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The British government announced on Thursday that it was planning to build a $45 billion high speed rail corridor between the cities of London and Birmingham, and eventually to link to the northern cities of Manchester and Leeds. The train's 250 m...
A Huddersfield man stabbed his ex-lover's mother to death as a revenge aimed at his ex-partner, left a message in blood behind and then lept to his death from a car park.
A British prisoner, convicted of drug trafficking, is hoping to father his Thai girlfriend's child from behind the bars if officials allow him to enrol on an artificial insemination programme, the Daily Mail reported.
Two women were prevented from boarding an airplane at Manchester Airport after refusing to go through airport body scanners.
A British grandfather had been using an odd-looking stone in his rock garden as an ornament for nine years, when came the revelation that it was, in fact, a 135-million-year-old dinosaur fossil.
The British government is planning to introduce a "competency test" for dog owners in order to curb the number of dangerous dogs at households.
Patients were routinely neglected by staff at a Mid Staffordshire National Health Service facility where at least 400 deaths have been linked to appalling care, a report revealed.
Facebook partygoers trash UK home
Merseyside police are investigating after some 50 young hooligans trashed a house during a party which had been advertised on the social networking site Facebook.
British singer Sir Elton John has claimed Jesus was a "super-intelligent gay man" in an interview with US magazine "Parade".
British fashion designer Alexander McQueen hanged himself in his apartment on the eve of his mother's funeral, leaving behind a suicide note, a coroner's inquest said Wednesday.
Veteran BBC TV and radio presenter Ray Gosling was arrested on suspicion of murder Wednesday after confessing he killed an ex-lover suffering from AIDS.
UK prosecutors consider torture charges against officers from MI5 and MI6
Senior prosecution lawyers are being consulted by police over the possibility of bringing criminal charges against two British intelligence officers suspected of complicity in torture.
British PM Gordon Brown to face Iraq inquiry in early March
LONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will appear before the public inquiry into the Iraq war in early March, a spokesman for the probe said on Tuesday.
Former British PM Tony Blair slams 'conspiracy theorists'
Tony Blair attacked the hunt for a "conspiracy" and a "scandal" over his decision to commit British troops to the Iraq war in 2003.
Former British PM Tony Blair Called a Liar in Iraq Inquiry
LONDON — Only days after Tony Blair offered an impassioned defense of his decision to take Britain to war in Iraq, a cabinet minister who resigned over the war delivered a blistering condemnation of the former prime minister on Tuesday, accusing h...
Over 1,000 Britons are jailed over drugs abroad
British travellers have been warned not to get involved with drugs abroad, as figures show a large number of those detained are accused of drugs offences.
Pope Benedict confirms first papal UK visit since 1982
Pope Benedict XVI has confirmed he will this year make the first papal visit to the UK since John Paul II's of 1982.
Ex-Prime British Minister Tony Blair Begins Iraq Evidence
Tony Blair has begun giving evidence at the inquiry into the Iraq war. The former Prime Minister has started by describing how the UK's policy towards Saddam Hussein changed after the terror attacks on the United States in 2001.
Chilcot inquiry is being ‘gagged’ after secret documents withheld
Crucial evidence about the reasons Britain went to war against Saddam Hussein is being kept secret it has emerged – leading to accusations that the Iraq inquiry has been “gagged”.
Terror level in UK raised to 'severe'
The threat of international terrorism to the UK was raised from substantial to the second highest level of severe last night, meaning an attack is "highly likely".