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European lottery officials say two British ticketholders have shared a jackpot of 90 million pounds ($150 million) — the largest lottery prizes ever paid out in the United Kingdom.
The British government is holding a fire sale of public assets including the undersea Channel rail link to raise 16 billion pounds ($25 billion) as Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned on Monday that the country is "only halfway there" in overcoming the recession.
On Sept. 30, the U.S. Department of Transportation convenes its Distracted Driving Summit to discuss ways to deal with what many say is a deadly, technological modern-day threat and a growing social health issue.
Scotland's separatist government said Thursday that it would push for a referendum on independence from the United Kingdom next year — a proposal unlikely to go far because the nationalists are outnumbered in Scotland's parliament.
KBR Inc. formed a new business group to serve customers in North America, the Middle East, United Kingdom and Australia.
A former California priest extradited from the U.S. appeared in a British court Saturday, charged with sexually abusing young boys.
Nepal's prime minister on Monday thanked "Absolutely Fabulous" actress Joanna Lumley for her outspoken campaign to give thousands of Gurkha war veterans and their families the right to settle in Britain.
Gross mortgage lending in the United Kingdom rose by 17 percent in June compared to the previous month but still lagged at about half of year-ago levels, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said Monday.
PGA Tour television coverage in the United Kingdom will continue under an agreement with Eurosport to broadcast the remaining tournaments on the 2009 schedule.
Unemployment in the United Kingdom rose to 7.2 percent in the three months ending in April, official figures showed Wednesday, as the recession pushed the number of people out of work to a 12-year high.
A Canadian pension fund is sweetening its bid for Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group, a communications network company with operations in Australia and the United Kingdom. The Australian company's independent directors are supporting the deal.
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that a former Catholic priest suspected of abusing altar boys in the United Kingdom can be extradited to face trial there.
The Federal Reserve has expanded credit lines with the central banks of Japan, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and European Union that will provide foreign currency to U.S. banks — if needed.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will be leaving this morning on a trip that will take them to the United Kingdom and eventually to four other countries.
A judge sentenced a Canadian man to 10 1/2 years in prison Thursday for plotting with a group of British Muslims to bomb buildings and natural gas lines in the United Kingdom.
British officials barred a far-right Dutch lawmaker from entering the country when he flew in Thursday, citing his anti-Islamic views in an order that has touched off a wide-ranging debate in the United Kingdom about the limits of free speech.
Chemicals maker Huntsman Corp. said Thursday it will cut 1,175 jobs, close a plant in the United Kingdom and slash capital spending to reduce costs as demand for its products falls amid the recession.
Optimism in Britain's manufacturing sector has slid to a near 30-year low despite the falling pound, while the car industry continues to suffer amid plummeting demand, business leaders said Thursday.
Toyota's domestic production in 2009 will likely drop by 25 percent from the previous year, hit by sinking demand amid a deepening global recession, a report said Monday.
A Canadian accused of plotting with a group of British Muslims to bomb buildings and natural gas lines in the United Kingdom was convicted Wednesday of financing and facilitating terrorism.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that the world economic downturn is likely to cause a recession in the United Kingdom.
Britain's government is showing off an ID card it says will soon be compulsory for non-European nationals working in the United Kingdom.
Authorities in the United Kingdom are investigating potential antitrust violations involving an unnamed Procter & Gamble Co. subsidiary, the consumer products company said Thursday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama plans to visit the Middle East and Europe this summer, taking time off from campaigning in the United States in an effort to boost his foreign policy credentials.
Son Who Stabbed Burglar Finds Himself Charged With MurderOmari Roberts, 23, was widely praised after tackling Tyler Juett, 17, and a 14-year-old accomplice when he caught them breaking into his mother's home.
Britain bins £12bn of food and drink every year, report revealsMore than £12bn worth of food and drink that could have been consumed is thrown out every year by householders, according to new figures today that reveal the scale of the UK's food waste mountain.
