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Grocers face tougher rules
Supermarkets face tougher scrutiny of expansion plans and relations with their suppliers after the country's competition watchdog announced the outcome of a two-year probe into the sector on Wednesday.
Consumer mood worst since 1992
Consumer confidence in April plummeted to its lowest level since the economic slump of 1992, a survey showed on Wednesday that will make grim reading for Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the eve of local elections.
House prices suffer first annual fall in 12 yrs
House prices in Britain fell for the sixth month running in April to stand 1.0 percent lower than a year ago - the first annual fall in more than 12 years, the Nationwide building society said on Wednesday.
Guantanamo detainees to sue UK
Lawyers for former detainees are preparing to sue the government and intelligence services for alleged complicity in abuse of terrorism suspects by the United States and Pakistan.
Survey shows half EU immigrants to UK have left
One million immigrants from Eastern Europe have come to Britain since 2004 - but half of them have already gone back home, a report showed on Wednesday.
Shock gardening troops attack urban eyesores
They work under the cover of night, armed with seed bombs, chemical weapons and pitchforks. Their tactics are anarchistic, their attitude revolutionary. Their aim: to beautify.
UK to send 600 soldiers to Kosovo
Britain said on Tuesday it had agreed to a NATO request to send a 600-strong reserve battalion to bolster an alliance peacekeeping force in Kosovo.
UK eyes jail sentences to battle insider dealing
Britain's financial watchdog plans to use jail sentences and tougher fines to crack down on insider dealing, after data showed possible insider trade before over a quarter of takeovers last year, unimproved from 2006.
Tests show Austrian fathered daughter's children
DNA tests showed that Austrian Josef Fritzl, who raped his daughter and kept her prisoner in a windowless cellar for 24 years, was the father of her six surviving children, police said on Tuesday.
Economic worries nag at voters before UK poll
Fears of an economic downturn are nagging at voters' minds in the northern English city of Leeds before this week's local council elections that are a crucial test for Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Bush says Mugabe should respect vote in Zimbabwe
U.S. President George W. Bush said on Tuesday Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has "failed" the country and should respect the will of the people who voted for a change in leadership.
Disclosure of Syria-N.Korea link was message
President George W. Bush said on Tuesday the recent U.S. disclosure of suspected North Korea-Syria nuclear cooperation was intended to send a tough message to Damascus and Pyongyang as well as Tehran over their nuclear ambitions.
"time out" from trade may have begun
Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton still faces tough competition to become president of the United States, but her proposed "time out" from new U.S. trade agreements could already be a reality.
News conference on Austrian house of horrors
Austrian officials held a news conference on Tuesday to give further updates on developments of the Amstetten incest case.
European human rights court rules for Uzbeks
Russian rights groups cheered a rare victory on Tuesday after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that 12 Uzbek businessmen were denied due process as local police tried to extradite them to Uzbekistan.
UN Security Council takes up Zimbabwe vote
France's U.N. ambassador called on Zimbabwe authorities on Tuesday to publish and accept the results of elections there as the Security Council met for its first session on the Zimbabwe crisis.