2011年11月8日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


BBC: Murdoch tabloid spied on Prince William (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 02:49 PM PST

File - Chairman of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch, right, and his son James Murdoch, chief executive of News Corporation Europe and Asia arrive at his residence in central London, in this Sunday, July 10, 2011 file photo. A private investigator working for Rupert Murdoch's News of the World conducted surveillance on Prince William as well of dozens of politicians and celebrities, the BBC reported Tuesday Nov. 8 2011. The broadcaster said private eye Derek Webb spied on the prince in 2006 while William was in Gloucestershire, western England, where his father Prince Charles has a country home.  (AP Photo / Sang Tan, file)AP - A private investigator working for Rupert Murdoch's News of the World conducted surveillance on Prince William as well of dozens of politicians and celebrities, the BBC reported Tuesday.


British minister: Relaxed border checks not risky (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 02:19 PM PST

Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011.  British lawmakers demanded to know Monday whether a policy of relaxing border checks on thousands of passengers at airports and ports could have put national security in jeopardy. The country's main opposition Labour Party said allegations that border staff had been ordered to routinely suspend some passport checks to ease lines during the summer vacation season were troubling. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - British Home Secretary Theresa May, under increasing pressure because of an unapproved relaxation of border controls, said Tuesday the changes had not endangered national security and insisted she would not resign.


UK stunt pilot dies after ejecting from airplane (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 11:39 AM PST

ALTERNATE CROP OF LON808 - A BAE Systems Red Arrows display team Hawk jet on the ground at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, England late Tuesday Nov. 8 2011, with part  of its front canopy missing.  A pilot was reportedly killed Tuesday after being ejected from an aircraft while it was still on the ground. The RAF said a full independent inquiry was being launched into the incident. In August a Red Arrow pilot died after his plane came down while returning from a display. (AP Photo/  Rui Vieira/PA)UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVESAP - A stunt pilot with the British military's Red Arrows aerobatic display team died Tuesday after being ejected from his aircraft while it was on the ground.


Music industry, royalty honor Jools Holland (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 07:09 AM PST

Reuters - Heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles and record industry royalty paid tribute to pianist, bandleader and television presenter Jools Holland late on Monday when he was awarded the 20th Music Industry Trusts Award.

UK court: Catholic Church liable for priest wrongs (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 05:54 AM PST

AP - A British court has ruled that Roman Catholic priests are equivalent to employees, a decision that could pave the way for victims of sexual abuse to win damages from the church.

AstraZeneca reports poor result on drug test (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 03:48 AM PST

AP - Drug maker AstraZeneca says a new antidepressant drug it hopes will be a big money-earner did not perform as well as expected in a test.

London Games spark tourist numbers debate (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 02:03 AM PST

Reuters - Tour operators organising trips to Britain are seeing an average 90 percent downturn in bookings during the London 2012 Olympics, a survey by an industry group said, with sports fans failing to compensate for those wanting to avoid a packed city.

Lloyds Banking Group 3Q pretax profit falls (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 12:56 AM PST

AP - Part-nationalized Lloyds Banking Group, Britain's biggest retail bank, on Tuesday reported a 27 percent drop in pretax profit in the third quarter compared with a year ago and the bank admitted it may miss some of its medium-term financial targets.
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