2010年8月27日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Summary Box: British 2Q economic growth revised up (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:35 PM PDT

AP - CONSTRUCTION BOOSTS GROWTH: Britain's economy grew by 1.2 percent during the second quarter, faster than the earlier estimate of 1.1 percent, thanks to a sharp rise in construction.

Clegg joins furore over binned cat (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:53 AM PDT

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, seen here on August 23, joined the chorus of disapproval against a woman who dumped a cat in a rubbish bin, labelling her actions AFP - Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on Friday joined the chorus of disapproval against a woman who dumped a cat in a rubbish bin, labelling her actions "extraordinary."

British Airways apologizes for crash message (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 10:21 AM PDT

AP - Passengers on a British Airways flight from London to Hong Kong were mistakenly told to prepare for a crash landing, causing panic onboard.

Economy steams ahead but derailment looms (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:37 AM PDT

A construction worker works on the Aquatic Centre at the London 2012 Olympic site in Stratford, east London on July 27. Britain's economy grew 1.2 percent in the second quarter compared with the first three months of the year, according to official data that was higher than an initial estimate of 1.1 percent.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The economy grew at its fastest pace for nine years in the second quarter as construction soared, official data showed on Friday, but it faces a difficult future as spending cuts and tax hikes bite.

UK researchers: Prisons breeding new terrorists (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 07:03 AM PDT

AP - British researchers say the U.K. could face a new wave of threats from homegrown terrorists as extremists jailed in recent years are freed.

Dead spy's family 'upset' by bondage claims (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 06:43 AM PDT

A police officer stands guard outside of the flat where the body of Gareth Williams was discovered earlier this week, in central London on August 26. The family of the MI6 intelligence officer, whoe was found dead in the bathtub of his flat, said they were AFP - The family of an MI6 intelligence officer found dead in the bathtub of his flat said Friday they were "very, very upset" at claims that bondage equipment and sado-masochism paraphernalia was found at the scene.

Study finds quarter of UK lap dancers have degrees (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 06:27 AM PDT

Reuters - One in four women who works as a lap dancer in Britain has a university degree and the majority of those involved in the industry enjoy their work, earning up to 48,000 pounds ($74,500) a year, academic research has found.

Cameron to take paternity leave (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 06:03 AM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron addresses the media outside of the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Cornwall on August 24. Cameron will become the first British prime minister to take statutory paternity leave, his deputy confirmed, as his wife left hospital three days after giving birth to their fourth child.(AFP/Pool)AFP - David Cameron will become the first British prime minister to take statutory paternity leave, his deputy confirmed Friday, as his wife left hospital three days after giving birth to their fourth child.

Corus in talks to sell steel plant (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 05:50 AM PDT

A man steers a kite buggy on the beach near a Corus steelworks at Redcar, in the North East in May 2009. Indian-owned steelmaker Corus said Friday it is in talks to sell its Teesside Cast Products (TCP) unit to Thailand's SSI for some 500 million dollars (390 million euros).(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - A Teeside steel works which was hit by more than 1,000 job losses in a partial closure earlier this year is likely to be sold to a Thai company, its owners announced Friday.

Concerns as obesity surgery soars (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:30 AM PDT

Health campaigners warned Friday that surgery was being seen as an easy option to tackle obesity after new figures showed weight-loss operations have soared here in the past five years.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Health campaigners warned Friday that surgery was being seen as an easy option to tackle obesity after new figures showed weight-loss operations have soared here in the past five years.

Poor pupils failed by school admissions: Barnardo's (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 04:03 AM PDT

AFP - "Impenetrable clusters of privilege" are forming around the best schools, while poorer children are consigned to the worst ones, a children's charity warned Friday, in a searing attack on England's school admissions system.

BA crash warning error terrifies passengers (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 03:16 AM PDT

A British Airways aircraft prepares to land Heathrow Airport on July 30. Terrified passengers flying from London to Hong Kong braced for a possible crash into the sea after a pilot mistakenly played an emergency message, a newspaper has reported.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Terrified passengers flying from London to Hong Kong braced for a possible crash into the sea after a pilot mistakenly played an emergency message, a newspaper reported Friday.

Security review calls after PM's Afghan scare (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 02:25 AM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to British soldiers during a visit to Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, on June 11. Cameron's office has been asked to review his security after he narrowly avoided a Taliban attack on a recent visit to Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Stefan Rousseau)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron's office has been asked to review his security after he narrowly avoided a Taliban attack on a recent visit to Afghanistan, according to reports Friday.

"We're about to crash," BA passengers told in error (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 02:01 AM PDT

Reuters - British Airways apologized to passengers after an emergency message warning they were about to crash into the sea was played by mistake.

Queen Victoria's artistic tastes go on show (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:55 AM PDT

Reuters - An intimate portrait of Queen Victoria with her hair down -- belying her traditional frumpy image -- and a painting she commissioned of an American lion tamer form part of an exhibition at the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace.

British Q2 economic growth revised up to 1.2 pct (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:45 AM PDT

AP - A government agency says Britain's economy grew by 1.2 percent in the second quarter, higher than the preliminary estimate of 1.1 percent released a month ago.

Rapid rise in NHS weight-loss surgery (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:20 AM PDT

Health campaigners warned Friday that surgery was being seen as an easy option to tackle obesity after new figures showed weight-loss operations have soared here in the past five years.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - The number of obese people in England undergoing surgery in NHS hospitals to help them lose weight has increased ten-fold since 2000, according to a study published Friday.

Terror warning over Muslims radicalised in prisons (AFP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:14 AM PDT

View of a prison corridor. Hundreds of Muslims radicalised in British prisons could launch a AFP - Hundreds of Muslims radicalised in British prisons could launch a "new wave" of homegrown terrorism against the country with lone attacks that are difficult to prevent, experts warned Friday.

UK faces new wave of homegrown attacks: report (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 06:19 PM PDT

Reuters - Britain faces a new wave of attacks from poorly trained but highly motivated homegrown militants, as the al Qaeda threat shifts from big, sophisticated bomb plots to acts by individuals, a report said on Friday.

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