2011年1月4日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Local authorities rubbished over trash backlog (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:39 PM PST

A minister accused local authorities of complacency Wednesday over a backlog of rubbish that has built up following a cold snap and a series of public holidays.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - A minister accused local authorities of complacency Wednesday over a backlog of rubbish that has built up following a cold snap and a series of public holidays.

Study tracks turtles journey across South Atlantic (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:11 PM PST

AP - Leatherback turtles swim for thousands of miles across the South Atlantic to get to their feeding grounds, a trip that takes some of them 150 days to complete, researchers said Wednesday.

Police release footage of royal attack suspects (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:57 AM PST

Splattered paint is pictured on a car transporting Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, to the London Palladium on December 9, after it was attacked by protestors during a student demonstration. Police have released footage of several suspects wanted in connection with the attack.(AFP/File/Terry Stephens)AFP - Police have released footage of several suspects wanted in connection with an attack on the car of Prince Charles and his wife Camilla during violent student protests in London last month.

BP shares rally on bid talk, hopes of low oil-spill payout (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:50 AM PST

A BP petrol station logo is pictured in Manchester. BP shares soared almost six percent on Tuesday on the back of new takeover speculation and hopes it will have to pay less-than-expected compensation for the US Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - BP shares soared almost six percent on Tuesday on the back of new takeover speculation and hopes it will have to pay less-than-expected compensation for the US Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.

Don't fancy a pint? UK introduces new beer size (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:11 AM PST

AP - Britain is calling time on more than 300 years of history, by relaxing rules on pub glass sizes.

UK police release video of royal car attack (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 09:50 AM PST

FILE - This is a Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 file photo of Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, as they react as their car is attacked by angry protesters in London. British police released a video Tuesday Jan. 4, 2011 of the mob attacking a limo carrying the Royal couple during the student protests the last month. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - British police released Tuesday a video of a mob kicking and hitting a limo carrying Prince Charles and his wife during student protests last month, hoping to find witnesses and suspects in one of the worst royal security breaches in recent years.

easyJet buys Airbus jets as low-cost sector spurs recovery (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 09:31 AM PST

easyJet planes are seen on the runway at John Lennon airport in Liverpool. easyJet says it has agreed to buy 15 Airbus A320 single-aisle planes worth $1.1 billion (£711 million) and secured an option to buy another 33.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - British budget airline easyJet said Tuesday it will buy 15 Airbus A320 planes worth 704 million pounds at list prices as the low-cost sector leads the aviation industry's recovery from a steep downturn.

Police launch Facebook appeal for Yeates killer (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 07:19 AM PST

Police investigating the murder of landscape architect Joanna Yeates have placed adverts on the Facebook website in the hope it will help them catch her killer. The 25-year-old's body was found in the Failand area of Bristol on Christmas Day after she went missing following a night out on December 17. She had been strangled.(AFP/Avon and Somerset Police/File)AFP - Police investigating the murder of landscape architect Joanna Yeates have placed adverts on Facebook in the hope it will help them catch her killer.

Queen's rural retreat struck by canine disease (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 07:12 AM PST

AP - Animal health experts are trying to determine the cause of a serious canine disease found at Queen Elizabeth II's Sandringham Estate.

Could the days of the British "pint" be numbered? (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 06:30 AM PST

A customer poses for the camera with a pint of beer in a public house in Leeds, northern England October 13, 2008. REUTERS/Nigel RoddisReuters - British pubgoers could soon ditch their traditional pint in favor of a "schooner", a smaller measure of beer used in Australia, under government changes announced on Tuesday.

BP shares jump on report of Shell interest (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:21 AM PST

AP - Shares in BP PLC have jumped after a report published Tuesday saying Royal Dutch Shell PLC is interested in a tie-up with the London-based company.

'Tea-break' ambulance worker to keep job (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:12 AM PST

An ambulance technician who did not respond to a dying patient because he was on his tea break will not lose his job. Mandy Mathieson, 33, died of a heart attack in Tomintoul, Moray, in October. Owen McLaughlan, the on-duty technician, was 800 yards away at the time -- but the call was instead answered by paramedics based 15 miles away. McLaughlan has been ordered to undergo training.(AFP/File/ANDREW YATES)AFP - An ambulance technician who did not respond to a dying patient because he was on his tea break will not lose his job, the Scottish Ambulance Service said.

Osborne defends VAT rise (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 02:59 AM PST

A shopper passes sale signs on London's Oxford Street. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has insisted that the increase in VAT to 20 percent is a AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has insisted that the increase in VAT to 20 percent is a "reasonable" step towards economic recovery that will raise £13 billion a year.

Commuters launch campaign for fairer rail prices (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 02:49 AM PST

A campaign for fairer train fares has been launched by rail passengers angry at the 5.8 percent average price hikes that have greeted them with the new year. Sharp increases in rail and Tube fares took effect on Sunday, with the price of some mainline season tickets soaring by nearly 13 percent.(AFP/File/JIM WATSON)AFP - A campaign for fairer train fares has been launched by rail passengers angry at the 5.8 percent average price hikes that greeted them in the new year.

easyJet buys 15 Airbus single-aisle planes (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 12:36 AM PST

easyJet planes are seen on the runway at John Lennon airport in Liverpool. easyJet says it has agreed to buy 15 Airbus A320 single-aisle planes worth $1.1 billion (£711 million) and secured an option to buy another 33.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - No-frills airline easyJet says it has agreed to buy 15 Airbus A320 single-aisle planes worth $1.1 billion (£711 million) and secured an option to buy another 33.

Austerity measures to stay on track: economists (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 11:39 PM PST

Shoppers walk through Oxford Circus in central London. Britain's plan to reduce its record deficit will stay on track this year because deep spending cuts and tax rises will not cut growth enough to cause a double-dip recession, leading economists said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Plans to reduce the country's record deficit will stay on track this year because deep spending cuts and tax rises will not cut growth enough to cause a double-dip recession, leading economists said Tuesday.

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