A BBC reality show pits disabled women against each other. But is this the proper platform to confront stereotypes?
Britain's rundown housing estates and deprived inner cities will be the setting for a new project that aims to use classical music to lift children out of the poverty trap.
Britain's senior intelligence official has been rushed to a London hospital after falling into a coma, officials said Friday, but foul play is not suspected in his sudden illness.
Hundreds of British truckers hit the road to London Wednesday to take their protest about high fuel prices to lawmakers.
British people love pubs -- so much, in fact, that a recent survey found that they cherish only fish and chips and the Queen more.
Queen Elizabeth and the royal family cost British taxpayers an average of 66 pence ($1.32) per person last year, Buckingham Palace announced Friday in its annual report of royal finances.
A Romanian government committee has decided to allow a pregnant 11-year-old who was raped by her teenage uncle to have an abortion, a government spokesman said Friday.
Romanian authorities plan to decide Friday whether to allow an 11-year-old girl to have an abortion after she was raped by her teenage uncle, the Romanian Ministry of Health said Thursday.
Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart hopes to return to the United Kingdom as soon as a reported travel ban stemming from her criminal history is "resolved," the chairman of the company she founded said Friday.
The Daily Telegraph and other British newspapers reported Friday that lifestyle guru was denied permission to enter the country because of her 2004 conviction for obstructing justice
A BBC reality show pits disabled women against each other. But is this the proper platform to confront stereotypes?
Britain's rundown housing estates and deprived inner cities will be the setting for a new project that aims to use classical music to lift children out of the poverty trap.
Britain's senior intelligence official has been rushed to a London hospital after falling into a coma, officials said Friday, but foul play is not suspected in his sudden illness.
Hundreds of British truckers hit the road to London Wednesday to take their protest about high fuel prices to lawmakers.
British people love pubs -- so much, in fact, that a recent survey found that they cherish only fish and chips and the Queen more.
Queen Elizabeth and the royal family cost British taxpayers an average of 66 pence ($1.32) per person last year, Buckingham Palace announced Friday in its annual report of royal finances.
A Romanian government committee has decided to allow a pregnant 11-year-old who was raped by her teenage uncle to have an abortion, a government spokesman said Friday.
Romanian authorities plan to decide Friday whether to allow an 11-year-old girl to have an abortion after she was raped by her teenage uncle, the Romanian Ministry of Health said Thursday.
Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart hopes to return to the United Kingdom as soon as a reported travel ban stemming from her criminal history is "resolved," the chairman of the company she founded said Friday.
The Daily Telegraph and other British newspapers reported Friday that lifestyle guru was denied permission to enter the country because of her 2004 conviction for obstructing justice
This was no time for sensible shoes. Or sensible anything, for that matter.
Since it became a viable energy resource around 20 years ago, wind power has emerged as a leading renewable technology.
New Zealand police are investigating a "serious allegation" against four England rugby internationals following an alleged incident at their team hotel in Auckland.
You find Team Limey in good mood this week. As we write, relaxing in the fustiest of fustian armchairs, watching Croatia beat Germany 2-1 at the European Championship, it makes England's failure to qualify ahead of the Croats seem a little less embarrassing.
It wasn't so long ago that biofuels were being heralded as the savior of the planet and a thoroughly green solution to our climate woes. But fair winds have been replaced by persistent storms of criticism. But is it justified? Principal Voices has spoken to three people -- an economist, a scientist and an environmental campaigner -- at the heart of the biofuels debate. Here, they have their say on biofuels. Have yours at bottom of the page.
Initial post-mortem examinations on some of the 26 dolphins found dead in southwestern England this week fail to explain why the animals swam ashore in Britain's biggest mass stranding of marine animals for nearly 30 years, scientists said Thursday.
Police on the island of Jersey arrested a 50-year-old man Thursday on suspicion of serious crimes at a children's home and elsewhere.
The British Royal Navy rejected claims Wednesday that one of its vessels using sonar could have caused 26 dolphins to fatally strand themselves in shallow water off the southwest coast of England.
A second British city will introduce a toll on drivers entering central streets to reduce congestion and cut greenhouse gas emissions, an official said Monday.
Teenagers may be more susceptible than adults to certain types of cancer, including cervical, testicular and skin cancer
A gasification plant is about to fire into action, turning 30,000 tons of rubbish into electricity for 2,000 homes
Britain's oldest man and the oldest living veteran of World War I was celebrating his 112th birthday Friday with a party and a fly-past at an air force base.
British police said Tuesday that they have charged a 22-year-old man in connection with a restaurant bombing last month in the southwest England city of Exeter.
The brothers say their fans in Scotland "made us feel wonderful"
Hundreds of truck drivers parked their rigs on roadways in London and in other cities across Britain on Tuesday to protest a more than 30 percent increase in the price of diesel fuel in the past year.
Britain's Conservatives crushed the governing Labour Party in a special election that underlined the deepening unpopularity of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government
Britain has granted asylum to Mehdi Kazemi, a gay Iranian student who faced deportation from the United Kingdom and feared execution in Iran for being homosexual, officials confirmed Tuesday.
