| Talks on loan for Jaguar Land Rover falter (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 04:57 PM PDT  AFP - Talks between Jaguar Land Rover and the government over a possible state loan to help the struggling carmarker are close to collapse, media reports said here Thursday.
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| British man wins Australian island dream job (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 03:06 PM PDT  AP - A bungee jumping, ostrich-riding British charity worker was named the winner Wednesday of what's been dubbed the "Best Job in the World" a six-month contract to serve as caretaker of a tropical Australian island. Ben Southall, 34, of Petersfield, beat out nearly 35,000 applicants from around the world for the dream assignment to swim, explore and relax on Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef for while writing a blog to promote the area.
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| BAE Systems says it's on track for growth (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 01:45 PM PDT AP - BAE Systems PLC, Europe's largest defense contractor, said Wednesday it is on track for solid growth this year despite a drop in sales of land vehicles. |
| British charity worker wins dream job in Australia (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 01:30 PM PDT  AFP - A British charity worker Wednesday won "the best job in the world" as caretaker of a tropical island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef after an unprecedented global search.
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| Media groups win battle against UK govt (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 01:17 PM PDT  AP - Media groups won a legal battle against the British government on Wednesday when judges agreed to reconsider their previous ruling to keep information about a former Guantanamo detainee's alleged torture secret.
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| Gurkhas' campaigner positive after meeting Brown (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 01:03 PM PDT  AFP - Campaigning actress Joanna Lumley said Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised to come up with a new solution to allow all ex-Gurkhas to remain in Britain after she held talks with him Wednesday.
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| Blair: New Mideast peace plan unveiled in weeks (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 12:35 PM PDT  AP - The Obama administration and international negotiators are drafting a new strategy for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and expect to unveil it within six weeks, international Mideast envoy Tony Blair said.
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| Notorious UK Crime Museum's items may be displayed (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 12:19 PM PDT AP - Death masks, murder weapons and other macabre crime scene artifacts could be put on public display under a plan backed by the mayor of London. |
| Libya: Lockerbie bomber prepared to drop appeal (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 09:38 AM PDT  AP - The only person jailed over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing said he would drop his appeal against conviction provided Britain allows him to serve the rest of sentence in Libya, a visiting Libyan official said Wednesday.
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| F1 chief Mosley's son found dead in London (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 08:38 AM PDT  AFP - One of world motorsport chief Max Mosley's sons has been found dead at his London home of a suspected drugs overdose, police and media reports said Wednesday.
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| Libya seeks transfer of Lockerbie bomber (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 08:10 AM PDT  AFP - Libya has applied for the man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing to be transferred home from Scotland, where he is jailed for life and dying from cancer, officials said Wednesday.
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| US radio host threatens to sue over British blacklist (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 07:18 AM PDT  AFP - Right-wing radio host Michael Savage is threatening to sue the British government after he was one of several Americans named on a newly published immigration blacklist.
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| Libya applies for Lockerbie bomber to be sent home (Reuters) Posted: 06 May 2009 06:31 AM PDT  Reuters - Libya has applied to the Scottish government for former Libyan agent Abdel Basset al Megrahi, who was convicted and jailed for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, to be sent back to his homeland.
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| Govt to probe children's home trafficking report (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 04:51 AM PDT  AFP - The government vowed Wednesday to investigate a report that traffickers used a children's home near London's Heathrow airport as a "clearing house" for Chinese minors smuggled in to become prostitutes.
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| Compuware sells software line to British company (AP) Posted: 06 May 2009 04:43 AM PDT AP - Business software and services provider Compuware Corp. says it's selling an applications testing software line to Britain's Micro Focus International PLC for $80 million. |
| easyJet losses double, but sees profit ahead (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 03:51 AM PDT  AFP - Low-cost airline easyJet said on Wednesday that net losses doubled in the first half of its financial year because of high fuel costs and the late timing of the Easter holiday break.
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| GSK announces sale of US rights to depression drug (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 02:26 AM PDT  AFP - Drugs group GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday that it had sold the US rights to depression drug Wellbutrin XL to Canadian firm Biovail for 338 million pounds.
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| House prices slide in April (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 01:58 AM PDT  AFP - House prices dropped by 1.7 percent in April compared to 1.9 percent in March, home loans provider Halifax said on Wednesday.
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| Malaysia's Weststar set to buy van maker LDV (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 01:43 AM PDT  AFP - The details of a deal which would allow Malaysian firm Weststar to buy van maker LDV are expected to be finalised on Wednesday, according to the Press Association.
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| British charity worker wins 'world's best job' (AFP) Posted: 06 May 2009 01:42 AM PDT  AFP - A Briton named Wednesday to look after a tropical island off Australia said Wednesday he wanted to continue his charity work, inspired by a friend who died in the Asian tsunami of 2004.
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