Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Evangelical leader the Rev. John Stott dies at 90 (AP)
• Britain arrests suspected LulzSec spokesman: police (AFP)
• Banned Palestinian activist remains free on bail (AP)
• UK police arrest suspected teenage hacker (Reuters)
• Britain bans 2 misleading makeup ads (AP)
• Miliband has nose op (AFP)
• Britons put pay over job satisfaction: survey (Reuters)
• Factbox: British politicians' meetings with News Corp (Reuters)
• Support grows for planned Winehouse addiction foundation (AFP)
• Britain expels Libyan diplomats, asks for rebel envoys (Reuters)
• Watchdog bans airbrushed L'Oreal make-up adverts (AFP)
• UK recognizes Libyan rebels, expels Gadhafi envoys (AP)
• Broadcaster ITV posts surging profits (AFP)
• Aegis sells Synovate division to Ipsos (AFP)
• British Gas slapped with £2.5 mln fine by Ofgem (AFP)
• Cigarette maker BAT reports 23% jump in net profits (AFP)
• Norway finds 'no proof' of British link to gunman (AFP)

Evangelical leader the Rev. John Stott dies at 90 (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:14 PM PDT AP - The Rev. John Stott, who led a resurgence of evangelicalism in Britain and went on to become one of the most influential evangelical thinkers of the 20th Century, died Wednesday. He was 90.

Britain arrests suspected LulzSec spokesman: police (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:54 PM PDT AFP - British police arrested an 18-year-old man in a remote Scottish archipelago on Wednesday on suspicion of being a spokesman for the Lulz Security and Anonymous computer hacking groups, Scotland Yard said.

Banned Palestinian activist remains free on bail (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:19 PM PDT AP - A radical Islamic leader who entered Britain despite being banned will be allowed to remain free on bail while he fights deportation.

UK police arrest suspected teenage hacker (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:05 PM PDT Reuters - A British teenager was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of being a leader of the computer hacking group that has boasted of breaking into the networks of the CIA, Sony and many other private and public bodies.

Britain bans 2 misleading makeup ads (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:31 AM PDT AP - Britain's advertising standards council banned two makeup advertisements featuring actress Julia Roberts and model Christy Turlington on Wednesday, ruling the ads — which used digitally altered photographs — were misleading.

Miliband has nose op (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:30 AM PDT AFP - Opposition leader Ed Miliband underwent a nose operation Wednesday to cure a snoring problem, his Labour party said, denying reports that it was to make his voice sound less nasal.

Britons put pay over job satisfaction: survey (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:33 AM PDT Reuters - British workers put pay above job satisfaction when changing jobs, in a reversal of priorities from last year, a survey showed on Wednesday.

Factbox: British politicians' meetings with News Corp (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 08:45 AM PDT Reuters - British finance minister George Osborne met executives from Rupert Murdoch-owned companies 16 times since the parliamentary election in May 2010, information released by the British government this week showed.

Support grows for planned Winehouse addiction foundation (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 07:40 AM PDT AFP - The father of Amy Winehouse on Wednesday won support from a MP for his plan to set up a foundation in the late soul singer's name for people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction.

Britain expels Libyan diplomats, asks for rebel envoys (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 06:48 AM PDT Reuters - Britain will expel all remaining Libyan diplomats, treat the rebel opposition as the legitimate government and unfreeze some Libyan assets, Foreign Secretary William Hague said Wednesday, in the latest diplomatic push to break Muammar Gaddafi's grip on power.

Watchdog bans airbrushed L'Oreal make-up adverts (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 06:18 AM PDT AFP - The Advertising Standards Authority said Wednesday it had banned two adverts by French cosmetics giant L'Oreal over "misleading" airbrushed images of actress Julia Roberts and supermodel Christy Turlington.

UK recognizes Libyan rebels, expels Gadhafi envoys (AP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 06:13 AM PDT AP - Britain has officially recognized Libya's main opposition group as the country's legitimate government, and Wednesday expelled all diplomats from Moammar Gadhafi's regime.

Broadcaster ITV posts surging profits (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:24 AM PDT AFP - Commercial broadcaster ITV said on Wednesday that first-half net profits leapt 90 percent on rising revenues and lower costs, and declared its first shareholder dividend since 2009.

Aegis sells Synovate division to Ipsos (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:03 AM PDT AFP - Advertising and marketing group Aegis said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its Synovate market research division to French firm Ipsos for £525 million.

British Gas slapped with £2.5 mln fine by Ofgem (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:37 AM PDT AFP - British Gas was fined £2.5 million on Wednesday for failing to deal with customer complaints correctly, energy regulator Ofgem said.

Cigarette maker BAT reports 23% jump in net profits (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:54 AM PDT AFP - British American Tobacco, the world's second-biggest cigarette maker, said on Wednesday that interim net profits jumped almost 23 percent on the back of strong demand in developing markets.

Norway finds 'no proof' of British link to gunman (AFP) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:50 AM PDT AFP - Norway's domestic intelligence chief said Wednesday there was no evidence that the gunman who admitted last week's twin attacks had links to other cells in the country or in Britain.

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