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British lawmakers to vote on smoking ban for younger generations

British lawmakers to vote on smoking ban for younger generations

Source: Market Screener LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers will vote on Tuesday on moves by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to ban anyone aged 15 and under from ever buying cigarettes. Though expected to be approved, Sunak's plan to impose some of the world's strictest anti-smoking rules has angered some members

British lawmakers to vote on smoking ban for younger generations

British lawmakers to vote on smoking ban for younger generations

Source: StreetInsider.com LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers will vote on Tuesday on moves by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to ban anyone aged 15 and under from ever buying cigarettes. Though expected to be approved, Sunak's plan to impose some of the world's strictest anti-smoking rules has angered some members

Country diary: As close to immortality as British nature can get | Mark Cocker

Country diary: As close to immortality as British nature can get | Mark Cocker

Source: The Guardian Author: Mark Cocker Fortingall, Perthshire: Standing in front of this truly great yew tree - some say the oldest in the country - one wonders how to capture its totality The yew in the churchyard here has a legend as the oldest tree in Britain, although its

2 cops die in shootout chasing driver who fled traffic stop in New York - Times of India

2 cops die in shootout chasing driver who fled traffic stop in New York - Times of India

Source: The Times of India LIVERPOOL: Two police officers were killed in a shootout on Sunday outside a house in an upstate New York town near Syracuse, where they had tracked a vehicle whose driver had fled a traffic stop earlier. Two Syracuse police officers attempted to stop a vehicle

Rare undefeated football teams

Rare undefeated football teams

Source: Daily Express Sabah LONDON: Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen of 2023-24 stand on the cusp of greatness, with just 11 matches theoretically between them and a record undefeated season for a top-five European league team. Of the 42 matches they have so far played this campaign, they have won 37,

Two homes flooded in Highland after canal pipe stops working

Two homes flooded in Highland after canal pipe stops working

Source: KSLTV.com Author: Mark Jones HIGHLAND -- A neighborhood in Highland was scrambling to clean up after a canal pipe burst Saturday, flooding two homes. Kim Rodela, a member of the Highland City Council, told KSL the flooding also damaged the landscaping to two other homes in the area

Well-known Devon pub on the market for £385,000

Well-known Devon pub on the market for £385,000

Source: Devon Live Author: Lorna Hughes A Devon pub has gone on the market for £385,000. The Hickory Inn, in Halberton, near Tiverton, is described as a "substantial and very well established freehouse" in a "pretty village". Prospective buyers of the freehold are told the building has a "character