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British Airways strike enters final day
(AFP)
 AFP - British Airways cabin crew enter the final stage of a three-day strike Monday, in a dispute over planned changes to pay and conditions that has caused travel misery for thousands of passengers.
03/21/2010 - 09:20 PM
Recovery weak as stimulus ends: employers' group
(AFP)
 AFP - The economic recovery will remain fragile until the middle of next year due to the withdrawal of stimulus measures, the Confederation of British Industry warned Monday.
03/21/2010 - 09:17 PM
Labour Party hit by lobbying claims as vote looms
(AFP)
 AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party was at the centre of lobbying allegations just weeks before an election, after some of its lawmakers were caught in an undercover sting.
03/21/2010 - 08:14 PM
Weisz, Rylance win acting prizes at Olivier awards
(AP)
 AP - Rachel Weisz added a stage accolade to Hollywood stardom Sunday, winning the best-actress prize at London's Laurence Olivier theater awards for her role in "A Streetcar Named Desire."
03/21/2010 - 06:59 PM
UK to launch $3 billion green investment bank
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The Labour government will unveil a 2 billion pound ($3 billion) "green" investment bank in Wednesday's budget to help Britain's transformation to a low carbon economy, a government source said on Sunday.
03/21/2010 - 05:49 PM
Affairs abroad at risk from weak pound: lawmakers
(AFP)
 AFP - The country's standing in the world has been jeopardised by a decision to stop protecting the Foreign Office's budget from exchange rate fluctuations, lawmakers warned on Sunday.
03/21/2010 - 03:54 PM
British Airways cabin crews strike for 2nd day
(AP)
 AP - British Airways cabin crews walked off the job for a second day Sunday but the airline insisted the strike was having less impact than expected and said it was able to restore flights that had previously been canceled.
03/21/2010 - 11:09 AM
Another British Columbia avalanche kills 2
(AP)
AP - A third deadly avalanche in British Columbia within a week has killed two French skiers as they were coming down a mountain after being dropped off by helicopter, police said Sunday.
03/21/2010 - 09:45 AM
UK parties battle over economy as election nears
(Reuters)
Reuters - Britain's finance minister Alistair Darling promised on Sunday no giveaways in this week's budget, seeking to present his ruling Labour Party as a safe pair of hands on the economy as an election nears.
03/21/2010 - 08:28 AM
New polls point to hung parliament
(AFP)
 AFP - The Conservatives are still on course to win a general election due within weeks but are unlikely to achieve a parliamentary majority, two new polls showed Sunday.
03/21/2010 - 04:23 AM
Pakistan kidnappers 'threatened to chop up UK boy'
(AFP)
 AFP - The father of a five-year-old British boy held hostage for 12 days in Pakistan said Sunday the kidnappers had threatened to chop off parts of the boy's body if he did not pay a ransom.
03/21/2010 - 12:34 AM
Gov't preparing tough pre-election budget
(AFP)
 AFP - The government will deliver a critical pre-election budget this week to help fix the dire public finances but some experts fear political posturing with an election around the corner.
03/21/2010 - 12:32 AM
Fish and chips celebrates 150 years as a British classic
(AFP)
 AFP - Whether wrapped in newspaper and eaten with greasy fingers or served on white china with silver cutlery, fish and chips has come a long way since it began 150 years ago.
03/21/2010 - 12:11 AM
Police arrest 74 in clashes at far-right protest
(AFP)
 AFP - Police in northwest England said Saturday they had arrested 74 people following violent clashes between right-wing and anti-fascist demonstrators.
03/20/2010 - 04:10 PM
Prince Charles starts visit to Czech Republic
(AFP)
 AFP - Prince Charles and his wife Camilla on Saturday started a four-day visit to the Czech Republic, which will wrap up their tour of three central European post-communist countries.
03/20/2010 - 03:13 PM
Tories vow to introduce banking tax
(AFP)
 AFP - The Conservatives pledged Saturday to impose a US-style tax on banks to claw back money spent bailing them out, just weeks before a general election they are tipped to win.
03/20/2010 - 02:16 PM
Boy receives pioneering stem cell surgery
(AFP)
 AFP - British and Italian doctors have carried out groundbreaking surgery to rebuild the windpipe of a 10-year-old boy using stem cells developed within his own body, they said.
03/20/2010 - 03:42 AM
British Airways battles cabin crew strike
(Reuters)
Reuters - British Airways said it would fly more than 60 percent of passengers with flights booked for this weekend despite a three-day cabin crew strike that risks hurting the Labor government weeks before an election.
03/19/2010 - 07:35 PM
Catholic leader rejects celibacy-abuse link
(AFP)
 AFP - There is no statistical connection between child abuse and celibacy, England's top Catholic cleric said Friday, ahead of the publication of a papal letter to the Irish faithful over an abuse scandal.
03/19/2010 - 06:36 PM
Is that fare? Steep fee to ride with UK's Brown
(AP)
AP - Britain's national debt is the key theme in the country's looming national election — but it's now news organizations, not just the country's government, racking up huge bills to meet the cost of covering the campaign.
03/19/2010 - 05:49 PM
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