Japan wants Britain's exit from the European Union to be predictable and transparent so that Japanese companies can continue to operate smoothly in the country, a senior government official said on Monday. More »
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Young pigs that were saved from a fire in southwest England earlier this year have been served to their rescuers as sausages by the farmer who wanted to thank the firefighters for their efforts. More »
Two men from Myanmar convicted of killing two British backpackers on a Thai holiday island in 2014 submitted their final appeal on Monday against the death sentence. More »
Britain will not rule out the possibility that the European Union may retain oversight of customs controls at UK borders after it leaves the bloc, as the country seeks ways to keep unhindered access to EU markets following Brexit. More »
I'm here to send you the regards of the Federal Chancellor. I am entitled to tell you we want you in Germany. This private message from Angela Merkel, delivered by a regional politician to Wall Street bankers last year, is having the desired effect. More »
Drivers donned their suits and climbed into their cockpits at the weekend for a 12-hour endurance race with a difference: they weren't driving rallying cars, but lawnmowers. More »
There is a whiff of betrayal in the air across Britain's Brexit heartlands where many impatient voters fear Prime Minister Theresa May is going soft on implementing last year's decision to leave the European Union. More »
A retelling of Britain's vote to leave the European Union and its dramatic political consequences might perhaps be framed as high drama or extreme farce. More »
The British government issued new guidelines on Sunday requiring manufacturers of internet-connected vehicles to put in place tougher cyber protections to ensure they are better shielded against hackers. More »
Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's famous fables, "The Concrete Jungle Book" offers a gritty outlook on life where tigers and forests have been replaced by homeless people and refugees struggling to survive in an urban jungle filled with drugs and knife crime. More »
Seven Roman Catholic priests were refused service in a Welsh pub after staff mistook them for a stag party in fancy dress. More »
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, arrives in Downing Street for a cabinet meeting, in central London, Britain June 20, 2017. Britain’s interior minister will use a visit to Silicon Valley on Tuesday to ask the world’s biggest social media and i... More »
The HM Treasury name is seen painted on the outside of Britain’s Treasury building in central London, Britain November 25, 2015. Twenty-two mice scurrying around Britain’s finance ministry have fallen foul of the chief mouser to the Treasury since he took up r... More »
European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and his delegation and Britain’s Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis and his delegation attend a first full round of talks on Britain’s divorce terms from the European Union, in ... More »
European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and his delegation and Britain’s Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis and his delegation attend a first full round of talks on Britain’s divorce terms from the European Union, in ... More »
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A giant blue whale skeleton is unveiled in the Hintze Hall at the Natural History Museum, London, Britain July 13, 2017. London’s Natural History Museum has installed a four-and-a-half-tonne blue whale skeleton to tower over the heads of visitors, replacing th... More »
European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michael Barnier addresses a news conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 12, 2017. The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said there were many differences with Britai... More »
Britain Formula One – F1 – British Grand Prix 2016 – Silverstone, England – 10/7/16 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton celebrates with his team after winning the race Lewis Hamilton will head to Silverstone for this weekend’s British Grand Prix with the circuit as much ... More »
Jane Austen once wrote that a large income was the best recipe for happiness. Now a private letter written by the author to her niece could well make someone very happy indeed. More »
Firefighters tackle a fire at Camden Market in north London, Britain, July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay More than 70 firefighters have brought a fire under control at London’s Camden market after a blaze broke out at a building at the popular tourist attract... More »
A group of artists in the southern English coastal town of Brighton are taking their works off the gallery wall and offering them to the public via an unusual channel, through a vending machine. More »
Bourbon whiskey barrels in St. Philip, Barbados December 2, 2016. Picture taken December 2, 2016. REUTERS/Adrees Latif Alcohol and automobiles famously do not mix – but one Scottish scientist has disproved that maxim by driving a car powered by biofuel derived... More »
London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital applied to the High Court on Friday for a new hearing regarding a critically ill baby in light of fresh evidence concerning potential treatment for the 10 month-old, who has attracted international attention. More »
The burnt out remains of the Grenfell apartment tower are seen in North Kensington, London, Britain, June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay The insurer of London’s Grenfell Tower, where at least 80 people died in a devastating fire, raised its estimate for proper... More »
Businessmen walk on the esplanade of La Defense financial and business district in Puteaux, near Paris, France June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes The French government on Friday pledged to remove some of the charges banks pay in France and make sure they a... More »
Paint-brushes and chisels are the familiar tools of painters and sculptors through the ages, but one British artist is creating pictures using an unusual instrument for the visual arts: a typewriter. More »