Legislation to access public's texts and emails put on holdPlans for a £2bn Home Office surveillance project to track details of everyone's email, mobile phone, text and internet use have been put on hold after a consultation raised concerns over its technical feasibility, costs and privacy safeguards.
Age, not menopause, to blame for broken bonesNew research from the Australian National University in Canberra shows women who experience early menopause do not have an increased risk of hip fractures later in life.
Thatcher's son may face court over coupSir Mark Thatcher, son of the former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, has revealed he became an informer for the South African Secret Service in a desperate bid to avoid being prosecuted for his role in a bungled coup in Equatorial Guinea.
Seafarers' disease: Scurvy on rise among children due to lack of vitamin C in dietScurvy is making a comeback among England's children.
Fugitive gives own mug shot to newspaperA British man on the run from police sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he disliked the mug shot they had printed of him as part of a public appeal to track him down.
(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.
Psychic 'leads' prompt murder inquiry A police force has defended spending £20,000 investigating a man's death after his ghost was said to have told psychics that gangsters had forced him to drink petrol and bleach.
Lessons learned as the Box returnsAfter a little over 12 months and more than 50,000 miles the BBC Box is back in the UK at Television Centre in west London.
Bloodhound engineers test-fire rocket for supersonic carA team of British engineers have fired up the rocket that they hope will propel their car to speeds in excess of 1,000mph, smashing the land speed record.
Mum challenges council spy powersA mother-of-three has branded a council "ludicrous and completely outrageous" as she took the authority to court for using controversial powers to spy on her family.
Britain is 'designer drugs' capital of Europe, says EU agencyBritain has become the online "designer drugs" capital of Europe with more than a third of all internet retailers that sell "legal highs" based in the UK, according to a report from the European Union's drug agency.
Amateur 'stunned' after £1m findAn Iron Age treasure hoard unearthed by a metal-detecting amateur has been unveiled.
Firefighters Rescue Dog With Its Head Stuck in Tumble Dryer Vent"A DOG had to be rescued by firefighters in St Neots after it got its head stuck in a tumble dryer vent in a brick wall" on Tuesday, November 3, 2009.
Obama and the U.S. Strategy of Buying Time Making sense of U.S. President Barack Obama's strategy at this moment is difficult.
Tories will scrap 'pre-crime' vettingAn incoming Conservative government would take steps to cut the vetting database down to size and would balk at 'pre-crime' behavioural vetting techniques.
Aspirin 'Only for Heart Patients' The use of aspirin to ward off heart attacks and strokes in those who do not have obvious cardiovascular disease should be abandoned, researchers say.
Professor David Nutt sacked after claims that ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than alcoholProfessor David Nutt, the government's chief drug adviser, has been sacked a day after claiming that ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than alcohol.
Why New Labour is so dopey on cannabisThere are plenty of good reasons to legalise cannabis: prohibition has done nothing to limit its use; there's little evidence to suggest it's any more damaging to one's health than other legal drugs; and it ought to be up to people themselves to decide how best to live thei …
Police must crack down on these prolific offendersIT IS often said that law and order has broken down in modern Britain.
Shocking toll of drug use by Scots childrenMORE than 2,000 Scottish children as young as 10 have been treated for alcohol and drug addiction in the past five years, it was revealed yesterday.
David Nutt's sacking provokes mass revolt against Alan JohnsonThe home secretary faces mass resignations from the government's drug advisory body over his decision to force out its chairman, who accused ministers of distorting scientific evidence on cannabis.
Pensioner Trapped Alone in Ambulance for Five Hours After Being ForgottenA man "was abandoned inside an ambulance for more than five hours after the . . . driver forgot about him and went home." The man was apparently in the ambulance for hours during the evening of October 27, 2009 and the early morning of October 28, 2009.
Father uses son's ashes in tattooA father from Herefordshire is to have a portrait of his dead son tattooed on his chest using the child's ashes.
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