Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Greens: Alaska oil delay a win for polar bears (AFP)
• Plane carrying Britons from Egypt arrives in London (AFP)
• Actress cast for TV film about British royal wedding (AFP)
• North Carolina man indicted for smuggling handguns to Britain (Reuters)
• Canadians see immigration as an opportunity: study (AFP)
• UK police hold man over Churchill fake signatures (Reuters)
• GlaxoSmithKline reports loss linked to Avandia charges (AFP)
• Royal Dutch Shell profits eclipse crisis-hit BP (AFP)
• New Hepworth gallery to open in northern England (Reuters)
• Sovereignty intact despite French defense pact: UK (Reuters)
• Ex-nanny admits spiking sex shop magnate's soup (AP)
• BBC 'must apologise' for Mexico insults: MPs (AFP)
• UK: European law hampering terrorism fight (AP)
• Bus service cuts 'to hit poorest hardest' (AFP)
• Indian prosecutor quits in British teen death case (AFP)
• Fat patients force ambulances to supersize (AFP)

Greens: Alaska oil delay a win for polar bears (AFP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:32 PM PST AFP - US environmentalists on Thursday hailed a delay in Royal Dutch Shell's Alaska oil drilling plans as a victory for polar bears, but outraged local leaders said the move would cost jobs.

Plane carrying Britons from Egypt arrives in London (AFP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:22 PM PST AFP - A plane carrying 161 British tourists back from Cairo landed at London's Gatwick airport Thursday as violent protests raged on in the Egyptian capital.

Actress cast for TV film about British royal wedding (AFP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:19 PM PST AFP - A relatively unknown British actress has been cast to play Prince William's fiancee Kate Middleton in a TV film of Britain's upcoming royal wedding, a movie executive said.

North Carolina man indicted for smuggling handguns to Britain (Reuters) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:24 PM PST Reuters - A grand jury has charged a North Carolina man with illegally smuggling dozens of firearms out of the United States and selling them in Britain, the Justice Department said on Thursday.

Canadians see immigration as an opportunity: study (AFP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:01 PM PST AFP - Canadians see immigration as an opportunity while a majority of Britons, Americans and Spaniards view it as a problem.

UK police hold man over Churchill fake signatures (Reuters) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:00 AM PST Reuters - British police have arrested a 65-year-old man suspected of forging the signature of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill in books and then attempting to sell them on eBay or directly to buyers.

GlaxoSmithKline reports loss linked to Avandia charges (AFP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:47 AM PST AFP - GlaxoSmithKline booked a net loss of over £690 billion in the final quarter of 2010 on huge legal charges largely linked to former blockbuster diabetes product Avandia, the British group said Thursday.

Royal Dutch Shell profits eclipse crisis-hit BP (AFP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:43 AM PST AFP - Royal Dutch Shell almost doubled its net profit in 2010, the energy giant said Thursday, easily outperforming crisis-hit rival BP thanks to cost-cutting, higher oil prices and rising output.

New Hepworth gallery to open in northern England (Reuters) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:50 AM PST Reuters - A new gallery named after British sculptor Barbara Hepworth and costing 35 million pounds ($58 million) will open to the public in the northern English city of Wakefield on May 21, organizers said on Thursday.

Sovereignty intact despite French defense pact: UK (Reuters) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:29 AM PST Reuters - An agreement between Britain and France to cooperate on defense does not compromise either country's sovereignty or weaken the NATO alliance, British defense minister Liam Fox said Thursday.

Ex-nanny admits spiking sex shop magnate's soup (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:10 AM PST AP - A former nanny employed by the boss of a chain of British sex shops pleaded guilty Thursday to spiking her employer's soup with windshield washer fluid in an attempt to get the household's chef in trouble.

BBC 'must apologise' for Mexico insults: MPs (AFP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 06:51 AM PST AFP - A group of British MPs are demanding that the BBC apologise for "ignorant, derogatory and racist remarks" made about Mexico in a top TV show, as Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg prepares to visit.

UK: European law hampering terrorism fight (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 06:40 AM PST AP - European rules on human rights that prevent some foreign terrorism suspects from being deported to their homelands are creating a "safe haven" for extremists in Britain, Britain's anti-terrorism watchdog said Thursday.

Bus service cuts 'to hit poorest hardest' (AFP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 05:15 AM PST AFP - Campaigners warned Thursday that two-thirds of local authorities in England are planning cuts in transport spending, threatening many bus routes relied upon by 'the poorest and most vulnerable' in society.

Indian prosecutor quits in British teen death case (AFP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:26 AM PST AFP - An Indian lawyer prosecuting two men in connection with the death of a British teenager in the resort state of Goa has quit midway through the trial, officials said on Thursday.

Fat patients force ambulances to supersize (AFP) Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:00 AM PST AFP - Britain is having to buy new ambulances and upgrade others to cope with a growing number of fat patients as an obesity crisis grips the country, a report said Thursday.

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