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Go vintage UK's Prince Charles tells Vogue readers
(Reuters)
Reuters - Prince Charles, Britain's heir-to-throne, has a woolly idea or two about how vintage clothes, recycling and the fashion industry can help protect the planet.
09/02/2010 - 04:08 PM
Tony Blair memoir: I'd do Iraq again, and I considered firing Gordon Brown
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Tony Blair began his leadership as a dashing popular British Bill Clinton -- a fresh answer to “the suit,” as Fleet Street called John Major. After 2001, it all went sideways and Mr. Blair’s 10-year tenure terminated with him portrayed at home as a “lap dog” for President George Bush.
09/02/2010 - 03:10 PM
Dubai firm snaps up food chain Carluccio's
(AFP)
 AFP - Dubai-based retail giant Landmark Group has agreed to buy British restaurant chain Carluccio's for 90.3 million pounds, the companies said on Thursday.
09/02/2010 - 02:33 PM
Royal Bank of Scotland axes 3,500 more jobs
(AFP)
 AFP - State-rescued lender Royal Bank of Scotland said Thursday it was cutting another 3,500 jobs, sparking anger from trade union bosses.
09/02/2010 - 11:40 AM
Tony Blair in 'A Journey': On U.S. Leaders Bush, Clinton
(Time.com)
 Time.com - In an essay exclusively adapted for TIME from his new memoir, A Journey, Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair reflects on the U.S. Presidents he has known and worked with -- and on their country
09/02/2010 - 11:25 AM
Cameron backs Hague over gay rumours
(AFP)
 AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron backed his foreign secretary William Hague on Thursday after an aide resigned over "malicious" rumours that they had an inappropriate relationship.
09/02/2010 - 10:13 AM
Energy explorer Tullow Oil expands in east Africa
(AFP)
 AFP - Anglo-Irish energy firm Tullow Oil said Thursday it would buy a 50-percent stake in six exploration licences in Kenya and Ethiopia, expanding its reach in east Africa.
09/02/2010 - 09:36 AM
God did not create the universe, says Hawking
(Reuters)
 Reuters - God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book.
09/02/2010 - 09:08 AM
Scotland announces minimum price for alcohol
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Scotland's government announced on Thursday that its planned minimum price for alcohol would be set at 45 pence per unit, meaning a bottle of wine would cost at least 4.23 pounds ($6.52) and a bottle of whisky 12.60 pounds.
09/02/2010 - 08:56 AM
Cairn says Greenland ops resume after protest
(AFP)
 AFP - Scottish oil exploration group Cairn Energy said Thursday it had resumed operations on a rig off the coast of Greenland after Greenpeace ended a protest.
09/02/2010 - 08:56 AM
UK foreign secretary's aide quits over gay rumors
(Reuters)
Reuters - Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday he had gone public to deny rumors he was gay and in a relationship with an aide because he and his wife were fed up of the allegations.
09/02/2010 - 08:16 AM
Hawking says God not needed for creation
(AP)
AP - Physicist Stephen Hawking says God wasn't necessary for the creation of the universe.
09/02/2010 - 07:32 AM
House prices fall for second month in row: survey
(AFP)
 AFP - Home prices fell for a second month running in August when they dropped 0.9 percent compared with July, a key survey by home-loans provider Nationwide showed on Thursday.
09/02/2010 - 06:34 AM
BBC had "massive bias to left:" director general
(AFP)
 AFP - The director general of the BBC admitted Thursday that his organisation had been guilty of a "massive bias to the left" but said "a completely different generation" of journalists now works at the broadcaster.
09/02/2010 - 05:37 AM
I'm "ready to lead," David Milliband tells Labour
(AFP)
 AFP - Labour leadership candidate David Miliband told party members Thursday that he was "ready to lead" and would "change the way we do politics," before claiming that former leaders Gordon Brown and Tony Blair's "time has passed".
09/02/2010 - 03:47 AM
Foreign minister's aide quits over gay rumours
(AFP)
AFP - The press was split Thursday over Foreign Secretary William Hague's decision to release a highly personal statement following the resignation of a male special adviser with whom he shared a hotel over "malicious" claims that they had an inappropriate relationship.
09/02/2010 - 03:31 AM
'Animal' Blair's memoirs risk opening old wounds
(AFP)
 AFP - British newspapers Thursday called the memoirs of former prime minister Tony Blair a good read but said they risk re-opening old wounds in his Labour party just as it struggles to fight back from electoral defeat.
09/02/2010 - 12:51 AM
Blair memoir lifts lid on Iraq, alcohol and royals
(AFP)
AFP - Ex-premier Tony Blair's memoirs are a good read but they risk re-opening old wounds in his Labour party just as it struggles to fight back from electoral defeat, newspapers said Thursday.
09/01/2010 - 10:59 PM
Rare Roman lantern found in UK farmer's field
(Reuters)
Reuters - An intact Roman lantern made of bronze, believed by experts to be the only one of its kind in Britain, has been unearthed in a field by a metal-detecting enthusiast.
09/01/2010 - 07:03 PM
Interview: UK Islamist says like-minded U.S. groups expanding
(Reuters)
Reuters - Radical U.S. Muslim discussion groups are growing in influence much as similar forums did in 1990s Britain, a hardline British preacher said on Wednesday, referring to a period when London was Europe's Islamist hub.
09/01/2010 - 03:08 PM
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