Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Police hunt blond burglar nicknamed 'Goldilocks' (AP)
• Baby P council chief wins appeal against sacking (AFP)
• British schoolboy ascends Everest to become youngest 'seven summit' climber (Reuters)
• Teen ascends Everest to become youngest "seven summit" climber (Reuters)
• IMF race talk kept in the wings at G8 summit (Reuters)
• London mayor slaps congestion levy on Obama's Beast (AFP)
• Ed Miliband tweets his pleasure as finally weds (AFP)
• British police hunt "Goldilocks" (Reuters)
• Russia offers to mediate ex-ally Gadhafi's exit (AP)
• House prices rise slightly in May: Nationwide (AFP)
• Singapore jails UK author for 'insulting book' (AFP)

Police hunt blond burglar nicknamed 'Goldilocks' (AP) Posted: 27 May 2011 09:12 AM PDT AP - British police say they're hunting a young blond burglary suspect they've nicknamed "Goldilocks" because he's believed to have slept in one of his victim's homes.

Baby P council chief wins appeal against sacking (AFP) Posted: 27 May 2011 08:10 AM PDT AFP - The ex-director of children's services at a council embroiled in the Baby P scandal has won her Court of Appeal battle over her sacking, though the Department rfor Education says it will take the case to the supreme court.

British schoolboy ascends Everest to become youngest 'seven summit' climber (Reuters) Posted: 27 May 2011 07:55 AM PDT Reuters - A 16-year-old British schoolboy became the youngest person ever to climb the highest mountains on all seven continents when he ascended Mount Everest, the tallest of them, on Thursday, his organisers said.

Teen ascends Everest to become youngest "seven summit" climber (Reuters) Posted: 27 May 2011 09:22 AM PDT Reuters - A 16-year-old British schoolboy became the youngest person ever to climb the highest mountains on all seven continents when he ascended Mount Everest, the tallest of them, on Thursday, his organizers said.

IMF race talk kept in the wings at G8 summit (Reuters) Posted: 27 May 2011 07:33 AM PDT Reuters - G8 leaders meeting in France for their annual summit this week kept their discussions on the IMF succession strictly in the corridors and avoided any joint endorsement of France's Christine Lagarde as a candidate.

London mayor slaps congestion levy on Obama's Beast (AFP) Posted: 27 May 2011 05:34 AM PDT AFP - London Mayor Boris Johnson will ask Barack Obama to pay the congestion charge for his security vehicle "The Beast", according to the Evening Standard newspaper.

Ed Miliband tweets his pleasure as finally weds (AFP) Posted: 27 May 2011 04:30 AM PDT AFP - Labour leader Ed Miliband said he feels like "the luckiest guy in the world" ahead of his wedding on Friday to partner Justine Thornton.

British police hunt "Goldilocks" (Reuters) Posted: 27 May 2011 03:04 AM PDT Reuters - British police appealed for help on Friday in tracing a suspected burglar they have dubbed "Goldilocks" because he breaks into houses, eats food and then has a sleep.

Russia offers to mediate ex-ally Gadhafi's exit (AP) Posted: 27 May 2011 04:09 PM PDT AP - Russia abandoned one-time ally Moammar Gadhafi and offered Friday to mediate a deal for the Libyan leader to leave the country he has ruled for more than 40 years.

House prices rise slightly in May: Nationwide (AFP) Posted: 27 May 2011 02:37 AM PDT AFP - British house prices gained 0.3 percent in May from April, when they had fallen by 0.2 percent, a key survey by home-loans provider Nationwide showed on Friday.

Singapore jails UK author for 'insulting book' (AFP) Posted: 26 May 2011 11:32 PM PDT AFP - Singapore's highest court on Friday ordered a defiant 76-year-old British writer to serve six weeks in jail for contempt after he published a book denouncing judicial hangings in the city-state.

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