LONDON - British researchers say there is little evidence Tamiflu stops complications in healthy people who catch the flu, though public health officials contend the swine flu drug reduces flu hospitalizations and deaths. Researchers at the Cochrane
LONDON - One of Britain's former spy chiefs denied Tuesday that he received political pressure to change a key intelligence briefing paper cited by Tony Blair in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But John Scarlett distanced himself from a fo
LONDON - British artist Richard Wright was named Monday the winner of this year's Turner Prize, contemporary art's most prestigious award. Wright, 49, defeated three other artists, including favourite Roger Hiorns, to win the 25,000-pound award, at
LONDON - A British soldier was shot dead Monday in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence here said, bringing the total killed this year to 100. The soldier, from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, was killed as a result of small arms fire, in
Silverstone has secured the future of the British Grand Prix, signing a deal with F1 commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone to stage the race for the next 17 years, following weeks of negotiations.The British Racing Drivers Club, which owns the
LONDON - The British Grand Prix has been saved from extinction after Formula One bosses struck a deal to allow the race to carry on being staged at Silverstone, the track's owners announced Monday. Silverstone Circuits Limited said Formula One chie
LONDON - The government is considering slapping a supertax on bankers' bonuses amid fears of a lavish season for senior staff despite the global financial crisis, reports said Monday. Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling is mulling the le
LONDON - Susan Boyle stayed at the top of the British album charts Sunday for the second straight week as the success of her record-breaking debut album continued. I Dreamed A Dream by the 48-year-old Scottish spinster became the best-selling deb
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