Former top Thatcher adviser says she would back deal with EU
LONDON (AP) -- A former top adviser says the late Margaret Thatcher would have supported the proposed deal outlined this week to keep Britain inside the 28-nation European Union....
View ArticleUK's Cameron: Review how prisons treat pregnant women
LONDON (AP) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron is calling for an urgent review of how pregnant women are handled by prisons in light of figures showing 100 babies spent time in prison last year....
View ArticleStorm Imogen lashes Britain with wind, huge waves
LONDON (AP) -- A winter storm with hurricane-force winds and huge waves battered Britain's coastline Monday, cutting power to thousands and disrupting travel across the country....
View ArticleUK to end ancient practice of printing laws on animal skin
LONDON (AP) -- It's often said some laws aren't worth the paper they're printed on. Not in Britain, where for centuries laws have been printed not on paper but on calfskin...
View ArticleUK's Cameron blasts UN panel's ruling on WikiLeaks' Assange
LONDON (AP) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron told Parliament on Wednesday that a U.N. panel's finding that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been wrongfully detained is...
View ArticleUK jury finds 3 men guilty of helping friend join IS
LONDON (AP) -- Three young British men who helped a teenage friend travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group were sentenced Wednesday to several years in prison....
View ArticleIrish singer Hozier's single goes to fight domestic abuse
LONDON (AP) -- Hozier is giving his latest single to charity....
View ArticleUK factory-owner jailed for exploiting trafficked Hungarians
LONDON (AP) -- A British factory-owner has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for employing Hungarian workers for as little as 10 pounds ($14.50) a week....
View ArticleBritain's Independent newspaper to cease print editions
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Independent newspaper will publish its last print edition next month as it makes a "historic transition" to digital-only format, its owner said...
View Article4 UK rowers rescued from Atlantic after boat capsizes
LONDON (AP) -- Four British women trying to cross the Atlantic in a rowing boat have been rescued after they were stranded in the mid-Atlantic Ocean for more than 16 hours when their boat capsized and...
View ArticleMultiple crises challenge European Union before summit
LONDON (AP) -- If the European Union were a patient, its survival would be seen as threatened by multiple organ failure....
View ArticleAfter review, HSBC decides to keep headquarters in London
LONDON (AP) -- International bank HSBC said Sunday it has decided to keep its headquarters in London after considering a move to Hong Kong in response to tougher U.K. banking regulations....
View ArticlePlane returns to London after laser was beamed into cockpit
LONDON (AP) -- A Virgin Atlantic flight bound for New York has returned to London's Heathrow Airport after a laser was beamed into the cockpit....
View ArticleUK reverses decision to stop printing laws on animal skin
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's vellum is not vanishing after all....
View ArticleMan accused of plan to attack UK or US troops in Britain
LONDON (AP) -- Prosecutors say a British man used a bomb-making article from an al-Qaida publication to plan an attack on British or American military personnel in the U.K....
View ArticleAP Interview: Sanders' brother shares political odyssey
OXFORD, England (AP) -- These are exciting times for Larry Sanders, a stalwart Green Party campaigner in Oxford, England. He's just been appointed to a new job as his party's...
View ArticleBritish defense secretary visits contested Falklands Islands
PORT STANLEY, Falkland Islands (AP) -- Britain's defense secretary paid tribute to fallen British veterans on a visit Tuesday to the contested Falkland Islands and said the election of a new...
View ArticleCameron heads into EU summit with EU membership at stake
BRUSSELS (AP) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron is bracing for a crucial European Union summit on Thursday, convinced he needs to clinch a deal to fundamentally reform the bloc to make sure a...
View ArticleFrom two-speed Europe to emergency brake, EU lingo decoded
The European Union can be a bewildering place, full of mystifying acronyms and impenetrable jargon. With EU leaders meeting Thursday and Friday to thrash out a deal that aims to keep Britain in the...
View ArticleAP's Mstyslav Chernov wins Royal Television Society award
LONDON (AP) -- Associated Press journalist Mstyslav Chernov has been named camera operator of the year at the Royal Television Society awards in London....
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