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Barclays CEO John Varley to step down (AP)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:38:09 GMT

AP - John Varley, who guided Barclays bank through the credit crisis without resorting to a government bailout, will retire next year as chief executive, to be succeeded by the head of the group's highly profitable investment banking operation, the company said Tuesday.

Tube disruption as workers stage 24-hour strike (AFP)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:33:02 GMT

A woman travels by underground train at Liverpool Street Station in London on September 6. Millions of commuters face severe disruption on London Underground services as Tube workers continued a 24-hour strike over staffing cuts.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Millions of commuters faced severe disruption on London Underground services on Tuesday as Tube workers continued a 24-hour strike over staffing cuts.

Service marks 70 years since start of Blitz of UK (AP)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:11:38 GMT

AP - Seven decades after Hitler's forces began targeting the citizens of Britain, a memorial service is being held to honor those who protected London during the Blitz.

Barclays bank picks American Diamond as new head (AFP)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:08:54 GMT

American Bob Diamond, then head of Barclays's investment banking unit Barclays Capital, speaks to the media at a press conference in the Brooklyn borough of New York City in 2007. British bank Barclays said on Tuesday it had chosen Diamond to become chief executive in place of incumbent John Varley.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris McGrath)AFP - British bank Barclays said on Tuesday it had chosen American Bob Diamond, head of its highly successful investment banking unit, to become chief executive in place of incumbent John Varley.

One in three young adults 'drink to get drunk' (AFP)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:56:56 GMT

More than one third of young people go out drinking specifically to get drunk but many of them regret it afterwards, according to research published Tuesday by an alcohol awareness charity.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - More than one third of young adults go out drinking specifically to get drunk but many of them regret it afterwards, according to research published Tuesday by an alcohol awareness charity.

London gridlock as transport strike brings chaos (Reuters)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:07:46 GMT

Reuters - Millions of commuters across the British capital struggled to get to work on Tuesday as a 24-hour strike by workers on London's underground rail system crippled much of the network, hurting the city's convalescent economy. Passengers took to bikes, buses, walked, or made use of extra boat services on the River Thames that runs through the city in a bid to beat the stoppage, called in protest at 800 job cuts driven by austerity measures.

London commuters struggle as strike closes subway (AP)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:03:52 GMT

A commuter waits on a empty platform at the closed Victoria underground station in London, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Millions of Londoners are struggling to get to work by road, rail boat and bicycle as a strike by London Underground workers shuts down much of the city's subway system. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Millions of Londoners struggled to get to work by road, rail, boat and bicycle Tuesday as a strike by London Underground workers shut down much of the city's subway system.

HSBC chairman to become trade minister: BBC (AFP)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:49:14 GMT

HSBC Holdings Group Chairman Stephen Green is to become the trade minister in Britain's new coalition government(AFP/File/Eric Piermont)AFP - Stephen Green will leave his post as chairman of banking titan HSBC to become the trade minister in the new coalition government, the BBC reported on Tuesday.

Barclays appoints Bob Diamond as chief executive (AFP)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:43:18 GMT

Barclays bank has named American Bob Diamond (seen here), one of the world's highest paid bankers, as its new chief executive.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Mcgrath)AFP - British bank Barclays on Tuesday said it had chosen American Bob Diamond, head of its investment banking unit, to become its new chief executive in place of incumbent John Varley.

Barclays to name Bob Diamond new chief executive (AFP)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:33:22 GMT

Barclays bank has named American Bob Diamond (seen here), one of the world's highest paid bankers, as its new chief executive.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Mcgrath)AFP - British bank Barclays is expected on Tuesday to name American Bob Diamond, one of the world's highest paid bankers, as its new chief executive who will take charge next year, reports said.

Extradition agreements to be reviewed amid outcry (AFP)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:35:08 GMT

File photo shows a demonstrator wearing a Gary McKinnon mask during a protest outside the Home Office in London. In the most high-profile extradition case, McKinnon, a Briton suffering from Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism, faces extradition to the US where he is accused of hacking into American military and NASA computers.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The government will review its extradition agreements with the United States and European nations amid concerns that the current system is failing to protect British citizens, a report said Tuesday.

