BBC News – Former RBS boss Fred Goodwin stripped of knighthood
Former Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Fred Goodwin, heavily criticised over the bank's near collapse, loses his knighthood. Continue reading →
View ArticleBritish Gov Takes Another Swing at the Pirate Bay – The Other Chris
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View ArticleRupert Murdoch pressured me over Europe, says John Major – Media –...
Ex-PM tells Leveson inquiry that mogul said in 1997 his papers would oppose the government if it did not change its policy. By John Plunkett and Lisa O'Carroll Continue reading →
View ArticleBritish journalist sexually assaulted in Cairo’s Tahrir Square
A young British journalist was sexually assaulted in the Egyptian capital by a frenzied mob while filming a documentary about women's rights. Continue reading →
View ArticleLIBOR Banking Scandal Deepens; Barclays Releases Damning Email, Implicates...
This Libor-manipulation story grows crazier with each passing minute. We have officially disappeared now down the rabbit-hole of the international fin Continue reading →
View ArticleBritish democracy in terminal decline, warns report – UK news – The Guardian
Exclusive: Corporate power, unrepresentative politicians and apathetic voters leave UK 'increasingly unstable', says study Continue reading →
View ArticleInsight: Fed knew of Libor issue in 2007-08, proposed reforms – Reuters
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York may have known as early as August 2007 that the setting of global benchmark interest rates was flawed. Following an inquiry with British banking group...
View ArticleUsing WiFi to see through walls – ExtremeTech
British engineers from University College London have developed a passive radar system that can see through walls using the WiFi... Continue reading →
View ArticlePakistani parents jailed for ‘honour killing’ of daughter – Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: A Pakistani-born couple were jailed for life by a British court Friday for murdering their Continue reading →
View ArticleSpecial Report – British banks face scandal over toxic insurance products –...
LONDON (Reuters) - When businessman Colin Jones approached his local bank for a loan in 2007, he had little idea what an interest rate swap was, let alone a structured collar.Jones wanted 400,000...
View ArticleBBC News – Right-to-die man Tony Nicklinson dead after refusing food
Tony Nicklinson, a man with locked-in syndrome who fought for the right for doctors to legally end his life, has died. Continue reading →
View ArticleThe west’s hypocrisy over Pussy Riot is breathtaking – Simon Jenkins –...
Simon Jenkins: Our courts now jail at the drop of a headline – for stealing water or abuse sent on Twitter. So who are we to condemn Russia? Continue reading →
View ArticleKeith Allen and Lionel Shriver to take MDMA in live televised drug trial on...
FACT is the UK's best online music magazine and home to the twice-weekly FACT mix series. Continue reading →
View ArticleBritish producer faces 2 years in prison for play about gay challenges in Uganda
Ugandan authorities jailed a British producer for staging without permission a play about the challenges facing homosexuals in the African nation. Continue reading →
View ArticleBBC News – Gary McKinnon extradition to US blocked by Theresa May
British computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not be extradited to the US, Home Secretary Theresa May announces, saying his human rights would have been at risk. Continue reading →
View ArticleCarrier pigeon’s remains found in chimney with wartime coded message – video...
David Martin tells how he discovered the skeleton of a carrier pigeon carrying a coded message in his chimney of his home near Reigate, Surrey Continue reading →
View ArticleNick Clegg and David Cameron clash over drug law reforms – Politics
Deputy prime minister says politicians know 'war on drugs' is failing and prime minister must show courage over issue Continue reading →
View ArticleBritish create a petition to keep Piers Morgan in U.S.
After a petition to deport the pro-gun control CNN host gains momentum, a counter-petition emerges Continue reading →
View ArticleSenior British rabbi filmed telling alleged child abuse victim not to go to...
A senior British rabbi has been filmed telling an alleged victim of child sexual abuse not to go to the police. Continue reading →
View ArticleBritish sugar giant caught in global tax scandal – Business – The Observer
Associated British Foods accused of Zambia tax avoidance after sending massive profits abroad Continue reading →
View ArticleBBC News – Fast fibre: A community shows the way
How fast is your home broadband? Seventy to 80 Mbps if you're one of the few with the very fastest fibre broadband services? Perhaps 10Mbps if you've got an average connection, maybe under 2Mbps if you...
View ArticleWindows 7 still being sold on up to 93% of British PCs – News
PC Pro Exclusive: British PC buyers rejecting Windows 8, according to PC makers Continue reading →
View ArticleSpanish sperm whale death linked to UK supermarket supplier’s plastic – World...
Sperm whale on Spanish southern coast had swallowed 17kg of plastic waste dumped by greenhouses supplying produce to UK Continue reading →
View ArticleBBC News – Cannabis scratch and sniff cards to track down farms
Marijuana-scented scratch cards are to be posted to households in England in a bid to detect illegal cannabis farms. Continue reading →
View ArticleBritish tourist jumps from hotel balcony in Agra to escape sexual assault
A British tourist jumped from her hotel room in Agra today, allegedly to avoid being assaulted by the owner of the hotel who had forced his way into her room. Continue reading →
View ArticleExclusive: Now water companies are caught avoiding tax – Tax – Money
British water companies are avoiding millions of pounds in tax by loading themselves up with debt listed on an offshore stock exchange, an investigation has revealed. Continue reading →
View ArticlePeter Lloyd: ‘Why I’m suing my gym over their sexist women-only hours’
When I became a member of my local gym, it was to exercise my body - not my human rights. But that's exactly what I'm doing with the Kentish Town Sports Centre in north London. Continue reading →
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