Tag: London

Britain’s Prince Harry visits The Running Charity

LONDON. United Kingdom (Reuters) — Britain’s Prince Harry visited a young person’s hostel in north London on Thursday (January 26), as part of his continued focus exploring how sport can be used to help communities. The Royal met those who are engaged with The Running Charity, which is the UK’s first running-orientated programme aimed at aiding the homeless and vulnerable young people. The programme offers regular running-based activities with fitness professionals as coaches, showing benefits […]

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Royal Navy disposes of suspected WWII bomb in London

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s Royal Navy has disposed of a suspected World War II bomb discovered in London’s River Thames close to parliament, leading to the closure of two bridges, police said Friday. “Victoria Embankment has now reopened after police and the Royal Navy worked together to remove a suspected WWII ordnance,” London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement. Police were called at 5.15pm (1715 GMT) on Thursday to reports of a suspected […]

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Build bridges not walls, protesters tell Trump in London

LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A banner reading “Build bridges not walls” was draped across London’s Tower Bridge on Friday (January 20) as part of a series of events across the world aimed at expressing displeasure at the inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. president. Protesters on the iconic bridge held up pink letters reading “Act now!” soon after sunrise while others unfurled the banner over the railings and a speedboat with a black flag […]

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Pound drops after Brexit backing from Trump

  by Dario Thuburn LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prime Minister Theresa May won endorsement from US President-elect Donald Trump over her Brexit course but sterling plunged on Monday on fears that Britain could be on a collision course with its EU allies. Trump said Britain leaving the EU would “end up as a great thing” and promised to work for a trade deal with post-Brexit Britain “quickly and done properly”, speaking in an interview […]

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Trump suggests Russia deal on nuclear arms, sanctions: London Times

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday called for a deal with Russia that would “very substantially” reduce nuclear arsenals and ease sanctions against Moscow, in an interview published by The Times. “They have sanctions on Russia — let’s see if we can make some good deals with Russia. I think nuclear weapons should be way down and reduced very substantially, that’s part of it,” Trump said. “But Russia’s hurting very […]

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Britain’s EU ambassador quits before Brexit trigger

by Robin MILLARD with Danny KEMP in Brussels Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Britain’s ambassador to the European Union resigned on Tuesday, adding uncertainty to the Brexit process less than three months before the UK is due to trigger its departure negotiations. Ivan Rogers, a highly-regarded diplomat who had been due to end his four-year stint in October, stepped down as London prepares to invoke Article 50, which starts a two-year countdown to […]

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Discontented British workers launch season of strikes

by Maureen COFFLARD Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – From trains and planes to parcels, British workers are gearing for the festive season with a string of strikes, rounding off a year of action that began with an unprecedented walkout by doctors. Hundreds of thousands of commuters were on Friday left stranded for the third day this week after staff on Southern Rail, which runs trains from southern England into London, stopped work. […]

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McDonald’s moves non-US tax HQ to Britain from Luxembourg

by Dario THUBURN LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — McDonald’s will move fiscal headquarters for the majority of its non-US operations to Britain, it said Thursday, following an EU crackdown on tax deals struck by multinationals including the fast-food giant. McDonald’s is establishing a new Britain-based holding company to cover royalties from most licensing agreements outside the United States, shifting its tax base from Luxembourg. The profits will be subject to British tax, McDonald’s said in […]

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Brexit to spark UK slowdown, blow hole in public purse

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – by Roland JACKSON Ben PERRY Brexit will spark an economic slowdown and ravage public finances, forcing a multi-billion-pound spike in state borrowing over the next five years, a gloomy mini-budget revealed Wednesday. Britain is predicted to borrow an extra £122 billion ($152 billion, 143 billion euros) in the period to 2021, according to official forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility. About half of that budget black hole — or […]

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Britain’s Duchess Kate praises children’s mental health charity at London awards

LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) — The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton told award finalists at a charity event on Tuesday (November 22) that they provided inspiration for others across the country. Speaking at the Place2Be Well being in Schools awards, which celebrates and raises funds for the mental health charity’s work, its royal Patron praised the finalists as “extraordinary”. Place2Be provides mental health support and training in schools across the UK, aiming to improve the […]

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RugbyU: Barrett leads New Zealand dominance of awards

by Pirate IRWIN London, United Kingdom  (AFP) — Fly-half Beauden Barrett led a hat-trick of titles for world champions New Zealand at the World Rugby awards on Sunday as he collected Player of the Year. The 25-year-old, who has filled the huge vacuum left by the international retirement of Dan Carter with aplomb, was joined on the podium by Steve Hansen, who won Coach of the Year, and the record-breaking All Blacks as Team of the […]

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Britain backs Heathrow airport expansion despite splits

  by Ruth Holmes LONDON, United Kingdom | AFP | — The British government approved a new third runway at London’s Heathrow airport on Tuesday in a long-awaited decision that comes amid deep divisions and follows decades of debate over the issue. “The government today announced its support for a new runway at Heathrow — the first full length runway in the southeast since the Second World War,” an official statement said after a cabinet […]

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