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
LONDON (Reuters) - An increasing number of British farmers say they are unaffected by climate change, a survey found on Friday.
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Most UK farmers say not feeling climate change
LONDON (Reuters) - Voting in the Thirsk and Malton constituency in north Yorkshire has been delayed until three weeks after the general election following the death of the UK Independence Party candidate, an official said on Thursday.
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UKIP death causes vote delay in Yorkshire seat
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Award-winning Irish author John Banville has always been highly critical of his own writing, but with the publication of his latest crime novel, he says he loves himself. Well, sort of.
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Irish author Banville loves being Black
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
LONDON (Reuters) - Catholic bishops in England and Wales apologised Thursday for the child abuse scandals that have hit the church worldwide, saying “terrible crimes” were committed and the response from some leaders was inadequate.
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Catholics in England and Wales offer abuse apology
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) - 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) - A top court has rejected a final appeal by Winterflood, the brokerage arm of merchant bank Close Brothers, against a fine for market abuse.
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Court rejects Winterflood market abuse appeal
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) - 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 needs a radical reassessment of defence strategy, a survey showed on Thursday, reflecting anxiety about budget cuts, military over-reach abroad and the country’s nuclear capability.
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Britain needs global defence role rethink - survey
LONDON (Reuters) - The Liberal Democrat leader on Wednesday denied any wrongdoing over reports party donors paid money directly into his bank account.
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Clegg denies wrongdoing over payments
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland’s financial regulator has eased its restrictions on Quinn Insurance Ltd (QIL) to write motor cover for provisional driver licence holders in the United Kingdom.
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Ireland’s regulator eases some Quinn restrictions
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) - Headteachers have confirmed that a boycott of national SATs exams taken by 11-year-old primary school children in England will go ahead, two of the largest education unions said on Wednesday.
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Unions confirm SATs exams boycott to go ahead
LONDON (Reuters) - An eclectic group ranging from a former MEP to a bus driver and a tabloid newspaper columnist will fight as independent candidates in the upcoming election, aiming to win support from Britons fed up with the main parties.
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Independents hope to upset election party
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
LONDON (Reuters) - The Liberal Democrats have “fundamental disagreements” with the Labour Party and would not rush into any post-election alliance, the party’s economy spokesman Vince Cable said on Tuesday.
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Lib Dems say will not fall into Labour’s arms
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
LONDON (Reuters) - The Conservative party received more than 1.46 million pounds during the first week of the election campaign, almost double that given to the Labour party, the Electoral Commission said on Tuesday.
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Donors flock to Conservatives in first election week
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) - Rapper Dizzee Rascal and singer Lily Allen were each nominated twice on Tuesday for Ivor Novello awards honouring songwriting.
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Lily Allen, Dizzee Rascal lead shortlist for Ivors
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) - Likened to a pit bull by triumphant McLaren team mate Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton is looking for a less combative way back to the top in Formula One.
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"Pit bull" Hamilton looks for easier route to top
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
LONDON (Reuters) - Punk pioneer Malcolm McLaren’s funeral will be held in London on Thursday, his son said on Monday. The former manager of the 1970s punk band Sex Pistols and ex-partner of fashion designer Vivienne Westwood died earlier this month aged 64 of a rare form of cancer
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Malcolm McLaren to be buried on Thursday
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
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The stark statistics on Ireland’s more than 22,000 travellers have compelled many to take up the cause of a community that tends to be marginalised and short of work.
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Playwright gives voice to Irish travellers
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) - British airspace will remain closed to flights until 1 a.m. on Tuesday at the earliest because of the danger posed by clouds of volcanic ash from Iceland, UK aviation officials said.
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British airspace to stay closed until Tuesday
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
LONDON (Reuters) - British airspace will be closed to flights until at least 7 a.m. BST (0600 GMT) Monday because of the danger posed by clouds of volcanic ash from Iceland, UK aviation officials said Sunday
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UK extends airspace closure to 7 a.m. BST Monday
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
LONDON (Reuters) - Two people have been arrested over the murder of a 16-year-old girl in London who was shot in the neck at a fast-food restaurant, police said on Sunday.
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Two arrested over teenage girl’s murder
LONDON (Reuters) - The Liberal Democrats overtook the Conservatives and ruling Labour for the first time in an opinion poll published on Saturday.
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Liberal Democrats surge to opinion poll lead
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.”
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) - 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) - Head teachers have voted to boycott national SATs exams taken by 11-year-old primary school children in England, two of the largest education unions said on Friday.
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Head teachers vote to boycott SATs exams
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) - 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
BARKING, England (Reuters) - Step out on the streets of the rundown suburban town of Barking on the fringes of East London and you will find a fierce debate raging on the issue of immigration.
