2011年6月17日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britain slaps security curbs on UPS air cargo: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 12:53 PM PDT

A UPS sign is pictured outside a company depot in north London. Britain has imposed restrictions on UPS air cargo passing through the country because the package delivery company has failed to comply with security regulations, the government said Friday.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Britain has imposed restrictions on UPS air cargo passing through the country because the package delivery company has failed to comply with security regulations, the government said Friday.

Public sector retirement age 'will rise to 66' (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:54 AM PDT

The government says it wants to bring the retirement age for public sector workers into line with the state pension, meaning most employees will have to work to the age of 66. In a speech to the IPPR think tank later, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander will also to warn workers that it would be a AFP - The government Friday unveiled plans to raise the retirement age for most public sector workers by six years to 66 and make them pay more towards their pensions, provoking fury from trade unions.

Court: UK school's ban on cornrows discriminatory (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:11 AM PDT

AP - Britain's High Court ruled Friday that a high school's ban on cornrow hairstyles has led to racial discrimination and must be changed.

FTSE ends stronger (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:08 AM PDT

Stocks ended stronger as investors were reassured by a Franco-German summit on the Greek debt crisis.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Stocks ended stronger on Friday as investors were reassured by a Franco-German summit on the Greek debt crisis.

Royal Ascot highlights UK's summer social season (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 08:10 AM PDT

Race goers arrive for the fourth day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting at Ascot, England, Friday, June 17, 2011. Royal Ascot, celebrating its 300th year, has a long royal connection dating back to 1711, when Queen Anne discovered the open heath near Windsor Palace and felt it might be a perfect racing location. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Christina Osborne has a system for winning at Royal Ascot, the five-day horse racing event that is one of the highlights of England's glittering if brief summer social season.

Scotland outlines sectarian violence clampdown (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:47 AM PDT

Celtic manager Neil Lennon pumps a fist in the air after his team won 4-0 against Motherwell last month. Lennon has been the target of parcel bombs and had bullets sent to him through the post,amid a rise on sectarianism that has marred recent matches between Old Firm rivals Rangers and Celtic.(AFP/File/Graham Stuart)AFP - Scotland published a draft law on Friday aimed at tackling the sectarianism that has marred recent matches between Old Firm rivals Rangers and Celtic.

Ex-BP head's new venture raises £1.35 bn (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:39 AM PDT

Ex-BP chief executive Tony Hayward is seen in 2010. Hayward's new investment vehicle says it has raised £1.35 billion in a fundraising for a stock market flotation, higher than expected.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)AFP - Former BP boss Tony Hayward's new investment vehicle said on Friday it has raised £1.35 billion in a fundraising for a stock market flotation, higher than expected.

Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:18 AM PDT

Two British soldiers have been killed on operations in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says. The soldier, from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, was killed on Thursday while on duty with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in the Gereshk Valley area of the restive Helmand Province.(AFP/File/Yuri Cortez)AFP - Two British soldiers have been killed on operations in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence announced on Friday.

Susan Boyle musical to hit the stage (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 06:38 AM PDT

Scottish Susan Boyle performs on the stage of the Ariston Theatre in Sanremo, during the Italian Music Festival last year. Boyle's meteoric rise to fame is to be brought to life in a new stage musical, producers have announced.(AFP/File/Tiziana Fabi)AFP - The meteoric rise to fame of Scottish singer Susan Boyle is to be brought to life in a new stage musical, producers announced on Friday.

Parents' behaviour 'has strong impact on teen drinking' (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 04:54 AM PDT

Teenagers are twice as likely to have been drunk several times if they have seen their parents in the same state, a survey has found.(AFP/File/Miguel Riopa)AFP - Teenagers are twice as likely to have been drunk several times if they have seen their parents in the same state, a survey found on Friday.

UK court rules school's "gang braids" ban racist (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 04:20 AM PDT

Reuters - A school's decision to ban some hairstyles it says have become associated with gang culture has resulted in "unlawful, indirect racial discrimination which is not justified," a British court ruled on Friday.

School's ban on cornrow hairstyle 'discriminated' (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:38 AM PDT

Rapper Snoop Dogg is seen with his hair in cornrows last year. A London school's ban on certain hairstyles including cornrows has resulted in AFP - A London school's ban on certain hairstyles including cornrows has resulted in "unlawful, indirect racial discrimination which is not justified", the High Court ruled on Friday.

Government slammed for deporting Sri Lankans (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 02:52 AM PDT

Immigration Minister Damian Green is seen in 2009. Amnesty International has accused the government of deporting Sri Lankans despite knowing they were at risk of torture once they returned home. AFP - The government has been accused by Amnesty International of deporting Sri Lankans despite knowing they were at risk of torture once they returned home.

BBC apologises to Primark over 'fake' Panorama footage (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 02:28 AM PDT

People enter the BBC Television Centre in White City, west London. The BBC is to make an on-air apology to clothing giant Primark, after an internal investigation ruled that a Panorama programme about the company AFP - The BBC is to make an on-air apology to clothing giant Primark, after an internal investigation ruled that a Panorama programme about the company "more likely than not" included faked footage of Indian child labour.

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