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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

No 'budget' wedding for Kate, William: British PM (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 05:04 PM PST

Britain's Prince William (R) and his fiancee Kate Middleton pose for photographers during a photocall to mark their engagement, in the State Rooms of St James's Palace in 2010. Britons may be feeling the pinch, but the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton will have all the pomp and pageantry befitting a royal wedding, Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britons may be feeling the pinch, but the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton will have all the pomp and pageantry befitting a royal wedding, Prime Minister David Cameron said.

Universal flu vaccine successfully tested: report (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 04:12 PM PST

A Sri Lankan nurse injects a vaccine against the H1N1 or swine flu influenza at a hospital in Colombo in 2010. Scientists in Britain have successfully tested a vaccine which could work against all known flu strains, the Guardian newspaper reported Monday.(AFP/File/Ishara S.Kodikara)AFP - Scientists in Britain have successfully tested a vaccine which could work against all known flu strains, the Guardian newspaper reported Monday.

Britain still a world power despite cuts: Cameron (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 12:57 PM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron rejected on Sunday the notion that Britain would lost clout on the international stage as a result of severe defense cuts.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron rejected on Sunday the notion that Britain would lost clout on the international stage as a result of severe defense cuts.

Man dies in Wales flooding (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 12:11 PM PST

Emergency rescue workers use an inflatable boat to rescue a flood-stranded man in 2009. A man's body was recovered Sunday after severe flooding lashed north Wales, local police said.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - A man's body was recovered Sunday after severe flooding lashed north Wales, local police said.

UK banks 'to pay out £6 bln in bonuses' (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 08:47 AM PST

A photograph issued by Barclays of chief executive Bob Diamond. The Sunday Times says Diamond is likely to be one of the big winners as UK banks pay out up to £6 bln in bonuses.(AFP/File)AFP - Britain?s biggest banks are poised to pay out a combined £6 billion in bonuses despite government demands for restraint on City pay, the Sunday Times reported, without identifying its sources.

Osborne 'mulls new tax on wealthy non-doms' (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 02:35 AM PST

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne speaks at the Mansion House in central London in January 2011. Britain is considering introducing a new levy on wealthy non-doms as it seeks fresh sources of revenue to help reduce the budget deficit, a newspaper reported Sunday.(AFP/POOL/File/Chris Ratcliffe)AFP - The government is considering introducing a new levy on wealthy non-domiciles as it seeks fresh sources of revenue to help reduce the budget deficit, a newspaper reported Sunday.

10,000 police jobs 'to be axed' (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 02:34 AM PST

Two policeman guard the prime minister's office as a man sweeps Downing Street. The jobs of more than 10,000 police officers are to be axed in England and Wales by the end of 2012, according to reports citing Labour Party research.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - The jobs of more than 10,000 police officers are to be axed in England and Wales by the end of 2012, according to Labour Party research.

Doubts mount over Cameron's austerity drive (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 01:31 AM PST

A man walks past a shop's window with a poster advertising half price sales, in London. The surprise announcement last month that the economy shrank by 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010 sparked national concern just as ordinary Britons were beginning to feel the effect of a major austerity drive.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Doubts are growing over Prime Minister David Cameron's strategy to restore growth by cutting spending, amid a stream of worrying economic data and an increasingly hostile public.

Citi to call the tune on EMI future (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 12:28 AM PST

British music label EMI, home to a galaxy of stars including The Beatles, Coldplay and US pop starlet Katy Perry, faces an uncertain future after Citigroup seized control from its private equity owners.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - British music label EMI, home to a galaxy of stars including The Beatles, Coldplay and US pop starlet Katy Perry, faces an uncertain future after Citigroup seized control from its private equity owners.

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