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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has warned newspapers not to run unauthorized paparazzi photos of the royal family, Buckingham Palace said Sunday. The palace said a lawyer for the British monarch wrote to newspaper editors about six weeks ago telling them not to publish intrusive photos of the family at home.
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Former Bank of England policy maker Willem Buiter urged Britain not to “go out on a limb” in taxing bankers as it may drive them away from London.
CHARLOTTESVILLE -- In almost any other setting, the question would appear unusual. But when Mike London, the new head football coach at Virginia, was asked whether his assistant coaches would be able to speak to members of the media, the question carried the pretext of nine years in which Cavali...
Executive search firm Team Capital has opened a new office in London in Mayfair.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The chief scientist for the United Kingdom's Met Office said no scientists were pressured to sign a petition defending climate change science.
European Union leaders called for a global financial transaction levy and more responsible banking pay in the hopes it could help buffer against future market crises, according to a joint statement published Friday. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said...
Broadcaster and writer Sandi Toksvig is being joined by TV veteran Ronnie Corbett and a host of special guests, including Maria Friedman, Denise van Outen, Fiona Shaw and Stephen Mangan, will appear in Sandi Toksvig's Christmas Cracker, a variety family show being presented at London's Royal Festival Hall Dec. 15-24.
Lucy Prebble's Enron, which will soon transfer to London's West End, was also just announced to play Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre. Here's a look at the show.
Nicole Richie thinks Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is a “diva”. The socialite was given a list of strict rules to follow when she met the 83-year-old monarch at the Royal Variety Performance yesterday, December 7, and has jokingly claimed the sovereign is very demanding. Nicole posted a photograph of her instructions on her twitter account, along with [...]
Shaun Murphy made a winning start to the defence of his United Kingdom Championship title with a 9-5 victory over Northern Ireland's Gerard Greene here on Saturday.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy presented a united front Thursday, agreeing that executive bonuses should be taxed more ahead of the European Union's first streamlined summit.
MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Dec. 11, 2009) - Most drivers pick up bad habits as they get older, but one in five motorists think they would fail their driving test if they took it again according to Swinton. Swinton, the UK's leading high street retailer of car insurance surveyed 1,282 customers online and found that 18% of them thought that if they took their test again they would ...
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Copper rose for the first time in seven days in London as China’s industrial production grew more than forecast in November, exports fell the least in 13 months and imports of the metal rebounded from a nine-month low.
Along with Lady Gaga, Michael Bublé and Mika, André Rieu performed in The Royal Variety Performance. With his appearance before as many as 12 million viewers, Rieu has firmly established himself in England.
LONDON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- More than 850 companies in the United Kingdom signed a measure joining Prime Minister Gordon Brown calling for a new climate-change deal.
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