Today: November 15, 2024
Today: November 15, 2024

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Britain's CEO of scandal-ridden Post Office will step down next year

The chief executive of Britain’s scandal-ridden Post Office will step down next year

Business|Economy|Finance|News|US

Bank of England keeps its main interest rate on hold at 5% in wake of big US Fed rate cut

The Bank of England is keeping its main interest rate unchanged at 5% despite a big cut from the U.S. Federal Reserve, its first since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic more than four years ago

Bank of England keeps its main interest rate on hold at 5% in wake of big US Fed rate cut
Crime|News

Former Harrods boss Al Fayed was a 'monster' who abused young women, lawyers for his accusers say

Lawyers in Britain representing dozens of women say that Mohamed Al Fayed — the former boss of Harrods — was a “monster” who raped and sexually abused young women throughout his time at the helm of the world-renowned London department store

Former Harrods boss Al Fayed was a 'monster' who abused young women, lawyers for his accusers say
Celebrity|News

Naomi Campbell barred from being charity trustee in England and Wales

British supermodel Naomi Campbell has been barred from being a charity trustee in England and Wales for five years after the poverty charity she founded nearly two decades ago was deemed to have been “poorly governed” with “inadequate financial management.”

Naomi Campbell barred from being charity trustee in England and Wales
Arts|Crime|Europe|News|World

Van Gogh paintings vandalized at a London gallery after 2 activists were sentenced in similar attack

A group of activists attacked a pair of paintings by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh at London’s National Gallery by throwing what appeared to be tomato soup on the artworks

Van Gogh paintings vandalized at a London gallery after 2 activists were sentenced in similar attack
Economy|Europe|News|US|World

UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US base on Diego Garcia stays

The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base at Diego Garcia

UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US base on Diego Garcia stays
Business|Economy|Europe|Political

UK's new Labour government unveils overhaul of workers' rights

Britain’s new Labour government has unveiled a slew of new rights for workers, including more generous rules for sick pay and parental leave and major restrictions on certain precarious employment practices such as fire and rehire

UK's new Labour government unveils overhaul of workers' rights
World

Partial remains of British climber believed found 100 years after Everest ascent

Climbers believe they have found the partial remains of a British mountaineer who might — or might not — have been one of the first two people to climb Mount Everest, a century after their attempt on the world’s highest peak

Partial remains of British climber believed found 100 years after Everest ascent
Crime|Europe

British woman who killed her parents and lived with their bodies is sentenced to life

A British woman who murdered her parents and then lived for four years alongside their bodies in makeshift tombs at the family home has been sentenced to life imprisonment and told she won’t be eligible for parole for 36 years

British woman who killed her parents and lived with their bodies is sentenced to life
Europe|Political

Ex-Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who nearly got Scotland's independence from UK, dies at 69

Scotland's former first minister Alex Salmond has died at age 69

Ex-Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who nearly got Scotland's independence from UK, dies at 69
Business|Economy|Europe|Finance

UK inflation falls to lowest level in over 3 years, cementing expectations for another rate cut

Inflation in the U.K. has fallen to its lowest level in more than three years, a drop that has cemented market expectations that the Bank of England will lower interest rates at its next policy meeting

UK inflation falls to lowest level in over 3 years, cementing expectations for another rate cut
Business|Economy|Europe|Finance

European Central Bank, seeing no signs of recession, cuts interest rates again

The European Central Bank, which sets interest rates for the 20 countries that use the euro currency, is not expecting the bloc to fall into recession as it cut borrowing costs once again after figures showed inflation across the bloc falling to its lowest level in more than three years and economic growth waning

European Central Bank, seeing no signs of recession, cuts interest rates again
Business|Economy|Finance

Taxes, spending and borrowing all higher as the new Labour government seeks to 'rebuild' the UK

British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves says taxes will rise by $52 billion to plug a hole in the public finances and provide new funding for the U.K.‘s cash-starved public services, as she announced a budget that could set the economic tone for years to come

Taxes, spending and borrowing all higher as the new Labour government seeks to 'rebuild' the UK
Business|Economy|Europe|Finance

UK Treasury chief admits business tax rise could lead to lower than anticipated wages

U.K. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves has conceded that wages may rise by less than previously thought as a direct result of her budget decision to increase a tax that businesses pay for their employees

UK Treasury chief admits business tax rise could lead to lower than anticipated wages
Economy|Finance

Financial market worries over the UK budget appear to ease

Worries about this week’s tax-raising U.K. budget within financial markets appear to have eased with the interest rates charged on British debt steadying and the pound rising against most other currencies

Financial market worries over the UK budget appear to ease

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