Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• British royals sparkle at US polo match (AFP)
• News of the World presses roll for the last time (AFP)
• UK's News of the World bids farewell to readers (AP)
• Call for News review in Australia after hacking scandal (AFP)
• Webber takes pole for British GP (AFP)
• Britain's unruly media likely to face new rules (AP)
• Singapore deports British author after jail term (AP)
• Freed British author deported from Singapore (AFP)
• British royal couple arrive in US (AFP)
• British phone hacking scandal hits second tabloid, crosses borders (The Christian Science Monitor)

British royals sparkle at US polo match (AFP) Posted: 09 Jul 2011 04:10 PM PDT AFP - Prince William and his wife Catherine wowed the crowds at a charity polo match on Saturday, the second day of a star-studded California trip aimed at promoting British talent in Hollywood.

News of the World presses roll for the last time (AFP) Posted: 09 Jul 2011 04:06 PM PDT AFP - Britain's News of the World went to press for the last time on Saturday, ending its 168-year history of scoops and scandal with the headline "Thank You and Goodbye."

UK's News of the World bids farewell to readers (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2011 03:19 PM PDT AP - Britain's best-selling Sunday tabloid the News of the World signed off with a simple front page message — "THANK YOU & GOODBYE" — leaving the media establishment here reeling from the expanding phone-hacking scandal that brought down the muckraking newspaper after 168 years.

Call for News review in Australia after hacking scandal (AFP) Posted: 09 Jul 2011 09:32 AM PDT AFP - The phone hacking scandal rocking Rupert Murdoch's News Corp threatened to spread to Australia Saturday with calls for an official inquiry, which could hurt his play for a major television contract.

Webber takes pole for British GP (AFP) Posted: 09 Jul 2011 07:23 AM PDT AFP - A happy but grimly-determined Mark Webber on Saturday grabbed pole for the British Grand Prix and then declared the technical row that had overshadowed the weekend was 'nonsense'.

Britain's unruly media likely to face new rules (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2011 03:33 AM PDT AP - The media throughout the world like to portray themselves as the defender of the public good, a steadfast bulwark against government excess, a fearless watchdog ready to root out criminality.

Singapore deports British author after jail term (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2011 02:24 AM PDT AP - A lawyer says British author Alan Shadrake has been released from a Singaporean jail after serving five weeks for contempt of court.

Freed British author deported from Singapore (AFP) Posted: 09 Jul 2011 12:09 AM PDT AFP - A British author who spent five weeks in a Singapore prison for contempt after publishing a book questioning executions in the city-state was deported to London, hours after being released.

British royal couple arrive in US (AFP) Posted: 08 Jul 2011 04:17 PM PDT AFP - Prince William and his new bride Catherine arrived in Los Angeles on Friday for a weekend of Hollywood glamour and Californian sun, after a nine-day tour of Canada.

British phone hacking scandal hits second tabloid, crosses borders (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 Jul 2011 02:07 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In another twist in the British phone hacking scandal, police raided the offices of Britain's Daily Star Sunday and are looking into allegations that News of the World broke into a Scottish politician's voicemail.

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