Browsing: United Kingdom

British consumers increased retail spending by 1.7 percent in February from the level in January when they fell more than first thought because of bad weather, official data showed on Thursday. Retail sales, an important indicator of household confidence…

London equities fell at the start of trading on Thursday following losses on Wall Street as traders remain on edge over the Crimea crisis. The benchmark FTSE 100 index dropped 0.44 percent to 6,576.05 points in early deals compared with Wednesday’s…

Two Britons were among the 21 people killed in a Taliban attack on a popular restaurant in Kabul, the Foreign Office in London said on Saturday. “We can confirm the deaths of two British nationals in Afghanistan on the 17th of January,” a spokeswoman…

The granddaughter of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, Zara Phillips, gave birth to a baby girl on Friday, the palace announced, a first child for the champion horse rider and her rugby-player husband Mike Tindall. The unnamed girl arrives five months after…

A British diplomat has fallen to his death from the top floor of a Romanian hotel, in what media said on Friday was an apparent suicide. Britain’s Foreign Office confirmed the man was a member of the diplomatic staff at its embassy in Romania but did…

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…

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…