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Hijab first in British parliament A 16-year-old girl is thought to have become the first person to speak from the House of Commons despatch box in the British parliament while wearing a hijab.

24 November 2012

Queen Elizabeth takes spin in motorhome Queen Elizabeth II may be more used to palaces and state carriages but the British monarch nonetheless enjoyed a spin in a motorhome on Thursday, callling it a "real home from home".

24 November 2012

Beatles for sale: tape Decca rejected resurfaces The Beatles demo tape that record label Decca overlooked -- a decision branded the biggest mistake in music history -- has resurfaced and is up for auction, newspapers reported Friday.

23 November 2012

Britain recognises Syria opposition as fighting rages Britain formally recognised a newly-formed opposition bloc as the sole representative of the Syrian people on Tuesday, as UN head Ban Ki-moon said he feared Syria could become a "regional battleground."

22 November 2012

Church of England rejects women bishops The Church of England narrowly rejected Tuesday the appointment of women bishops, triggering turmoil and setting back efforts to modernise the mother church of millions of Anglicans worldwide.

21 November 2012

Tolkien lawyers sue studio, ahead of 'Hobbit' release Warner Bros declined to comment Tuesday on a lawsuit by the estate of author J.R.R Tolkien claiming that the film giant is abusing its right to merchandising linked to "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit."

21 November 2012

Church of England starts women bishops debate The Church of England's all-or-nothing debate on whether to introduce women bishops got under way Tuesday in its biggest and most contentious decision for two decades.

21 November 2012

Briton in serious condition after pizza fight on ferry Two British passengers on a Dutch-bound ferry were airlifted to hospital in a serious condition after two separate fights onboard, including one over a slice of pizza.

20 November 2012

British citizen beaten up in Atyrau recovered consciousness He is an engineer of one of the contractor companies of Agip KCO Andrian Paul Stewart, born in 1972: Interior Department.

19 November 2012

British citizen beaten up in Atyrau center A British citizen was found unconscious with numerous bodily injuries next to Ak Zhaiyk hotel in the center of Atyrau in western Kazakhstan.

19 November 2012

Nazarbayev discussed Kazakhstan-British relations with Britain's PM Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev held a telephone conversation with Great Britain's Prime-Minister David Cameron.

19 November 2012

Britain has 'encouraging' talks with Syrian opposition British Foreign Secretary William Hague indicated Friday he would decide within days whether to officially recognise the new Syrian opposition after "encouraging" talks with its leaders in London.

18 November 2012

BBC Savile colleague held for suspected sexual offences The BBC on Thursday agreed to pay a former politician £185,000 in damages over false child sex abuse claims, hours after police reportedly arrested another of its former presenters for sexual offences.

17 November 2012

BP to pay record $4.5 bn fine over US oil spill BP agreed Thursday to pay a record $4.5 billion in US fines for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and pleaded guilty to 14 counts including felony manslaughter in the deaths of 11 workers.

16 November 2012

Britain should withdraw from Afghanistan 'quickly': Ashdown Britain should accept defeat and move all of its soldiers out of Afghanistan as quickly as possible, former Liberal Democrat party leader Paddy Ashdown wrote in Friday's The Times newspaper.

16 November 2012

BP says in 'advanced discussions' to settle Gulf spill case British energy giant BP said on Thursday it was in advanced discussions to settle open criminal and regulatory cases with US authorities over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.

16 November 2012

Online museum showcases Britain's hidden art Britain has some of the best galleries in the world, but the vast majority of the oil paintings in public ownership have for decades been hidden away in private offices or storage.

15 November 2012

BBC showed 'basic' journalistic failings in abuse story The BBC showed "basic" journalistic failures in a news report in which it wrongly accused a senior politician of child abuse, an internal investigation has found.

13 November 2012

Calls for BBC overhaul after chief quits in abuse row The chairman of the BBC's governing board called Sunday for radical change in the world's largest broadcaster after it was plunged into crisis following the resignation of its chief executive in a sex abuse row.

12 November 2012

Bridget Jones set to return in third novel next year The accident-prone British thirty-something Bridget Jones is to return in a third novel next year, her creator Helen Fielding announced on Friday.

11 November 2012

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