Yahoo! News: World - Britain

HSBC buys back London HQ from Metrovacesa (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 04:30 AM CST AP - HSBC Holdings PLC said Friday it has bought back its London headquarters from Spanish real estate company Metrovacesa S.A. in an 838 million pounds ($1.2 billion) deal.

Publishing house Bloomsbury acquires Wisden (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 04:23 AM CST AP - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC announced Friday it had acquired John Wisden & Co, publisher of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

UK's Brown to press banks to cut interest rates (AP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 03:59 AM CST AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday he will be pressing bankers to pass on lower interest rates to consumers after the Bank of England moved to reduce its key lending rate to the lowest level since 1951.

Britons charged with sedition in Gambia (AFP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 03:42 AM CST AFP - A British couple working as missionaries in Gambia in West Africa are beginning their seventh day in custody on Friday after being charged with sedition.

Do not disturb eggs: MP reveals oddest laws (AFP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 02:33 AM CST AFP - Britons are forbidden from disturbing packs of eggs and from selling game killed on a Sunday, it was revealed by an opposition MP who condemned ministers for introducing ridiculous laws.

De Menezes jurors to resume deliberations (AFP) Posted: 05 Dec 2008 02:28 AM CST AFP - Jurors at an inquest into the death of an innocent Brazilian mistakenly shot by police during an anti-terror operation will resume their deliberations on Friday after relatives of the deceased staged a courtroom protest.

British filmmaker takes on burden of history in Timor (AFP) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 08:42 PM CST AFP - From his terrifying footage of the 1991 massacre at Dili's Santa Cruz cemetery, British journalist and filmmaker Max Stahl has tracked every step of East Timor's transition to independence.

New JK Rowling book goes on sale around the world (AP) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 04:42 PM CST AP - The latest magical tome by J.K. Rowling has started to fly off bookstore shelves.

Lockerbie bomber's wife in justice protest (AFP) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 02:31 PM CST AFP - The wife and children of the man jailed over the Lockerbie bombing marched on the Scottish parliament Thursday in a protest weeks after a court rejected his bid to be freed on bail because he has cancer.

British teacher suspended over push-up punishment (AFP) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 02:23 PM CST AFP - A British schoolteacher has been suspended after making his pupils do push-ups as a punishment for arriving late to class, Britain's main teaching union said Thursday.

European court makes landmark ruling on DNA rights (AP) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 02:21 PM CST AP - Europe's top human rights court Thursday struck down a British law that allows the government to store DNA and fingerprints from people with no criminal record — a landmark decision that could force Britain to destroy nearly 1 million samples on its database.

British soldier dies in Iraq (AFP) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 01:12 PM CST AFP - A British soldier died in Iraq on Thursday due to a gunshot wound to the head, though no enemy forces were involved, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said, without elaborating.

London stocks end flat on rate cut (AFP) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 12:24 PM CST AFP - The FTSE 100 index of shares closed flat on Thursday as investors took stock after the Bank of England's decision to sharply cut interest rates to their lowest level in 57 years.

BoE slashes interest rates to 57-year low (AFP) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 11:12 AM CST AFP - The Bank of England on Thursday slashed its key interest rate by a full percentage point to 2.0 percent, the lowest level in more than half a century amid mounting evidence Britain faces a deep recession.

Mum guilty of Shannon kidnap (AFP) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 09:55 AM CST AFP - A mother was found guilty Thursday of kidnapping her own nine-year-old daughter, allegedly to scoop the reward money when the girl was found.

British mother found guilty in kidnap of daughter (AP) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 09:46 AM CST AP - A mother who tearfully appealed for her missing daughter's return was found guilty Thursday of staging her disappearance in a kidnapping that prosecutors said was committed to claim a reward.

Britain delays decision on Heathrow expansion (AP) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 08:22 AM CST AP - Britain says it has delayed its decision on whether to build a third runway at London's Heathrow airport.

UK union protests government office closures (AP) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 07:45 AM CST AP - Britain's public service union says government plans to close Revenue and Customs offices will cost 3,400 jobs.

Bank of England cuts interest rates 100 bps to 2% (Reuters) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 06:05 AM CST Reuters - The Bank of England slashed interest rates by a full percentage point on Thursday to shore up Britain's crumbling economy and head off the threat of deflation.

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