British police have launched a public appeal to find the owner of a human finger, seven years after it was found in London. More »
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves after attending the annual Henley Royal Regatta rowing festival in Henley-on-Thames, Britain, June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville It’s lonely at the top for British Prime Minister Theresa May but she’s holding on — ... More »
A European Union flag is waved in front of Big Ben outside Parliament after Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May triggered the process by which the United Kingdom will leave the European Union in London, March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth Britain’s opposit... More »
FILE PHOTO: Passengers wait for check-in U.S. bound flights at a Turkish Airlines counter at Ataturk International airport in Istanbul, Turkey, March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer Turkish Airlines (THYAO.IS) expects a ban on carrying electronic devices in cabi... More »
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire leaves after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 28, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau France will set up a special court to handle English-law cases for financial contracts after Britain le... More »
London’s Victoria and Albert Museum has built a vast, underground exhibition space as part of a 55 million pound ($70 million) refurbishment. More »
A new exhibition will examine the overlapping worlds of two figures bound together by history on different sides of the Atlantic – King George III and President George Washington. More »
Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Arlene Foster speaks to media outside Government buildings in Dublin, Ireland June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne The leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Arlene Foster, has returned t... More »
FILE PHOTO: Extensive damage is seen to the Grenfell Tower block which was destroyed in a disastrous fire, in north Kensington, West London, Britain June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay The insurance industry warned the British government of the dangers of flam... More »
The Union Flag flies near the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, June 7, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne Britain’s parliament was hit by a “sustained and determined” cyber attack on Saturday designed to identify weak email passwords, just over a month aft... More »
The logo of the social network Facebook is seen on a beach during the Cannes Lions in Cannes, France, June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard Facebook Inc is launching a UK program to train and fund local organizations to combat extremist material online, as inte... More »
British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 23, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday the offer she had made on the rights of EU citizens to live in Britain after Brexit was very f... More »
FILE PHOTO – New York Jets owner Woody Johnson speaks during a news conference at the Boys and Girls Club of Newark Clubhouse in Newark, New Jersey January 27, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo U.S. President Donald Trump will nominate National Football Le... More »
Cosplay fans (L-R) George Massingham, Abbey Forbes and Karolina Goralik travel by tube dressed in Harry Potter themed costumes, after a visit to one the literary franchise’s movie filming locations at Leadenhall Market in London, Britain, March 10, 2017. REUTE... More »
FILE PHOTO: Stormzy performs at the Brit Awards at the O2 Arena in London, Britain, February 22, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville /File Photo Some of the biggest names in British music, including Stormzy, Robbie Williams and The Who, released a charity single on We... More »
Tourists pose for pictures as they take selfies inferno of the neon signs in God’s Own Junkyard gallery and cafe in London, Britain, May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Russell Boyce On the flick of a flurry of switches, a studio on a gray industrial estate in East London l... More »
Flames and smoke billow as firefighters deal with a serious fire in a tower block at Latimer Road in West London, Britain June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville Fire engulfed a 24-storey block of flats in central London on Wednesday, killing some people, injurin... More »
A municipal worker sweeps the street outside the cabinet office in Westminster, central London, Britain, June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne British workers’ earnings after inflation contracted at the fastest pace since 2014 in the three months to April, un... More »
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May, leaves 10 Downing Street in central London, Britain June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble Talks between Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party and Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives on supporting the British lead... More »
A deal between Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party and British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives could be delayed until next week after a fire in an apartment block in central London killed several people on Wednesday, the BBC reported. More »
A structural engineer is checking the stability of a 24-storey London apartment block which was engulfed by a fire that left a number of fatalities and over 50 people injured, the fire brigade said on Wednesday. More »
FILE PHOTO: Shoppers are reflected in a shop window as they walk along Oxford Street in London, Britain, December 21, 2013. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor/File Photo British consumers cut their spending for the first time in nearly four years last month, figures from ... More »
FILE PHOTO – U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May walk at the start of the NATO summit at their new headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Prime Minister Theresa May’s office said on Sunday t... More »
