Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• BBC: Murdoch tabloid spied on Prince William (AP)
• British minister: Relaxed border checks not risky (AP)
• UK stunt pilot dies after ejecting from airplane (AP)
• Music industry, royalty honor Jools Holland (Reuters)
• UK court: Catholic Church liable for priest wrongs (AP)
• AstraZeneca reports poor result on drug test (AP)
• London Games spark tourist numbers debate (Reuters)
• Lloyds Banking Group 3Q pretax profit falls (AP)

BBC: Murdoch tabloid spied on Prince William (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 02:49 PM PST AP - A private investigator working for Rupert Murdoch's News of the World conducted surveillance on Prince William as well of dozens of politicians and celebrities, the BBC reported Tuesday.

British minister: Relaxed border checks not risky (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 02:19 PM PST AP - British Home Secretary Theresa May, under increasing pressure because of an unapproved relaxation of border controls, said Tuesday the changes had not endangered national security and insisted she would not resign.

UK stunt pilot dies after ejecting from airplane (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 11:39 AM PST AP - A stunt pilot with the British military's Red Arrows aerobatic display team died Tuesday after being ejected from his aircraft while it was on the ground.

Music industry, royalty honor Jools Holland (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 07:09 AM PST Reuters - Heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles and record industry royalty paid tribute to pianist, bandleader and television presenter Jools Holland late on Monday when he was awarded the 20th Music Industry Trusts Award.

UK court: Catholic Church liable for priest wrongs (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 05:54 AM PST AP - A British court has ruled that Roman Catholic priests are equivalent to employees, a decision that could pave the way for victims of sexual abuse to win damages from the church.

AstraZeneca reports poor result on drug test (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 03:48 AM PST AP - Drug maker AstraZeneca says a new antidepressant drug it hopes will be a big money-earner did not perform as well as expected in a test.

London Games spark tourist numbers debate (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 02:03 AM PST Reuters - Tour operators organising trips to Britain are seeing an average 90 percent downturn in bookings during the London 2012 Olympics, a survey by an industry group said, with sports fans failing to compensate for those wanting to avoid a packed city.

Lloyds Banking Group 3Q pretax profit falls (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 12:56 AM PST AP - Part-nationalized Lloyds Banking Group, Britain's biggest retail bank, on Tuesday reported a 27 percent drop in pretax profit in the third quarter compared with a year ago and the bank admitted it may miss some of its medium-term financial targets.

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