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Britain now has more rats than people, with the trend set to continue unless households cut down on food waste, it has been claimed.

For years, British Muslims have sought advice from Sharia councils. They serve as arbitration courts for Muslims, issuing verdicts on problems of marriage and divorce, but they lack authority to enforce their decisions.

LONDON -- Alitalia pilot Achille Zaghetti thought it was a missile. Zaghetti was at the helm of a jet from Milan to London's Heathrow Airport on the evening of April 21, 1991 when a flying...

British orchestra performs tribute to South Park's "Chef" Isaac Hayes...on multiple ukeleles. Must be heard to be believed.

Jacqui Smith has created a new "emergency bill" to extend detention without trial to 42 days, after the House of Lords voted overwhelmingly against making the measure law.

The dismal state of the housing market was highlighted today as mortgage lending to first-time buyers plunged by 55 per cent to a record low and estate agents reported that they were struggling to sell even one home a week.

Those caught with marijuana for a second time will be fined £80 and after three strikes will be arrested when drug returns to class B

The British government injected an unprecedented 37 billion pounds ($63 billion) into the country’s leading banks Monday to avoid a full-scale collapse of the sector.

Tobacco smuggling causes around 4,000 premature deaths a year -- four times the number of deaths caused by the use of all smuggled illegal drugs put together -- but the UK government is not doing enough to tackle the problem, claim experts on the British

Bankers and financiers who take irresponsible risks should be punished for their actions, Gordon Brown said today.