Queen Elizabeth II was presented jewels, fine wine and a London travel card during royal engagements last year, a list revealed on Wednesday. The Oyster card was presented to the monarch when she marked the 150th anniversary of London Underground by…
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LONDON, Jan. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Reportbuyer.com just published a new market research report: Mobile Video Adaptation And Delivery 2013 – 2016 Mobile video & TV services have been around for almost over a decade…and yet mobile network operators…
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday promised tax breaks worth millions of pounds to local councils who encourage shale gas development, declaring the country was going “all out for shale”. Cameron announced that local authorities in England…
Several hundred demonstrators rallied outside a London police station Saturday to condemn an inquest which found that police lawfully shot dead a man in 2011, in a killing that sparked nationwide riots. They condemned the “perverse” jury verdict returned…
Nigeria and Britain on Thursday signed a “compulsory prisoner transfer” agreement, allowing their nationals jailed in the other country to serve the rest of their time behind bars back home. The two countries said the scheme meant Nigerians who commit…
The Federal Government and Britain, yesterday, signed a Prisoners’ Transfer Agreement. . The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister…
London shares fell on Thursday as supermarket chain Morrison’s plummetted after Christmas sales shrank and bookmakers tumbled in the wake of comments by David Cameron. The benchmark FTSE 100 index shed 30.44 points or 0.45 percent to close at 6,691.…
London shares opened modestly higher on Monday ahead of a slew of corporate announcements later this week on how British companies have fared over the key holiday period. The benchmark FTSE 100 index added 16.98 points or 0.25 percent to 6,747.68 points…
British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will warn that 2014 is to be the year of “hard truths” and public spending cuts when he sets out his plans for the year ahead on Monday. He will tell an audience in central England that there is “still…
EDINBURGH, Scotland — In the United States, where drinking alcohol in public is prohibited, police routinely turn a blind eye to people sipping from bottles wrapped in brown paper bags. A similar system has existed in the Scottish capital for almost…