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Pound dips to five-year low after weak UK industrial production data ...

While UK growth is likely to remain dependent on the healthy and dynamic services sector for the foreseeable future, there is no room for despondency. The manufacturing sector is in a good position to move forward when world circumstances improve, but ... >> view original

UK makes a big oil discovery

Exploration firm U.K. Oil & Gas Investments said Thursday there may be up to 100 billion barrels of oil at an onshore site in south England, near Gatwick airport, a company spokesperson told CNN. That's more than double the amount of oil pumped from ... >> view original

Air Pollution Alert: UK Set For Hottest Day

The elderly and people with health problems have been warned to avoid strenuous activity because of harmful levels of air pollution expected to blanket parts of the UK. The warning comes as forecasters say Britain could enjoy the hottest day of the ... >> view original

Akram Khan criticises quality of UK dance training

Three top choreographers have criticised the quality of contemporary dance training in the UK, and said they have to recruit dancers from abroad. Akram Khan revealed that just four of the 51 dancers his company has employed since 2000 were UK trained. >> view original

UK weather: 'Warmest day of year' comes with air pollution warning as Saharan ...

The pollution will melt away as fresher, cleaner air from the Atlantic reaches the whole of the UK on Saturday, although levels could still reach “moderate” until falling to “low” by Tuesday. The unseasonably warm temperatures will also plummet over ... >> view original

UK elections and the shift from 'tribal' politics

Glasgow, UK - Some seven million viewers across Britain tuned into the first, and only, televised multi-party debate ahead of May's general election. What they saw on April 2 was a stark illustration of how much UK politics has changed in recent years. >> view original

Interest rates on hold at 0.5% as UK economy faces deflation

The BCC report also said that in the first quarter of this year UK manufacturing exports remained static at a balance of plus 23 per cent, while business confidence levels in the services sector were found to be even lower than before the financial crisis. >> view original

Some Apple Watch pre-orders won't ship until August

Apple has started accepting pre-orders for its potentially revolutionary Watch, but some customers were reporting lengthy shipping delays just minutes after it went on sale. On Twitter some buyers found their models were reported to be shipping on ... >> view original

Currency traders rush to price in UK election uncertainty

For now, UK government bonds and share prices have not been affected by the election campaign, but that may well change as the clock ticks down to polls closing on May 7. “The UK political story has not really been priced in until now,” said Koon Chow, ... >> view original

UK ambassador summoned by Argentina

The Argentine government has summoned Britain's ambassador in Buenos Aires over claims the UK had spied on the country. The request came a day after the Foreign Office called in Argentina's ambassador to the UK when legal action was threatened ... >> view original