UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on April 11

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(Adds news items, updates futures) April 11 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening higher on Tuesday with futures up 0.8%.


* CINEWORLD: Cineworld , the world's second-largest cinema chain operator, said it had filed a plan of reorganisation with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division.
* BP: Britain's largest oil and gas producer Harbour Energy said it has entered into an


agreement with BP to develop the Viking CCS transportation and storage project.



* MJ HUDSON: Britain's MJ Hudson said it had agreed to


sell its data & analytics, and business outsourcing units for 40 million pounds ($49.66 million) to asset manager Apex Group.


* VODAFONE: Vodafone on Monday said it resolved an outage that impacted thousands of its home broadband service users in the United Kingdom, after hours of downtime.
* RETAILERS: British retailers reported a boost in spending from Mother's Day purchases in March, during an otherwise downbeat sales period when cost of living pressures and unusually wet weather kept shoppers at home.
* STRIKES: Britain's health minister warned patients' safety is at risk as junior doctors began four days of strikes on Tuesday that are likely to cause unprecedented disruption.
* OIL: Oil prices rose on expectations that inventories in the U.S., the world's biggest crude consumer, are expected to fall and on signs that demand in emerging markets remains healthy.
* GOLD: Gold prices rose after falling over 1% in the previous session, as the dollar eased while investors awaited this week's U.S. inflation data that could influence the Federal Reserve's monetary policy trajectory.
* For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: TODAY'S UK PAPERS > Financial Times > Other business headlines (Reporting by Muhammed Husain and Prerna Bedi in Bengaluru)

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