2011年4月22日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British royal street parties set, but not for all (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:32 PM PDT

A sign stands outside a pub promoting Royal Wedding events, in central London April 4, 2011. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - About 5,500 street parties will be held across Britain to toast next Friday's wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, although the royal nuptials appear to have failed to excite locals in east London.

UK counts 5,500 street parties for royal wedding (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:01 PM PDT

AP - British government officials say that more than 5,500 street parties are being planned in honor of Prince William and his bride on April 29.

British hero who caught baby just wants to go back to vacation (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:39 PM PDT

Reuters - British tourist Helen Beard doesn't feel like a hero even after being feted on Friday for catching a 1-year-old girl who fell from a fourth-story balcony at an Orlando resort hotel.

British tourist honored for catching falling child (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:18 PM PDT

Helen Beard, right, of Worksop, England, answers questions at a news conference where she was recognized for saving the life of a 1-year-old child in Orlando, Fla., with a Medal of Merit by Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demmings, left, Friday, April 22, 2011, in Orlando. On April 21, Beard ran from the swimming pool of the hotel she was visiting after she noticed a child hanging from a fourth-floor balcony and arrived in time to catch the little girl as she fell. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Helen Beard was poolside with her son and partner at a Florida hotel when she heard a scream and turned to find a 1-year-old girl dangling from a fourth-story balcony. She leapt up and positioned herself beneath the toddler just in time to catch her, saving the girl from certain injury.

Masks of Britain's royals flying off the shelves (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 12:14 PM PDT

Face masks of Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton are loaded into boxes for shipping at a production plant in Southam, central England Friday April 22, 2011. Over 120,000 of the masks have been sold worldwide with Mask-arade company staff working around the clock to complete orders before the Royal Wedding. Britain's Prince William will marry Kate Middleton in London's Westminster Abbey on Friday April 29. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver)AP - Spotted: Kate Middleton running the London marathon!

Former British PM Brown takes unpaid Davos job (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 11:05 AM PDT

Reuters - Former British prime minister Gordon Brown is to take an unpaid post as adviser to the World Economic Forum (WEF), the Swiss-based body which organizes the annual global leaders' meeting in Davos said on Friday.

Gordon Brown joins World Economic Forum (AFP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 08:57 AM PDT

Former British prime minister Gordon Brown has been appointed unpaid chairman of a new policy group at the World Economic Forum, the organisation has announced.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Former prime minister Gordon Brown has been appointed unpaid chairman of a new policy group at the World Economic Forum, the organisation announced on Friday.

Ed Miliband to have nasal surgery (AFP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 07:29 AM PDT

Labour leader Ed Miliband is to have surgery on his nose, but his spokesman has denied reports that the operation is to improve his nasal-sounding voice.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Labour leader Ed Miliband is to have surgery on his nose, his spokesman said on Friday, but denied reports that the operation was to improve his nasal-sounding voice.

Bishop urges wider access to Church of England schools (AFP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 06:36 AM PDT

Church of England schools should cut the number of places reserved for Anglican children to one in 10, the church's education chief has said. AFP - Church of England schools should cut the number of places reserved for Anglican children to one in 10, the church's education chief said on Friday.

UK issues warning as smog forms over London (AP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:41 AM PDT

A woman jogs down Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath as smog can be seen in the distance in London, Friday, April 22, 2011. Britain's Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has warned of a high pollution episode in the UK this weekend with elevated levels of PM10 and ozone expected until at least Sunday. A high pressure system persisting over the UK is forecast to bring warm and still conditions and that combined with the extra traffic on the roads for the Easter weekend will contribute to the smog. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - The U.K. government has warned people against taking outdoor exercise in the afternoon as a layer of smog has formed over the British capital.

Smog alert for bank holiday weekend (AFP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:36 AM PDT

St. Paul's Cathedral is seen among the skyline through the smog in central London. Millions of asthma sufferers have been urged to take sensible precautions after a AFP - Millions of asthma sufferers have been urged to take sensible precautions after a "smog alert" was issued for the Easter weekend, with high levels of pollutants expected to choke the air in England and Wales.

London spruces up for royal wedding (AFP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 08:28 PM PDT

Union flags line London's Regent Street. The fountains have been cleaned, the lawns trimmed and giant Union flags are flying in the wind -- it's one week from the royal wedding, and London is putting on its best face for William and Kate.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The fountains have been cleaned, the lawns trimmed and giant Union flags are flying in the wind -- it's one week from the royal wedding, and London is putting on its best face for William and Kate.

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