2011年2月22日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Thousands of UK lives lost to drink, experts warn (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:34 PM PST

A man sits on a bench in the Big Market area of Newcastle, November 25, 2005, as the first day of the new licensing laws for extended drinking hours in England and Wales took affect. REUTERS/Jeff J MitchellReuters - Failure to tackle Britain's persistent alcohol problem could lead to hundreds of thousands more people dying from liver disease in the UK than in many other European countries, health experts said on Monday.

MI5 'could have identified 7/7 ringleader' (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:20 PM PST

A Metropolitan Police(MP) handout photo showing the tube train bombed by terrorists on July 7 2005 at Aldgate tube station. British intelligence agency MI5 could have identified 7/7 bomber Mohammed Sidique Khan four months before the terrorist attack, the security service's chief of staff admitted on Tuesday.(AFP/MP-HO/File)AFP - Intelligence agency MI5 could have identified 7/7 bomber Mohammed Sidique Khan four months before the terrorist attack, the security service's chief of staff admitted on Tuesday.

Separatists vow to disrupt royal visit (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 10:59 AM PST

This file picture taken in, 2010 shows Britain's Prince William(R) and his fiancee Kate Middleton posing for photographers during a photocall to mark their engagement, in the State Rooms of St James's Palace, central London. Quebec separatists on Tuesday vowed to disrupt Prince William and Kate Middleton's visit to Canada later this year in their first overseas royal tour as a married couple.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Quebec separatists on Tuesday vowed to disrupt Prince William and Kate Middleton's visit to Canada later this year in their first overseas royal tour as a married couple.

UK gov't: Adoption policy must be colorblind (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 09:54 AM PST

AP - Race should no longer be a key criteria for social workers seeking adoptive families for children in care, Britain's government said Tuesday — stressing that the priority must instead be to find a child a new home quickly.

UK warship redeployed to aid Libya evacuation (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 09:00 AM PST

AP - A British warship is being deployed off the Libyan coast in the event that it could be needed for a sea-borne evacuation of British citizens living there, the U.K.'s foreign secretary said Tuesday.

Porn Crackers: Britons tongue-tied over takeaway (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 06:15 AM PST

A villager fries prawn crackers in a wooden house in Sragen Central Java September 28, 2007. REUTERS/Andry PrasetyoReuters - Once it was easy. Even after a few pints too many on a Friday night, Britons could pronounce their favorite take-away dish -- fish and chips.

Honeymoon murder suspect hospitalized in UK (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 05:54 AM PST

AP - The British man accused of having his wife murdered during their honeymoon in South Africa has been hospitalized in southwestern England, a spokesman said Tuesday.

BP plans to sell package of UK oil, gas fields (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 05:10 AM PST

A skin sample from a dead bottlenose dolphin that was found on Ono Island, Ala., is seen in a bag at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport, Miss., Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Researchers say that more than a dozen young dolphins, either aborted before they reached maturity or dead soon after birth, have been collected along the Gulf Coast in the past two weeks -- about 10 times the normal number for the first two months of the year. Samples have been sent for testing to see whether the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was a factor in their deaths. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - BP said Tuesday it plans to sell stakes in several U.K. oil and gas fields in order to focus its resources and investment on other parts of the North sea.

Inter-racial adoption encouraged in new guidance (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:53 AM PST

New guidance issued by the government has said it should be easier for prospective parents to adopt children from different ethnic backgrounds. In a drive to find families for children who often remain on the waiting list for long periods, the Education Secretary Michael Gove also said councils must consider adoption as a more feasible option for older children and those with disabilities.(AFP/Martin Bernetti)AFP - New guidance issued by the government on Monday said it should be easier for prospective parents to adopt children from different ethnic backgrounds.

BP puts UK oil and gas field assets up for sale (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:55 AM PST

BP says it will seek to sell its holdings in a AFP - BP said on Tuesday that it will seek to sell its holdings in a "number" of UK oil and gas fields, as part of an ongoing restructuring.

Smother love: "Boomerang" sons always welcome home (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:26 AM PST

Reuters - Parents are three times more likely to allow their adult sons to return to the family home than daughters, revealed a survey published this week.

Public finances switch into surplus in January (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:18 AM PST

The government enjoyed the highest monthly borrowing surplus for two years in January, boosted by soaring taxation revenues, official data shows. The state's public sector net borrowing measure registered a surplus of £3.735 billion last month, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.(AFP/File/SHAUN CURRY)AFP - The government enjoyed the highest monthly borrowing surplus for two years in January, boosted by soaring taxation revenues, official data showed on Tuesday.

No royal wedding invite? Get a job at the palace (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:07 AM PST

An invitation card for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is seen at Buckingham Palace in London February 16, 2011. REUTERS/John Stillwell/POOLReuters - If you were not lucky enough to be one of the 1,900 people invited to Prince William's upcoming wedding, then fear not: you could always get a job making coffee for the guests or washing up afterwards.

Romania jails British child molester for 8 years (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:44 AM PST

A Romanian court has sentenced a British lorry driver to eight years in prison for child molestation. James Connor, 33, was convicted for sexually abusing young boys and possessing child pornography, Daniela Carlan, spokesperson of the Vaslui court, said.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - A Romanian court has sentenced a British lorry driver to eight years in prison for child molestation, judiciary sources said on Tuesday.

London restaurants slash prices for fine wine (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:28 AM PST

Reuters - Restaurants across London have slashed prices for fine wines to encourage drinkers to treat their palates to traditionally more expensive vintages, while boosting margins at the same time.

More jail for 3 Muslims who attacked Srebrenica war criminal (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 12:42 AM PST

A British court on Monday handed additional jail terms to three Muslim prisoners for a revenge attack in an English prison on Bosnian Serb war criminal General Radislac Krstic, seen here in 2001.(AFP/Ed Oudenaarden)AFP - A British court has handed additional jail terms to three Muslim prisoners for a revenge attack in an English prison on a Bosnian Serb war criminal over his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

UK police hunt 'Costa del Crime' fugitives (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 12:32 AM PST

London ex-gangster AFP - British detectives have named the country's 10 most wanted fugitives who have bolted to the "Costa del Crime", fleeing the urban ganglands for the Spanish sunshine.

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