2010年3月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British Airways cabin crew start four-day strike (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 05:36 PM PDT

British Airways (BA) cabin crew launched a four-day strike Saturday, the second wave of action in a week as part of a bitter, long-running dispute over pay and conditions.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - British Airways (BA) cabin crew launched a four-day strike Saturday, the second wave of action in a week as part of a bitter, long-running dispute over pay and conditions.

British soldier killed by grenade in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 01:48 PM PDT

Soldiers take their position during a patrol in Qari Saheb village in the Helmand province. A British soldier has died in a grenade attack while out on foot patrol in Afghanistan, officials said Friday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - A British soldier has died in a grenade attack while out on foot patrol in Afghanistan, officials said Friday.

Court ruling checks London airport expansion plans (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 11:35 AM PDT

Members of the anti-Heathrow expansion coalition group celebrate as they leave the High Court in London. The government's plans for a third runway at London Heathrow Airport must be reconsidered, a judge ruled as green campaigners claimed a victory in their battle against expansion.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - The government's plans to expand London Heathrow Airport were grounded Friday as a judge ruled they must be reconsidered, to the delight of environmental campaigners.

Strikes bedevil Brits again, but unions weaker now (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 09:10 AM PDT

Striking civil servants from the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union protest outside the Houses of Parliament in, London, during a one-day strike in a dispute over redundancy pay, Wednesday March 24, 2010. Inside parliament the government announced that it would cut its deficit forecasts and announced a 2.5 billion pound ($3.7 billion) one-off growth package for the economy as the centerpiece of its annual budget - its last before an anticipated tough national election.,(AP Photo/Ian Nicholson-pa) **UNITED KINGDOM OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVE:**AP - Planes grounded. Trains sidetracked. Civil servants staying home. And a Labour Party government twisting slowly in the wind, its re-election hopes hobbled by spreading strikes and work stoppages.

Britons trust Labour over opposition on economy: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 08:58 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain's opposition Conservatives, whose overall opinion poll lead has narrowed in the run-up to an election, have fallen behind the ruling Labour Party on the key issue of economic trust, a poll found on Friday.

Second round of British Airways strikes to begin (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 08:45 AM PDT

Protestors on the picket line gesture as a British Airways plane comes in to land at Heathrow Airport in London, Monday, March 22, 2010. British Airways and the union representing its cabin crew are no closer to resolving a dispute over pay and conditions as a strike enters its third and busiest day.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - British Airways is taking another hit to its flying schedule — and already lighter wallet — as the second walkout by its cabin crew in less than a week begins on Saturday.

ITV drops 'The Bill' after 27 years (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 08:27 AM PDT

Police drama AFP - Police drama "The Bill" will come to an end this autumn after 27 years on the small screen, ITV announced on Friday.

UK High Court orders review of Heathrow expansion (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 08:11 AM PDT

Britain's members of the Parliament Justine Greening, right, of the Conservatives party, and John McDonnell, left, of Labour party, lead other environmental campaigners against the expansion of London's Heathrow Airport as they exit celebrating a court decision, outside central London's High Court, Friday March 26, 2010. The court is ordering the government to review its proposal to expand London's Heathrow airport by building a third runway. In the long-awaited ruling Judge Robert Carnwath says the government's plan is 'untenable' because it's based on outdated environmental requirements. Friday's ruling is a temporary victory for environmental campaigners, as it will likely delay the government's plans to increase services at Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Britain's High Court has thrown into doubt the government's plans to expand London's Heathrow airport with a third runway, ordering it Friday to take into account the latest data on climate change.

Crocheting beats the Reich for odd book prize (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 07:31 AM PDT

Reuters - Defying grim predictions that the economic downturn would clobber specialist books, the annual contest for oddest title has had a bumper year, with the 2009 winner being named on Friday as "Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes."

British Airways worker in court on terror charges (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 06:52 AM PDT

The tailfin of a British Airways jet. A British Airways computer expert will face trial on terrorism charges for allegedly offering to become a suicide bomber, a judge has ruled.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - A British Airways computer expert will face trial on terrorism charges for allegedly offering to become a suicide bomber, a judge ruled on Friday.

Times, Sunday Times to charge for online content (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 06:14 AM PDT

A man reads the online version of the Times newspaper in London. The Times and The Sunday Times will charge readers to access the titles online from June, Rupert Murdoch's News International has announced.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - The Times and The Sunday Times will become the country's the first newspapers to charge readers to access all online content from June, Rupert Murdoch's News International announced Friday.

BA says will fly 75% of flights in looming strike (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 06:06 AM PDT

A British Airways plane takes off from London's Heathrow airport. Troubled British Airways said it would fly more than three quarters of its customers during a four-day strike by cabin staff which starts this weekend.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Troubled British Airways said Friday it would fly more than three quarters of its customers during a four-day strike by cabin staff which starts this weekend.

Toyota stopping output in UK, France for 9 days (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:41 AM PDT

AP - Toyota said Friday it is stopping production at its factories in France and Britain for a total of nine days amid falling sales that the company partly attributed to its recent recall woes.

Cowell wins US award 'for reshaping television' (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:39 AM PDT

British television mogul Simon Cowell, seen here on March 7, is to receive an international Emmy award for his contribution to television and music, US organisers have said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Frederick M. Brown)AFP - Television mogul Simon Cowell is to receive an international Emmy award for his contribution to television and music, US organisers have said.

No BA-union peace talks planned, strike to go ahead (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:39 AM PDT

Reuters - The Unite union said British Airways cabin crew's four-day strike would go ahead and that no peace talks were set for Friday, as travelers brace themselves for more travel chaos before the busy Easter holiday period.

London show extols rations era for budgeting Brits (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:36 AM PDT

Reuters - London's Imperial War Museum has some seasoned advice for Britons budgeting their way out of the worst economic downturn since World War Two, learn a tip or two from the wartime rationing years.

Crocheting beats the Reich for odd title prize (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 04:17 AM PDT

Reuters - Defying grim predictions that the economic downturn would clobber specialist books, the annual contest for oddest title has had a bumper year, with the 2009 winner being named on Friday as "Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes."

Could Abba be ready for a one-off reunion? (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 03:45 AM PDT

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees from Abba Anni-Frid Lyngstad (R) smiles as Benny Andersson speaks backstage during the 25th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, March 15, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - Swedish supergroup Abba may perform again nearly 30 years after they split, the former male members of the band hinted on Friday.

Noel Gallagher rolls back the years at solo gig (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 03:41 AM PDT

Guitarist Noel Gallagher performs during an Oasis gig at Roskilde Festival, Denmark in 2009. The former Oasis rocker has played his first concert since splitting from Oasis, earning rave reviews Friday for an acoustic set entirely composed of the band's classics.(AFP/Scanpix/File/Torben Christensen)AFP - Former Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher has performed his first solo show since the band's acrimonious split, treating fans at London's famous Albert Hall to a stirring rendition of some of his classic hits.

Canadian pension fund to buy UK lottery operator (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 03:40 AM PDT

AP - A Canadian pension plan has agreed to acquire Camelot Group PLC, the company which operates Britain's National Lottery, for 389 million pounds ($579 million), the lottery operator said Friday.

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