Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• UK to shake up banking, 100s of branches for sale (AP)
• Hoy leads British sprint clean sweep (AFP)
• Eight arrested amid clashes at far-right demo (AFP)
• Britons against Blair, Miliband getting top EU jobs: poll (AFP)
• Somali pirates split on demands for British couple's release (AFP)
• Three British troops hurt in Falklands shooting: ministry (AFP)
• Somali pirates move British couple inland (Reuters)
• Some passengers faint on Newark to London flight (AP)
• Sacked anti-drugs adviser slams Brown (AFP)
• British officer warning before Afghanistan death (AFP)

UK to shake up banking, 100s of branches for sale (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 04:54 PM PDT AP - The Royal Bank of Scotland, Northern Rock, and Lloyds Banking Group are to sell off as many as 700 branches in the next few years in exchange for the public aid they received during the economic meltdown, a government official told The Associated Press on Saturday.

Hoy leads British sprint clean sweep (AFP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 04:29 PM PDT AFP - Sir Chris Hoy won the men's sprint in a race where Great Britain monopolised the podium at the Track World Cup here on Saturday.

Eight arrested amid clashes at far-right demo (AFP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 04:00 PM PDT AFP - Eight people were arrested as far-right supporters were involved in clashes with opponents on Saturday, while a separate march in London calling for sharia law to be imposed was cancelled.

Britons against Blair, Miliband getting top EU jobs: poll (AFP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 02:45 PM PDT AFP - Most Britons are opposed to ex-prime minister Tony Blair or Foreign Secretary David Miliband taking any of the top new EU jobs created by the Lisbon Treaty, an opinion poll out Sunday said.

Somali pirates split on demands for British couple's release (AFP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 02:10 PM PDT AFP - Pirates holding a British couple hostage in Somalia are split on whether to demand a ransom or prisoner exchange to free them, one of their captors said Saturday, as Britain insisted it would not pay for their release.

Three British troops hurt in Falklands shooting: ministry (AFP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:34 PM PDT AFP - Three British troops were taken to hospital after a shooting incident on the Falkland Islands, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in London said Saturday.

Somali pirates move British couple inland (Reuters) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 10:34 AM PDT Reuters - Somali pirates said on Saturday that a British couple captured in the Indian Ocean more than a week ago had been moved deeper into central Somalia after a row between rival pirate gangs.

Some passengers faint on Newark to London flight (AP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 06:04 AM PDT AP - Six people fainted on board a British Airways flight from Newark Liberty Airport to London's Heathrow Saturday, prompting emergency crews to check the plane for hazardous materials.

Sacked anti-drugs adviser slams Brown (AFP) Posted: 31 Oct 2009 06:04 AM PDT AFP - Britain's former chief advisor on drugs on Saturday accused Prime Minister Gordon Brown of overstating the dangers of cannabis for political reasons.

British officer warning before Afghanistan death (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 07:04 PM PDT AFP - The most senior British soldier to die in Afghanistan warned that a helicopter shortage was putting troops at risk from roadside bombs shortly before he was killed by one, according to a report.

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