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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Chinese vice premier starts Britain visit with energy deal (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 11:59 AM PST

China's Vice Premier Li Keqiang waves as he arrives at Edinburgh airport. Li kicked off a business-focused state visit to Britain with the sealing of a renewable energy deal between Scottish and Chinese companies.(AFP/POOL/David Moir)AFP - Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang kicked off a business-focused state visit to Britain on Sunday with the sealing of a renewable energy deal between Scottish and Chinese companies.

UK makes sure queen's head will grace its stamps (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 11:48 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 1998 file photo, a block of 48 mint condition 1840 Twopenny Blues stamps, which bear the image of Britain's Queen Victoria, are seen in London. Britain's business minister Ed Davey says Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, he will guarantee that the monarch's head will appear on British postage stamps even if Royal Mail is sold to a foreign buyer. (AP Photo/Steve Reigate, file)AP - Even if Britain's Royal Mail is sold to a foreign buyer, Her Royal Highness will still grace its stamp, the U.K. government said Sunday.

Beckhams expecting fourth child (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 09:39 AM PST

Singer Victoria Beckham and footballer David Beckham at a Jonas Brothers concert in Los Angeles last year. The couple are expecting their fourth child in the summer, Victoria Beckham's spokeswoman confirmed on Sunday(AFP/Getty Images/Alberto E. Rodriguez)AFP - Football superstar David Beckham and his former Spice Girl wife Victoria are expecting their fourth child this summer, a spokeswoman said on Sunday.

Victoria and David Beckham expecting fourth child (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 09:05 AM PST

Singer Victoria Beckham and footballer David Beckham at a Jonas Brothers concert in Los Angeles last year. The couple are expecting their fourth child in the summer, Victoria Beckham's spokeswoman confirmed on Sunday(AFP/Getty Images/Alberto E. Rodriguez)AFP - David and Victoria Beckham are expecting their fourth child in the summer, Victoria Beckham's spokeswoman confirmed on Sunday.

Kate Middleton fetes last birthday as a commoner (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 08:57 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2010 file photo, Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton pose for the media at St. James's Palace in London, after they announced their engagement. Palace officials have announced Wednesday Jan. 5, 2011 will preside at the April 29 wedding of Prince Charles and Kate Middleton. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Prince William's fiancee was on Sunday celebrating her last birthday before she officially becomes British royalty.

UK's coalition govt faces first ballot test (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 06:53 AM PST

British Prime Minister David Cameron campaigns with local candidate Kashif Ali in Oldham, England, Thursday Jan. 6, 2011,ahead of the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election. It's the first ballot box test of Britain's unlikely coalition government - a special election which pits Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party against his newly embraced Liberal Democrat partners, and asks the public to deliver a snap verdict on their plan to slash public spending. The contest, follows a bitter battle during Britain's national election in May - which sparked the first legal challenge to a result on the grounds of dirty tricks since 1911, and led judges to order a rerun.(AP Photo/Charlie Bibby, pool)AP - It's the first ballot box test of Britain's unlikely coalition government — a special election that pits Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party against his Liberal Democrat partners and gives voters a chance to vent over plans to dramatically slash public spending.

France's EDF to sponsor London Eye (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 06:08 AM PST

British tourist landmark the London Eye is to have a French-owned sponsor, EDF Energy.(AFP/File/Hugo Philpott)AFP - British tourist landmark the London Eye is to have a French-owned sponsor, EDF Energy.

Kate Middleton marks last birthday as single woman (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:37 AM PST

Kate Middleton, pictured with her fiance Prince William in November, celebrated turning 29 on Sunday, her last birthday as a commoner before the couple marry in April(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Princess-to-be Kate Middleton celebrated turning 29 on Sunday, her last birthday as a commoner before her wedding in April to Prince William, the second in line to the British throne.

UK beauty queen set for deployment to Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 01:55 AM PST

Katrina Hodge pictured at a Miss England press event in November 2009. Corporal Hodge may be deployed in Afghanistan as early as next year after she returned to the Army following her term as a beauty queen.(AFP/File/ADRIAN DENNIS)AFP - A former Miss England may be deployed in Afghanistan as early as next year after she returned to the Army following her term as a beauty queen.

Labour 'set to win' Oldham by-election (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 01:42 AM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron campaigns with local candidate Kashif Ali in the Shaw area at Oldham East and Saddleworth. Labour is set for victory in Thursday's by-election, opinion polls suggested, in the first electoral test for the governing coalition.(AFP/Pool/File/Charlie Bibby)AFP - Labour is set for victory in Thursday's by-election, opinion polls suggested, in the first electoral test for the governing coalition.

Hague defends disputed EU referendum plans (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 09:58 PM PST

European Union foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, and Foreign Secretary William Hague chat ahead of a meeting in Brussels. Hague on Sunday defended plans to hold referendums on any EU treaty changes in a bid to stave off a showdown in parliament.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - Foreign Secretary William Hague on Sunday defended plans to hold referendums on any EU treaty changes in a bid to stave off a showdown in parliament.

Royals 'to get new secrecy rights' (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 07:17 PM PST

Prince William and Prince Charles carry out telephone deals during a charity fundraising event in London last month. The justice ministry says the royals will benefit from changes to freedom of information laws meaning their letters will no longer be disclosed even if they are in the public interest.(AFP/File/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AFP - The royal family will benefit from changes to freedom of information laws meaning their letters will no longer be disclosed even if they are in the public interest, the justice ministry said.

Queen keeps her head on stamps (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 07:12 PM PST

The government said Sunday it had closed a loophole that could have seen Queen Elizabeth's head chopped off stamps if the Royal Mail was sold to a foreign firm.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The government said Sunday it had closed a loophole that could have seen Queen Elizabeth's head chopped off stamps if the Royal Mail was sold to a foreign firm.

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