ARTICLES RELATING TO BRITAIN

Briton flees on roller skates

2013-05-19 12:31

French police are questioning a 48-year-old divorced Briton arrested on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two young children.

Cameron: Britain must stay in EU

2013-05-09 14:00

British Prime Minister David Cameron has taken on critics in his Conservative party, saying it would be wrong for Britain to leave the European Union.

UK watchdog acts on illegal forex trading

2013-04-29 16:55

Britain's Financial Conduct Authority has charged two men with taking on more than £5m from investors for unauthorised foreign exchange trading.

Rights group sues UK over spying

2013-04-16 18:40

A human rights group is suing the British government over the export of sophisticated surveillance technology.

UK fiscal watchdog rebuffs Cameron

2013-03-08 18:06

Britain's independent fiscal watchdog has criticised Prime Minister David Cameron for misrepresenting its position on cutting the national debt.

Horsemeat scandal: Allegations of cruelty

2013-02-21 09:01

A new row over the treatment of horses farmed in the Americas has erupted as the fallout from Europe's horsemeat scandal spreads far outside the continent.

RBS faces £500m fine over Libor scandal

2013-01-29 20:02

Britain's Royal Bank of Scotland could face a £500m fine from British and US authorities for its role in the Libor rate-rigging affair.

Britain on brink of triple dip recession

2013-01-25 15:23

Britain's economy shrank more than expected at the end of 2012 pushing it perilously close to a triple-dip recession.

Terrorism in Africa set to top G8 agenda

2013-01-21 20:05

Britain will use its chairmanship of the Group of Eight richest nations to tackle the issue of terrorism following developments in Algeria and Mali.

UK finance jobs nosedive over scandals

2013-01-14 13:27

Job losses in the financial sector have reached their highest level since 2008, with 36 868 people losing their jobs for reasons such as wrongdoing.

Britain makes climate pledge

2012-12-05 10:21

Britain has become the first country at UN climate talks in Doha to pledge money to help poor countries deal with global warming as negotiators battled to thrash out a funding deal.

Standard Life cuts 139 jobs

2012-11-21 19:18

British life insurer Standard Life is to cut 139 jobs as part of a previously announced plan to merge its domestic business with that in the rest of Europe.

Govt files charges against nuke plant

2012-11-15 21:40

British regulators have filed charges against the owners of the Sellafield nuclear waste site on allegations of illegal dumping of radioactive waste.

Prince Philip spends third night in hospital

2011-12-26 14:14

Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip was to miss the royals' traditional Christmas pheasant shoot after a third night in hospital recovering from heart surgery.

UK's cure for slow economy: drive faster

2011-09-30 10:52

The British government wants drivers to up their speeds in a bid to boost its sluggish economy.

London rioters battle police

2011-08-07 12:14

Rioters throwing petrol bombs battled police in north London overnight, setting patrol cars, buildings and a double-decker bus on fire.

Royal wedding, Japan quake hit UK output

2011-06-10 13:24

Britain's factory production fell at its sharpest monthly pace in two years in April, hit by the royal wedding and supply chain disruption from Japan.

SA exporters 'bullied by Brits'

2011-05-31 06:38

SA fruit producers supplying supermarkets in the United Kingdom have called on the British government to protect them from alleged unethical practices.

Ash cloud hits UK flights

2011-05-24 13:25

About 250 flights to northern Britain have been cancelled over concerns about the ash cloud spewing from an Icelandic volcano.

The high cost of the royal wedding

2011-04-29 06:55

It may be the stuff fairytales are made of, but Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding comes with a hefty real-life price tag.

Britain freezes Gaddafi's assets

2011-02-28 06:54

Britain has frozen the UK assets of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his family.

Oprah adds Dickens to her book club

2010-12-07 11:14

The talk show host has gone old school and added two of the 19th century author's books to her selection.

UK to monitor bankers' cellphones

2010-11-12 08:13

British firms will be required to record cellphone conversations between investment bankers and traders in a bid to tackle insider trading and market abuse.

Four Lions

2010-10-26 12:26

A comedy about Islamic extremists? It's a miracle that this movie even exists.

Alleged al-Qaeda plotter held in UK

2010-07-07 21:31

Police in Britain have arrested the alleged ringleader of an al-Qaeda bomb plot on a US extradition warrant.

