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Kellogg's takes Britain to court over new sugar rules
U.S. food company Kellogg's is taking the British government to court over new rules that would stop some of its breakfast cereals being displayed prominently in grocery stores because of their high sugar content.
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Britain moves ahead with mandatory climate plans for companies
Britain unveiled a new taskforce on Monday to write rules forcing financial firms and listed companies to publish plans from next year for transitioning to a net zero economy by 2050.
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Waterstones acquires Blackwell’s, the UK’s biggest independent bookseller
Sale of 143-year-old family-owned business marks a further concentration of the industry
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UK regulator fines Mastercard, others for prepaid cards cartel
Britain's payments regulator on Tuesday fined five payments companies including Mastercard a total of 33 million pounds ($45.01 million) for cartel behaviour involving prepaid cards issued to vulnerable people on welfare benefits.
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UK antitrust watchdog investigates Microsoft's Nuance deal
British antitrust regulators are opening an investigation into Microsoft’s $16 billion acquisition of speech recognition company Nuance in the latest sign they’re tightening scrutiny of big technology deals.
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Trump says he is 'not a fan' of Meghan Markle, calling her 'very disrespectful to the Queen'
Former President Donald Trump gave a hot take on Meghan Markle this week, calling her "disrespectful" to the Queen and saying he was "not a fan" of hers. Trump, speaking to former conservative politician turned media personality Nigel Farage in an interview broadcast on Wednesday, said of Markle: "I think she's very disrespectful to the royal family and most importantly to the Queen."
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UK to ban any handheld use of a mobile phone behind the wheel | Engadget
The UK government is closing the legal loophole allowing drivers to use their phone for things other than texting and driving..
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Cocktail of pesticides in almost all oranges and grapes, UK study finds
Traces of 122 different pesticides in 12 most polluted fruit and veg products, many with links to cancer
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Analysis: Boris Johnson's Brexit choices are making Britain's fuel and food shortages worse
Rising energy bills, higher prices and a critical shortage of workers leading to food and fuel supply constraints are threatening to stall Britain's recovery from the pandemic.
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Amazon boss Bezos won’t pay taxes ‘out of kindness’, says Boris Johnson
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is not going to pay his taxes “as an act of kindness” and it is up to governments to make sure that big business operators like him pay what is due, Boris Johnson has said. The prime minister confronted the world’s richest man over Amazon’s tax bill when the pair met on the margins of the United Nations general assembly in New York on Monday.
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Single-use plastic plates and cutlery to be banned in England
Polystyrene cups will also be banned but campaigners say action to cut plastic waste is ‘snail-paced’
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The First Excavations Near The Mysterious Arthur's Stone Have Revealed Its True Origin
Archaeologists have finally figured out how Arthur's Stone, the famous Neolithic monument that inspired the 'stone table' in The Chronicles of Narnia, came to be.
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Piers Morgan Says Prince Harry's & Meghan's Behavior Towards The Queen is "Sickening"
Piers Morgan has once again hit out there at the behaviour of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The former Good Morning Britain presenter came out on Fox News on Monday night to chat to broadcaster Sean Hannity. And also the 56-year-old did not hold back as he criticized Meghan and Harry once more for their “ridiculous behaviour“.
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Coronavirus: Ministers to step up vaccine take-up calls amid variant fears
Ministers will step up calls for people to book a Covid vaccination as soon as they are offered one, amid increasing concern about the Indian variant. The health secretary said anyone who was unsure should look at Bolton, where most people in hospital with Covid were eligible for a jab but had not had one.
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Britain to treble tree planting by 2024 to fight climate change
Britain said it planned to treble tree planting rates over the next three years to help reach its target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, as part of efforts to fight climate change.
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HBO Max Delays a Series Because of Prince Philip’s Death
“The Prince coming soon to HBO Max,” writer-producer Gary Janetti teased April 4 of the animated series he created as a satirical take on Britain’s royal family, with Prince William and Duchess Kate’s son George as the title character. The series was expected to bow in late spring on HBO Max, but five days after Janetti’s post, Prince Philip died at 99.
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Prince Philip’s Funeral Watched By Audience Of More Than 13M In The UK
Prince Philip’s funeral was watched by a peak audience of more than 13 million on the BBC and ITV in the UK, as the Duke of Edinburgh was laid to rest during an intimate service in the grounds of Windsor Castle.
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Prince Philip: The Vanuatu tribes mourning the death of their 'god'
As Britons mourn the death of Prince Philip, they are joined by a tribal community on a Pacific island half a world away. For decades, two villages on the Vanuatuan island of Tanna have revered the Duke of Edinburgh as a god-like spiritual figure. A formal period of mourning is now under way.
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'Fox & Friends' Ties Prince Philip's Death to 'Stress' Over Markle Interview
During a Friday morning discussion of Prince Philip’s death, “Fox & Friends” host Brian Kilmeade brought up Meghan Markle’s recent interview with Oprah Winfrey, saying the televised sitdown stressed out the late prince. “There are reports that he was enraged after the interview and the fallout from the interview with Oprah Winfrey,” said Kilmeade, noting that the tell-all came as the 99-year-old prince was in the hospital. “So, here he is trying to recover and then he gets hit with that.”
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University of Birmingham builds UK's first recycling plant for high-performance rare earth magnets
The UK’s first re-manufacturing line for high-performance sintered rare earth magnets for use in electric vehicles, aerospace, renewable energy technologies and low carbon technologies will be developed by the University of Birmingham.
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