BRISTOL (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown and David Cameron sought on Thursday to fend off a surprise challenge from the Liberal Democrats in a lively TV debate, but there was no undisputed winner.
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Heat on Clegg in election debate
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan great Ibrahim Hussein Kipkemboi believes the men’s world record will be broken in Sunday’s London Marathon.
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Kenyan great predicts world record in London Marathon
LONDON (Reuters) - British government borrowing was slightly lower than expected in March, but still suffered its worst year since World War Two after the public purse bore the brunt of the country’s deepest recession since the 1930s.
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Gov’t borrowing worst since WW2 despite undershoot
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s largest insider dealing investigation looked at 50 cases of possible market abuse before focussing on the trades in 12 UK-listed companies, a UK court heard on Thursday.
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UK insider dealing probe eyed 50 cases-prosecution
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has suspended non-essential flights of its Typhoon fighter jets to make safety checks after ash from an Icelandic volcano was found on some planes, the Ministry of Defence said Thursday.
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Air Force limits flights after ash found on planes
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Fallout from the Catholic child sex abuse scandal spread across Europe on Thursday as the Vatican retired an Irish bishop, a German offered to step down and prelates in England and Wales apologised for the “terrible crimes” of priests.
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Catholic sex abuse scandal fallout spreads in Europe
LONDON (Reuters) - Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg experienced the downside of his new popularity on Thursday when Conservative-supporting newspapers savaged him.
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Lib Dem leader faces furious media backlash
LONDON (Reuters) - Drug companies have lost a legal battle against schemes promoted by Britain’s state health service that encourage doctors to prescribe cheaper medicines.
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Drugmakers lose fight over cheap medicines
LONDON (Reuters) - Wigan Athletic’s French midfielder Charles N’Zogbia has been arrested over suspicion that he arranged for someone else to take part of his driving test for him, police said on Thursday.
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Footballer held over alleged driving test scam
LONDON (Reuters) - The Liberal Democrats have doubled their projected vote share in Labour-held marginal constituencies but the swing comes mainly from voters who were previously not sure they would vote, a poll showed on Thursday.
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LibDems surge in decisive election seats-poll
LONDON (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur are claiming a million pounds from Portsmouth for Bosnian goalkeeper Asmir Begovic, even though he never signed for the London club and is now at Premier League rivals Stoke City.
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Tottenham want Pompey to pay up for Begovic non-transfer
LONDON (Reuters) - Crime in England and Wales fell last year with the risk of being a victim the lowest in almost 30 years, official figures showed on Thursday.
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Burglary, robbery and vandalism fall
LONDON (Reuters) - The London home of Conservative defence spokesman Liam Fox has been burgled and his car stolen, a spokesman for his party said on Thursday.
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Conservative Liam Fox’s house burgled
LONDON (Reuters) - Liberal Democrats’ leader criticised what he called “ludicrous” warnings by Conservatives on Thursday of market turmoil if a May 6 election returns a hung parliament, with no party having a majority.
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Lib Dems dismiss Conservative’s vote warning
LONDON (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur have given Manchester United a huge lift by beating Arsenal and Chelsea in their last two games but Alex Ferguson’s side will hope that a more historical formline prevails at Old Trafford on Saturday.
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Man Utd seek to extend Spurs stranglehold
LONDON (Reuters) - Nick Clegg party faces a tough challenge on Thursday to cement his unexpected surge in support when he enters a second televised election debate focussed on foreign policy.
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Lib Dems have tougher fight in second debate
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should look again at a decision to spend billions updating its nuclear weapons, four former senior military commanders said on Wednesday, supporting the party that may hold the balance of power after an election.
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Generals thrust nuclear issue into election campaign
LONDON (Reuters) - “Modfather” Paul Weller, formerly of The Jam and The Style Council fame, could be heading for his sixth number one album in the British charts, according to midweek sales data from the Official Charts Company.
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Weller on course for 6th no.1 album
LONDON (Reuters) - David Cameron had an egg thrown at him at an election event in Cornwall on Wednesday and later joked it was “the first of the campaign.”
