World - Britain

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Britain has offered to hand over almost half of its sovereign territory in Cyprus to facilitate a peace deal between the island's estranged Greek and Turkish Cypriots, the United Nations said Tuesday. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - British golf great Sir Nick Faldo said receiving his knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday had been an "unbelievable experience". Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - Swedish telecom equipment giant Ericsson said Tuesday it would axe 700 jobs and close a key facility in Coventry, by the middle of next year. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - Luella, one of Britain's top fashion labels, announced it had ceased trading Tuesday after the licensee that funded the brand for the past five years pulled out. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - British-Australian star Peter Andre won "substantial" libel damages on Tuesday over an "offensive" press report that he had lied by portraying himself as a loving father and husband. Full Story »

WOOTTON BASSETT, England - Veterans saluted and mourners laid flowers on hearses as hundreds paid tribute Tuesday to six soldiers killed in Afghanistan — including five shot to death by an Afghan police officer who turned against them. Full Story »

TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese police on Tuesday said they had arrested the only suspect in the killing of 22-year-old British teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker, more than two years after her murder. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, forecast on Tuesday that emerging markets will lead the global economic recovery and said that the "biggest jolt" of the world financial crisis was over. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - A seriously ill baby at the centre of a court battle between his parents will be allowed to die after his father dropped his objection to switching off his ventilator Tuesday. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - Mobile phone giant Vodafone said on Tuesday that net profits soared 125 percent during its first half, adding that it planned to double annual cost savings to two billion pounds. Full Story »

LIVERPOOL (AFP) - A group of IT workers who won 45 million pounds in a record lottery payout on Tuesday revealed how they feared they were going to be sacked when they received the call about the win. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - The trade-in-goods deficit expanded to an eight-month high at 7.2 billion pounds in September, as car imports surged thanks to the government's new-for-old vehicle scheme, data showed on Tuesday. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - Britain's state-controlled Lloyds Banking Group is to cut 5,000 roles by the end of 2010, it said on Tuesday, confirming earlier media reports. Full Story »

LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday that his foreign policy chief, David Miliband, is not in line for a major European Union job. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - A couple whose sex sessions were so noisy that neighbours could not sleep, heard in court how their marathon romps sounded like someone being murdered, media reports said on Tuesday. Full Story »

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top two banks, HSBC and Barclays , signaled bad debts may be past their peak, with HSBC declaring on Tuesday the first improvement for three years in losses on U.S. consumer credit. Full Story »

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Seven call center workers who will share Britain's biggest lottery prize with a couple from south Wales said on Tuesday they have already told their bosses that they are leaving. Full Story »

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A tale about a grumpy but loveable cat and a story recounting the madcap adventures of a town of oddballs were the winners of this year's Roald Dahl Funny Prize announced at a ceremony in London on Tuesday. Full Story »