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Apr 12 2024
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Track Nations Cup: Great Britain win men's and women's team pursuit in Milton
Great Britain won men's and women's team pursuit gold as the final Track Nations Cup of the season got under way in Milton, Canada. Katie Archibald, Jessica Roberts, Josie Knight and Anna Morris defeated Italy by more than six seconds despite trailing for much of the women's race. Ethan Hayter, Dan Bigham, Ethan Vernon and Ollie Wood then sealed the men's gold by catching Belgium. The British
BBC NewsApr 10 2020
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Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of 209,331 km2 (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island, and the ninth-largest island in the world.[6][note 1] In 2011, Great Britain had a population of about 61 million people, making it the world's third-most populous island after Java
WikipediaApr 14 2024
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Japan's JERA creates global renewables-focused unit in Britain
LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) - Japan's largest power company JERA Co. has created a global renewable energy business to be headquartered in London, as it seeks to increase low-carbon investments to meet decarbonisation targets, the head of the new unit told Reuters. Named JERA Nex, the unit will develop, invest in, own and operate renewable energy projects such as onshore and offshore wind,
ReutersApr 15 2024
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Barron'sApr 10 2024
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Mallory Franklin: Britain's most successful female canoeist aiming for gold in Paris
Team GB's Mallory Franklin wants to go one step further this summer and win a gold medal at the Paris Olympics. Franklin won slalom silver at Tokyo 2020 in the first ever Olympic women's C1 race. She is Great Britain's most successful female canoeist, having won 16 World Championship medals - seven gold, five silver and four bronze. "It will be tough but getting gold at Paris will be my aim,"
BBC NewsApr 09 2024
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Britain's Tesco expects profit rise in 2024/25 year
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LONDON, April 10 (Reuters) - Tesco (TSCO.L) , Britain's biggest retailer, forecast a further increase in profit in its new financial year as it reported an 11% rise for 2023/24 that reflected market share gains.
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ReutersApr 14 2024
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‘Incredible’ Emma Raducanu plays ‘best tennis’ of her life to inspire Britain to historic win
Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu said she is playing the “best tennis” of her life, after inspiring Great Britain to victory over France in the Billie Jean King Cup on Saturday. With Britain leading the tie 2-1, Raducanu came back from a set down to defeat France’s Diane Parry 4-6 6-1 7-6 (7-1), giving her team an unassailable 3-1 lead and a spot in the new-look finals for the first time
CNN (Online News)Apr 07 2024
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Britain’s Jobs Market Is Getting Even Tougher for New Graduates
Jobs for Britain’s university graduates are drying up at double the pace of the rest of the labor market, spurring concerns that businesses aren’t investing enough in their future workforces.
The number of vacancies for graduates fell 30.2% from a year ago in February, according to data from the jobs search engine Adzuna provided to Bloomberg. That compares with a 15.1% drop across the
BloombergApr 07 2024
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The Bond Market Whisperer Who Raised £3 Trillion for Britain
As a 20-year-old trainee at a now-defunct German bank, Robert Stheeman ’s first job was running the industrial paper cutter to slice the coupons off bond certificates, sometimes 500 pages thick.
It was a role that set the course for a career that would take him to the top of Britain’s bond market, overseeing the biggest explosion of public sector borrowing in a generation.
Bloomberg