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Hoodie throws egg at Cameron
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reopened all its airspace at 2100 GMT (8:00 p.m. British time) on Tuesday, the first time in five days that aircraft were able to fly to and from all airports after closures caused by an ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano.
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Britain reopens all its airspace
NEW YORK (Reuters) - David and Siobhan Monteith are celebrating a longer-than-expected honeymoon in New York, in a bed-and-breakfast in Harlem that has opened its doors to Europeans stranded by Iceland’s volcanic ash cloud.
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UK travellers stranded by volcano find room in New York
COQUELLES, France (Reuters) - Eurotunnel SA, the operator of the Channel tunnel, expects Deutsche Bahn trains to run between London and the continent by the start of the London Olympics of 2012.
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Eurotunnel sees D. Bahn trains to London by 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - A new exhibition at London’s British Museum unites arguably the world’s two greatest collections of Renaissance drawings and underlines their growing importance to artists throughout the 15th century.
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Show unites great Renaissance drawing collections
LONDON (Reuters) - Romantic weepie “Dear John” has ended the Titans’ two-week run at the top of the box office — but only just.
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"Dear John" tops box office
LONDON (Reuters) - The boyfriend of Baby P’s mother, jailed last year for causing the death of the toddler, lost his bid on Tuesday to appeal against a conviction for the rape of a two-year-old girl.
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Man convicted of Baby P death loses rape appeal
LONDON (Reuters) - Britons are being asked if people should get cash incentives to donate eggs and sperm, and whether the funeral expenses of organ donors should be paid in a bid to address a severe shortage in supply.
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Britons to consider paying organ donors
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Olympic gold medallist Sammy Wanjiru’s hopes of defending his London Marathon title have been boosted by the news that race organisers have arranged for a private plane to pick him up from Kenya, he said Tuesday.
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London Marathon organisers to airlift top Kenyans
LONDON (Reuters) - The Liberal Democrats turned their fire on the banking industry on Tuesday, seeking to build on a surge in support that has thrown next month’s election wide open.
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Lib Dems target banks to build on momentum
LONDON (Reuters) - Much of Britain’s airspace will remain closed to flights below 20,000 feet (6,000 metres) due to ongoing fears about the danger posed by volcanic ash from Iceland, aviation officials said on Tuesday.
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Much of UK airspace to remain closed
PARIS (Reuters) - Total needs to sell its Lindsey refinery in Britain, the oil company’s chief told French radio Europe 1 on Tuesday.
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Total CEO says needs to sell UK refinery
LONDON (Reuters) - The Liberal Democrats have pushed the Labour Party into third place, according to an opinion poll on Monday that suggests no single party will win the May 6 election outright.
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LibDems push Labour into third - poll
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran wants $300,000 (197,000 pounds) in compensation from the British Museum over its failure to lend the Islamic Republic an ancient Persian treasure, state television reported.
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Iran wants $300,000 in British Museum antiquity row
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday European funds should be made available to compensate airlines and other travel firms who have lost millions of dollars in revenue from the closure of airspace because of a volcanic ash cloud.
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UK says airlines should get volcanic ash cash aid
CARDIFF (Reuters) - The Liberal Democrats, enjoying a surge in support ahead of next month’s election, set out plans on Monday for a 3.1 billion pound investment in wind power and energy conservation.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said Sunday it was considering using the Royal Navy and requisitioning merchant ships to ferry home citizens stranded abroad by the closure of much of European airspace because of volcanic ash.
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UK may use navy to bring home stranded citizens
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s rattled main parties turned their fire on the smaller Liberal Democrats on Sunday after an opinion poll showed it surging into a shock lead weeks before a national election.
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LibDem surge throws election wide open
LEEDS, England (Reuters) - Some public sector workers are switching support to the Conservatives in Britain’s May 6 election despite the huge extra resources the Labour Party has poured into education and health.
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Conservatives win some public workers for vote
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The Irish Aviation Authority said it had extended the closure of Irish airspace to commercial traffic until 1 p.m. BST on Sunday because of the volcanic ash cloud over Europe.
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Ireland extends airspace closure to Sunday
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways said on Saturday it had extended the cancellation of flights to and from Britain on Sunday to all long-haul flights.
