United debts cross £1.1 billion
Manchester United’s owners have amassed debts of over £1.1 billion and will have to take millions of pounds out of the club every year to pay off their loans, according to a BBC investigation.
2,000-year-old gladiator cemetery found in Britain
Historians have uncovered what they believe is the world’s best-preserved cemetery of gladiators, who may have been killed while battling wild beasts or by a hammer blow from a fellow fighter, in the
Drummer Cable found dead in UK
Former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable was found dead at his home in Wales on Monday.
Cowell receives special award
It was entertainment mogul Simon Cowell’s night at the British Academy Television Awards on Sunday.
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
Surat bomber freed on bail
Tiger Hanif, who is on trial and faces extradition to India over his role in the Surat bomb blasts of 1993, has been granted bail by the court.
Pagan, witches in British military
Around 100 members of the British armed forces are pagans, while another 30 are witches, says a media report.
Britons link Islam with violence: Study
Islam had a perception problem in the UK: Almost a third of Britons believe it is a violent religion, three in five Britons (58 per cent) associate Islam with extremism and one in two Britons link it
Cameron warns spending cuts will hurt a lot
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday warned that the country faces years of “pain” as the spending cuts are implemented. However, in sharp contrast, his deputy and coalition partner Nick Clegg promised to protect poor and distanced himself and his party from the Tory economic policies of the 1980s “under Margaret Thatcher.”
UK Indian leads breast cancer research team
IN A breakthrough for treatment of breast cancer, British researchers have developed a new technique which reduces radiation therapy to just a single dose for people suffering from the disease.