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UK man admits killing two of his children
A 48-year-old divorced Briton locked in a bitter custody battle has confessed that he had killed his two young children in the French city of Lille.
Stop persecuting ageing celebs: UK lawyer
British barrister Barbara Hewson wants the age of consent to be lowered to 13 in Britain in a bid to end the "persecution of old men" like disgraced former BBC presenter Stuart Hall.
UK MP hits out at 'Australian huckster' Crosby
The health of thousands of people has been put at risk because the Conservatives were influenced by an "Australian huckster", the British shadow public health minister says.
UK aims to host Syria peace talks
Robert Winnett, Tom Parfitt and Colin Freeman David Cameron is seeking to convene an emergency summit in Britain aimed at brokering a deal to end the escalating conflict in Syria.
Queen's speech was 'Crosby-fied': UK Labour
The British opposition has questioned whether the government's decision to drop two health policies was down to links between the prime minister's Australian strategy chief and alcohol and tobacco...
US, UK to push for new Syrian government
Kitty Donaldson and Roger Runningen UK Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama said they are in agreement on plans to forge a transitional government in Syria after Bashar al- Assad is ousted.
'Burglar' body found in UK chimney
The body of a man, believed to be a burglar, has been found in the chimney of a law firm in Britain.
UK police inquiry broadens to Sydney
Nick Ralston, Lisa Davies A Sydney woman has told Scotland Yard police she witnessed an ''incident'' in a London recording studio toilet involving the television star Rolf Harris more than 20 years ago.
Hard times: Debt a drag on UK youth
Young adults are finding it almost impossible to break free from their parents, both emotionally and financially, as they struggle to become independent, a British study has revealed.
London-Beijing tiff could cost UK billions
Malcolm Moore and James Quinn David Cameron has effectively been barred from visiting China because Beijing is so angry at the Prime Minister for meeting the Dalai Lama last year.
Former UK boxing champion 'killed and dismembered'
A man murdered a former champion boxer and dismembered his body before using his credit cards to go on a shopping spree, a British court has heard.
UK mother forced daughter, 14, to get pregnant using sperm donor
A woman desperate for another child forced her 14-year-old daughter to get pregnant using syringes of donor sperm, a British judge says.
UK measles outbreak linked to vaccine scare
Nick Miller Experts say the false connection of vaccines to autism 10 years ago is now bearing dangerous fruit.
Hundreds get jabs after UK measles death
Hundreds of children are getting vital MMR jabs at special sessions after a suspected death in a British measles epidemic.
UK grandmother faces firing squad after drug appeal loss
Jonathan Pearlman A 56-year-old British grandmother has lost her appeal against a sentence of death by firing squad for trafficking drugs in Indonesia.
Thatcher's funeral instruction to UK PM
Baroness Thatcher reportedly left instructions that the British prime minister should give a reading at her funeral.
Rising UK party spooks rivals over immigration
Anthony Faiola For the United Kingdom Independence Party, defeat has never looked this much like victory.
UK couple guilty of killing six of their children in fire
A British couple have been found guilty of killing six of their children in a deliberate blaze at the family home.
UK MPs reach deal on press regulation
Nick Miller UK newspapers will be forced to publish corrections and face fines of up to £1 million ($1.45m) for breaking their code of conduct under a new system of press regulation inspired by the phone...
UK limits foreigners' access to welfare, housing, healthcare
Eddie Buckle British Prime Minister David Cameron was set to announce plans to curb access to welfare, housing and free healthcare for non-Britons on Monday.