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British Airways cancels Sunday’s long-haul flights
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, starting a trip to Malta overshadowed by the sexual abuse scandal sweeping Roman Catholicism, said on Saturday that the Church had been “wounded by our sins.”
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - A stoppage-time goal from Paul Scholes earned Manchester United a dramatic 1-0 win at Manchester City on Saturday.
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Late Scholes goal earns United dramatic victory
LONDON (Reuters) - Most flights over Britain will remain grounded until at least 7 a.m.
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UK extends flight restrictions till Sunday morning
LONDON (Reuters) - Labour was pushed into third place by the Liberal Democrats after the country’s first televised leaders’ debate, the latest opinion poll showed on Friday.
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Labour pushed into third after leaders’ debate
LONDON (Reuters) - A huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano spreading out across Europe is causing air travel chaos on a scale unseen since the September 11 attacks and costing airlines hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Volcanic ash grounds flights across much of Europe
LONDON (Reuters) - Jockey’s cap, clam shells and velvet rhombuses stitch together the tales of 19th century women convicts sent to Australia, modern-day male prisoners, the persecuted and the privileged alongside a couple of Britain’s most famous artists in a new show.
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Life’s journeys stitched up in London quilt show
LONDON (Reuters) - Flights over England and Wales will remain grounded until 7 a.m. on Saturday at the earliest, aviation officials said on Friday.
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Flight ban for much of UK extended into Saturday
LONDON (Reuters) - Support for the Liberal Democrats jumped after a historic television debate in which leader Nick Clegg emerged as a clear winner with viewers, a poll for the programme said on Friday.
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LibDem support jumps after TV debate
LONDON (Reuters) - He is related to the queen, went to Britain’s most exclusive school and married into the aristocracy, yet prime ministerial candidate David Cameron has largely avoided a “class war” during election campaigning.
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Gilded past may be no barrier to Cameron in vote
LONDON (Reuters) - Most constituencies plan to count votes as soon as polls close in next month’s election, meaning the outcome should be clear by breakfast time on Friday May 7.
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Most seats to count votes as soon as polls close
LONDON (Reuters) - A huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano caused air travel chaos across Europe and beyond on Friday, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded.
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Volcanic ash turns northern Europe into no-fly zone
LONDON (Reuters) - The British Chiropractic Association said on Thursday it had dropped a libel case against a science writer which campaigners said had threatened to muzzle scientific debate.
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Chiropractors drop science writer libel case
LONDON (Reuters) - Energy efficiency specialist Eaga said uncertainty over future policy ahead of the hotly contested general election had hit demand from some customers although it expects a pick-up after the vote.
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Eaga says demand hit by election
ROME (Reuters) - England manager Fabio Capello has exonerated Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson of blame for Wayne Rooney’s latest injury setback.
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Capello has no beef with Ferguson over Rooney
LONDON (Reuters) - It is not often that an end-of-season Manchester derby is more important to City than United but Saturday’s clash could go a long way to deciding whether the home side can break up England’s big four.
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City ambitions give Manchester derby unusual edge
LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have mastered a controversial technique using cloning technology to prevent some incurable inherited diseases by swapping DNA between two fertilised human eggs.
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DNA egg swap prevents rare diseases in babies
LONDON (Reuters) - An inquiry cleared British climate researchers of wrongdoing on Wednesday after their hacked emails were leaked and held up by sceptics as evidence they exaggerated the case for man-made global warming.
LONDON (Reuters) - If you think a hung parliament would be the worst outcome of the May 6 election, think again.
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Vote for hung parliament, says campaign group
LONDON (Reuters) - A prisoner who suffered catastrophic brain damage after he fell from an upper bunk bed during a seizure in jail has been awarded compensation worth 4.7 million pounds.
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Prisoner awarded £4.7 million for brain damage
LONDON (Reuters) - The Liberal Democrats take centre stage on Wednesday when they launch a manifesto that will be scrutinised for clues to what they would do if next month’s election produces an inconclusive outcome.
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LibDems get rare spot centre stage
BELFAST (Reuters) - A car bomb planted outside a Northern Ireland police station by dissident republicans was defused on Tuesday, police said, a day after a bomb exploded near the headquarters of the British intelligence services.
