Britain's Got Talent's Spelbound for Olympics opening ceremony?
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:40:32 -0800

Britain's Got Talent winners Spelbound are reportedly in talks to star in the opening ceremony at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Spelbound: Hope they will be part of Olympic opening ceremony. Pic: ITV Britain's Got Talent winners Spelbound are ...

Britain's FTSE resumes rally on China data, Greek hopes
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:55:57 -0800

FTSE 100 up 1.4 percent * China manufacturing data boosts miners * Greek deal expectations fuel risk appetite By Francesco Canepa LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Britain's blue-chip stock index was higher at midday Wednesday, with sentiment boosted by upbeat ...

No stopping Luke Morris, Britain's busiest jockey
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:01:57 -0800

It's just that any vehicle belonging to the hardest-working rider in Britain isn't going to have an easy time of it. "I've only had it six months and I've done 3000 miles in it, so it's had plenty of wear and tear," explains Morris.

Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange takes extradition battle to Britain's Supreme ...
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:01:24 -0800

Raphael Satter Associated Press LONDON Julian Assange took his extradition battle to Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday, arguing that sending him to Sweden would violate age-old legal tradition. The two-day hearing is Assange's last chance to ...

UK bank lending to shrink in 2012 -Ernst & Young
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:09:31 -0800

* UK bank loans to shrink by 2.2 pct in 2012 -E&Y ITEM club * Payday loan companies set to benefit as banks cut credit -E&Y london feb 6 (Reuters) - Total bank lending in Britain is set to shrink for the first time since 2009 this year, and the lack of ...

Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's FIRST serial killer poisoned 21 people including ...
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:48:10 -0800

This is the home in which Britain's first serial killer, Mary Ann Cotton, claimed her final victim. It is the house in which she was arrested and then taken away to be incarcerated, before eventually being executed at Durham Jail in March 1873.

UK snow: Heathrow cancellations and M25 delays - why was Britain so unprepared ...
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:59:38 -0800

Yet this didn't ring true with the thousands stuck on Britain's roads who complained about a lack of snow ploughs clearing routes after snow started to fall on Saturday. Among the travellers on the M25 was Downton Abbey actor Hugh Bonneville.

Poet Clare to be on Britaina EUs Got Talent
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:12:23 -0800

A POET from Belper has made it through to the televised stages of top ITV show Britain's Got Talent. Clare Washbrook performed her act in front of judges Simon Cowell, David Walliams and Alesha Dixon at a taping of the programme in Cardiff on Sunday, ...

India tells Britain : We don't want your PS280m a year in aid
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:10:27 -0800

by Steve White, Daily Mirror 6/02/2012 INDIA turned its nose up at the financial aid offered by Britain but we begged the country to reconsider. The UK pays India around PS280million a year but ministers in Delhi say the cash is peanuts .

Telegraph campaign for numeracy and maths education reform: Make Britain count
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:04:00 -0800

As millions of adults and children suffer from poor maths, the Telegraph launches its 'Make Britain Count' numeracy campaign. Find out how you can get involved. By Peter Stanford Numeracy challenges like those pictured above should not be beyond ...

Britain warns Russia not to block UN effort over Syria
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:23:57 -0800

Foreign Secretary William Hague was on Monday flying to New York to lend Britain's support to an Arab-backed draft resolution calling on the country's authoritarian leader Bashar al-Assad to step down and pave the way for a transfer of power.

Austerity drive dragging Britain into what could be its worst depression ever
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:15:14 -0800

Indeed, in less than a year, if current forecasts are correct, Britain's Cameron-Osborne Depression will not merely be the worst depression in Britain since the Great Depression, but probably the worst depression in Britain ...ever.

Rafale win leaves UK smarting
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:50:22 -0800

Britain , a key arms supplier to India, cannot believe that it lost out to France. Last year, a group of Indian journalists were taken on a tour of BAE System's Warton Aerodrome on Britain's northwest coast, where Eurofighter Typhoons for British and ...

Britain's Hacking Probe Extends To 'Times Of London'
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:14:25 -0800

by Eyder Peralta The hacking scandal that has engulfed Britain for months, has now turned its gaze on the country's oldest national newspaper. The AP reports that a parliamentarian released a letter today that confirmed police had extended their ...

Tony Parsons: Britain's not broken - it's bent
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:05:45 -0800

It tells us that Britain is not broke Britain is bent. I do not remember growing up in a country where everyone from the top to the bottom, and all stops in-between, was so blatantly on the take. But what was once a nation of shopkeepers is now a ...

How Britain's migrants sewed the fabric of the nation
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:42:50 -0800

Immigration minister Damian Green last week said Britain did not need any more unskilled workers or family dependents; instead it should accept only migrants of substance. "We want only the brightest, top of the range professionals" who will "add to ...

UK Supreme Court to Take up Tweeting
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:04:04 -0800

The halls of Britain's Supreme Court are becoming a bit more high-tech, as the highest court in the land joins Twitter. The Supreme Court is launching on the microblogging site Monday to issue realtime news on its ...

Britain plays down Falkland Islands moves
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:25:30 -0800

britain has sought to play down military moves around the Falkland Islands, as the foreign minister refused to comment on reports it has moved a nuclear submarine to the tense South Atlantic. Britain's Daily Mail newspaper on Saturday claimed Prime ...

Britain's Cameron to visit White House March 13-14
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:18:32 -0800

| washington (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama will meet in Washington next month to discuss Afghanistan, Iran and the Middle East as well as economic growth, the White House said on Friday.

Iran honestly cooperating with IAEA: Britain's former IAEA envoy
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:04:09 -0800

Tehran britain's former representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency Peter Jenkins has said that Iran has honestly and sincerely been cooperating with the UN nuclear watchdog. Jenkins made the remarks in a recent interview with the BBC ...