2011年4月8日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Nazi warplane lying off UK coast is intact (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:52 PM PDT

A World War Two era German Dornier 17 bomber is seen using high-tech sonar equipment, showing it to be largely intact and well-preserved on the sea floor, in an undated photo off the Kent coast. REUTERS/Port of London/handoutReuters - A rare World War Two German bomber, shot down over the English Channel in 1940 and hidden for years by shifting sands at the bottom of the sea, is so well preserved a British museum wants to raise it.

1 dead after shooting aboard UK nuclear sub (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:47 PM PDT

The Royal Navy's newest and most advanced submarine, HMS Astute is docked in Southampton, England, Friday April 8, 2011. One person has been killed and a second has life threatening wounds following a shooting on Friday aboard a British nuclear submarine, police said. Police said the incident on the nuclear-powered HMS Astute, currently docked in Southampton, was not terrorism related. (AP Photo / Chris Ison, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - A British sailor aboard a nuclear-powered submarine apparently shot dead a crew member and seriously wounded another Friday while the vessel was on a goodwill visit to an English port, officials said.

Murdoch paper apologises for phone hacking (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:26 PM PDT

The owner of News of the World tabloid offered an AFP - The owner of Britain's News of the World newspaper offered an "unreserved apology" on Friday for phone hacking and said it would set up a compensation fund.

British tabloid admits liability for phone hacking (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:56 AM PDT

AP - One of Britain's biggest-selling newspapers admitted Friday it was responsible for hacking into the phones of high-profile figures and eavesdropping on their voicemails — its first admission of liability in a case that has shaken the country's political, police and media establishments.

FTSE rises 0.81% at close (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:35 AM PDT

Stock markets closed higher on Friday, with energy stocks buoyed by rocketing oil prices. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares added 0.81 percent to finish at 6,055.75 points.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Stock markets closed higher on Friday, with energy stocks buoyed by rocketing oil prices.

One dead in shooting on nuclear submarine (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:55 AM PDT

HMS Astute sails up Gareloch on the Firth of Cylde to her new base at Faslane, in western Scotland, in November 2009. One person was killed and another has life-threatening injuries after a shooting on board a British nuclear submarine docked in Southampton, police said.(AFP/File/Andy Buchanan)AFP - A Royal Navy sailor was killed on Friday and another has life-threatening injuries after a shooting aboard a nuclear submarine docked in port, police and the Ministry of Defence said.

Coleen steps out with the ladies at Aintree (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:38 AM PDT

Women pose for pictures as they arrive for the second day of the Grand National meeting at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool on April 8. Fascinators were out in force for Ladies' Day at Aintree, where Colleen Rooney was among the celebrities to make an appearance.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Fascinators were out in force for Ladies' Day at Aintree on Friday, where Colleen Rooney was among the celebrities to make an appearance.

Police take no chances with royal wedding security (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 06:50 AM PDT

Police officers wait by Westminster Abbey in preparation ahead of a demonstration in London in December 2010. The marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton will be covered by a giant security operation as police go on high alert against the threats of a terror attack and anarchist activism.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - The marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton will be covered by a giant security operation as police go on high alert against the threats of a terror attack and anarchist activism.

Royal attitudes change with the times (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 06:41 AM PDT

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. Few people seem the least bit concerned that Prince William and Kate Middleton, set for the royal wedding on April 29, have been living together off and on since their university days. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)AP - The once hidebound royal family seems to have caught up with Britain's tolerant public in the three decades that separated Prince Charles' marriage to Diana Spencer from the wedding of their first born.

Briton jailed for UAE flight bomb hoax (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 06:33 AM PDT

A British man who admitted sparking a bomb scare on a flight from the United Arab Emirates to London's Heathrow airport in January has been jailed for three years.(AFP/ETIHAD/File)AFP - A British man who admitted sparking a bomb scare on a flight from the United Arab Emirates to London's Heathrow airport in January was jailed for three years Friday.

Man held after shooting onboard UK submarine (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 06:29 AM PDT

Crew on board HMS Astute watch during the commissioning ceremony of the Royal Navy submarine at the Clyde Naval Base near Glasgow, Scotland August 27, 2010. REUTERS/David MoirReuters - Police arrested a man after a shooting onboard the British nuclear-powered submarine HMS Astute which is believed to have injured two people, police said on Friday.

'Dangerous' British paedophile twins held in France (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:43 AM PDT

Police officers patrol a park in Paris. French police have located wanted and dangerous British paedophile twins Kenneth and Thomas Parker, who have apparently been living in France for years, a judicial source said.(AFP/Loic Venance)AFP - French police have located wanted and "dangerous" British paedophile twins Kenneth and Thomas Parker, who have apparently been living in France for years, a judicial source said Friday.

Special Report: Why London can live without its big banks (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:20 AM PDT

Reuters - "Let me be crystal clear," Barclays' star investment banker and new Chief Executive Bob Diamond told members of the British parliament in January. "We are going to be here in the United Kingdom, and this is the place that we want to succeed."

Bodies found from London's old Bedlam hospital (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:18 AM PDT

Archaeologists may have found more than a thousand bodies at a 16th century burial ground that served London's Reuters - Archaeologists have unearthed hundreds of skeletons at a 16th Century burial ground in the heart of the city that once served London's most notorious psychiatric hospital, the original "Bedlam."

BP-Rosneft deal remains blocked indefinitely (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:09 AM PDT

AP - BP says an injunction blocking a deal with Russia's Rosneft to swap shares and explore the Arctic for oil will remain in place indefinitely, a setback for the British oil group.

Libya makes Britain rethink defence cuts: report (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:55 AM PDT

A Royal Air Force Tornado aircraft taxis to it hanger after landing at RAF Marham, in Norfolk, on March 19. Prime Minister David Cameron is rethinking the government's programme of deep defence cuts in the light of the armed forces' involvement in the Libya conflict, a report has said.(AFP/File/Gavin Fogg)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron is rethinking the government's programme of deep defence cuts in the light of the armed forces' involvement in the Libya conflict, a report said on Friday.

Jobcentre Plus call staff to strike over targets (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:26 AM PDT

A woman is seen waiting to enter a Jobcentre Plus in central London in August 2010. Thousands of Jobcentre Plus staff are to stage a 24-hour strike later this month amid a row over working conditions in what will be the second walkout at the unemployment agency this year.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Thousands of Jobcentre Plus staff are to stage a 24-hour strike later this month amid a row over working conditions in what will be the second walkout at the unemployment agency this year.

FTSE up 0.69% at open (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:32 AM PDT

London shares rose at the start of trading on Friday, recovering losses from Thursday when it slipped 0.56 percent to 6,007.37 points.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - London shares rose at the start of trading on Friday, recovering losses from Thursday when it slipped 0.56 percent to 6,007.37 points.

Queen Elizabeth to visit Ireland in May (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:20 AM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II , seen here on April 1, will visit Ireland on May 17-20 in the first state visit by a British monarch since the republic gained independence in 1922.(AFP/POOL/File/Christopher Furlong)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II will visit Ireland on May 17-20 in the first state visit by a British monarch since the republic gained independence in 1922, Buckingham Palace has said.

Former MP Morley admits fiddling expenses (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:19 AM PDT

Former labour MP Elliot Morley leaves Southwark Crown Court in central London. Morley faces jail after admitting he fraudulently claimed over £30,000 in expenses, the latest development in the country's ongoing parliamentary allowances scandal.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - A former minister faces jail after admitting he fraudulently claimed over £30,000 in expenses, the latest development in the country's ongoing parliamentary allowances scandal.

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