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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK police arrest 3 on Dubai flight from London (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 05:00 PM PST

AP - British police arrested three people aboard an Emirates passenger jet at London's Heathrow Airport Friday. Witnesses said police were called after the three suspects made verbal threats as the plane was taxiing.

UK police arrest 3 passengers on plane at Heathrow (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 04:59 PM PST

Reuters - British police arrested three passengers on a Dubai-bound Emirates airliner on the ground at London's Heathrow airport on Friday, after verbal threats were made before the take off, police said.

Three arrested after London airport scare: operator (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 04:44 PM PST

A general view of the inside of a terminal at Heathrow Airport is pictured in west London, in 2008. Three people were arrested at London's Heathrow airport on Friday after a security scare on a Dubai-bound Emirates flight, police said, amid reports officers stormed the plane and took the suspects off.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Three people were arrested at London's Heathrow airport on Friday after a security scare on a Dubai-bound Emirates flight, police said, amid reports officers stormed the plane and took the suspects off.

Egypt bans British MP Galloway from entering country (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:46 AM PST

British MP George Galloway walks with supporters in the town of El-Arish on the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip on January 5. Egypt told Galloway he was persona non grata after activists who joined him to send an aid convoy to Gaza clashed with police.(AFP)AFP - Egypt told British MP George Galloway he was persona non grata on Friday after activists who joined him to send an aid convoy to Gaza clashed with police.

Iberdrola wins bid for British wind farm contract (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:37 AM PST

Scroby Sands offshore wind farm in Norfolk, is pictured in 2008. Spanish energy group Iberdrola Renovables said on Friday it had won a joint bid with Sweden's Vattenfall to build AFP - Spanish energy group Iberdrola Renovables said on Friday it had won a joint bid with Sweden's Vattenfall to build "one of the biggest offshore winds farms in the world" in Britain.

London Boat Show sees calmer waters after recession (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:17 AM PST

Reuters - The recession has taken its toll on London's International Boat Show this year with fewer exhibitors and smaller attendances expected, but boat-builders are more confident for 2010, organizers said on Friday.

Virgin steps up bid to become major bank (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 07:43 AM PST

Entrepreneur Richard Branson, seen here in 2006, says Virgin Money will simplify the banking market. Virgin Money, part of Richard Branson's Virgin empire, took big strides towards becoming a major retail bank able to compete in a battered sector seeking to recover from the financial crisis.(AFP/File/Fati Moalusi)AFP - Virgin Money, part of Richard Branson's Virgin empire, took big strides on Friday towards becoming a major retail bank able to compete in a battered sector seeking to recover from the financial crisis.

Man jailed for pretending to be policeman (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 07:40 AM PST

A man was jailed for pretending to be a police officer over several years, even duping his wife(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - A man was jailed on Friday for pretending to be a police officer over several years, even duping his wife, police said.

Govt grants licences for offshore wind farm expansion (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 07:33 AM PST

The government granted licences for a huge expansion of offshore wind farms, based around nine sites which together could provide enough electricity for almost all homes in the country(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The government granted licences on Friday for a huge expansion of offshore wind farms, based around nine sites which together could provide enough electricity for almost all homes in the country, officials said.

Forget "fad" diets and eat less, say UK experts (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 05:09 AM PST

A woman prepares coffee in the kitchen of her apartment in Havana September 5, 2007. REUTERS/Claudia DautReuters - Now that you're discovering all the extra flab from the Christmas and New Year food and booze binge, you're casting around for the latest diet to lose it all in time for summer.

Harriet Harman fined for careless driving (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 04:29 AM PST

Labour Party deputy leader Harriet Harman, seen here in 2009, pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention as a court fined her 350 pounds.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Labour Party deputy leader Harriet Harman pleaded guilty on Friday to driving without due care and attention as a court fined her 350 pounds.

British producer prices up 3.5% in December (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 03:30 AM PST

Astra vehicles at Vauxhall's assembly plant in Ellesmere Port, northern England. The price of goods leaving factories in recession-mired Britain hit an 11-month high in December owing to rising costs for scrap metals, transport and food.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - The price of goods leaving factories in recession-mired Britain hit an 11-month high in December owing to rising costs for scrap metals, transport and food, official data showed on Friday.

Troops tried to rescue hostages at Iran border: report (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 02:31 AM PST

A handout photo provided by the Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) shows Briton Peter Moore at the British Embassy in Baghdad, 2009. British troops in southern Iraq were rushed to the Iranian border after the kidnapping of five British hostages, including Moore, in 2007 in a failed bid to stop them being taken over the border(AFP/FCO/File)AFP - British troops in southern Iraq were rushed to the Iranian border after the kidnapping of five British hostages in 2007 in a failed bid to stop them being taken over the border, a report claimed Friday.

Support for Brown takes a hit after leadership plot (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 02:26 AM PST

A poll said that support for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's party dropped further behind the opposition in the wake of this week's failed plot against his leadership.(AFP/File/Alastair Grant)AFP - Support for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's party dropped further behind the opposition in the wake of this week's failed plot against his leadership, a poll said on Friday.

Branson's Virgin shakes up banking (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 02:24 AM PST

Entrepreneur Richard Branson, seen here in 2006, says Virgin Money will simplify the banking market. Virgin Money, part of Richard Branson's Virgin empire, took big strides towards becoming a major retail bank able to compete in a battered sector seeking to recover from the financial crisis.(AFP/File/Fati Moalusi)AFP - Virgin Money, part of Richard Branson's Virgin empire, launched a shake-up of the troubled retail banking market on Friday with the purchase of a private regional lender.

Brrr: UK temperature hits minus 22 C, minus 8 F (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 02:10 AM PST

People ride on sledges at the Town Moor in Newcastle, northeast England, Thursday Jan. 7, 2010, as the severe weather continues across England. People across Britain are digging out after some of the heaviest snowfalls in decades, which caused the closure of airport runways and roads, and led to train delays across the country, with the worst-hit areas receiving a foot and a half (50 centimeters) of snow. Forecasters say the cold snap brought by an Arctic weather system will continue through next week.(AP Photo/Scott Heppell)AP - Britain has experienced the coldest night of an icy winter, with temperatures falling to minus 22.3 degrees Celsius (minus 8.1 Fahrenheit) in the Scottish Highlands village of Altnaharra.

Royal Bank of Scotland announces assets sale (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 12:42 AM PST

A man passes under the logo of the Royal Bank of Scotland in London. State-rescued lender Royal Bank of Scotland said it had agreed to sell assets to Aberdeen Asset Management for almost 85 million pounds.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - State-rescued lender Royal Bank of Scotland said on Friday it had agreed to sell assets to Aberdeen Asset Management for almost 85 million pounds.

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