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Jan 12 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
The Times
The British guitarist Jeff Beck, best known for his work with the Yardbirds and his eponymous group, has died at the age of 78.
HSBC Holdings Plc made a multimillion-dollar loan to energy company RWE that is bulldozing a village in Germany to expand a huge coalmine — despite a pledge to "seek to withdraw" from funding the fossil fuel.
The Guardian
Royal Mail has asked customers to stop sending parcels and letters to overseas destinations after a cyber incident caused "severe service disruption" to international exports.
The Telegraph
UK PM Rishi Sunak will hold face-to-face talks with Nicola Sturgeon in his first visit to Scotland as Prime Minister, which starts on Thursday, in an engagement strategy to counter support for Scottish independence.
More than 750,000 households are at risk of defaulting on their mortgages over the next two years as soaring borrowing costs make payments unaffordable, Britain's financial regulator has warned.
Sky News
Around 100,000 civil servants will strike on 1 February in a worsening dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, the Public and Commercial Services union has announced.
The Independent
Boris Johnson's rumoured political comeback has been dealt a fatal blow by claims that the then prime minister joked about attending an "unsocially distanced" party at No 10 during COVID-19 restrictions, Conservative MPs have told The Independent. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)