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MI5 chief: Terror plots against UK have fallen (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2009 04:48 AM CST AP - The threat of a homegrown terror attack in Britain has declined over the last 18 months, according to newspaper reports published Wednesday quoting the director of the country's domestic intelligence agency.

Marks & Spencer will axe 1,230 jobs and close 27 stores (AFP) Posted: 07 Jan 2009 04:31 AM CST AFP - Clothing-to-food retailer Marks & Spencer said Wednesday it would cut as many as 1,230 jobs and shut 27 stores as the group struggled with falling sales and a looming recession.

UK retailer Marks & Spencer to cut 1,230 jobs (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2009 04:28 AM CST AP - U.K. retailer Marks & Spencer Group PLC said Wednesday it will cut 1,230 jobs and close 27 of its stores in a drive to reduce costs, as Britain's retail sector continues to struggle.

MI5 boss says terror trials deter attacks (AFP) Posted: 07 Jan 2009 04:21 AM CST AFP - Successful prosecutions of violent extremists have reduced the risk of an immediate attack in Britain, the head of the domestic security agency said in a series of interviews Wednesday.

Bank of England meets to decide on rate cut (AFP) Posted: 07 Jan 2009 02:19 AM CST AFP - The Bank of England begins a historic meeting on Wednesday to slash interest rates for a third month running, bringing them to their lowest ever levels as Britain readies to join a growing list of nations officially in recession.

Buses spread godless message in atheist campaign (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 04:58 PM CST AFP - About 800 buses bearing the slogan "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life" set off on roads Tuesday in an atheist campaign responding to a set of Christian ads.

World's biggest beer maker to shut ancient brewery (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 04:39 PM CST AP - The world's largest brewer said Tuesday it plans to close a historic 600-year-old brewery on the banks of the river Thames in London.

Jailed British couple in Gambia will not appeal sentence: lawyer (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 01:38 PM CST AFP - The British missionary couple sentenced to one year of hard labour for criticising the Gambian leadership will not appeal the sentence, and are instead hoping to get clemency, their lawyer said Tuesday.

Anger at Martins' speeding punishment (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 01:15 PM CST AFP - Road safety campaigners vented their anger on Tuesday after Newcastle United's Nigerian international striker Obafemi Martins was not banned from driving despite being caught speeding well over the limit.

Moving out: William and Harry set up own office (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 01:04 PM CST AP - Princes William and Harry said Tuesday they have been granted their own royal household by their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.

Top British retailer to shed 1,000 jobs: reports (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 01:03 PM CST AFP - Top British retailer Marks & Spencer is set to axe more than 1,000 jobs, reports said Tuesday, bringing further gloom to the high street as it struggles under the weight of the downturn.

Benazir Bhutto's daughter honors mom with rap song (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 11:43 AM CST AP - The teenage daughter of slain Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto has found an unusual way to honor her late mother — by placing a rap song on the video Web site YouTube.

Last Woolworths stores turn out lights in Britain (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 10:02 AM CST AP - Bankrupt department store chain Woolworths, a stalwart of British retailing for 100 years, turned out the lights at the final 200 of its 807 shops on Tuesday.

BA says passenger traffic fell 3.4 pct in December (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 09:32 AM CST AP - British Airways PLC said Tuesday that passenger traffic fell 3.4 percent in December compared with a year earlier as the global economic crisis deepened.

British historian Christopher Hibbert dead at 84 (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 08:38 AM CST AP - British historian Christopher Hibbert, whose popular books covered subjects from the medieval Battle of Agincourt to the American Revolutionary War, has died. He was 84.

Aer Lingus shareholders snub Ryanair takeover bid (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 08:37 AM CST AP - Ryanair Holdings PLC revealed Tuesday it has attracted little interest from Aer Lingus shareholders for its proposed takeover of the rival Irish carrier and extended its offer period for acceptance.

Alan Walters, economic aide to UK's Thatcher, dies (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 06:55 AM CST AP - Sir Alan Walters, a top economic adviser to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, has died at age 82.

Company seeks approval for nasal spray flu vaccine (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 05:56 AM CST AP - Drugmaker AstraZeneca submitted a new drug application with European Union authorities to market a nasal spray vaccine against the flu, the company said Tuesday.

Iceland's Kaupthing to sue UK over bank action (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 05:40 AM CST AP - Iceland's state-run Kaupthing bank will sue the British government for its decision to force the bank's British subsidiary into a form of bankruptcy, the Icelandic Prime Minister's office said Tuesday.

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