Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Weisz, Rylance win acting prizes at Olivier awards (AP)
• British Airways and union claim advantage in strike (AFP)
• UK to launch $3 billion green investment bank (Reuters)
• Affairs abroad at risk from weak pound: lawmakers (AFP)
• Another British Columbia avalanche kills 2 (AP)
• UK parties battle over economy as election nears (Reuters)
• New polls point to hung parliament (AFP)
• Pakistan kidnappers 'threatened to chop up UK boy' (AFP)
• Gov't preparing tough pre-election budget (AFP)
• Fish and chips celebrates 150 years as a British classic (AFP)

Weisz, Rylance win acting prizes at Olivier awards (AP) Posted: 21 Mar 2010 04:59 PM PDT AP - Rachel Weisz added a stage accolade to Hollywood stardom Sunday, winning the best-actress prize at London's Laurence Olivier theater awards for her role in "A Streetcar Named Desire."

British Airways and union claim advantage in strike (AFP) Posted: 21 Mar 2010 04:20 PM PDT AFP - British Airways and the union representing the airline's 12,000 cabin crew both claimed they held the upper hand on the second day of a three-day strike Sunday.

UK to launch $3 billion green investment bank (Reuters) Posted: 21 Mar 2010 03:49 PM PDT Reuters - The Labour government will unveil a 2 billion pound ($3 billion) "green" investment bank in Wednesday's budget to help Britain's transformation to a low carbon economy, a government source said on Sunday.

Affairs abroad at risk from weak pound: lawmakers (AFP) Posted: 21 Mar 2010 01:54 PM PDT AFP - The country's standing in the world has been jeopardised by a decision to stop protecting the Foreign Office's budget from exchange rate fluctuations, lawmakers warned on Sunday.

Another British Columbia avalanche kills 2 (AP) Posted: 21 Mar 2010 07:45 AM PDT AP - A third deadly avalanche in British Columbia within a week has killed two French skiers as they were coming down a mountain after being dropped off by helicopter, police said Sunday.

UK parties battle over economy as election nears (Reuters) Posted: 21 Mar 2010 06:28 AM PDT Reuters - Britain's finance minister Alistair Darling promised on Sunday no giveaways in this week's budget, seeking to present his ruling Labour Party as a safe pair of hands on the economy as an election nears.

New polls point to hung parliament (AFP) Posted: 21 Mar 2010 02:23 AM PDT AFP - The Conservatives are still on course to win a general election due within weeks but are unlikely to achieve a parliamentary majority, two new polls showed Sunday.

Pakistan kidnappers 'threatened to chop up UK boy' (AFP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 10:34 PM PDT AFP - The father of a five-year-old British boy held hostage for 12 days in Pakistan said Sunday the kidnappers had threatened to chop off parts of the boy's body if he did not pay a ransom.

Gov't preparing tough pre-election budget (AFP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 10:32 PM PDT AFP - The government will deliver a critical pre-election budget this week to help fix the dire public finances but some experts fear political posturing with an election around the corner.

Fish and chips celebrates 150 years as a British classic (AFP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 10:11 PM PDT AFP - Whether wrapped in newspaper and eaten with greasy fingers or served on white china with silver cutlery, fish and chips has come a long way since it began 150 years ago.

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