Three Indian companies, including Religare, are bidding to acquire city stockbrokers Arden Partners, the Financial Times...

Almost all of the 800 million pounds ($1.6 billion) offered by Britain to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate change will have to paid back with interest, a newspaper reported Saturday. The revelation drew criticism from developing country diplomats and...

Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse reportedly rejected every song that rocker Pete Doherty wrote for thier collaborative...

Disgraced pop star Boy George has been forced to sell T-shirts for 10 pounds ($20) in east London to make a...

Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson described his team's qualification for the UEFA Cup as 'a dream' after they were confirmed as England's entrants through the Fair Play league...

London, May 17 : Canadian researchers are all set to begin clinical trials of a man-made protein, which mimics the potent proteins used by white blood cells to punch holes in bacteria....

London, May 17 : Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center have identified a molecule, the level of which in a cell may reveal the "oxidative stress" status of the cell....

London, May 17 : British actor Daniel Day-Lewis is all set to make his first musical debut on the big...

London, May 17 : Veteran singer Al Green will be conferred with the Lifetime Achievement award at Black Entertainment TV (BET) Hip-Hop Awards....

London, May 17 : He might be one of the top Hollywood actors today, but Harrison Ford was shy and awkward during his drama school...

London, May 17 : English model Kelly Brook has earned the title of the 'Best Bikini Body Ever.'...

London, May 17 : English pop and rock singer Sir Elton John has been offered 2.6million pounds by a female Russian tycoon to play an hour-long gig for...

London, May 17 : Queen Elizabeth II ended her state visit to Turkey with a lesson in football from striker Hakan...

London, May 17 : Glam rock legend David Bowie has given permission for a stage show based around his mighty catalogue of classics....

London, May 17 : Junkie Pete Doherty thinks a kitten has 'spoken' to him in a bonkers new video....

London, May 17 : A martial arts expert stunned the audience by holding a running drill to his head and walking away without a scratch....

Washington, May 17 : Lily Allen's filmmaker father Keith Allen has made an explosive documentary on Princess Diana, which alleges the U.K. media conspired with the royal establishment to conceal the truth about her...

London, May 17 : Sarah Jessica Parker has dismissed reports of a rift with her co-stars in the 'Sex And The City'...

London, May 17 : A majority of kids in Britain believe that playing violent computer games, such as the recently launched Grand Theft Auto IV, are responsible for aggressive behaviour, according to a new...

London, May 17 : Juices made from apples or purple grapes may prevent clogging of arteries, and thus contribute towards a healthy heart, according to a new study on...

London, May 17 : Beauty may have nothing to do with politics, but former showgirl and now, an Italian cabinet minister Mara Carfagna, begs to differ....

London, May 17 : During her hunt for a Conservative seat, Margaret Thatcher once tried to seduce Sir Edward Heath, a new BBC drama has claimed....

London, May 17 : Freed dungeon boys Stefan and Felix Fritzl have taken their first ever steps in the "magical" outside world....

London, May 17 : More than one million pounds of the British tax-payers' money will be spent annually on the security of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's right hand man in Europe Abu Qatada, once he is released from the Belmarsh Prison in South East London. He will be kept under house-arrest in a government...

Elyo Suez, the French utilities company, will sign a deal with the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) in the next few weeks to provide power for the London 2012 Olympic Park. Elyo will invest...

SCOTLAND'S first state-funded Islamic school could get the go-ahead within months after First Minister Alex Salmond declared he was "sympathetic" towards the controversial...

Mark Richardson: Keeping wicket essential to free-scoring man of action LONDON - England maintained the upper hand in the first cricket test against New Zealand at Lord's, reaching 68 without...

Britain is the focal point for Islamic terrorism across Europe, and its controversial military campaigns overseas are putting the entire continent at risk, a disturbing new report has warned. ...

Addressing the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, he savaged Burma's military junta for stopping international aid from getting to the sick and starving of the nation.The United Nations says...

Knesset that anyone seeking to talk to terrorists could be compared to appeasers of Nazi Germany.Obama was not mentioned by name, but everyone understood the message. The Chicago senator has promised...

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has strongly condemned Burma's military government for not allowing international aid to reach its own people. For VOA, Tom Rivers in London has...

backing for Dean.City leaders have been at the centre of controversy over spending plans that will result in them cutting £27m from budgets. Spending watchdog the Accounts Commission plans to...

THE multi-millionaire who triggered the bitter national debate over Section 28 today re-enters the fray over ethical issues, attacking plans by ministers to create so-called hybrid embryos and what...

THE SNP Government is demanding talks with Westminster on transferring billions of pounds of annual North Sea oil and gas revenues north of the...

unlikely we will know anything more for the next 48 hours."Kennedy, who is known as Ted, went to Cape Cod Hospital yesterday morning after feeling ill at his holiday home. He was later taken by...

MPs with children are expected to be handed vouchers which they will then be able to cash in at nurseries across the country. Parliamentarians will be able to claim as much as £2,000 a year under...

But now Alan Cumming is attempting to bring down the final curtain on Hillary Clinton's bid to become president of the United States.The Aberfeldy-born actor has given his backing to Barack Obama,...

We all knew that prospects for the UK economy were darkening, didn't we, but it was only last week that the authorities caught up. Just to recap, there were two main announcements. One, from...

ASSASSINATION threats have derailed plans by Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to return home yesterday to campaign for the presidential run-off...

MOVES to ban or charge for single-use plastic bags are a diversion from real environmental issues, according to one of the Government's green...

A NEW BBC drama will suggest that Margaret Thatcher attempted to seduce former Tory Premier Ted Heath in her efforts to secure a Conservative seat in the...

POKHARA, Nepal — Two centuries later, young men are still being drawn from their poverty-stricken Himalayan hills by the thousands to fight - and die - with legendary valor for another man's...

Cambodian authorities have detained a fifth suspect in the 12-year-old kidnapping and murder case of two men who were clearing land mines. Former Khmer Rouge fighters abducted Christopher Howes of...

Two 19-year-olds are in a critical condition after being stabbed on leaving an east London nightclub. The men, who know each other, are believed to have been involved in a row with a group of men...

The family of a six-year-old girl who died after a hit-and-run crash on Merseyside have paid tribute to their "loving and lively little girl". Demi Leigh Royle was walking home from a shop in...

A UK search and rescue team who flew to China after the earthquake have been denied visas and forced to return home without being able to help. The International Rescue Corps team arrived in Hong...

Rangers lost the initiative in the SPL title race after they were held to a draw by Motherwell at Fir Park. Christian Dailly took advantage of a poor decision from goalkeeper Graeme Smith to head...

May 17 2008 Portsmouth lifted the FA Cup for the first time in nearly 70 years and ended the trophy dreams of minnows Cardiff City. A solitary 37th-minute goal from Pompey striker Kanu was enough...

Nineteen UK tourists who were visiting a region in China when a massive earthquake struck are waiting to return home, the tourist's travel firm said. They were flown from the Wolong area in...

Steve Bucknor checks the light between rain breaks. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action Images Only 51 balls were bowled on the third day of the Lord's Test, the remainder were lost to the heavy...