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UK government sets up board to tackle labour market inactivity

Britain's Labour Party on Tuesday launched a new advisory board that will help address long-standing issues in the country's labour market, including reducing high levels of inactivity among working-age people

Youth stabbed to death in UK

A youth is stabbed to death following a fight at the junction of Gowan Avenue and Munster Road in Fulham, south-west London.

Tennis: 'Sir Andy' looks to banish Australian Open tennis blues

Newly knighted Andy Murray will bid to end a run of heartbreaking defeats at the Australian Open and see off his chief rival Novak Djokovic as he enters his first Grand Slam tournament as world number one.

Tennis: Bring on Djokovic! Murray braced for final clash

Andy Murray is braced for the tantalising prospect of facing Novak Djokovic in the final of the ATP Tour Finals with the world number one ranking on the line.

Farah was fixing fantasy team

Mo Farah reveals what he was doing just minutes before walking onto the track to make Olympic history.

US Open: Andy Murray romps into quarter-finals

Second seed and 2012 champion Andy Murray crushes Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to reach a sixth US Open quarter-final.

Leadsom withdraws from race for British PM, leaving May unopposed

Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom abruptly withdraws from the contest to succeed David Cameron as Britain's prime minister.

UK rejects petition calling for 2nd EU referendum

The British government rejects an online petition signed by 4.1 million people calling for a new referendum on whether to leave the European Union.

The UK's EU referendum: All you need to know

This article is designed to be an easy-to-understand guide now that the UK has voted to leave the European Union.

September 10, 2024
September 10, 2024

UK government sets up board to tackle labour market inactivity

Britain's Labour Party on Tuesday launched a new advisory board that will help address long-standing issues in the country's labour market, including reducing high levels of inactivity among working-age people

March 16, 2019
March 16, 2019

Youth stabbed to death in UK

A youth is stabbed to death following a fight at the junction of Gowan Avenue and Munster Road in Fulham, south-west London.

January 10, 2017
January 10, 2017

Tennis: 'Sir Andy' looks to banish Australian Open tennis blues

Newly knighted Andy Murray will bid to end a run of heartbreaking defeats at the Australian Open and see off his chief rival Novak Djokovic as he enters his first Grand Slam tournament as world number one.

November 17, 2016
November 17, 2016

Tennis: Bring on Djokovic! Murray braced for final clash

Andy Murray is braced for the tantalising prospect of facing Novak Djokovic in the final of the ATP Tour Finals with the world number one ranking on the line.

September 11, 2016
September 11, 2016

Farah was fixing fantasy team

Mo Farah reveals what he was doing just minutes before walking onto the track to make Olympic history.

September 6, 2016
September 6, 2016

US Open: Andy Murray romps into quarter-finals

Second seed and 2012 champion Andy Murray crushes Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to reach a sixth US Open quarter-final.

July 11, 2016
July 11, 2016

Leadsom withdraws from race for British PM, leaving May unopposed

Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom abruptly withdraws from the contest to succeed David Cameron as Britain's prime minister.

July 9, 2016
July 9, 2016

UK rejects petition calling for 2nd EU referendum

The British government rejects an online petition signed by 4.1 million people calling for a new referendum on whether to leave the European Union.

June 24, 2016
June 24, 2016

The UK's EU referendum: All you need to know

This article is designed to be an easy-to-understand guide now that the UK has voted to leave the European Union.

May 16, 2016
May 16, 2016

Trump says unlikely to have good relation with Cameron

Donald Trump says he is unlikely to have a good relationship with David Cameron because the British prime minister cast the US presidential candidate as "divisive, stupid and wrong" for proposing a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States.

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