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Teachers offered cash incentive to join the worst schools (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2009 04:34 AM CST AFP - The best teachers will be offered an incentive of £10,000 to work for three years at the worst performing secondary schools in an effort to improve social mobility, ministers said on Tuesday.

Chemists concoct Dickensian gruel (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2009 04:31 AM CST AP - Britain's Royal Society of Chemistry says it has perfected the recipe for Oliver Twist's most famous meal — workhouse gruel.

Trade deficit widens in November (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2009 04:22 AM CST AFP - Britain's trade-in-goods deficit with the rest of the world widened to 8.3 billion pounds in November, official data showed Tuesday.

Tesco to create 10,000 new jobs as sales jump (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2009 04:13 AM CST AFP - Supermarket chain Tesco said on Tuesday that the group would be creating 10,000 new jobs as sales grew 11.6 percent in the crucial run-up to Christmas despite "challenging" conditions.

Greenpeace buys land to foil London runway plans (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2009 03:51 AM CST AP - Greenpeace says it bought a small plot of land within a site proposed for a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport in hopes of blocking the project.

British WWI veterans dies (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2009 03:26 AM CST AFP - William Stone, one of just four surviving British veterans of World War I, died over the weekend at the age of 108, the Ministry of Defence said Monday.

Northern Rock shareholders seek redress in court (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:50 AM CST AP - Shareholders in nationalized mortgage lender Northern Rock were going to court Tuesday to try to force the British government to compensate them for their now-worthless stocks.

Protesters buy land earmarked for Heathrow expansion (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:12 AM CST AFP - Campaigners fighting the expansion of London's Heathrow airport opened a new front on Tuesday when they announced they had bought land earmarked for the construction of a third runway.

British trade minister kicks off Southeast Asian trip in Singapore (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2009 01:38 AM CST AFP - Britain's Minister for Trade and Investment Gareth Thomas has arrived in Singapore on the first stop of a Southeast Asian tour to help British firms diversify their markets amid the global economic slump.

Ministers voice fears Gaza will radicalise British Muslims (AFP) Posted: 12 Jan 2009 06:22 PM CST AFP - Government ministers expressed concern Monday that Israel's military campaign in Gaza was radicalising Muslims in Britain.

One of Britain's last surviving WWI veterans dies (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2009 01:51 PM CST AP - Bill Stone, one of Britain's last surviving World War I veterans has died aged 108, the Ministry of Defense said Monday.

New online visa travel rules to US take effect (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2009 01:51 PM CST AP - New rules went into effect Monday requiring people traveling to the U.S. under the visa waiver program to register online in advance, instead of filling out paper forms in flight or at the airport.

Waterford Wedgwood axes 367 jobs in Britain (AFP) Posted: 12 Jan 2009 01:40 PM CST AFP - Waterford Wedgwood, the Irish maker of crystal and pottery, has axed 367 British posts, administrators Deloitte said on Monday, as the global economic downturn bites.

Nigeria militants show photos of British hostages (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2009 01:34 PM CST AP - Nigeria's most potent militant group has released pictures of what it claims are two British hostages seized in the country's oil producing south over four months ago.

Rio Tinto Alcan chief executive retires (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2009 12:34 PM CST AP - Rio Tinto PLC said Monday that the chief executive of its Montreal-based subsidiary Rio Tinto Alcan will retire on April 20 after the company's annual general meetings.

Britain's Brown meets industry, unions about jobs (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2009 12:30 PM CST AP - Anticipating hundreds of thousands of job losses as the recession bites in Britain, Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday offered employers new incentives to hire and pledged new funds to train those who lose their posts.

UK's Brown promises more banking reforms soon (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2009 11:28 AM CST AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday he will unveil this week more plans to unfreeze lending among banks to restore the flow of credit to struggling businesses and help the ailing economy.

Land of Leather latest UK retail collapse (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2009 09:07 AM CST AP - Sofa retailer Land of Leather filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, becoming the latest British retailer to succumb to a downturn in consumer spending amid the global economic slowdown.

Blair says Mideast cease-fire elements in place (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2009 06:58 AM CST AP - The elements are in place for a cease-fire to end the fighting in the Gaza Strip, asserted special Mideast envoy Tony Blair on Monday — the latest foreign official to visit the Egyptian capital in several days of frantic diplomacy to resolve the conflict.

Waterford Wedgwood cuts jobs; sales talks ongoing (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2009 06:49 AM CST AP - Administrators for Waterford Wedgwood, the collapsed maker of classic china and crystal, said Monday they would cut 367 jobs from a plant in Britain.

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