Diana’s black dress fetches £192,000
A dress worn by Diana, Princess of Wales in March 1981, just a few weeks after her engagement with Prince Charles, has been sold at an auction for £192,000.
LibDems move motion to reverse students visas
A Liberal Democrat member of Parliament in UK has moved an early day motion in Parliament to get support for reversal of new rules for students visas imposed by the Labour government.
UK academy will preserve English
English is finally emulating other Romance languages and will get a specialist organisation to define the rules and stop the decline of the language.
3 Britons jailed for murdering NRI
Three Britons, including a teenager, have been sentenced to a total of 50 years in jail for murdering an Indian-origin lab technician, Anthony Fernandes, in the latter’s London home in a cannabis-fuel
Liuzzi gears up for Canadian Grand Prix
Force India driver Vitantonio Liuzzi will start Sunday’s Canadian Formula One Grand Prix with a different chassis after struggling to score points in recent races.
“The last few races have been pretty tough as we’ve been struggling with a general lack of grip that makes it hard for me to give the maximum,” the Italian said in a team preview on Tuesday.
Gasquet starts with easy victory at Queen’s Club
Richard Gasquet won his first match on grass in nearly two years on Monday to reach the second round of the Queen’s Club tournament.
The No. 11-seeded Frenchman defeated Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-3, 6-3 after missing the entire 2009 grass-court season because of a drug suspension. His last match on the surface was against Andy Murray in the 2008 Wimbledon fourth round.
Britain faces financial woes
Renewed worries about European sovereign debt, this time Britain’s, knocked equities back on Tuesday and ate into early euro gains against the dollar. Europe’s FTSEurofirst 300 was down 0.9 per cent, giving up an early rise.
Last survivor of WWII Great Escape dies
The last of a group of airmen who were involved in the greatest ever escape bid from a German prison in World War II — immortalised in the Hollywood film Great Escape — is no more.
‘World Cup will cost British firms £1bn’
British bosses are dreading the upcoming football World Cup as it will cost the businesses up to £1 billion in lost working hours.
A famed humour shows in rude Britannia
“I think of them all as prats to start with and work from there” — veteran cartoonist Gerald Scarfe’s irreverent approach to politicians he lampoons is typical of a new show celebrating British humour