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A growing number of homosexual and lesbian couples in Britain are getting divorced, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

A suspected ETA member, the Basque militant was arrested in Cambridge, England and will be tried in London on Thursday

The British public is demanding justice after popular tabloid magazine News of the World was found hacking the cell phones of the dead.

The mother of a British soldier killed while on duty in Iraq said those involved in the hacking scandal should be brought to court.

HTC is trying to strengthen the grip it has established over the smartphone market in the absence of iPhone 5, tickled by the success of Samsung Galaxy S II which hit 3 million in 55 days in UK.

The Bank of England kept its key interest rate at a record low on Thursday, as expected, and is likely to stay put for the rest of the year as the economy struggles to gain momentum.

The Bank of England kept its key interest rate at a record low 0.5 percent on Thursday as worries about Britain's lackluster recovery outweighed any concern about above-target inflation.

Departing or burying the dead people in designer coverings or outfits and with proper make-up seem to be the latest trend driving the fashion industry.

Telephone numbers of relatives of dead military personnel have been found in files amassed by a detective employed by a Sunday tabloid newspaper, say reports.

The European Union has banned Egyptian fenugreek seeds.

Researches have found that Chantix, the popular Pfizer drug that helps people quit smoking, may instead give people heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems.

A century ago, it was the explorers and infantrymen of Europe's great powers slugging it out for slices of Africa. Now, it is the agents of Chinese and Brazilian capital, but the competition is just as fierce.

Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, and European banks RBS and UBS were the biggest beneficiaries of very short-term Federal Reserve loans extended at the height of the financial crisis, according to data released on Wednesday.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. shares dropped Wednesday as investigations continue into one of its British newspapers alleged hacking into the voicemail belonging to a murdered teenager.

In yet another example of unexpected cross-cultural phenomena, it turns out that one of the biggest idols in Afghanistan is none other than ex-movie star and ex-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

As this global treasure hunt garners more and more recognition, will scares subside?

Anish Kapoor's 'Orbit' is being compared to London's Eiffel tower.

Revelations into the hacking of a dead girl's phone has given a British tabloid a scandal of its own.

On July 1, Jiang was absent at an important event in Beijing commemorating the 90th anniversary of China's Communist Party.A few days later, an important figure was urgently hospitalized into 301 Military Hospital located in Beijing, China. The figure is reportedly the former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, who was rumored to be in sickness since his last public appearance in Jiangsu on May 14th.

Car maker Ford and billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Holidays have suspended advertising in Britain's News of the World due to allegations of hacking by the newspaper while travel operators Thomson and First Choice are among a growing band of companies reviewing their policies.

Car maker Ford has suspended advertising in Britain's News of the World due to allegations of hacking by the newspaper, while lender Halifax joined a growing band of companies reviewing their policies.