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As Brexit looms, Britain forecasts strong economy

by Roland JACKSON Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain's economy will grow far stronger than expected this year, finance…

Amazon to create 5,000 jobs in UK

LONDON, United States (AFP) -- United States tech and retail giant Amazon on Monday said it would create 5,000 British jobs…

Refugee children remain stranded in France as UK scraps resettlement scheme

CALAIS, France (Reuters) -- Many unaccompanied children remain stranded in the northern French town of Calais, as the British government scraps…

Immigration agents nab UK’s most wanted con man in Pampanga

Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents have arrested a British con man who is on the top 10 list of the…

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…

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…

Brexit deal needed by October 2018, says EU negotiator

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) - by Danny KEMP Britain must broker its deal to leave the EU by October 2018, the…

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,…

Far-right loner jailed for life in murder of British MP

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - by Edouard GUIHAIRE James PHEBY A far-right extremist was sentenced on Wednesday to life imprisonment…

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…

Football: Wales’s Evans cleared of rape at retrial

London, United Kingdom (AFP) -by Julian GUYER Wales international footballer Ched Evans was found not guilty of rape by a…

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