Tag: Britain
Britain to freeze welfare payment for two years
British finance minister George Osborne said Monday there would be no increases in state benefits for the working-age population for…
Britain’s Phones 4U collapses with 5,500 jobs at risk
British mobile phone retailer Phones 4U has collapsed into administration, putting more than 5,500 jobs at risk, the group said…
Britain arms Kurds with machine guns to fight IS
Britain is to ship heavy machine guns and ammunition to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State jihadists in Iraq, Defence Secretary…
Britain to set up Ebola centre in Sierra Leone
Britain is to set up a medical centre to treat victims of the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone, the international…
Solve your own crimes, British police tell citizens
Some victims of crime in England and Wales are being told to do their own detective work by the police,…
Britain raises terror threat level on Iraq, Syria fears
Britain raised its terror threat risk level to “severe” on Friday because of fears over the situation in Iraq and…
Number of migrants in Britain up 39%
Net migration to Britain increased by more than a third in the past year, official figures showed Thursday, making a…
Briton with Ebola flown home from Sierra Leone
A British healthcare worker who contracted the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone is being flown back to London for treatment,…
British ‘close’ to identifying Foley killer
British authorities are “close” to identifying the hooded Islamic State jihadist who beheaded American journalist James Foley, the British ambassador…
Britain’s fugitive drug baron captured in South Africa
Police in South Africa have arrested a British fugitive drugs dealer and convicted fraudster who has been on the run…
BBC News to cut 400 jobs in austerity drive
The BBC said on Thursday it will cut 415 jobs from its news department in the latest cost-cutting measures by…
Britain ‘extremely concerned’ by Gaza deaths
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Saturday he was “extremely concerned” about the loss of life in Gaza, where…
One million strike in Britain over pay and cuts
More than one million public sector workers went on strike in Britain Thursday over pay and spending cuts by the…
Britain boosts airport security after US warning
Britain has bolstered security at its airports in what leaders said Thursday was the correct response following US alarm that…
How Kidnap Of Umaru Dikko Was Foiled 30 Years Ago
Thirty years ago, there was an attempt to kidnap a Nigerian minister, Alhaji Umaru Dikko, who died in London on…
Facebook probed by Britain over mood experiment
British authorities will question Facebook over an experiment in which the social network secretly manipulated the feelings of users to…
Prince Harry meets children on Chile trip
Britain’s Prince Harry, on the last day of a three-day official visit to Chile, joked and played with handicapped children…
Britain plans to reopen Iran embassy
Britain plans to reopen its embassy in Iran, Foreign Secretary William Hague announced Tuesday, as the West steps up its…
Britain brands Assad re-election an ‘insult’
Britain branded Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s election victory an “insult”, saying Thursday the poll was merely a way of “sustaining…
Malawi’s president seeks ‘new friends’ in China, Russia
Malawi, traditionally dependent on Western aid donors, will look for “new friends” in countries such as China and Russia, newly…
Cameron condemns Sudanese death sentence
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Saturday he was “appalled” by the “barbaric” death sentence given to a Sudanese woman…
Terrorism: Nigerian military capable of wining war – Obanikoro
The Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, on Monday in Abuja, expressed confidence in the ability of the…
Long-term foreign help needed to stop Boko Haram
Nigeria needs foreign help to defeat Boko Haram, a senior intelligence source told AFP on Friday, as the country’s top…
Terrorism: Jonathan solicits global support for rehabilitation of affected states
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday solicited international support for his plans for the socio-economic rehabilitation of the north-eastern states after…
UK offers spy planes to help Nigeria schoolgirl search
Britain has offered Nigeria surveillance aircraft and a military team to help with the search for more than 200 missing…
Need For Regional Cooperation To Defeat Insurgents
In a much publicised move, Nigeria has accepted assistance from the United States, Britain, France, China and Israel in a…
Hollande invites US, Britain to summit on Nigeria abductions
French President Francois Hollande said Monday he had invited US and British officials to attend a Paris summit this weekend…
Hollande pledges help for Nigeria in hunt for kidnapped girls
President Francois Hollande pledged Wednesday that France would help Nigeria look for over 200 girls kidnapped by Islamist militant group…
Cameron Orders Probe Of Muslim Brotherhood
British Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered an investigation into the activities of Muslim Brotherhood over concerns that the group…
Hurricane batters Britain
Hurricane-force winds from an Atlantic storm left tens of thousands of Britons without power Thursday and one man dead, adding…