Reuters: UK

Postal workers could strike again within weeks

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:49:31 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - British postal workers could renege on an agreement to suspend strike action until after Christmas because of a lack of progress in talks aimed at resolving a dispute on pay, jobs and modernisation.

UKIP offered Conservatives election deal over Europe

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:14:08 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) said on Saturday it offered not to fight a general election due next year if the Conservatives agreed to hold a referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty.

Poll boosts Conservative election hopes: report

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:23:49 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - The Conservatives' hopes for a large election win have been boosted by a poll which puts the party well ahead in key parliamentary seats, the Daily Telegraph reported on Saturday.

Singer Robbie Williams "not engaged"

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:57:00 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Robbie Williams said on Saturday he was not engaged to his girlfriend, Ayda Field -- despite "proposing" to her a day earlier.

Brown backs $10 billion climate change fund

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:39:28 +0000

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Friday for the creation of a $10 billion (6.1 billion pounds) a year fund to help developing countries battle climate change.

Royal Navy chief says his sailors not "cowards"

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:20:11 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - The Royal Navy chief hit back on Friday at claims his sailors were "cowards" for failing to intervene after a British couple were captured by Somali pirates saying they could not have put the civilians' lives at risk.

Brown says family helps him cope with pressure

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:13:55 +0000

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday his family helped him cope with the pressures of his job, denying reports that he took it out on office equipment when he was angry.

Health watchdog sacks boss of failing hospital

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:05:01 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - A health watchdog sacked the chairman of an NHS hospital on Friday, accusing him of failing to cut high death rates, cancer care waiting lists and queues in the casualty ward.

Over 2,100 more jobs go at Threshers, Wine Rack

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:54:32 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - Another 2,140 workers at First Quench Retailing, the group behind British off-licence chains Threshers and Wine Rack, are losing their jobs after the administrator said it would close 391 more stores by December 20.

Government won't stop hacker's extradition to U.S.

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:19:32 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - Home Secretary Alan Johnson said on Thursday he cannot stop the extradition of a Briton wanted in the United States for hacking into NASA and Pentagon computers.