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Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes. Complete Story...
A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found innocent in her death.
Buckingham Palace says the queen and her husband Prince Philip are celebrating 62 years of marriage quietly — without the fanfare of two years ago, when they marked their diamond anniversary.
Eating disorder experts criticized Kate Moss on Thursday after the supermodel cited as her motto a phrase used on Web sites that encourage girls to avoid eating.
U.S. bank J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. said Thursday it has bought full control of J.P. Morgan Cazenove in a 1 billion pound ($1.67 billion) deal with its joint venture partner, the venerable London financial house Cazenove Group Ltd.
SABMiller PLC, the world's second-largest brewer, on Thursday reported a 32 percent drop in net profit as revenues were hit hard by unfavorable currency movements and lager volumes declined.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair drummed up support Wednesday for investment in Sierra Leone, arguing that the west African country has recovered from its brutal civil war and could offer unmatched opportunities in agriculture and tourism.
A couple suspected of helping spread some of the Internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in the English city of Manchester, police said Wednesday.
Andrew Lloyd Webber has been readmitted to hospital after developing an infection following surgery for prostate cancer.
Royal pageantry met hard-nosed electioneering Wednesday, as Queen Elizabeth II donned the diamond-encrusted Imperial State Crown to announce the government's plans for the next parliamentary session.
British spies can keep some evidence secret from former Guantanamo prisoners who are suing the government for alleged complicity in their detention, a British judge ruled Wednesday, the first volley in a legal battle to expose what role Britain played in the men's imprisonment.
The world's largest chocolate makers are gearing up for a potential corporate battle to buy Britain's Cadbury, with Hershey and Ferrero saying Wednesday they were considering an offer to rival Kraft's hostile takeover bid.
A toll bridge built in 1769 across the River Thames will be auctioned next month, offering buyers a tax-free investment with a bit of historic charm.
Slovakia pledged about 250 extra soldiers Tuesday to the NATO-led force in Afghanistan, the first of what British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said would be a series of international reinforcements.
Rogue employees at a major mobile phone company illegally sold millions of customer records to rival firms, Britain's information watchdog said Tuesday.
Two of Britain's most high-profile Muslim extremists have been given free rein to recruit fellow inmates in prison and are spreading propaganda from behind bars, a think-tank founded by two former Islamic radicals said Monday.
In one of Britain's longest running hunts for a serial rapist, Scotland Yard detectives charged a 52-year-old man Monday with a string of nearly a dozen assaults and burglaries.
Britain's first convicted war criminal said Monday that some of his fellow soldiers frequently beat Iraqi detainees.
Edward Woodward, the star of films including "Breaker Morant" and "The Wicker Man," died Monday. He was 79.
A British scientist says she is Belle de Jour, the anonymous blogger whose accounts of life as a call girl were turned into books and a TV series.
A British think tank said Sunday that prison policies are failing to stop Muslim inmates being radicalized, and urged the government to set up a special center to "deprogram" extremists.
British officials say Prime Minister Gordon Brown will apologize to thousands of British children who were shipped to new lives overseas, where many say they suffered neglect and abuse.
Iraqi civilians who were detained by British troops during the U.S.-led war have leveled some 33 allegations of rape and abuse against male and female soldiers, Britain's Ministry of Defense said Saturday.
A British heritage charity is encouraging employees to help the environment by eschewing indoor toilets and relieving themselves outdoors. The experiment applies to male gardening staff at Wimpole Hall, a stately home about 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of London.
Oil company Total UK has pleaded guilty to three charges stemming from a massive oil depot fire in 2005, the biggest conflagration in Europe since World War II.
Just say no to sharia law"This Saturday's London rally against sharia law and all religious tyrannies should be huge. Millions of people are suffering at the hands of clerical regimes, especially our Muslim brothers and sisters in countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran.
It Wasn't Just the Unions the Hairies Had in Their SightsThis story from The Independent newspaper in Britain shows that the British Police Special Branch had infiltrated various Left-wing groups in the United Kingdom.
EU gets Belgian president and British foreign minister as Blair bows out Europe's eight-year quest to establish a simpler and more democratic regime came to a dramatic climax tonight when the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, and Britain's Cathy Ashton, were appointed as the two top officials embodying the new system.
New Statesman Leader on Copenhagen: World leaders need to become green heroes too"heroes ...who lead from the bottom up, corralling support for their cause by being passionate, committed and practically engaged. If the politicians can only delay and equivocate, we must take matters into our own hands."
