Tag Archives: england

  • News globalsecurity

    Police: Mastermind of UK terror plot sentenced

    The architect of an al Qaeda-inspired terror plot in Birmingham, England, was sentenced Friday to at least 18 years in prison without the possibility of parole.

  • News gay-marriage

    Same-sex marriage questions fly as Anglican leader is enthroned

    In a week of change at the top for church leaders, the question of same-sex marriage has jumped to the fore.

  • News London police release photograph of Jacintha Saldanha

    Family of nurse crank called speak publicly for first time

    It was the first time her husband, Benedict Barboza, and two teenaged children had spoken publicly of their loss since the nurse’s death on 7 December.

  • News Queen Elizabeth

    Queen’s balcony wave, flyover cap Diamond Jubilee celebrations

    Crowds cheer as the queen rides in a horse-drawn carriage to Buckingham Palace

  • News

    Pomp, pageantry and pouring rain for Diamond Jubilee

    Some 20,000 people are taking to the water aboard 1,000 vessels for a river pageant featuring dragon boats, a floating belfry and the royal barge.

  • News

    Derby day for queen on jubilee weekend

    Indeed, the name “Derby” has entered the vernacular and is now used to describe almost any race for three-year-olds.

  • News / Offbeat

    Girl, 4, banned from school photo because of hairdo

    Her hairdresser father, who styled her “do” for the day, says his daughter wanted to look like a princess.

  • News marriage

    British women would rather travel than marry

    It looks like British women would rather hang out with a pilot than a husband.