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MI6 alleged to have refused to kill al-Awlaki, Al Qaeda leader

A Danish informant said that the British spy agency MI6 allegedly refused to kill Al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki because it was against the law.

Tony Blair warns leaving EU would be 'monumental error'

The UK is one of ten members of the 27-member euro bloc who do not use the single currency.

Britain moves to set minimum alcohol price to curb boozing

Britain has pushed ahead with a planned law on the minimum price of alcohol allowed in the country.

EU leaders arrive in Brussels to hammer out tough budget deal

European leaders arrived in Brussels on Thursday to begin talks over the EU budget.

Ashes to ashes: Globalization threatens Britain’s trees

CHEDISTON, England — When it came, the invasion was silent. Insidiously, its vanguard arrived in plain sight, indistinguishable from the native population. It spread over farmlands, across valleys and especially into the precious remaining forests, killing slowly and quietly. The ash is the fourth-most common species today and beloved by millions for its beauty, but it appears to be doomed thanks to an incurable blight.

BBC issues apology for false sex abuse report, Entwistle resigns

Former Tory treasurer Lord McAlpine has put out a statement calling the allegations false and "seriously defamatory".

Britain's new far right worries critics

LONDON — These are strange times for the British far right. As painful austerity fans surges in nationalism that are lifting their European counterparts' political fortunes, the UK's right-wing hardliners seem to be in disarray, fragmented by infighting and crackdowns by the authorities. That doesn't mean anti-fascist campaigners are celebrating. They warn that the murky world of the far right — home to a spectrum of beliefs ranging from fervent racism to mainstream views about exiting the European Union — is evolving into a new and ideologically dangerous force.

My life with sex criminal Jimmy Savile

LONDON — On Saturday evenings for nearly two decades, most families in Britain would welcome a predatory child abuser into their homes. Although he was only an image on a television screen, they would smile with him as if he were a cherished uncle. For anyone who didn't grow up in the UK in the 1970s and ‘80s, it may be hard to comprehend the extent to which the Jimmy Savile sex scandal has shocked, saddened and transfixed the country.

NYT's new president buffeted by BBC sex abuse storm

LONDON — When Mark Thompson quit as director general of the BBC earlier this year, he left the publicly funded broadcaster in such solid shape that he was able to parlay his success into a prized job at the helm of The New York Times. But several weeks later, his position as CEO of America’s paper of record appeared to face uncertainty thanks to a major sex scandal that’s cast the BBC’s future into doubt.

Fears of a witch hunt as BBC sex abuse scandal spreads

LONDON, UK — It started as a simple scandal involving a few sordid claims about a dead television presenter. Now revelations about Jimmy Savile have become a “tsunami of filth” that threatens to tear apart the BBC, destroy public careers and even stain the New York Times.
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