This man married his OWN daughter so she would be allowed to stay in Britain - and the Home Office knew about itA Nigerian Home Office worker 'married' his own daughter to get her a British visa, the Daily Mail can reveal. The extraordinary scam was apparently executed by Jelili Adesanya while ministers turned a blind eye.
DAWN.COM | Columnists | Why not a civilian head of ISI?By Kamran Shafi Tuesday, 17 Nov, 2009
British royal heirlooms for sale LONDON - ROYAL heirlooms including a picnic set and a portrait painted by Queen Victoria go on sale at Christie's in London on Friday and are expected to fetch around one million pounds ($1.7 million).
Government must get out of schools and collegesBefore the western model brought by the British or the Church, there were ezhuthu pallis, or writing schools, run by ezhuthu ashans, or writing masters.
Another apology. This time for kids shipped from Britain to coloniesLovely cartoon. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued a ... apology Monday to ... British children shipped to Australia with the promise of a better life, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home. At a ceremony ...
CNN: Spreading Radical Islam in Britain"Nic Robertson reports on a radical Islamic fringe active in Europe and close to al Qaeda."
Immigrants to get 100,000 kroner incentive to leave DenmarkThe Danish People's Party (DF) has strengthened its immigration stance by securing an agreement to pay 'anti-social' foreigners 100,000 kroner to leave Denmark.
Everyone in Britain could be given a personal 'carbon allowance'Lord Smith of Finsbury believes that implementing individual carbon allowances for every person will be the most effective way of meeting the targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Who Is a Jew? Court Ruling in Britain Raises QuestionLONDON — The questions before the judges in Courtroom No. 1 of Britain's Supreme Court were as ancient and as complex as Judaism itself.
Nuclear workers asked to spy on colleagues' lives'Orwellian' moves aimed at reducing blackmail risk
Geithner: need stimulus, not financial transactions tax: Thomson Reuters Business News - MSN MoneyGeithner says that the US favors stimulus over financial transaction taxes, whereas Britain says that a transaction fee should be charged and the funds used for future bank failures and bail outs. Canada is supporting the US position at the G20.
Pressure builds for radical reform of British tax system to tackle wealth inequalityA fierce debate within the government on how to tackle entrenched wealth inequality – possibly through a high pay commission or a tax on assets – is to be ignited by a report ordered by Harriet Harman, the Labour deputy leader and the minister responsible for equalities.
(IN UK) Islamists who want to destroy the state get £100,000 fundingLeading members of a group that wants to bring down the British state and replace it with a dictatorship under Islamic law have secured more than £100,000 of taxpayers' money for a chain of schools.
Brits put Cold War bunker on preservation listA 20-year-old U.S. built bunker left obsolete by the fall of the Berlin Wall has joined world-famous landmarks on Britain's fabled list of historic gems.
Minister admits: we got it wrong on immigrationThe Home Secretary admitted yesterday that the Government had made mistakes in its handling of immigration and had overreacted to the 7/7 bombings in London.
Muslim mother hid 'terrorist encylopedia' in memory stick, in burka, but was caught when it fell outA mother-of-six radicalised in Jihadist Internet chat rooms tried to smuggle 'a mini encyclopedia of weapons making' into Britain concealed under her burka. Moroccan-born Houria Chahed Chentouf had tied a computer memory stick containing over 7,000 files useful to a terrorist in …
Driven to Distraction - Britain Sets Tough New Laws for Texting While DrivingOXFORD, England — Inside the imposing British Crown Court here, Phillipa Curtis, 22, and her parents cried as she was remanded for 21 months to a high-security women's prison, for killing someone much like herself.
Revealed: Lockerbie bomber defies doctors' prediction of deathThe disclosure will reignite the row over the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds despite his conviction for the murder of 270 people when Pan Am flight 103 exploded in mid-air over Lockerbie in 1988.
Mehdi Hasan, UK New Statesman: "There's nothing to debate about racism"Describes current utterly unacceptable "justifications" of racism in UK: "But, to borrow a phrase from John Major, on the issue of race and the rise of the far right, it is time to condemn a little more and understand a little less. "
Britain out in the cold as US exits recession - America joins Japan, China, Germany and France in return to growthGordon Brown is facing growing embarrassment over Britain's recovery after it became the world's only major economy still in recession as America returned to growth in the third quarter.
Buckingham Mosque ...what Fanatics Want To Call The Palace A FANATICAL Muslim group campaigning to impose sharia law on Britain wants to turn Buckingham Palace into a mosque, it was revealed last night.
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