2008年9月3日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

New pupils to stay in education till 17 (AFP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 04:15 AM CDT

A student sitting an exam. New pupils enrolling in secondary schools this week will be required by law to stay in education until the age of 17, the government has said.(AFP/File/MUSA AL-SHAER)AFP - New pupils enrolling in secondary schools this week will be required by law to stay in education until the age of 17, the government said on Wednesday.

UK army to consider alternatives to bearskin hats (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 05:50 PM CDT

A Grenadier Guard at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, one of the Queen's official residences, on this Thursday Oct. 6, 2005 photo.The British military says it will meet with animal rights activists over the royal guards' use of bearskin hats. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) opposes the use of bearskins to make the hats, aying that killing Canadian black bears to make the headgear is cruel. It has urged the British military to come up with an artificial alternative and the Ministry of Defense says it is open to using synthetic materials but has yet to find a high-quality, weather-resistant replacement for the fur. Five army regiments wear the 18-inch (45 centimeter) black hats during ceremonial duties at royal sites. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - After meeting with animal rights activists, the British military said Tuesday that it will study alternative materials to replace the bearskin hats worn by the soldiers who guard Buckingham Palace.

Cambridge University wants to be on TV soaps (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 03:17 PM CDT

A woman rides past a University building in Cambridge, central England February 20, 2008. (Darren Staples/Reuters)AP - Britain's soap operas offer a steady diet of sex, scandal — and if Cambridge University has its way, scholarship.

Govt axes property sales tax to boost housing market (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 10:36 AM CDT

With the economy forecast to slip into recession, the government has unveiled a raft of measures to perk up the housing market -- and its own flagging fortunes.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - With the economy forecast to slip into recession, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government on Tuesday unveiled a raft of measures to perk up the housing market -- and its own flagging fortunes.

London gets clock ticking on 2012 development (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 09:31 AM CDT

London Mayor Boris Johnson has started the countdown to the 2012 Olympics by unveiling a digital clock ticking down to the opening of a new showpiece gateway to the Games.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - London Mayor Boris Johnson on Tuesday started the countdown to the 2012 Olympics by unveiling a digital clock ticking down to the opening of a new showpiece gateway to the Games.

Stamp duty slashed in a bid to boost housing market (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 09:07 AM CDT

With the economy forecast to slip into recession, the government has unveiled a raft of measures to perk up the housing market -- and its own flagging fortunes.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The government on Tuesday slashed stamp duty, meaning homes worth up to 175,000 pounds would be exempt from the land sales tax for the next year in a move aimed at reenergising the housing market.

UK government plans housing market rescue (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 08:53 AM CDT

AP - The British government unveiled a package of tax cuts and increased spending targeted at first-time home buyers on Tuesday in a bid to reverse the country's worst housing slump in almost two decades.

Britons' 'sex on the beach' trial adjourned (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 07:25 AM CDT

Briton Vince Acors, who is accused of having sex on a beach with a British woman, walks out of a Dubai court. A judge in Dubai has adjourned for a week the trial of two Britons accused of having sex on a beach in the conservative Gulf state, a court official has said.(AFP/Karim Sahib)AFP - A judge in Dubai on Tuesday adjourned for a week the trial of two Britons accused of having sex on a beach in the conservative Gulf state, a court official said.

Family devastated as toddler dies after shooting tragedy (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 06:29 AM CDT

An undated photograph of Rashid Ullah, the Birmingham toddler who has died after being accidentally shot in the head with an airgun by his five-year-old sister.(AFP/West Midlands police)AFP - A Birmingham family was on Tuesday mourning the death of their 18-month-old toddler who was accidentally shot in the head by his five-year-old sister.

OECD sees Britain sliding into recession (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 06:28 AM CDT

Londoners shelter from the rain under their umbrella's as they walk along the South bank. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has slashed its forecast for growth in the eurozone this year, with Britain coming worst off with a slide into recession in the second half of 2008.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on Tuesday slashed its forecast for growth in the eurozone this year, with Britain coming worst off with a slide into recession in the second half of 2008.

Ex-world champ Harrison jailed for assault (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2008 05:31 AM CDT

Former world boxing champion Scott Harrison (pictured in 2006) has been jailed for two months at a Glasgow court for assaulting his girlfriend and a police officer.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Former world boxing champion Scott Harrison was jailed for two months at a Glasgow court on Tuesday for assaulting his girlfriend and a police officer.

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