'EU-India free trade top priority for Britain'
Britain has made the European Union (EU)-India free trade agreement (FTA) "as its number one priority", a British member of the European Parliament said.
Sajjad Karim, the special rapporteur for the
7 killed in Britain's worst road mishap in 20 years
A 'horrific' pile up of vehicles on an arterial motorway claimed at least seven lives and injured over 50 in one of Britain's worst road accidents that saw speeding cars and lorries crashing into e
Britain has more mobile phones than people
The number of active mobile phones in Britain has now reached 76.4 million -- more than the country's population of 61.9 million, says a report by a telecommunications regulatory authority.
More tha
British defence minister resigns over ties to best man
British Defence Secretary Liam Fox resigned on Friday amid a spiralling scandal over his links to the best man at his wedding, becoming the first Conservative minister to quit the coalition government
British jobless hits 17-year high
Britain's jobless total jumped to 2.57 million people in the three months to August, the highest amount since 1994 according to data on Wednesday, dealing a heavy blow to the country's recovery hopes.
Documents show links between CIA, Libya spy unit
Documents found in Tripoli reveal close ties between the CIA and Libya's intelligence service and suggest the United States sent terrorism suspects for questioning in Libya despite that country's repu
1,200 British kids expelled from school
Over 1,200 pupils aged under seven have been expelled from British schools in the last five years for persistent misbehaviour and violence, a media report said on Tuesday.
Another 53,000 students wer
UK selling carrier, warships for peanuts London
Cash-strapped Britain is putting an aircraft carrier, warships, helicopters as well as battle fortified Land Rovers on the market for a song.
Under an almost distress sale to plug a gaping 36 billio
Britain will do everything necessary to combat riots: PM
British Prime Minister David Cameron today vowed to unleash the 'full force' of law on the 'thugs' responsible for one of the worst rioting on Britain's streets, and said the parliament will be recall
UK calls for stronger sanctions against Assad regime
As the army continued a massive crackdown in the Syrian flashpoint town of Hama, Britain on Monday called for tougher international sanctions against the regime of President Bashar Assad, but stopped