Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Facebook chat leaves juror facing jail (AFP)
• Careless Tweets Cost Lives: British Ads Against Oversharing (The Atlantic Wire)
• Glencore shares slide as FTSE rallies (AFP)
• Teachers vote to strike in row over pensions (AFP)
• Blaze hits central London; no injuries reported (AP)
• UK postal service profits slump 78% before sale (AFP)
• Cameron agrees to rethink health service reforms (AFP)
• Avis, Budget brands to unite worldwide in $1B deal (AP)
• Inflation unchanged at 4.5% in May (AFP)
• Major blaze in central London (AFP)
• Iraq abuse inquiry 'grossly incompetent' (AFP)
• Teacher jailed for sexually abusing pupils (AFP)
• Gunman kills driver in Manchester (AFP)
• Pratchett defends suicide film (AFP)
• UK inflation unchanged at 4.5 pct in May (AP)
• Tesco supermarket reports mixed sales (AFP)
• Tesco posts solid sales rise despite flat UK (AP)
• Tesco reports mixed sales (AFP)
• British child migrants launch Australia case (AFP)
• Britain cannot defend Falklands: Admiral (AFP)

Facebook chat leaves juror facing jail (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 10:02 AM PDT AFP - A juror was warned by a judge on Tuesday that she faces jail for contacting a defendant on the social networking site Facebook, causing the collapse of a major drugs trial.

Careless Tweets Cost Lives: British Ads Against Oversharing (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 09:32 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Related: Doctors, Nudists, and 'Pulling A Bristol'

Glencore shares slide as FTSE rallies (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 09:13 AM PDT AFP - Stocks closed higher on Tuesday, as investors reacted positively to stable British inflation data.

Teachers vote to strike in row over pensions (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:17 AM PDT AFP - Thousands of schools across England and Wales could be forced to close after teachers voted on Tuesday to strike in a row over pensions.

Blaze hits central London; no injuries reported (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:03 AM PDT AP - Roughly 100 firefighters are battling a rooftop blaze in central London.

UK postal service profits slump 78% before sale (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 08:02 AM PDT AFP - Britain's state-run postal service Royal Mail said on Tuesday that its annual profits have slumped more than 78 percent as the embattled company gears up for more job losses and privatisation.

Cameron agrees to rethink health service reforms (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 06:17 AM PDT AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled major changes on Tuesday to planned reforms of the National Health Service, after the original plans caused strains in the coalition government.

Avis, Budget brands to unite worldwide in $1B deal (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:50 AM PDT AP - Car rental company Avis Budget Group Inc. said Tuesday it will take over Avis Europe in a $1 billion deal, raising the possibility that Avis Budget may back away from a bidding war for U.S. rival Dollar Thrifty.

Inflation unchanged at 4.5% in May (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:32 AM PDT AFP - Inflation stood at 4.5 percent in May, unchanged from the level in April but nevertheless at the highest level for more than two-and-a-half years, official data showed on Tuesday.

Major blaze in central London (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:29 AM PDT AFP - More than 50 firefighters are battling a major blaze in central London, the fire service said on Tuesday.

Iraq abuse inquiry 'grossly incompetent' (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:59 AM PDT AFP - An inquiry into the alleged abuse of Iraqi civilians by British soldiers has been called "a shambles" after it interviewed only one victim in the past seven months.

Teacher jailed for sexually abusing pupils (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:50 AM PDT AFP - A primary school teacher who filmed himself sexually abusing girls during one-on-one reading sessions was jailed on Tuesday.

Gunman kills driver in Manchester (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:41 AM PDT AFP - A murder investigation has been launched after a 44-year-old man was shot dead in a parked car in south Manchester, police said on Tuesday.

Pratchett defends suicide film (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:28 AM PDT AFP - Author Terry Pratchett, who has Alzheimer's, on Tuesday defended making a film showing a man dying at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland.

UK inflation unchanged at 4.5 pct in May (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 02:35 AM PDT AP - Britain's main inflation rate was unchanged in May at an annual rate of 4.5 percent, but the Bank of England is not expected to start raising interest rates for a while yet given a tepid economic recovery.

Tesco supermarket reports mixed sales (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 01:53 AM PDT AFP - Britain's biggest retailer Tesco on Tuesday posted a rise in overall first quarter sales, as a robust performance in Asia and central Europe offset weakness in its domestic market.

Tesco posts solid sales rise despite flat UK (AP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 01:30 AM PDT AP - British supermarket group Tesco says its sales rose 7.8 percent in the 13 weeks ending May 28 despite a relatively subdued performance in its home market.

Tesco reports mixed sales (AFP) Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:25 AM PDT AFP - Tesco on Tuesday posted a rise in overall first quarter sales, as a robust performance in Asia and central Europe offset weakness in its domestic market.

British child migrants launch Australia case (AFP) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:47 PM PDT AFP - Former child migrants from Britain launched a class action lawsuit against the Australian government Tuesday, seeking compensation for the alleged physical and sexual abuse they suffered.

Britain cannot defend Falklands: Admiral (AFP) Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:20 PM PDT AFP - Military cuts mean Britain would struggle to defend the Falkland Islands from another Argentine attack, the commander of the naval task force that recaptured them exactly 29 years ago said Tuesday.

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