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Migrant issue may haunt main parties
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
MANCHESTER (Reuters) - Nick Clegg, a rank outsider to become next prime minister, upstaged the two main candidates in an unprecedented televised debate on Thursday, according to snap polls of viewers.
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Outsider Clegg judged winner in first TV debate
MANCHESTER (Reuters) - Host to the first TV debate between prime ministerial candidates, Manchester was the political capital of Britain on Thursday — but politicians were far from flavour of the month on the streets.
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Mancunians jaded as election circus comes to town
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
LONDON (Reuters) - The Conservatives lead the Labour government by 12 points in key seats which they must win to clinch the election, the Daily Telegraph reported on Thursday.
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Conservatives ahead in key seats
LONDON (Reuters) - A new era in British politics begins on Thursday with the first televised debate between the main candidates for prime minister.
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Candidates face high-stakes TV debate
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) - Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer warned Wednesday that the balance between defending civil liberties and national security was in danger of “getting out of kilter” and could damage efforts to stop future attacks.
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Terrorism cop makes civil liberties warning
LONDON (Reuters) - Clothing retailer Primark has stopped selling padded bikini bras for girls as young as seven following criticism in a tabloid newspaper and concerns raised by politicians ahead of a general election.
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Primark withdraws sale of girls padded bikinis
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
LONDON (Reuters) - The regenerations of Time Lord Doctor Who were modelled on the “horrifying” side effects of drug-induced trips, according to archived documents published by the BBC.
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Was LSD an influence on Doctor Who?
LONDON (Reuters) - The Conservatives would seek to limit government intervention in business should they win the May 6 election, the party’s business spokesman told the Financial Times.
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Conservatives vow to limit intervention
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.
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) - 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
LONDON (Reuters) - Three former Labour MPs accused of fiddling their parliamentary expenses have been awarded publicly-funded legal aid to pay for their defence in their upcoming court cases, officials said on Monday.
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MPs accused of fiddling expenses get legal aid
LONDON (Reuters) - NAAFI Tea, created in 1921 for the British armed forces, goes on sale for the first time on the High Street this week to help raise money for troops injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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NAAFI tea to go on sale in the High Street
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
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - The Labour Party said on Monday it would not jeopardise a fragile economic recovery with “reckless cuts to public spending this year.”
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Labour says to support recovery, police takeovers
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Britain’s Lee Westwood fell just short of a first major title with a runner-up finish at the U.S. Masters but took strength from a knowing counsellor on Sunday.
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Westwood heartened by runner-up finish at Masters
LONDON (Reuters) - A bomb exploded on Monday outside British army barracks in Holywood, County Down, a police spokeswoman said.
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Bomb explodes outside army barracks in Northern Ireland
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
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) - British author and atheist campaigner Richard Dawkins will try to have Pope Benedict arrested to face questions over the Catholic church’s child abuse scandal when he visits Britain later this year, one of his lawyers said on Sunday.
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British campaigners threaten pope with arrest
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
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He might have been just another young Hollywood actor on the rise, but Jonathan Rhys Meyers chose to become a king — on TV. And doing so, the actor said, changed his life.
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Being a "Tudors" king changed Jonathan Rhys Meyers
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) - British tour guides who introduce visitors to the tale of the 19th century farm workers who inspired the trade union movement have gone on “strike.”
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Guides to trade union history go on "strike"
LONDON (Reuters) - Labour fired a parliamentary candidate on Friday over offensive comments he posted on Twitter, embarrassing Prime Minister Gordon Brown ahead of next month’s election.
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Labour fires candidate over Twitter outbursts
LONDON (Reuters) - British fashion designers including Dame Vivienne Westwood and William Tempest have transformed Princess Diana’s former home into an “Enchanted Palace.”
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Diana’s former home becomes the "enchanted palace"
LONDON (Reuters) - Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis appealed to Liberal Democrat supporters on Friday to vote tactically to ensure the election of a Labour government, saying the policies of the two parties were largely the same.
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Labour’s Adonis woos Lib Dem voters
LONDON (Reuters) - The Liberal Democrats, seeking to expand their modest parliamentary foothold in London and confirm their role as potential kingmakers in May’s election, are targeting the capital’s poorest suburbs.
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Lib Dems target Labour heartlands in London
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) - The Duchess of Cornwall has broken her left leg while hill walking in Scotland, the office of her husband Prince Charles said on Thursday.
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Duchess of Cornwall breaks leg while hill walking
LONDON (Reuters) - Patrol staff at the AA vehicle breakdown service will begin a series of strikes in a dispute over pensions on a holiday weekend just days before the May 6 election, their union said on Thursday.
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Union sets date for first AA patrol strike
LONDON (Reuters) - An unpopular plan to tax British fixed-line phone users to help roll-out a high-speed broadband network and other controversial proposals have been dropped in the final push to get the Digital Economy bill passed into law.
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