Tag: Britain
Britain sells 1.0% of Lloyds bank for £500m
Britain has sold another 1.0 percent in state-rescued Lloyds Banking Group for £500 million ($754 million, 694 million euros), matching…
Nigeria’s poll shift ‘a cause for concern’, says Britain
Britain said on Sunday a decision by Nigeria’s electoral commission to delay the country’s presidential election because of the security…
Britain marks 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s death
Britain on Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the death of Winston Churchill, the iconic cigar-chomping prime minister who led…
Ebola diagnosed in medical worker in Britain
A healthcare worker recently returned from Sierra Leone was on Monday diagnosed with Ebola by doctors in Glasgow in the…
Britain confirms its national is on missing AirAsia jet
A British national was on board the AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that went missing in bad weather Sunday en…
Church of England warns over hunger in Britain
The Church of England launched a parliamentary report Monday urging Britain’s government to do more to eliminate hunger, pointing to…
Pandemonium as #BlackFriday hits Britain
Police blasted stores for bringing “Black Friday” to Britain, with the US sales event descending into chaotic fist fights as…
Wife awarded $530 million in record British divorce
The estranged wife of a London financier was awarded £337 million ($530 million, 425 million euros) on Thursday in one…
British doctor ‘unlawfully killed’ in Syrian jail
Abbas Khan, the British doctor who died in a Syrian jail last year, was unlawfully killed, an inquest jury in…
Hundreds in memorial for British hostage killed by IS
Hundreds gathered for a memorial service for Alan Henning, the British hostage beheaded by Islamic State jihadists, celebrating the aid…
Britain ready after Ebola outbreak test
Britain is ready to cope with an Ebola outbreak, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt declared Saturday, following a nationwide exercise to…
Dead Briton in Macedonia did not have Ebola
A British man who died in Macedonia displaying Ebola-like symptoms did not have the disease, results from a German lab…
Briton with Ebola-like symptoms dies in Macedonia
A British national displaying Ebola-like symptoms died in Macedonia on Thursday, health officials said, cautioning that the diagnosis could not…
Jailed British-Iranian woman begins hunger strike
A British-Iranian woman imprisoned in Tehran after trying to attend a men’s volleyball match has gone on hunger strike to…
Britain carries out first air strikes against IS in Iraq
British fighter jets on Tuesday bombed an artillery post and an armed truck used by the Islamic State group in…