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Bomb defused in Northern Ireland
LONDON (Reuters) - Businessman Alan Sugar, famous for his “You’re fired!” catchphrase on television show “The Apprentice,” has donated 400,000 pounds to Labour, a party spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Businessman Alan Sugar gives Labour £400,000
LONDON (Reuters) - Two bankers who said they had been unfairly dismissed by Nomura because they were women and because they were not Japanese had their claims thrown out by a London court on Tuesday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Turn on the radio in Britain these days and you could hear an advert for a job in the shadowy world of intelligence: it’s an unusual bid by the country’s spy service to shed its image as stuffy, macho and upper-class.
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Spies seek spotlight to increase diversity
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Tuesday Pope Benedict was willing to meet more sexual abuse victims but not under media pressure and scoffed at calls that the pope should be arrested when he visits Britain in September.
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Vatican scoffs at idea of arresting pope in Britain
LONDON (Reuters) - The Conservatives pledged to cap immigration on Tuesday and were warned by a business organisation this could cut productivity and damage London’s global competitiveness. Launching their election manifesto, the Conservatives, who have claimed the backing of several prominent business leaders during the campaign, promised to impose an annual limit on the numbers of non-EU economic migrants allowed to work in Britain
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Conservatives propose immigration cap
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Tuesday three former Labour MPs accused of fiddling their parliamentary expenses will have to pay back the publicly funded legal aid they are to receive to help pay for their defence.
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Brown: expense case MPs must repay legal aid
LONDON (Reuters) - “Clash of the Titans” has held on to top spot in the British box office charts for a second week, according to Screen International on Tuesday.
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"Titans" stays top of box office
LONDON (Reuters) - A former nightclub doorman appeared in court on Tuesday charged with murdering schoolgirl Milly Dowler eight years ago in one of Britain’s most high-profile unsolved crimes.
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Man in court accused of Milly Dowler murder
LONDON (Reuters) - Banks should not be allowed to pay cash bonuses of more than 2,500 pounds, with bank directors being personally fined if they break guidelines on pay, the nation’s third biggest political party said on Tuesday.
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Lib Dems promise tough action on bank bonuses
LONDON (Reuters) - The centuries-old rivalry between England and Scotland has been fought out on the fields of battle and sport, but in the production of whisky the Scots have always claimed bragging rights — until, that is, the English Whisky Company (EWC) showed up.
LONDON (Reuters) - The Conservatives said on Tuesday they would safeguard Britain’s top-notch credit rating with a plan to eliminate the bulk of the structural deficit over the lifetime of the next parliament.
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Conservatives pledge to protect credit rating
CHINGFORD, England (Reuters) - A scandal over expenses claimed by legislators has tainted the perception of all politicians among many voters, undermining the Conservatives’ message they offer genuine change.
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Conservatives must overcome post-scandal apathy
LONDON (Reuters) - The Conservatives will on Tuesday promise to cut the budget deficit, reduce state interference and empower local communities if they win a May 6 election.
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Conservatives lay out policy blueprint
LONDON (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, whose voice is featured on an album of music from the Vatican, was nominated on Monday for a Classical Brit Award.
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - The Labour Party wants to make it easier for supporters’ groups to buy stakes in the country’s football teams if it wins an election next month.
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Labour’s pledge to football fan clubs
LONDON (Reuters) - Leading National Hunt trainer Howard Johnson had a gun put to his head as armed men burst into his home in northern England and took 100,000 pounds, police said on Monday.
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Trainer Johnson robbed at gunpoint
LONDON (Reuters) - The Liberal Democrats, said on Monday it had no plans to raise the VAT sales tax to help deal with the country’s record budget deficit.
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LibDems: no reason to raise VAT sales tax
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - A week that began with Tiger Woods making his highly anticipated return to competition ended Sunday when Phil Mickelson wrapped up an emotional three-shot victory at the U.S. Masters
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Emotions run high as Mickelson wins Masters
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland’s construction sector is still shrinking, but the rate of decline has reached its slowest since October 2007, a survey showed on Monday.
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Irish construction declines at slower rate - survey
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson birdied four of the last seven holes to win his fourth major title, and a third Green Jacket, by three shots at the U.S. Masters on Sunday.