 

Lloyds to cut 850 jobs to reduce costs

2013-05-09 18:52

Lloyds Banking Group is cutting another 850 jobs to reduce costs, bringing the total number of jobs axed by the British bank to around 35 000 since 2008.

Gordhan: I did not agree with UK aid cut

2013-05-02 20:40

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says the facts surrounding Britain's decision to cut aid to South Africa by 2015 are being deliberately distorted.

Fitch strips Britain of AAA rating

2013-04-19 19:16

Fitch Ratings has stripped Britain of its top triple-A rating, moving it down one notch as a weaker economic outlook continues to push up the country's debt.

EasyJet to fly to Norway for first time

2013-03-25 12:30

EasyJet will fly between Britain and Norway for the first time from May, the budget airline says.

After meatballs, Ikea withdraws sausages

2013-02-28 10:04

After withdrawing meatballs from stores across Europe, home furnishings company Ikea says it will also remove wiener sausages made by the same supplier.

UK banks face break-up under new law

2013-02-04 10:48

Britain's biggest banks will face being broken up if they fail to ring-fence their retail and investment arms, under draft legislation set to be announced.

Starbucks may pull British investment

2013-01-27 16:46

Starbucks has threatened to suspend millions of pounds of investment in Britain over unfair targeting by Prime Minister David Cameron over its tax affairs.

Britain reaches out to world leaders

2013-01-24 19:02

British Prime Minister David Cameron says he was not turning his back on Europe after calling for reforms to make the EU more competitive.

Winter chill batters UK businesses

2013-01-21 19:32

Frosty weather across Britain risks an unprecedented "triple-dip" recession that could knock the government's economic plans further off track, experts say.

UK fingers ex-UBS bosses in scandal

2013-01-10 14:40

British lawmakers accused former bosses of Switzerland's UBS of "staggering" ignorance for failing to uncover widespread interest rate rigging at the bank.

Britain summons Israeli envoy

2012-12-03 15:00

Britain has summoned Israel's ambassador for talks about the Jewish state's new settlement plans, saying it deplored the proposals.

Watchdog investigates lending practices

2012-11-20 19:03

Britain's consumer watchdog has launched investigations into several payday lenders over aggressive debt collection.

Possible insider trading in UK

2012-06-19 15:59

Britain's Financial Services Authority says 19.8% of merger announcements in 2011 were preceded by unusual market moves, which may indicate insider trading.

UK, France 'playground' spat simmers

2011-12-17 14:34

Britain's press have waded into the bickering between London and Paris over the state of each other's economy, but warned that the "playground" spat was getting both sides nowhere.

Britain's Osborne defends austerity policies

2011-08-11 18:12

British finance minister George Osborne defended his government's austerity policies, but admitted that recovery would take much longer.

UK watchdog to ban 'toxic' bank products

2011-06-27 14:11

Britain's new financial watchdog will ban products that are bad for consumers and plans to intervene sooner to stamp out misselling.

SA, UK aim to double bilateral trade

2011-06-10 12:18

The South African and British governments have again set the target of doubling their trade by 2015, says the international relations department.

UK GDP grows feebly

2011-05-25 13:28

Britian's economy made a sluggish start to the year as an improved trade performance was more than offset by the sharpest fall in household spending since the recession.

UK jobs market improves

2011-05-18 11:48

Britain's labour market continued to show modest signs of improvement in March.

British budget to focus on recovery

2011-03-20 12:11

Britain's government will unveil its annual budget on Wednesday, expected to focus on nurturing economic growth in the face of deep spending cuts and tax hikes.

British banks reined in

2011-02-09 17:01

The four main UK banks have agreed to pay lower bonuses, more taxes and increase lending to businesses after weeks of talks with the government.

Britain hit by snow

2010-11-27 15:59

Britain has shivered in unseasonably cold weather as the earliest widespread snowfall for 17 years blanketed many areas of the country.

3 British units 'under scrutiny'

2010-10-27 10:45

Three British military units in Afghanistan face questions about their conduct after details of their involvement in attacks on Afghan civilians emerged, a report says.

Europe terror plot still a threat

2010-09-29 15:14

European officials say a plot to wage a Mumbai-style shooting spree in Europe is still a threat and authorities are monitoring Pakistan sites where the threat originated.

Climate inquiry vindicates experts

2010-07-07 16:10

An independent report into the leak of hundreds of emails from one of the world's leading climate research centres has largely vindicated the scientists involved.

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