Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• BP's Hayward to testify to UK lawmakers on spill (AP)
• British Columbia cuts deficit projection (Reuters)
• Smaller crowds anticipated in UK for papal visit (AP)
• Ex-reporter at UK tabloid quizzed by police (AP)
• Catholics will show 'loyalty' to pope on visit to Britain (AFP)
• Blair praises pope's 'intellectual courage' (AFP)
• Inquiry finds no collusion in loyalist's murder (AFP)
• UK reporter sentenced for fake mercy killing claim (AP)
• Seats still going for pope's visit to Britain (Reuters)
• Recluse found to be UK war heroine after her death (AP)
• "Eleanor Rigby" death reveals British war heroine (Reuters)
• George Michael gets 8 weeks jail for drug driving (AP)
• Spare police in spending cuts, UK officer urges (Reuters)
• BBC presenter avoids jail for false AIDS killing claim (AFP)
• British oil firm hits major new find off Ghana (AFP)
• Pope's visit lacks public support: poll (AFP)
• British inflation flat in August (AFP)
• RBS to resume mortgage-backed debt: FT (AFP)
• US bans teenager over abusive Obama email (AFP)
• Special needs pupils being labelled wrongly: watchdog (AFP)

BP's Hayward to testify to UK lawmakers on spill (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 12:36 PM PDT AP - Outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward will come under scrutiny from British lawmakers Wednesday over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, months after he offered few explanations for the accident at a testy hearing in Washington.

British Columbia cuts deficit projection (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 12:32 PM PDT Reuters - British Columbia reduced its estimated budget deficit on Tuesday by about C$335 million to C$1.4 billion ($1.37 billion) for the current fiscal year, as Canada's westernmost province sees its economy strengthening.

Smaller crowds anticipated in UK for papal visit (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 12:32 PM PDT AP - Smaller crowds than initially expected will attend events scheduled during Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Britain, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales said Tuesday.

Ex-reporter at UK tabloid quizzed by police (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 12:24 PM PDT AP - British police have interviewed a former tabloid reporter over claims the paper tapped phones to illicitly snoop on politicians and celebrities.

Catholics will show 'loyalty' to pope on visit to Britain (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 12:20 PM PDT AFP - The leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales said Wednesday he was confident the faithful would show "profound loyalty" towards Pope Benedict XVI on his visit to Britain this week.

Blair praises pope's 'intellectual courage' (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 12:17 PM PDT AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair paid tribute to Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, hailing his "intellectual courage" in the Vatican's daily newspaper, ahead of the papal visit to Britain.

Inquiry finds no collusion in loyalist's murder (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 12:10 PM PDT AFP - A government inquiry found no evidence of state collusion in the 1997 murder of a top paramilitary in Northern Ireland's notorious Maze jail, a senior lawmaker said Tuesday.

UK reporter sentenced for fake mercy killing claim (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 10:40 AM PDT AP - A veteran British TV reporter has been sentenced after he admitted making up claims he killed a former lover who was dying of AIDS.

Seats still going for pope's visit to Britain (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 10:04 AM PDT Reuters - Thousands of seats have yet to be filled for Pope Benedict's public masses in England and Scotland this week, a far cry from the warm welcome his predecessor received nearly 30 years ago.

Recluse found to be UK war heroine after her death (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 09:40 AM PDT AP - Her secret is out. But it is too late for Eileen Nearne to bask in the glory Britain loves to bestow on its World War II heroes.

"Eleanor Rigby" death reveals British war heroine (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 08:50 AM PDT Reuters - A reclusive old lady who died alone in her flat in southwest England and had no one to pay for her funeral has posthumously shot to fame after it emerged she was an intrepid World War Two secret agent.

George Michael gets 8 weeks jail for drug driving (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 08:23 AM PDT AP - A British judge has sentenced George Michael to eight weeks in jail for driving while under the influence of drugs after the singer crashed his car into a London photo shop.

Spare police in spending cuts, UK officer urges (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 08:04 AM PDT Reuters - A senior British police officer on Tuesday raised the prospect of violent protests over government plans to cut public spending, warning ministers to go easy on police budgets in case of unrest.

BBC presenter avoids jail for false AIDS killing claim (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 06:42 AM PDT AFP - A court handed a veteran broadcaster a suspended 90-day jail sentence Tuesday for wasting police time after he falsely claimed in a TV documentary that he killed an ex-lover who had AIDS.

British oil firm hits major new find off Ghana (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 05:14 AM PDT AFP - British firm Tullow said Tuesday it has found what could be among the largest recent oil discoveries in Africa off the coast of Ghana, with the field holding a potential 550 million barrels.

Pope's visit lacks public support: poll (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 03:44 AM PDT AFP - Only 14 percent of Britons are in favour of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Britain this week, according to a survey published in The Times newspaper on Tuesday.

British inflation flat in August (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 03:40 AM PDT AFP - Twelve-month inflation in Britain stood at 3.1 percent in August, unchanged from the level in July, official data showed on Tuesday.

RBS to resume mortgage-backed debt: FT (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 03:29 AM PDT AFP - State-rescued lender Royal Bank of Scotland is to begin issuing mortgage-backed debt for the first time since the financial crisis, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

US bans teenager over abusive Obama email (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 03:14 AM PDT AFP - A British teenager has been banned from ever entering the United States after sending an offensive email to president Barack Obama's office, it was reported Tuesday.

Special needs pupils being labelled wrongly: watchdog (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 03:08 AM PDT AFP - Up to a quarter of special needs pupils have been wrongly labelled as such due to substandard teaching, the education watchdog said in a report published on Tuesday.

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