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The week: Property price record; Lampedusa drownings; 'basically' banned
Home Shares in Royal Mail, floated on the stock market at 330p, began trading at 475p. SSE, the energy supplier,…
The week: Royal Mail shares; American shutdown; Afghan cricket
Home An issue of shares in Royal Mail was oversubscribed, pushing valuation well above initial forecasts of £3.3 billion. The…
The week: 'Land of opportunity'; Obama phones Iran; glow-in-the-dark robber
Home Shares in Royal Mail are to be sold by the middle of this month, before postmen can go on…
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Home The General Medical Council said it was dropping cases against four doctors who worked at Stafford Hospital at the…
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Home The government sold 6 per cent of Lloyds Banking Group to big investors for £3.2 billion. It still owns…
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Home George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that the British economy was ‘turning a corner’, with ‘tentative signs…
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Home Having recalled Parliament to debate British military action over Syria, David Cameron, the Prime Minister, found the government defeated,…
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Home Parliament was recalled four days early to debate military action against Syria, which David Cameron, the Prime Minister, had…
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Home The cost of the HS2 railway line was expected by some in the Treasury to rise from £43 billion…
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Home The population of the United Kingdom rose by 420,000, to 63.7 million, by the middle of last year, with…
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Home Retail sales enjoyed their fastest July growth in seven years, thanks to demand for beer, sun cream, swimwear and…
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Home Barclays decided to issue £5.8 billion in shares to meet capital reserve requirements from the Bank of England. Lord…
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Home The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a boy, weighing 8lb 6oz, an heir to the crown, third in…
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Home Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, put into ‘special measures’ 11 hospitals among the 14 with the worst death rates…
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Home There was a fine game of hunt-the-issue over the process to find a replacement, as parliamentary candidate in Falkirk,…
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Home Business confidence in Britain was at its highest level since 2007, according to a survey by the British Chambers…