Britain's Ministry of Defense has released files on UFO sightings dating back to the 1970s, including witness accounts and the government's response.
This week Britain's Ministry of Defence begins releasing all its files about UFOs on a government website, free for download
American children take anti-psychotic medicines at about six times the rate of children in the United Kingdom
English football fans hoping to travel to Moscow for this month's Champions League final between Manchester United and Chelsea face spiraling costs and an anxious wait for visas amid a simmering diplomatic row between the UK and Russia.
Scientists in the UK are seeking 150 women to eat chocolate every day for a year in the cause of medical research.
Those battling global warming by promoting biofuels may unintentionally be adding to skyrocketing world food prices, creating what one expert calls "a silent tsunami" in developing nations.
A foul smell permeating London and parts of England over the past two days is due to farmers on the European continent spreading manure in their fields, forecasters and British farmers said Saturday.
The acquisition of Britain's leading luxury car brands by an Indian company merely confirms the vitality a centuries-old Indian presence in British culture
Prince Philip, the husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, was admitted to hospital on Friday with a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said.
An epidemic of violent crime, teen pregnancy, heavy drinking and drug abuse fuels fears that British youth is in crisis
The French President makes all the right brotherly sounds in Britain, with the hopes of reaping rewards back home in Paris
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British leader Gordon Brown Thursday called for an early warning system to alert international markets to further turmoil in the wake of recent banking scandals fueled by the U.S. credit crunch.
Britain plans to force pharmaceutical companies to share more information with regulators about clinical trials after an investigation recently concluded that GlaxoSmithKline PLC deliberately withheld information about an antidepressant
World Cup-winning coach Jake White has again expressed his interest in taking over as England's team boss, putting more pressure on the beleaguered incumbent Brian Ashton.
Eating ethically is no easy task these days. One problem is deciding which ethic is more important. Keeping third-world farmers in fair trade jobs by purchasing their produce? Or assuaging your concerns over the environmental impact of getting that produce to your kitchen by shopping locally instead?
Britain says it will reconsider the asylum application of a gay Iranian teenager who claims he will be persecuted if he is returned home.
Severe weather caused travel chaos across Britain on Monday as strong winds and rain led to dozens of cancellations and delays at airports, ports and railway stations.
British Royal Air Force commanders are urging more than 2,000 personnel at a base in eastern England not to wear their uniforms in public after the troops reportedly faced months of verbal attacks from nearby anti-war residents.
Ricin, a poison thought to have been found in a Las Vegas, Nevada, hotel room Thursday, can be made from the waste left after processing castor beans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Prince Harry is to be pulled out of Afghanistan immediately amid fears for his safety after news of his deployment was made public, the British defense ministry said Friday.
Dear FSB: I run an e-commerce business (science lab notebooks for high schools and colleges) here in the U.S. I am thinking about expanding my business to the U.K. market. What do I need to know? Do I have to collect the VAT if I ship from the U.S.? If I set up a physical location in Britain for my inventory, office, etc., what do I need to know? Where can I find more information about entering the British market?
An earthquake shook Britain early Wednesday, causing damage to buildings and leaving at least one person injured.
Viewpoint: The newly-conceived Indian Premier League will surely be a success. So why does it give a TIME writer cause for concern?
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Thursday that British territory was used to transport two suspects in the CIA's rendition program.
If you are not careful when discussing England's crushing failure to qualify for Euro 2008, and the subsequent appointment of Fabio Capello as the national-team manager, you can appear to morph from cosmopolitan man of the world to foaming xenophobe. To demonstrate that you have nothing against foreign players or managers, it has to be picked through, step by step.
Britain's Prince Andrew on Wednesday defended comments he made suggesting the United States might have been better off had its leaders learned from the British experience with colonialism before invading Iraq.
London police said Wednesday they had carried out one of Britain's largest simultaneous drug raids, using more than 500 officers to target suspects at more than 30 addresses in a massive pre-dawn operation.
A high-pitched device used to combat anti-social behavior among young people has been called "unfair" by children's campaigners in England.
First it was the airlines, now it's the turn of hotels to take the budget concept into the mainstream. Demand is surging for cheaper hotel rooms, not just from thrifty tourists but also from business travelers in search of value. And budget brands are responding to the demand with ambitious expansion plans.
The iconic Pinewood Studios in the UK plans to merge the make-believe reality of movie sets with realty
A London court Monday found five men guilty of Britain's biggest ever cash robbery.
The British government's plans to allow terrorist suspects to be held for up to 42 days without charge prompted strong criticism from political opponents and civil liberties groups Friday.
A juvenile court in Ghana has sentenced two teenage girls from Great Britain to nine months in jail for trying to smuggle cocaine out of the country, Ghana's national news agency said Wednesday.
When the average person contemplates the issues surrounding landfills, it's doubtful they give much consideration to the tons of food that fill them.
Jolly olde England and the Emerald Isle of Ireland continue to enchant and entice, even with the pound whomping the dollar nearly two to one. Here's what to expect if you visit in 2008.
