Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• UK supermarket pulls ad from Fox News over Beck (AP)
• UK plans cutback on public sector salary increases (AP)
• British premier Brown confronts Belfast deadlock (AP)
• Britain's Blair seen as EU presidential material (AP)
• Man jailed over Securitas robbery (AFP)
• EU row overshadows Tories meet (AFP)
• Man jailed for one of UK's biggest cash robberies (AP)
• First official history of MI5 spooks published (AFP)
• British spies: growth in Islamist threat halted (AP)
• Flintoff, Lineker 'caught in Afghan Taliban attack' (AFP)
• Fearing arrest, Israeli cancels Britain visit (AP)
• Deal proposed to Lehman Brothers Europe creditors (AP)
• Monty Python's Flying Circus celebrates 40 years (AFP)
• UK insurer Aviva to float Dutch division (AFP)
• Britain 'offered Kadhafi £14 mln' to end IRA support (AFP)
• Waitrose pull ads from Fox News: report (AFP)

UK supermarket pulls ad from Fox News over Beck (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 01:58 PM PDT AP - Upscale British supermarket chain Waitrose said Monday it was pulling its advertisements from Fox News in the U.K. after customers complained about the cable news channel's Glenn Beck program.

UK plans cutback on public sector salary increases (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 01:47 PM PDT AP - The British government plans to freeze the salaries of top bureaucrats and offer only minimal increases to other senior workers in an effort to control the country's spiraling deficit, a treasury official said Monday.

British premier Brown confronts Belfast deadlock (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 11:33 AM PDT AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pressed rival Catholic and Protestant leaders Monday to end the deadlock threatening their power-sharing government, the central pillar of Northern Ireland peacemaking.

Britain's Blair seen as EU presidential material (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 11:00 AM PDT AP - President Tony Blair? Don't laugh, it could happen.

Man jailed over Securitas robbery (AFP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 09:28 AM PDT AFP - A cage fighter was jailed for 18 years Monday after admitting involvement in the country's biggest ever cash robbery, a 53 million pound raid at a security depot.

EU row overshadows Tories meet (AFP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 08:52 AM PDT AFP - The Tories met Monday for what many expect to be their last annual conference in opposition, but the excitement was clouded by a row over the party's policy on Europe.

Man jailed for one of UK's biggest cash robberies (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 08:02 AM PDT AP - A British man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in a robbery nearly three years ago of 53 million pounds (about $85 million).

First official history of MI5 spooks published (AFP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 07:19 AM PDT AFP - The first official history of MI5 was published on Monday, ending 100 years of secrecy over British spying during two world wars, the Cold War and the current fight against Islamic extremism.

British spies: growth in Islamist threat halted (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 06:58 AM PDT AP - Britain's domestic spy service thinks the threat from Islamist terrorism has stopped growing but remains severe, with terrorists eager to acquire weapons of mass destruction, according to the first authorized history of the agency.

Flintoff, Lineker 'caught in Afghan Taliban attack' (AFP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 06:04 AM PDT AFP - England cricket star Andrew Flintoff and football legend Gary Lineker dived for cover when Taliban insurgents attacked a British military base in Afghanistan, they told the Daily Mirror on Monday.

Fearing arrest, Israeli cancels Britain visit (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 06:03 AM PDT AP - An Israeli Cabinet minister has called off a visit to Britain because of concerns he could be arrested on suspicion of committing war crimes, a spokesman said Monday, becoming the latest Israeli official affected by a Palestinian legal campaign in the U.K.

Deal proposed to Lehman Brothers Europe creditors (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 05:09 AM PDT AP - The administrators of Lehman Brothers' assets in Europe said Monday that they may seek a direct agreement with hedge funds and other creditors to return money tied up since the collapse of the parent company as an alternative to a court-sanctioned settlement.

Monty Python's Flying Circus celebrates 40 years (AFP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 04:20 AM PDT AFP - Monty Python's Flying Circus, the group responsible for the launching the Ministry of Silly Walks and the Parrot Sketch on an unsuspecting world, was on Monday celebrating 40 years since the comedy sketch show was first broadcast.

UK insurer Aviva to float Dutch division (AFP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 03:52 AM PDT AFP - British insurance giant Aviva announced plans on Monday for a partial stock market flotation of its Dutch subsidiary, Delta Lloyd, on Euronext Amsterdam next month.

Britain 'offered Kadhafi £14 mln' to end IRA support (AFP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 02:03 AM PDT AFP - Britain secretly offered to pay Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi 14 million pounds as part of a deal to end Tripoli's support for the IRA, The Independent reported on Monday.

Waitrose pull ads from Fox News: report (AFP) Posted: 05 Oct 2009 01:35 AM PDT AFP - Waitrose has pulled a series of TV advertisements from US channel Fox News after one of its talk show hosts called US President Barack Obama a "racist," the Guardian reported on Monday.

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