2008年10月15日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Muslim convert pleads guilty to Exeter restaurant blast (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 04:02 AM CDT

Police officers seal off a street. A young Muslim convert has entered a guilty plea to charges of attempting to detonate a suicide bomb in a busy restaurant in south Devon, a court has heard.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - A young Muslim convert on Wednesday pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to detonate a suicide bomb in a busy restaurant in south Devon, a court has heard.

Unemployment jumps to eight-year high (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 03:56 AM CDT

A man enters a job centre office on a council house estate in Liverpool. Unemployment jumped to an eight-year high of 5.7% in the three months to August, official data has showed.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Unemployment jumped to an eight-year high of 5.7 percent in the three months to August, official data showed on Wednesday.

Chef prepared kebabs next to a corpse (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 03:27 AM CDT

A chef cuts meat at a school in France. The owner of a fast food outlet in Wolverhampton has been prosecuted for prepared kebabs as a dead man lay opposite him, a court has heard.(AFP/File/Michel Gangne)AFP - The owner of a fast food outlet in Wolverhampton prepared kebabs as a dead man lay opposite him, a court has heard.

Govt monitoring 'another great plot': security minister (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 02:28 AM CDT

Security forces are monitoring AFP - Security forces are monitoring "another great plot" as they try to manage the "huge" threat posed by violent extremists, counter-terrorism minister Lord Alan West has warned.

Granny gives thieves a run for their money (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 09:39 PM CDT

Youths who tried to snatch a grandmother's purse got the fright of their lives when she turned out to be a former cross-country champion and chased after them, according to report.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Youths who tried to snatch a grandmother's purse got the fright of their lives when she turned out to be a former cross-country champion and chased after them, according to report.

British government minister warns of terror threat (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 05:07 PM CDT

Security forces were monitoring AP - The threat of another major terrorist attack is building in Britain, a government security minister said Tuesday, a day after the House of Lords rejected a measure that would have extended the amount of time police can hold terror suspects without charge.

London stocks advance (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 11:12 AM CDT

A woman walks past an electronic sign showing the progress of the FTSE 100 in London. The FTSE 100 index of shares closed with solid gains for a second straight day Tuesday on sustained investor confidence in government efforts to snuff out a global credit crisis.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The FTSE 100 index of shares closed with solid gains for a second straight day Tuesday on sustained investor confidence in government efforts to snuff out a global credit crisis.

Britain scrapping testing of 14-year-olds (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 11:12 AM CDT

AP - British students will have one less test to take. Education Secretary Ed Balls said Tuesday the government was scrapping its national testing of 14-year-olds in math, reading and science.

Inflation hits 16-year high of 5.2% in Sept (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 10:14 AM CDT

A shopper at Tesco. Annual inflation surged to a 16-year high point of 5.2% in September owing to soaring energy bills, official data has shown.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)AFP - Annual inflation surged to a 16-year high point of 5.2 percent in September owing to soaring energy bills, official data showed on Tuesday but analysts said it would plunge in the coming months.

Veteran broadcaster sees bleak future for BBC (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 08:46 AM CDT

Pedestrians walks past the doors of the BBC's Bush House in London. BBC veteran foreign editor John Simpson has warned of a bleak future for the broadcaster, and predicted he himself will be sacked AFP - BBC veteran foreign editor John Simpson has warned of a bleak future for the broadcaster, and predicted he himself will be sacked "in horrible circumstances" by bosses he opposes.

Britain says critical to reach forces accord with Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 05:55 AM CDT

British soldiers fill up the entrenchment of an Iraqi army camp with soil in Karmat Ali, northeast of Basra, 550 km (342 miles) south of Baghdad April 13, 2008. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)Reuters - It is critical for Iraq to reach an agreement in the next few weeks permitting British troops to stay in the country after a U.N. mandate expires at the end of this year, a British Foreign Office minister said Tuesday.

Property sales collapse, prices plummet (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 05:22 AM CDT

Estate agents boards line a street of properties in Reading. Estate agents are selling less than one property a week as a lack of mortgage finance hits the number of people moving house, fuelling plummeting prices, a surveyors' body has said.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Estate agents are selling less than one property a week as a lack of mortgage finance hits the number of people moving house, fuelling plummeting prices, a surveyors' body said on Tuesday.
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