Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Rare Roman lantern found in UK farmer's field (Reuters)
• Brothers go head-to-head for leadership of Labour (AFP)
• Blair memoir lifts lid on Iraq, alcohol and royals (AFP)
• Interview: UK Islamist says like-minded U.S. groups expanding (Reuters)
• Foreign minister's aide quits over gay rumours (AFP)
• UK's Blair says did not foresee Iraq "nightmare" (Reuters)
• BBC staff vote for strike over pension overhaul (Reuters)
• Easyjet founder says to open budget gyms (AFP)
• Get your Blair book signed - and obey the rules (Reuters)
• UK jury: bomb expert died in flawed secret tests (AP)
• Get your Blair book signed -- and obey the rules (Reuters)
• Top Gear's Stig to be unmasked as Bond stunt double (AFP)
• Dead British spy was 'padlocked in bag' (AFP)
• UK hospital admissions for booze 'at record level' (AFP)
• Tony Blair says did not foresee Iraq "nightmare" (Reuters)
• Remains of the Day musical opens in London (AFP)
• RSPCA says 'bring back UK dog licence' (AFP)
• BP sells Malaysian assets to Petronas (AFP)
• Blair 'desperately sorry' for Iraq war deaths (AFP)

Rare Roman lantern found in UK farmer's field (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:03 PM PDT Reuters - An intact Roman lantern made of bronze, believed by experts to be the only one of its kind in Britain, has been unearthed in a field by a metal-detecting enthusiast.

Brothers go head-to-head for leadership of Labour (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:34 PM PDT AFP - Voting began Wednesday to elect a new leader of the Labour party, months after it was ousted following 13 years in power, with former foreign secretary David Miliband tipped to succeed Gordon Brown.

Blair memoir lifts lid on Iraq, alcohol and royals (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:39 PM PDT AFP - Tony Blair does not regret the Iraq war despite the "nightmare" it unleashed, but feels "desperately sorry" for those who died, the former prime minister said in memoirs published on Wednesday.

Interview: UK Islamist says like-minded U.S. groups expanding (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:08 PM PDT Reuters - Radical U.S. Muslim discussion groups are growing in influence much as similar forums did in 1990s Britain, a hardline British preacher said on Wednesday, referring to a period when London was Europe's Islamist hub.

Foreign minister's aide quits over gay rumours (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:06 PM PDT AFP - Foreign Secretary William Hague said a male special adviser with whom he shared a hotel room had resigned Wednesday over "malicious" claims that they had an inappropriate relationship.

UK's Blair says did not foresee Iraq "nightmare" (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 11:41 AM PDT Reuters - Former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday he could have not have imagined what he called the "nightmare" that unfolded in Iraq but still did not regret joining the U.S.-led invasion.

BBC staff vote for strike over pension overhaul (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 11:26 AM PDT Reuters - Staff at Britain's BBC voted on Wednesday to strike in protest against the state-funded broadcaster's plans to reduce a large pension deficit by capping the growth of pensionable pay, unions said.

Easyjet founder says to open budget gyms (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:25 AM PDT AFP - Tycoon Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of no-frills airline easyJet, said Wednesday that he planned to open budget gyms across Europe by taking advantage of low property prices.

Get your Blair book signed - and obey the rules (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:43 AM PDT Reuters - Former British prime minister Tony Blair will sign copies of his memoir in Dublin on Saturday but customers can forget about getting a personal dedication or even a photograph from the author.

UK jury: bomb expert died in flawed secret tests (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:19 AM PDT AP - A jury says a British government scientist died during secret anti-terrorism experiments that were not properly planned or organized.

Get your Blair book signed -- and obey the rules (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:15 AM PDT Reuters - Former British prime minister Tony Blair will sign copies of his memoir in Dublin on Saturday but customers can forget about getting a personal dedication or even a photograph from the author.

Top Gear's Stig to be unmasked as Bond stunt double (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 07:38 AM PDT AFP - The Stig, the mystery racing driver on BBC television's Top Gear programme, will soon be unmasked as former James Bond stunt double Ben Collins.

Dead British spy was 'padlocked in bag' (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 06:48 AM PDT AFP - A British spy found dead in the bathtub of his London flat last month had been padlocked inside a bag, an inquest into his death heard on Wednesday.

UK hospital admissions for booze 'at record level' (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 05:44 AM PDT AFP - Hospital admissions in England due to alcohol have risen by 825 a day in five years to almost a million, a new survey has shown.

Tony Blair says did not foresee Iraq "nightmare" (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 05:27 AM PDT Reuters - Former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday he could have not have imagined what he called the "nightmare" that unfolded in Iraq but still did not regret joining the U.S.-led invasion.

Remains of the Day musical opens in London (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:51 AM PDT AFP - Award-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro is supporting a new musical based on his novel "Remains of the Day" even though he dislikes a lot of the musicals staged in London.

RSPCA says 'bring back UK dog licence' (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 03:18 AM PDT AFP - Animal welfare group the RSPCA has called for dog licences to be reintroduced, saying an annual licence fee of as little as £21.50 could help reduce the number of strays and help tackle irresponsible dog breeding.

BP sells Malaysian assets to Petronas (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:59 AM PDT AFP - British oil giant BP has agreed to sell some of its Malaysian assets to local state energy firm Petronas for 363 million dollars (285 million euros), the group announced on Wednesday.

Blair 'desperately sorry' for Iraq war deaths (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:03 AM PDT AFP - Tony Blair said he was "desperately sorry" over the deaths in Iraq, but "can't regret the decision to go to war", in his memoirs released Wednesday.

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