Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• 'Austerity Mum' blogger exposed as top exec's wife (AFP)
• New airline IAG worth 6.1 billion pounds on market debut (AFP)
• Bombing at Moscow airport called terrorist attack (AP)
• Man dies after 15-hour standoff (AFP)
• BBC to slash online budget by a quarter (AFP)
• BBC cuts 360 jobs, budget for online division (AP)
• Jets escort airliner to Stansted after 'threats' (AFP)
• London-bound flight diverted after threat (AP)
• Soccer pundits rapped for mocking female referee (Reuters)
• Dutchman in court charged with Yeates murder (AFP)
• British guard pleads self-defence in Iraq trial (AFP)
• Gordon Brown called police over phone-hacking fears (AFP)
• British soldiers train in mock Afghan village (AP)
• The Arctic: a new frontier for oil, gas firms (AFP)

'Austerity Mum' blogger exposed as top exec's wife (AFP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:43 PM PST AFP - The website of a blogger calling herself "Austerity Mum" about coping in the financial downturn was offline Monday after she was exposed as being the wife of a top London executive.

New airline IAG worth 6.1 billion pounds on market debut (AFP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 11:28 AM PST AFP - International Airlines Group, formed via the merger of British Airways and Iberia of Spain, made its stock market debut on Monday at a valuation of £6.1 billion (7.2 billion euros, $9.7 billion).

Bombing at Moscow airport called terrorist attack (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:40 PM PST AP - Terrorists struck again in the heart of Russia, with a suicide bomber blowing himself up Monday in Moscow's busiest airport and turning its international arrivals terminal into a smoky, blood-spattered hall of dismembered bodies, screaming survivors and abandoned suitcases. At least 35 people were killed, including two British travelers.

Man dies after 15-hour standoff (AFP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 10:33 AM PST AFP - A man died after shooting himself in Luton following a 15-hour stand-off with police.Paramedics sent more than three hours trying to save the man's life after at least one shot was fired on Leagrave Common in north Luton.

BBC to slash online budget by a quarter (AFP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 10:09 AM PST AFP - The BBC said Monday it would cut its online budget by 25 percent as the publicly-funded broadcaster responds to criticism that is an unfair competitor to commercial rivals.

BBC cuts 360 jobs, budget for online division (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 08:04 AM PST AP - The BBC said Monday it plans to cut jobs, spending and the number of services in its online division.

Jets escort airliner to Stansted after 'threats' (AFP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 08:01 AM PST AFP - British fighter jets escorted an Etihad Airways jet to land at London's Stansted airport on Monday after it was diverted because of a passenger making threats, officials said.

London-bound flight diverted after threat (AP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 07:47 AM PST AP - British authorities say a Heathrow Airport-bound flight from Abu Dhabi was diverted and given a fighter escort after a passenger began making threats.

Soccer pundits rapped for mocking female referee (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 06:55 AM PST Reuters - Two male British sports presenters have been reprimanded after questioning the ability of women to officiate over soccer matches.

Dutchman in court charged with Yeates murder (AFP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 04:50 AM PST AFP - A Dutch engineer appeared in court on Monday charged with the murder of Bristol landscape architect Joanna Yeates.

British guard pleads self-defence in Iraq trial (AFP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:55 AM PST AFP - A British security guard accused of killing two colleagues in the Iraqi capital's Green Zone has insisted at his trial that he acted in self-defence during an alcohol-fuelled brawl.

Gordon Brown called police over phone-hacking fears (AFP) Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:52 AM PST AFP - Calls for the Metropolitan Police to launch a fresh probe into phone-hacking by journalists intensified on Monday, amid reports that former prime minister Gordon Brown was among the high-profile figures targeted.

British soldiers train in mock Afghan village (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 09:00 PM PST AP - Deep in the countryside of eastern England, British troops train in a mock Afghan village designed to look, feel, and sound like the real thing.

The Arctic: a new frontier for oil, gas firms (AFP) Posted: 23 Jan 2011 06:07 PM PST AFP - BP's deal with Rosneft to jointly explore the Arctic's huge oil and gas reserves sets out a new frontier in the race for resources, but one that is dogged by technical and environmental concerns.

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