2009年5月12日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK opposition lawmakers to repay expenses (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:40 PM PDT

AP - Britain's primary opposition leader banned members of his party Tuesday from filing expense claims for food and household items amid public outrage after lawmakers sought reimbursements for items such as swimming pool construction and tennis court upkeep.

Minister to repay avoided tax amid expenses row (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 03:21 PM PDT

Britain's Communities Secretary Hazel Blears leaves 10 Downing Street in London. Blears pledged Tuesday to repay thousands of pounds of avoided property tax in the latest fall-out of an expenses row on which Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised AFP - A minister pledged Tuesday to repay thousands of pounds of avoided property tax in the latest fall-out of an expenses row on which Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised "extreme" action.

UK architects' boycott of Prince Charles fizzles (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 02:34 PM PDT

Britain's Prince Charles, left, with Sunand Prasad, the President of RIBA, at right, after the Prince delivered the 2009 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Trust Annual Lecture in London, Tuesday May, 12, 2009. Prince Charles, the scourge of modernist British architecture, made no apologies for his traditional views in a speech Tuesday before the Royal Institute of British Architects. The hall was packed despite a threat by some of the country's leading architects to boycott a dinner marking the group's 175th anniversary in anger at Charles' perceived meddling in their business. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant/pool)AP - There were no empty seats in the Royal Institute of British Architects auditorium Tuesday night as a planned boycott of Prince Charles' speech fizzled.

Prince William visits 109-yr-old, gets fashion tip (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 01:39 PM PDT

In this undated picture 109-year-old Catherine Masters, left, is visited by Britain's Prince William at the Grange Care Centre, Stanford, Enngland. Catherine was shocked to see the Prince walk into the Grange Care Centre, to share a cream tea with her in an impromptu visit. He stayed for an hour, chatting with the great-grandmother about everything from cooking to the Queen's dress on her official birthday cards. Catherine complained about a picture of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the same yellow outfit on each of the five cards she has received from her. Prince William agreed she should change the dress, telling her he would pass on her comments to his grandmother. Sitting between them is Grange Care Centre nurse Anel Viljoen. (AP Photo/Grange Care Centre/PA)AP - Catherine Masters had always wanted to meet a member of Britain's royal family. But when she finally got the chance at age 109, she couldn't resist offering it a little advice.

American takes on British parliament over expenses (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 11:54 AM PDT

Heather Brooke, Freedom of Information campaigner, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in London, Monday, May 11, 2009. Heather Brooke, a 38-year-old Pennsylvania-born reporter, has become the scourge of Parliament, forcing the publication of legislators' expenses claims following a five-year legal battle that has exposed Britain's deep-rooted culture of official secrecy. The expense bills reveal how lawmakers frittered away public money with claims for porn movies, chandeliers and housekeepers or repairs to a tennis court, a swimming pool and a helicopter pad. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - It took a sassy American to force stuffy British lawmakers to come clean over their expenses.

British unemployment jumps to 7.1% (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 08:21 AM PDT

A construction worker operates machinery on a building site in central London in 2008. Britain's unemployment rate hit 7.1 percent in the three months to March as the number of people claiming jobless benefits jumped to 2.22 million, official data showed.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Britain's unemployment rate hit 7.1 percent in the three months to March as the number of people claiming jobless benefits jumped to 2.22 million, official data showed Tuesday.

Trade deficit narrows to two-year low (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 05:25 AM PDT

A long line of lorries are pictured parked in a section of the closed M20 motorway at Westwell near Dover, 2008. Britain's trade-in-goods deficit narrowed to 6.6 billion pounds in March -- the lowest level since April 2007.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - Britain's trade-in-goods deficit narrowed to 6.6 billion pounds in March -- the lowest level since April 2007, official data showed on Tuesday.

Man admits child sex abuse at Jersey care home (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:26 AM PDT

A policeman stands guard in front of a former children's home at Haut de la Garenne in Saint Martin on the Channel island of Jersey, 2008. A 46-year-old cleaner admitted sexually abusing children at the care home in Jersey, where investigators carried out underground searches last year.(AFP/File/Alain Jocard)AFP - A 46-year-old cleaner admitted Tuesday sexually abusing children at a care home on the Channel island of Jersey, where investigators carried out underground searches last year.

At least 13 children hurt in school accident (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 04:20 AM PDT

At least 13 children were injured, including four seriously, when a heating duct collapsed in a school sports hall as pupils were sitting an exam(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - At least 13 children were injured Tuesday, including four seriously, when a heating duct collapsed in a school sports hall as pupils were sitting an exam, the ambulance service said.

Manufacturing output dips 0.1% in March (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 03:17 AM PDT

A coal mine in the village of Cwmgwrach in south Wales. Britain's manufactured output fell by a 0.1 percent in March from the level in February, the slowest rate of decline for 13 months.(AFP/File/Pierre Pratabuy)AFP - Britain's manufactured output fell by a 0.1 percent in March from the level in February, the slowest rate of decline for 13 months, official data showed on Tuesday.

BBC names first Muslim head of religious programmes (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 03:04 AM PDT

Pedestrians walks past the doors of the BBC's Bush House in London, 2004. The BBC has appointed its first Muslim head of religious programming, in a move likely to further raise concerns within the Church of England that Christian views were being sidelined.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - The BBC has appointed its first Muslim head of religious programming, in a move likely to further raise concerns within the Church of England that Christian views were being sidelined.

Jordan 'devastated' after split with Peter Andre (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 02:27 AM PDT

Singer Peter Andre and former glamour model Jordan arrive at a party in west Hollywood, California in February 2009.Jordan said she was AFP - Former glamour model Jordan said she was "devastated" by her husband, Peter Andre's decision to split after more than four years of marriage.

Man shot dead in police siege (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 02:06 AM PDT

A man died after being shot by armed police during a siege at a house in County Durham.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - A man died on Tuesday after being shot by armed police during a siege at a house in County Durham.

Imperial Tobacco reports £149 mln loss (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 12:39 AM PDT

Imperial Tobacco reported a net loss of 149 million pounds during the first half, on soaring costs partly linked to its takeover of rival Altadis.(AFP/File/Frederick Florin)AFP - Imperial Tobacco reported a net loss of 149 million pounds during the first half on Tuesday, on soaring costs partly linked to its takeover of rival Altadis.

InterContinental reports 56% drop in net profit (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 12:37 AM PDT

Lobby of the Intercontinental Carlton in Cannes. InterContinental Hotels Group said that net profit slumped 56 percent to 17.79 million pounds during the first quarter compared to the equivalent period a year earlier.(AFP/File/Valery Hache)AFP - InterContinental Hotels Group said on Tuesday that net profit slumped 56 percent to 17.79 million pounds during the first quarter compared to the equivalent period a year earlier.

Argentina denounces British claims to Falklands (AFP)

Posted: 11 May 2009 08:14 PM PDT

British soldiers raise the Union Jack flag at Government House in Port Stanley in 1982 after the surrender of Argentine forces ending the Falklands war between Britain and Argentina.(AFP/MoD/File)AFP - Argentina has angrily rejected British moves to extend its rights over the seabed off the coast of the Falkland Islands, which the two countries fought a war over in the 1980s.

发贴者：iwvck15 时间 17:47 0 条评论

bnzv