Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Man jailed for staging car crashes for money (AFP)
• Disaffected Anglican dioceses may switch to Rome: group (Reuters)
• Country facing two-day post strike (AFP)
• Scottish lawyer denies reports Lockerbie bomber dead (AFP)
• BAA sells Gatwick after competition ruling (AFP)
• Lockerbie bomber still alive, Libyan official says (Reuters)
• British nuclear expert dies in fall from UN building (AFP)
• Brown pledges funds to defuse N. Ireland policing row (AFP)
• Cadbury steps up Kraft defence bid (AFP)
• BAA sells London airport after antitrust ruling (AFP)
• BAA sells London Gatwick airport for $2.46 billion (AP)
• Cadbury lifts outlook, raising bar for Kraft bid (AP)
• Government launches mass flu jab programme (AFP)
• BNP TV invite stirs race debate (AFP)
• Bank of England voted 9-0 for record low rate (AFP)
• Alcohol killing Indian men in Britain: study (AFP)
• British envoy defends Thailand (AFP)
• BAA agrees sale of Gatwick airport: FT (AFP)

Man jailed for staging car crashes for money (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:58 PM PDT AFP - A man who staged car crashes for money, helping fraudsters claim 1.6 million pounds from insurance firms, was jailed Wednesday for four and a half years.

Disaffected Anglican dioceses may switch to Rome: group (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:46 PM PDT Reuters - Disaffected Anglican Dioceses in Papua New Guinea, the United States and Australia might consider switching to Roman Catholicism under a new constitution offered by the Pope, a traditionalist Anglican group said on Wednesday.

Country facing two-day post strike (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:29 PM PDT AFP - Postal workers are to stage a two-day nationwide strike on Thursday and Friday, the Communication Workers Union confirmed, in a bitter row over pay, conditions and modernisation.

Scottish lawyer denies reports Lockerbie bomber dead (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:37 AM PDT AFP - A lawyer for Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi denied Wednesday a report that he had died, two months after being freed from a Scottish jail.

BAA sells Gatwick after competition ruling (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:46 AM PDT AFP - Spanish-owned airports operator BAA agreed Wednesday to sell Britain's second busiest airport, Gatwick, to a US investment fund for 1.51 billion pounds after a ruling from competition authorities.

Lockerbie bomber still alive, Libyan official says (Reuters) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:29 AM PDT Reuters - Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi is still alive, a Libyan official and Megrahi's Scottish lawyer said on Wednesday, dismissing a report that he had died.

British nuclear expert dies in fall from UN building (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:03 AM PDT AFP - A British nuclear expert died on Wednesday after falling from the 17th floor of the United Nations offices in Vienna, police in the Austrian capital said.

Brown pledges funds to defuse N. Ireland policing row (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 07:31 AM PDT AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged hundreds of millions of pounds on Wednesday to fund independent policing and justice in Northern Ireland in a bid to defuse a damaging political row there.

Cadbury steps up Kraft defence bid (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 05:24 AM PDT AFP - British confectioner Cadbury on Wednesday stepped up its defence against a takeover by US giant Kraft Foods by upgrading its full-year sales forecast after a third-quarter rise.

BAA sells London airport after antitrust ruling (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 05:09 AM PDT AFP - Spanish-owned airports operator BAA on Wednesday announced the sale of the second busiest hub Gatwick to a US investment fund for 1.51 billion pounds following an antitrust ruling.

BAA sells London Gatwick airport for $2.46 billion (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 03:37 AM PDT AP - British airport operator BAA Ltd. on Wednesday said it is selling London Gatwick airport to Global Infrastructure Partners for 1.51 billion pounds ($2.46 billion).

Cadbury lifts outlook, raising bar for Kraft bid (AP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 03:27 AM PDT AP - British chocolate and gum maker Cadbury PLC on Wednesday upgraded its outlook as it reported a 7 percent rise in third-quarter revenue — proof, it said, that it does not need to be taken over by a conglomerate like Kraft to deliver results.

Government launches mass flu jab programme (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 03:15 AM PDT AFP - The government launched a mass vaccination programme to prevent the further spread of swine flu on Wednesday, with officials urging healthcare workers and at-risk patients to be first in line.

BNP TV invite stirs race debate (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 03:12 AM PDT AFP - An appearance by the leader of the British National Party (BNP) on the BBC's top current affairs panel show on Thursday has sparked a fierce debate about how media should cover the rise of the far-right.

Bank of England voted 9-0 for record low rate (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 03:05 AM PDT AFP - The Bank of England said on Wednesday that its policymakers recently voted 9-0 in favour of freezing its key lending rate at a record low level of 0.5 percent amid the recession.

Alcohol killing Indian men in Britain: study (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:55 AM PDT AFP - Indian men in Britain are more susceptible to alcohol-related problems than white British males, according to scientific study published on Wednesday.

British envoy defends Thailand (AFP) Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:14 AM PDT AFP - Britain's ambassador to Thailand has defended the Southeast Asian nation after revelations that a 1960s predecessor believed that Thais have no culture and are all driven by sex.

BAA agrees sale of Gatwick airport: FT (AFP) Posted: 20 Oct 2009 10:23 PM PDT AFP - Airport operator BAA has agreed to sell Gatwick for 1.5 billion pounds (2.5 billion dollars, 1.6 billion euros), the Financial Times reported.

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