|
Reuters uk news |
|
Reuters: UK
|
Reuters.com is your source for breaking news, business, financial and investing news, including personal finance and stocks. Reuters is the leading global provider of news, financial information and technology solutions to the world's media, financial institutions, businesses and individuals.
|
-
BAA must sell 3 airports
LONDON (Reuters) - Spanish builder Ferrovial must sell three of the seven airports it bought for 10 billion pounds two years ago under a tougher-than-expected ruling on Wednesday.
-
Travel rules tightened for child sex offenders
LONDON (Reuters) - Laws to control the movement of convicted child sex offenders will be tightened, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said on Wednesday.
-
Thousands of file-sharers face legal action
LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of people suspected of sharing music, films and games over the Internet will be pursued through the courts for damages, lawyers for entertainment companies said on Wednesday.
-
Glitter fakes illness in Bangkok to miss flight
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Shamed rocker Gary Glitter was stuck at Bangkok airport on Wednesday after faking illness to avoid boarding a flight to London following his release from a Vietnamese prison for child sex abuse, Thai police said.
-
Bank split three ways on rates again in Aug
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England policymakers were split three ways in August for a second month running, with one voting to hike interest rates, another to cut but the remaining seven deciding to keep borrowing costs steady at 5 percent.
-
Gross mortgage lending up 5 percent
LONDON (Reuters) - Gross mortgage lending totalled an estimated 24.8 billion pounds in July, a 27 percent decline on the same month last year but up 5.0 percent on June's levels, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said on Wednesday.
-
Alexander technique does help back pain
LONDON (Reuters) - Chronic back pain can be eased by teaching the Alexander technique, an alternative therapy involving better posture, researchers said on Wednesday.
-
Britain basks in golden medal glory
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain basked in the glow of its haul of gold medals at the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday with commentators hailing its "glorious" sporting heroes and declaring Team GB as the one with the Midas touch.
-
Hamilton ready to go steady for title
VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton has hinted he is willing to go steady in Sunday's European Grand Prix as he bids to win the Formula One world title.
-
Captain Cook's boomerang set for auction
LONDON (Reuters) - An Aboriginal boomerang collected by Captain James Cook on his first trip to New Holland -- now Australia -- in 1770 but lost to public sight ever since goes on sale next month.
|
|