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Mickelson overhauls Westwood to win Masters
LONDON (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp refused to blame the Wembley Stadium pitch for his team’s shock 2-0 defeat to Portsmouth in Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final but described it as a “disgrace.”
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No excuses but Wembley pitch is a disgrace, says Redknapp
LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United suffered a third major blow in eight days on Sunday when a 0-0 draw at Blackburn Rovers damaged their hopes of claiming a fourth consecutive Premier League title.
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Blackburn hold Manchester United to draw
LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays will back a 300 million pounds refinancing at Liverpool that will lead to the sale of the Premier League club, The Sunday Times has reported.
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Barclays to back Liverpool refinancing - report
LONDON (Reuters) - The Conservatives narrowly extended their lead over the ruling Labour Party in the opening days of the election race, but polls on Sunday cast doubt on whether they will return to power after 13 years.
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Election on course for stalemate - polls
AINTREE, England (Reuters) - Tony McCoy broke his Grand National jinx at last Saturday with an emotional victory on 10-1 joint favourite Don’t Push It.
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McCoy wins Grand National at last
AINTREE, England (Reuters) - Irish jockey Ruby Walsh will miss the ride on Grand National favourite Big Fella Thanks after suffering a suspected broken left arm in an earlier race at Aintree on Saturday, his father Ted Walsh said.
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Injured Walsh out of Grand National
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Gunmen in Ethiopia have killed a British geologist working for state-run Malaysian energy firm Petronas and two soldiers protecting him, an Ethiopian government spokesman said on Friday.
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British geologist shot dead in Ethiopia
LONDON (Reuters) - Parents whose disabled eight-year-old daughter accidentally hanged herself after being locked in her “revolting and squalid” bedroom each night were each jailed for a year on Friday.
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Pair jailed after neglected daughter hangs herself
MACHYNLLETH, Wales (Reuters) - In a remote, rain-soaked former quarry in Wales, environmentalists are putting the finishing touches to a plan to tackle climate change by weaning Britain off fossil fuels within 20 years.
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Eco-centre sets sights on carbon-free Britain
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German woman arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle a corpse onto a plane says her husband was still alive when they reached Liverpool airport.
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Corpse was still alive at airport, wife says
LONDON (Reuters) - Blur will release its first single for seven years later this month, although only 1,000 copies of the limited edition vinyl record will go on sale, NME music magazine reported on Friday.
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Blur to release first new single for seven years
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Thursday the Conservative Party’s tax plans did not add up, seeking to regain the initiative on the top election issue after business leaders backed the opposition.
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Brown defends tax plans after business rebels
LONDON (Reuters) - Fulham, languishing in the lowest division only 13 years ago, marched into the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday to keep their Cinderella story on course for a fairy-tale ending.
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Fulham’s Cinderella story closer to fairy-tale finish
LONDON (Reuters) - Michael Caine, the movie actor loved by generations of Britons for his roles in cult classics like “The Italian Job” and “Get Carter,” put in a different kind of performance on Thursday when he waded into politics.
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Political Job for Caine as he backs Tories
CHATHAM, England (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s 10-year stint as Chancellor was seen as a potential vote-winner for Labour by workers travelling into London from a key southeast constituency on Thursday.
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Voters in key marginal like PM’s experience
LONDON (Reuters) - The job market outside London is still mired in recession, Britain’s biggest recruitment firm Hays warned, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s hopes of a recovery ahead of the May 6 election.
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Firms warn job market very tough outside London
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday the Conservative Party’s tax plans did not add up, seeking to take the initiative on an issue dominating campaigning in the run up to the May 6 election.
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Wayne Rooney re-injured his ankle on Wednesday after making a surprise return as Manchester United were knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Champions League by Bayern Munich.
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Rooney suffers burst blood vessel in ankle
LONDON (Reuters) - Britons are likely to face an unusually long wait to learn the outcome of what is expected to be the closest parliamentary election in almost two decades.
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Britain faces long wait to learn election outcome
LONDON (Reuters) - A record 5,000 drugs tests will be carried out at the 2012 London Olympics, Games organisers said on Wednesday.
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Record number of drug tests planned at London Games