Monthly Archives: February 2018

Facebook says finds no new evidence Russia interfered in Brexit referendum

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc has told a British parliamentary committee that further investigations have found no new evidence that Russia used social media to interfere in the June 2016 referendum in which… Read More

British police arrest three in fatal Leicester blast

(Reuters) – British police have arrested three men on suspicion of manslaughter related to an explosion that killed five people in the city of Leicester on Sunday evening. The three men, all… Read More

EU says to regulate Northern Irish trade unless Britain acts fast

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier called on London to “pick up the pace” of talks if it wants a deal this year on a draft treaty published… Read More

Anti-Brexit MEPs defect from Conservatives’ EU group

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Two prominent British Conservative members of the European Parliament quit the Tories’ Brussels group on Wednesday to join the main, pro-EU centre-right bloc as Brexit continues to divide Britain’s… Read More

Prosecutors investigate owners of two luxury British properties

LONDON (Reuters) – British prosecutors are using new powers to crack down on illicit cash laundered through the country’s luxury real estate, launching investigations into the owners of two properties worth around… Read More

Britain makes compensation easier for bank payments fraud

LONDON (Reuters) – People tricked into authorising payments to fraudsters will be able to claim compensation more easily from their banks under a new industry code, a British financial watchdog said on… Read More

‘Beast from the East’ blankets Britain, Ireland in snow

LONDON/DUBLIN (Reuters) – Much of Britain and Ireland was blanketed in snow on Wednesday as freezing Siberian weather dubbed “the Beast from the East”, disrupted the travel plans of thousands. Hundreds of… Read More

Toyota to build new Auris car at UK plant in Brexit boost for May

LONDON (Reuters) – Toyota said on Wednesday it will build the next generation of its Auris car at its English plant in a welcome boost to Prime Minister Theresa May as Britain… Read More

Britain to provide update on Northern Ireland budget, politicians’ pay

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Northern Ireland minister will make a statement next week on implementing a budget for the region and on politicians’ salaries, while it continues to explore whether agreement can… Read More

Toyota to build new Auris car at UK plant, in Brexit boost for PM May