2009年1月29日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Shell posts £1.79bln loss in fourth quarter (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 02:46 AM CST

Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has said it made a loss of £1.79 billion in the final quarter of 2008 as it took a hit on the value of its oil inventories.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday it made a loss of 1.79 billion pounds in the final quarter of 2008 as it took a hit on the value of its oil inventories.

After several centuries, Mortlake Brewery to close (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2009 02:38 AM CST

The Stag Brewery in Mortlake, London is seen Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. Britons' collective passion for beer, ale and hard cider wasn't enough to save the centuries-old Mortlake Brewery. The brewery is scheduled to close next year, putting roughly 300 workers out of work and depriving London of the last major brewer set on the banks of the River Thames. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - They say booze is recession proof — that people don't quit drinking when times are tough.

Government scrapes home in Heathrow expansion vote (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 06:35 PM CST

Protesters opposed to the expansion of the London Heathrow Airport chain themselves to the railings surrounding the Houses of Parliament. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government narrowly won a vote on the controversial third runway at Heathrow Wednesday after a ministerial aide quit in disgust over the plan.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government narrowly won a vote on plans for a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport Wednesday, although two ministerial aides quit in disgust over the plan.

Protestors disrupt key report on NIreland's violence (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 06:33 PM CST

The father of Kenneth Lynch holds up a photograph of his son, who was killed during the Northern Ireland Troubles, during the presentation of a report dealing with the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles in Belfast. Angry protestors disrupted the presentation of the report.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - Protestors disrupted the unveiling of a report on Wednesday dealing with the legacy of three decades of violence in Northern Ireland, furious at planned payments to families of dead paramilitaries.

British police close in on UEFA Cup final rioters (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 01:03 PM CST

Glasgow Rangers fans in Manchester for the UEFA Cup final vs Zenit St. Petersburg in 2008. Police hunting dozens of people over riots at that final have received the names of 29 possible suspects from the public after releasing photographs of the violence, they said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - Police hunting dozens of people over riots at last year's UEFA Cup final have received the names of 29 possible suspects from the public after releasing photographs of the violence, they said Wednesday.

Prince Charles visits Nepalese Gurkhas' families (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 12:15 PM CST

Prince Charles(C) visits members of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles at Sir John Moore Barracks at Folkestone on England's southeast coast.(AFP/POOL/Shaun Curry)AFP - Prince Charles paid a visit Wednesday to the families of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers whose relatives are away fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Suspect charged in Shakespeare First Folio Theft (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 10:45 AM CST

AP - British police charged a book dealer Wednesday with stealing a rare First Folio of Shakespeare's plays from a university library a decade ago.

Protestors disrupt NIreland Troubles presentation (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 10:36 AM CST

A boy runs past a burning car in the Catholic area of Shortstrand during the troubles in Belfast in 1996. Angry protestors disrupted the start of a presentation of a report dealing with the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles in Belfast.(AFP/File/Gerry Penny)AFP - Protestors disrupted the unveiling of a report on Wednesday dealing with the legacy of three decades of violence in Northern Ireland, furious at planned payments to families of dead paramilitaries.

British chef up-ends cliches at top French contest (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 09:54 AM CST

From fish and chips to mushy peas, British chef Simon Hulstone, seen here preparing a dish, rustled up a new take on some old cliches, as he battled world rivals for a coveted food award in southern France on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Fred Dufour)AFP - From fish and chips to mushy peas, British chef Simon Hulstone rustled up a new take on some old cliches, as he battled world rivals for a coveted food award in southern France on Wednesday.

London chooses longtime officer as top cop (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 09:42 AM CST

New Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, poses for media outside New Scotland Yard in London, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. Sir Paul Stephenson was named Wednesday as the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Britain's top policing job. He has been deputy commissioner since 2005. Stephenson's predecessor, Sir Ian Blair, resigned in October after a string of problems including the shooting death of a commuter, Jean Charles de Menezes, who police mistakenly thought was a terrorist. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - London's police force didn't look far to find their new chief.

Daisy the cow produces more milk: study (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 08:20 AM CST

According to a British study cows with names like Daisy, Gertrude or Buttercup produce more milk than their sisters with no names.(DDP/AFP/File/Benno Grieshaber)AFP - Cows with names like Daisy, Gertrude or Buttercup produce more milk than their sisters with no names, according to a study released Wednesday.

Spain arrests 6 over British stock market fraud (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 07:42 AM CST

AP - Spanish police arrested six people suspected in a $600 million stock fraud case in Britain, officials said Wednesday.

British-Indian author Kunzru says no more "sari" stories (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 06:10 AM CST

Reuters - Marriage, migration, and family ties may be the usual themes for English-language novels by authors of Indian descent, but best-selling writer Hari Kunzru is determined to change that.

VT Group to sell joint venture stake (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 05:35 AM CST

The BAE Systems construction hall in Barrow-in-Furness, 2007. Defence firm VT Group said it would sell its 45-percent share in its shipbuilding joint venture, BVT Surface Fleet, to partner BAE Systems.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Defence firm VT Group said on Wednesday it would sell its 45-percent share in its shipbuilding joint venture, BVT Surface Fleet, to partner BAE Systems.

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