Blair cancels book signing amid Iraq protest threat (AFP)

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:57:18 GMT

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair waves as he arrives at the ITV Studios in London. Blair has cancelled a planned book signing session in London to promote his memoirs after anti-war protestors threatened to target it.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair on Monday cancelled a planned book signing session in London to promote his memoirs after anti-war protestors threatened to target it.

Duck house, symbol of UK expenses scandal, sold (Reuters)

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:07:56 GMT

Reuters - A floating duck house, which came to symbolize a parliamentary expenses scandal that rocked British politics last year, has been sold and the money given to a cancer charity, the organization said on Monday.

Get the celebrity scent with UK tabloid's perfume (Reuters)

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:03:57 GMT

Reuters - Britain's tabloid Sun newspaper launched its own celebrity perfume on Monday to provide readers with the scent of showbiz.

Coulson under pressure over hacking row (AFP)

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:59:39 GMT

Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister David Cameron's media chief Andy Coulson, seen here in April 2010, over allegations he knew about illegal phone hacking by reporters when he was editor of a tabloid newspaper.(AFP/Pool/File/Oli Scarff)AFP - Opposition lawmakers called for Prime Minister David Cameron's media chief to quit Monday over fresh allegations that he knew about illegal phone tapping by reporters when he was a tabloid editor.

EU budget chief sparks row over British rebate billions (AFP)

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:25:53 GMT

The European Union's budget commissioner Janusz Lewandowski, seen here in April 2010, has taken a swipe at the billions of euros which Britain gets back from the EU budget.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - Europe's budget chief sparked a fierce row with Britain on Monday over the 'Thatcher rebate' which sees billions returned to London in lieu of farm payments to France and Germany.

UK police may probe alleged tabloid phone hacking (AP)

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:13:38 GMT

FILE- In this April 13, 2010 file picture Andy Coulson, the Conservative Party's Director of Communications, speaks on the phone in Battersea Power Station following the launch of his party's manifesto in London, England. One of Britain's best-selling newspapers denied Monday that it engaged in widespread phone hacking, but police said they might reopen an investigation into claims its reporters illegally eavesdropped on scores of politicians and celebrities.The allegations against the tabloid News of the World — sensational even by the knockabout standards of the British press — are rattling Prime Minister David Cameron's government. Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor who stepped down after one of his reporters was convicted of hacking, is now Cameron's PR chief.(AP Photo/Oli Scarff, Pool)AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron's communications director, a former tabloid editor, offered Monday to meet with police as they consider reopening an investigation into claims his newspaper's reporters illegally eavesdropped on scores of politicians and celebrities.

Schoolboy finds pipe bomb in Northern Ireland (AFP)

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:22:00 GMT

The St. Comgall's Primary School in Antrim. The Northern Ireland school was evacuated after an eight-year-old boy found a pipe bomb in the playground, in what police said was a AFP - A Northern Ireland school was evacuated Monday after an eight-year-old boy found a pipe bomb in the playground, in what police said was a "cowardly" attack blamed on militants opposed to the peace process.

Govt to announce student visas crackdown (AFP)

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:18:18 GMT

A man and woman walk through an otherwise deserted international arrivals area at London Gatwick Airport on April 17. The government is to outline a crackdown on people arriving on student visas as it bids to tighten its immigration system, described by a minister as AFP - The government is to outline a crackdown on people arriving on student visas Monday as it bids to tighten its immigration system, described by a minister as "largely out of control".

Police release new shots after MI6 death (AFP)

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:00:17 GMT

A Metropolitan Police image shows a CCTV view of Gareth Williams in the lift at Holland Park underground station on August 14. Police have released new images of the British spy whose naked, decomposing body was found padlocked into a bag in his bath tub.(AFP/Handout)AFP - Police released new images Monday of a British spy whose naked, decomposing body was found padlocked into a bag in his bath tub.
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