Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• British flight ban ends, London's Heathrow reopens (AFP)
• British airspace starts reopening (AFP)
• Tears and tempers as Britons finally make it home (AFP)
• UK's Lib Dems will not fall into Labour's arms (Reuters)
• Goldman Sachs faces FSA probe as net widens (AFP)
• UK's smaller parties could be big election winners (AP)
• Six female authors shortlisted for top fiction award (AFP)
• British keen to dine in, but no politicians please (Reuters)
• UK regulator begins Goldman Sachs probe (AP)
• Tesco posts surging annual profits (AFP)
• Woman 'gets Chinese accent after bad migraine' (AFP)
• UK consumer price inflation up to 3.4 pct (AP)
• Inflation jumps as election looms (AFP)
• Britons ponder whether to pay organ donors (Reuters)
• Polls put PM in third place in election race (AFP)
• Man in court over 'takeaway murder' (AFP)
• British Airways cancels all short-haul flights (AFP)
• 'Over-confident' comedian wins stop-and-search payout (AFP)

British flight ban ends, London's Heathrow reopens (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 03:41 PM PDT AFP - Airports across Britain began reopening Tuesday after a five-day airspace shutdown caused by an Icelandic volcano ash cloud that left tens of thousands of holidaymakers stranded abroad.

British airspace starts reopening (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 01:59 PM PDT AFP - The Civil Aviation Authority on Tuesday ordered a phased reopening of much of the country's airspace from 10:00 pm, bringing in sight an end to the five-day aerial shutdown.

Tears and tempers as Britons finally make it home (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 12:37 PM PDT AFP - The sunlit White Cliffs of Dover were a welcome sight for thousands of stranded travellers as they finally staggered into Britain on Tuesday after tearful and costly journeys.

UK's Lib Dems will not fall into Labour's arms (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 09:34 AM PDT Reuters - Britain's Liberal Democrats have "fundamental disagreements" with the ruling Labour Party and would not rush into any post-election alliance, the centrist party's economy spokesman Vince Cable said on Tuesday.

Goldman Sachs faces FSA probe as net widens (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 08:36 AM PDT AFP - The Financial Services Authority launched a probe into US bank Goldman Sachs on Tuesday linked to US fraud charges that the Wall Street giant misled investors, but the bank denied any fault while promising to cooperate.

UK's smaller parties could be big election winners (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 07:28 AM PDT AP - Can Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party cling to power versus David Cameron's front-running Conservatives? In this tightly fought British election, a fringe party just might help tip the winner over the finishing line.

Six female authors shortlisted for top fiction award (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 07:04 AM PDT AFP - Two first-time authors have been shortlisted for the annual Orange Prize for Fiction, the only British literary award reserved solely for novels written by women, organisers said on Tuesday.

British keen to dine in, but no politicians please (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 06:31 AM PDT Reuters - Britons are increasingly entertaining guests at home with dinner, film and karaoke nights, inspired by television shows on cookery and home entertainment, according to a survey.

UK regulator begins Goldman Sachs probe (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 05:50 AM PDT AP - Britain's financial regulator launched a full-blown investigation into Goldman Sachs International on Tuesday after U.S. authorities filed civil fraud charges against its parent bank.

Tesco posts surging annual profits (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 05:30 AM PDT AFP - The nation's biggest retailer Tesco on Tuesday unveiled soaring annual net profits, aided by a strong performance in Asia, and said it will create 16,000 jobs after emerging strongly from the recession.

Woman 'gets Chinese accent after bad migraine' (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 05:11 AM PDT AFP - A Plymouth woman has suddenly started speaking with a Chinese accent after suffering a severe migraine, she said in comments quoted by local media Tuesday.

UK consumer price inflation up to 3.4 pct (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 03:49 AM PDT AP - Higher prices for housing pushed consumer price inflation to 3.4 percent in March, up from 3 percent in February, official statisticians said Tuesday.

Inflation jumps as election looms (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 03:39 AM PDT AFP - Twelve-month inflation jumped to 3.4 percent in March due to a "widespread" range of factors, official data showed Tuesday in a headache for the government before an election on May 6.

Britons ponder whether to pay organ donors (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 03:05 AM PDT Reuters - Britons are being asked if people should get cash incentives to donate eggs and sperm, and whether the funeral expenses of organ donors should be paid in a bid to address a severe shortage in supply.

Polls put PM in third place in election race (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 03:01 AM PDT AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour party was pushed into third place by the Liberal Democrat party in two new polls Tuesday, confirming a major change in the race for the May 6 election.

Man in court over 'takeaway murder' (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 02:38 AM PDT AFP - A 21-year-old man is due to appear in court Tuesday charged with the murder of a teenage girl who was shot at a takeaway restaurant in east London last week.

British Airways cancels all short-haul flights (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 02:24 AM PDT AFP - British Airways cancelled all its short-haul flights Tuesday after air traffic chiefs in Britain warned of a fresh cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland, the airline said in a statement.

'Over-confident' comedian wins stop-and-search payout (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 02:18 AM PDT AFP - Comedian and activist Mark Thomas has received a £1,200 payout after police admitted they stopped and searched him just for looking 'over-confident' at a rally, according to a report on Tuesday.

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