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2 days ago · The government has sold £1.24bn of its shares in NatWest, accelerating the process of private ownership. The Treasury's shareholding in the high street bank has fallen by approximately 3.5 ...
4 days ago · It's 5.15pm - here's your teatime rundown. We're still in the early days of the election campaign, but there's been plenty of divisive policy announcements and rows making headlines.
1 day ago · The UK's Slavery Abolition Act charged the British Royal Navy with ending the global slave trade. The first colonial empire in the century to abolish slavery was the British, who did so in 1834. America's Thirteenth Amendment following their Civil War abolished slavery there in 1865, and in Brazil slavery was abolished in 1888 (see abolitionism).
2 days ago · The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. [4] [5] The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form of a mutiny of sepoys of the company's army in the garrison town of Meerut, 40 mi (64 km ...
4 days ago · Manchester United staff have reportedly been given a week to decide whether to resign under Sir Jim Ratcliffe's plans to end working from home. The club's non-football staff were invited to take ...
21 hours ago · Launching his plans for Great British Energy, a state-owned clean power company, Sir Keir Starmer promised the new entity would reduce bills, create jobs and deliver increased energy security ...
1 day ago · Public Events. June Faire – Saturday, June 1, 2024- Free Admission. There is only one annual event when the public can come onto the grounds of the British Home and enjoy themselves, and that is at a typical British village Faire. It is the British Home’s major fundraising event where many stalls sell beautiful handmade items, home-cooked ...
