Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Police chief urges struggling parents not to steal (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 04:53 PM CST

AP - A British police chief has warned financially strapped parents not to steal gifts for their children this Christmas.

Police force urges expat officers to return from Australia (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 03:27 PM CST

AFP - A police force "fed up" of losing its officers to Australia launched a campaign Saturday to lure them back home with a 10,000-pound resettlement package.

Senior Anglican cleric condemns Mugabe (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 03:09 PM CST

AP - A senior Anglican cleric says Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe should be removed from power and tried by a war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands.

Former Guantanamo prosecutor may be key in UK case (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 02:29 PM CST

AP - When Darrel Vandeveld became a U.S. military prosecutor at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, he thought he would deliver justice to the men Donald Rumsfeld once described as "the worst of the worst."

Pakistani diplomat says he feared Indian attack (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 01:39 PM CST

AP - A senior Pakistani diplomat said Saturday that he believes India's military had been preparing to attack Pakistan in the wake of the bloody siege in Mumbai, and that he warned his government and British officials about it.

No Show Santa: Bad publicity shuts UK Xmas park (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 11:51 AM CST

AP - A Christmas theme park that promised ice rinks, elves and reindeer canceled its opening Saturday, after a local council warned customers the event was no winter wonderland

British government talks to car manufacturers (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 09:50 AM CST

AP - The British government said Saturday that it is discussing how to help car manufacturers cope with falling sales and funding problems.

Eastenders star wins "I'm a Celebrity.. " (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 08:38 AM CST

AFP - Former "EastEnders" star Joe Swash was crowned King of the Jungle in "I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!" pipping tennis legend Martina Navratilova after surviving the final challenge in a rat-infested underground pit.