Britain's relations with Russia deteriorated further Wednesday after the director of the British Council office in St Petersburg was detained and its local staff were summoned for questioning.
From Harry Potter to Beatrix Potter, Bond to Borat, David Lean to Mr Bean, British cinema, the skills of British actors, directors and technicians have long been respected around the globe. And as the London Film Festival opens in the British capital, one of the starring roles is the city itself.
Eighteen British service personnel who received transfusions of U.S. military blood in Iraq and Afghanistan are undergoing tests for infections and diseases because the blood may not have been properly screened, the British government said Thursday.
The British government relaxed rules for carry-on luggage at most UK airports on Monday, but confusion is expected as it does not apply to every destination and airlines are still able to set their own rules.
As politicians pay tribute to a fallen leader, the country's Pakistanis are trying to come to terms with what her death means for their homeland
Three men who have been detained at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, arrived back in Britain on Wednesday, London police said.
The wife of "Canoe Man" John Darwin, presumed dead until he walked into a London police station earlier this month, has been arrested on her return to the UK, police have told CNN.
John Darwin's wife said her husband faked his own death to avoid mounting debts and holed up in the family home for years, hiding from his own sons, according to UK media reports.
Just when the case of the presumed dead Englishman couldn't get any stranger, John Darwin's story takes yet another twist
The divide between club and country is the defining fault line of the modern game. In England in 2007, the divide is more pronounced than ever.
Gordon Brown admits that "mistakes have been made" over financial donations to the Labour party
Accompanied by body-armor vested London police officers, Lambeth Senior Trading Standards Officer Ray Bouch walks into a beauty and cosmetics shop on Brixton's Electric Avenue.
Private equity firms were pressed to disclose more information about their businesses Tuesday after the publication of an industry code of conduct aimed at allaying criticism of the buyout industry.
With a wildly popular $100 million eco-education theme park, and citizens who self-inflict carbon-emissions caps, Britain aims to show the world how green living is done
If you saw a plastic bag floating on the wind it might stir up dreamy thoughts of the much-parodied scene from the 1999 film American Beauty. But as the bag flutters, swoops and then wraps itself around your face, any sense of inner peace would be quickly shattered, leaving you with the more rational thought that billowing plastic bags are a depressing blight on our urban and rural landscapes.
The virulent H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed as the source of a bird flu outbreak on an English farm
The head of Britain's intelligence services has warned that children as young as 15 are becoming involved in terrorist-related activity.
An outbreak of bird flu has been detected on a poultry farm in eastern England, British officials said Monday.
Britain's Environment Agency reduced the number of flood warnings for eastern England Friday morning and declared the worst was over after a storm surge, which had been forecast to cause heavy flooding, peaked at lower-than-expected levels.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II opened the country's parliament Tuesday in a traditional ceremony. The event culminated in a speech in which she outlined the government's legislative program for the next 12 months.
The long awaited debut speech by the head of MI5, Jonathan Evans, revealed the scale of the terror threat facing the UK
Shopping malls are rolling out the red carpet for dollar-rich holiday tourists from the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada and elsewhere by offering them VIP treatments, such as limo rides with Champagne and in-store refreshments.
He's third in line to the British throne but once again the young royal is making headlines for the wrong reasons
As the climate change debate rages, smart businesses are quietly studying its effects on our future lifestyle. High on the agenda is building more sustainable spaces for us to live and work in.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has begun his visit to the UK as controversy continues over issues related to the Middle Eastern kingdom.
What royal family member is targeted by an alleged blackmail plot? And can the UK press cover it without naming names?
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has stirred up controversy ahead of a rare visit to Britain which begins Monday, accusing British authorities of ignoring intelligence that could have prevented the 2005 London bombings
Maybe you have a cough that won't go away or you've found an odd lump in a usually lumpless part of your body. You're worried -- could it be serious?
We're still a month away from the completion of the qualifiers for next year's European Championship finals and we only know six of the 16 finalists. But it's already clear that the tournament will feature the usual suspects -- with the likely exception of dear old England.
Only soccer has drawn a larger global TV audience among single-sport events than this year's rugby World Cup has
Forget the low carb diet, try the low carbon one.
Some of Britain's biggest hedge fund managers have introduced measures aimed at improving transparency of the industry, the latest move to ward off greater oversight of the booming business.
The 88-year-old author of The Golden Notebook is an inexhaustible and defiantly unique literary phenomenon
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said the number of UK troops in Iraq will fall from the current level of 5,500 to 2,500 by next spring.
Avis charges Laura Cattell $124 in currency exchange fees when she rents a car in England. Cattell insists the fees are excessive, because they convert pounds into dollars and then back into pounds. But the car rental company claims it had the right to make the exchange. Who's right?
Just weeks after the Federal Reserve made a bold strike at the credit crisis, central bank chiefs in Europe are being put to the test.
A school caretaker who sent letter bombs to protest against what he called Britain's "authoritarian" Government has apologized to his victims, according to agency reports.
No child should ever have to live in fear in their own home. A home should be a place where you feel safe and loved; when I was a kid, our home was anything but that.
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