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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Barclays' network glitch causes chaos in UK (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 12:58 PM PDT

A customer uses a Barclays ATM in central London, July 23, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - Thousands of Barclays customers in Britain were unable to access their bank accounts or withdraw money from cash machines on Saturday after a system crash caused chaos nationwide.

British soldier killed in Afghan firefight (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 09:12 AM PDT

British soldiers are silhouetted against the sky in Lashkar Gah. A British soldier died Saturday in a firefight in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London said.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - A British soldier died Saturday in a firefight in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London said.

British singer kills self at Belgian rock festival (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:30 AM PDT

Ticketholders at the previous Pukkelpop music festival near the Flemish town of Hasselt in August 2009. Charles Haddon, lead singer of the British electro-pop group Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, has committed suicide after performing at the 2010 festival, organisers says.(AFP/File/Yorick Jansens)AFP - The lead singer of the British electro-pop group Ou Est Le Swimming Pool committed suicide after performing at a rock festival in Belgium, organisers said Saturday.

British stay longer with their bank than with partner (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 04:56 AM PDT

A man enters a branch of Santander bank on Oxford Street, London, in January. British people generally stay with their bank for longer than they stay with their partner, according to a survey conducted by Santander.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - British people generally stay with their bank for longer than they stay with their partner, according to a survey released on Saturday.

Small UK banks 'rated higher than big ones' (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 04:31 AM PDT

Smaller banks such as first direct, the One Account and Smile scored higher customers satisfaction ratings than big banks in a survey by Which? magazine.(afp.com)AFP - Smaller banks such as first direct, the One Account and Smile scored higher customer satisfaction ratings than big banks in a survey by Which? magazine.

Cole and Cowell clash in new UK X-Factor series (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 02:42 AM PDT

British singer and actress Cheryl Cole, pictured at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21, swaps insults with show business mogul Simon Cowell in the new series of X-Factor starting on Saturday(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)AFP - Show business tycoon Simon Cowell and singer-actress Cheryl Cole swap insults in the new series of The X Factor starting on Satuday, previews showed.

David Miliban's dinner party guide ridiculed (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:18 PM PDT

David Miliband (pictured), considered the front-runner to lead the Labour Party, has been ridiculed in the country's newspapers over his six-page guide on how to throw a dinner party for his campaign to lead the political group.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - David Miliband, considered the front-runner to lead the Labour Party, was ridiculed in newspapers Saturday over his six-page guide on how to throw a dinner party for his campaign.

Rio Tinto makes changes in China: CEO (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:01 PM PDT

Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese (pictured in May) said in Shanghai that the cases brought against Australian former executive Stern Hu and three of his ex-colleagues had prompted a wide-ranging reassessment of the company's China operations.(AFP/File/Paul Crock)AFP - Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has made changes to how it does business in China, following the convictions of four employees on bribery and trade secrets charges, a report said Saturday.

UK charity says Blair donation 'no-win situation' (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:44 PM PDT

A protestor with 'blood'-soaked hands wearing a Tony Blair mask takes part in a demonstration outside the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in central London. A veterans' charity benefiting from sales of the former British prime minister's memoirs has said that accepting the donation was not an endorsement of his policies.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - A veterans' charity benefiting from sales of former British prime minister Tony Blair's memoirs said Saturday that accepting the donation was not an endorsement of his policies.

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