A British school has banned girls from wearing skirts to fight the 'over-sexualisation' of children.

Instead, from September, students at Moulton School and Science College in Northamptonshire will

Britain's Supreme Court said on Thursday it has rejected an application by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to reopen his appeal against extradition to Sweden.

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Hundreds of Britain's Nepalese Gurkha fighters are to lose their jobs in a second round of cuts announced on Tuesday, which will see almost 3,000 posts slashed from the army.

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A vehicle carrying Britain's ambassador to Libya was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades Monday in Benghazi, days after a bomb went off just outside the US consulate in the eastern city that was t

In a change of mood after the gala diamond jubilee celebrations, Prince Charles has overtaken his son William as the people's choice to succeed Queen Elizabeth II, according to a new poll here.

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Forcing someone to marry against their will � a practice often reported from communities in Britain with origins in the Indian sub-continent � will soon become a criminal offence, Premier David Camero

British Prime Minister David Cameron is to appear next week before an inquiry into press ethics sparked by the phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's newspapers.

Cameron, whose government has been

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Monday brought to a spectacular close a star-studded diamond jubilee concert which included a heartfelt tribute from the huge crowd to her ill husband Prince Philip.

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A rapturous flag-waving crowd of more than 100,000 cheered Queen Elizabeth II at Epsom racecourse in Britain on Saturday as she arrived to kick off four days of celebrations for her diamond jubilee.

When Britons sing "God Save the Queen" over four days of celebrations to mark Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne, monarchists may have cause to roar the line "long to reign over us" more heartily t