The logo of Airbus Group is seen on the company’s headquarters building in Toulouse, Southwestern France, April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo Airbus (AIR.PA) could move production of new aircraft models out of Britain if the European plane-maker’... More »
FILE PICTURE: Richard Hammond, host of the BBC America series ”Richard Hammond’s Crash Course,” speaks at the Cable portion of the Television Critics Association Summer press tour in Beverly Hills, California August 1, 2012. REUTERS/Fred Prouser Former “Top Ge... More »
FILE PHOTO: Singer Ariana Grande performs on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ show in Central Park in New York City, U.S. May 20, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo French fans of Ariana Grande flooded to a Paris concert hall on Wednesday as the U.S. pop st... More »
FILE PHOTO – A man arrives at the Uber offices in Queens, New York, U.S. on February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Car service Uber is using a gap in EU and UK tax rules to avoid incurring sales tax on the booking fees it charges drivers in Brit... More »
A man walks past ‘Kenilworth AM1’ at the press preview of Grayson Perry’s ‘The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever!’ show at the Serpentine Gallery in London, Britain, June 7, 2017. REUTERS/Marko Djurica British artist Grayson Perry will launch a new exhibition o... More »
FILE PHOTO: A view of the London skyline shows the City of London financial district, seen from St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Britain February 25, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo Global investors are distinguishing between the UK and the rest of Europe as ... More »
Two of the men shot dead by police following the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market on Saturday are seen in this undated combination image of two photographs, received in London via the Metropolitan Police in London on June 5, 2017. On left is Khuram S... More »
A combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. on May 31, 2017 and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan at the scene of the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market in central London, Britain, Ju... More »
A giant scaffolding sculpture with an image of Britain’s Prime Minister wearing the Union Flag and making a gesture towards continental Europe is seen on top of the cliffs overlooking the south coast of England and the Channel, June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Simon Hare... More »
Ariana Grande performs during the One Love Manchester benefit concert for the victims of the Manchester Arena terror attack at Emirates Old Trafford. Danny Lawson/One Love Manchester/via REUTERS U.S. pop singer Ariana Grande headlined a star-studded benefit co... More »
Roddy MacLeod father of Manchester bomb victim Eilidh MacLeod leads the funeral procession to the Church of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, ahead of the funeral of Manchester bomb victim Eilidh MacLeod, in Castlebay on the island of Barra, in Scotland June 5, 2017.... More »
FILE PHOTO: Jan Woerner the European Space Agency (ESA) Director General speaks at ESA headqauters in Darmstadt, Germany, October 19, 2016 as the Schiaparelli lander touch down on Mars. REUTERS/Uwe Anspach/POOL British companies may need to set up subsidiaries... More »
Competitors risked injury and ridicule as they flung themselves down a steep incline after a nine-pound wheel of cheese in the English county of Gloucestershire. More »
Armed police officers stand on duty in central Manchester, Britain, May 28, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble British police said on Monday they had arrested a 16th person in connection with the Manchester suicide bombing last week. More »
People wait with their luggage at the British Airways check in desks at Heathrow Terminal 5 in London, Britain May 28, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall London’s Heathrow Airport said early on Monday that there were still some disruptions to British Airways (ICAG.L) fli... More »
Britain is looking at range of options to put pressure on internet companies to do more to take down extremist material, Security Minister Ben Wallace said on Sunday. More »
People wait with their luggage at Heathrow Terminal 5 in London, Britain May 27, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall British Airways canceled all its flights from London’s two biggest airports on Saturday after a global computer system failure caused confusion and chaos, ... More »
Alex Cruz, Chairman and Chief Executive of British Airways attends The British Air Transport Association (BATA) Annual Lecture in London, Britain October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth British Airways said a power supply issue was to blame for a global compu... More »
British Airways said on Saturday there was no evidence that a global breakdown of its IT systems had been caused by a cyber attack. More »
British Airways (ICAG.L) said it had canceled all flights from London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports on Saturday following a global IT system failure. More »
British Airways (ICAG.L) said it had canceled all flights from London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports scheduled before 1700 GMT on Saturday due to a global computer outage. More »
A boy carries a candle during a vigil for the victims of an attack on concert goers at Manchester Arena, in Royton, near Manchester, Britain May 26, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble U.S. pop star Ariana Grande said on Friday that she will hold a benefit concert in Man... More »
Britain’s Prime Minister, Theresa May, arrives at number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday she would tell U.S. President Donald Trump that intelligence shared between their... More »
British security services have thwarted 18 militant plots in the UK since 2013, including five following an attack in central London in March, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. More »
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth speaks to Millie Robson, 15, from Co Durham, and her mother, Marie, during a visit to the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital in Manchester, Britain May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Byrne/Pool Queen Elizabeth met some of the young victims... More »
