom | AFP | by Joe Jackson and Helen Rowe Former finance minister Rishi Sunak on Monday won the battle for leader of Britain’s Conservative party and will become the country’s first prime minister of colour. Penny Mordaunt, the last rival left after Boris Johnson dramatically pulled out, failed to secure the necessary 100 nominations from her fellow MPs. “Rishi Sunak is therefore elected as leader of the Conservative party,” senior backbencher […]