An undated photo from the Facebook account of Olivia Campbell, identified in media reports as one of the victims of the blast at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester May 22, 2017. Olivia Campbell via Facebook/Handout via REUTERS The following are short prof... More »
Messages and floral tributes left for the victims of the attack on Manchester Arena lie around the statue in St Ann’s Square in central Manchester, May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Jon Super Police scrambled to close down a network around the Manchester suicide bomber wi... More »
FILE PHOTO – Ariana Grande performs at Z100’s Jingle Ball in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/Files Roy More »
A man photographs a sign in Manchester. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth A Polish couple died in the suicide attack in the English city of Manchester, Poland’s Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said on Wednesday. More »
FILE PHOTO: Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney delivers a speech at the International Fintech Conference in London, Britain April 12, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo Bank of England Governor Mark Carney poked fun at the drinking habits of one of hi... More »
The headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) are pictured in Frankfurt, Germany September 8, 2016. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo Discord between the euro zone’s three largest countries is stalling the European Central Bank’s efforts to come up with ... More »
A hooded man holds a laptop computer as blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration Officials across the globe scrambled over the weekend to catch the culprits ... More »
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May and Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond tour the Renishaw innovation and engineering plant in Wootton, south west England, in Britain, November 24, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville Britain’s defense minister on Thursday d... More »
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney leaves after speaking at 2017 Institute of International Finance (IIF) policy summit in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas Faced with Brexit unknowns, a national election and mixed economic data, Bank of ... More »
An artwork attributed to street artist Banksy, depicting a workman chipping away at one of the 12 stars on the flag of the European Union, is seen on a wall in the ferry port of Dover, Britain May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay British street artist Banksy has ... More »
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson answers a question during a joint press conference with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias (not pictured) following their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Athens, Greece, April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis B... More »
Pharmaceutical companies called on Thursday for a phased transition in drug regulation after Britain leaves the European Union, in order to avoid supply disruption and protect public health. More »
Guido Rasi, executive director the European Medicines Agency (EMA), poses for a portrait at his office in London, Britain, January 6, 2012. REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly/File Photo Europe’s drugmakers pushed for a decision as early as June on the new location for t... More »
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a speech to Conservative Party members to launch their election campaign in Walmsley Parish Hall, Bolton, Britain April 19, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Yates Prime Minister Theresa May will make a formal pledge ahead of t... More »
Pedestrians walk past the Houses of Parliament, in central London, Britain April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth Britain will lose more than the European Union from its decision to leave the bloc, the EU’s top diplomat said on Thursday, and talks with London ... More »
British Formula Four driver Billy Monger has had his lower legs amputated after an horrific crash at the Donington Park circuit on Sunday, series organizers said on Wednesday. More »
A woman consumes an ‘Ooho’ plastic-less water container in London, Britain, April 12, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay Small transparent spheres filled with natural or flavored water could help provide a solution to London’s plastic waste problem, according to the s... More »
FILE PHOTO – A web page on a voting registration site for the forthcoming British EU referendum is seen on a laptop computer and a smart phone in London, Britain, June 8, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo A website which allowed Britons to register to vot... More »
FILE PHOTO: Noe Sanchez shows off the Remitly app that he uses to send money to his family in Mexico in this photo taken in San Francisco, California March 30, 2016. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach U.S. payments startup Remitly has launched services in Britain, expand... More »
Doctor Rupert Till, music technologist from the University of Huddersfield, poses for a photograph in the stone circle of the ancient monument of Stonehenge, Amesbury, Britain February 22, 2017. Till has co-developed an app that gives users a virtual acoustic ... More »
Slovak media covering the Brexit process are facing fines of up to 6,600 euros ($6,987) for using the unofficial but widely known name for the country in question, Britain, rather than the official United Kingdom. More »
FILE PHOTO: Model Naomi Campbell (R) poses for a photograph with fashion stylist Edward Enninful, after Enninful received his Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) at Buckingham Palace, in London, Britain October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Philip Toscano/Poo... More »
A Krafla geothermal power plant is seen in Reykjahlid, Iceland, September 19, 2015. REUTERS/Lefteris Karagiannopoulos Scientists will study the possibility of producing geothermal energy from magma for the first time, in a $100 million project in Iceland, whic... More »
