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FILE -- Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News International, arrives at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, England, in this Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009 file photo. Britain's long-running phone hacking scandal took a a sickening twist, Tuesday July 5, 2011,with claims that a tabloid newspaper hacked into the phone mail of an abducted teenage girl and may have hampered the police investigation into her disappearance. Brooks, chief executive of News International, which publishes the News of the World tabloid, said in an email to her staff that the "strongest possible" actions would be taken if the charges were found to be true. Brooks said in the email that she had no knowledge of the alleged hacking and said she would not resign. (AP Photo/Jon Super, file)

UK phone hacking targets more slain schoolgirls

Gregory Katz, Robert Barr The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 9:30am

LONDON -- Britain's tabloid phone hacking scandal dominated the airways Wednesday as it swelled to allegedly involve more missing schoolgirls and the families of London terror victims. Lawmakers held an emergency debate, companies hastily pulled their ads and the prime minister demanded two new inquiries.

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Royal wedding details: Archbishop in key role

Gregory Katz, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 10:36am

LONDON -- Palace officials Wednesday revealed key details about the upcoming royal wedding, announcing that Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams will marry Prince William and Kate Middleton when they tie the knot on April 29.

Prince Charles' representatives said the wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey will begin at 11 a.m., kicking off a day of pomp and ceremony on what has been declared a national holiday throughout the United Kingdom.

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In this undated film publicity image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment, actor Pete Postlethwaite portrays Fergus "Fergie" Colm in a scene from the 2010 crime drama "The Town." Postlethwaite died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011, according to Andrew Richardson, a longtime friend and journalist who documented the actor's fight against cancer. He was 64.

Oscar-nominated star Pete Postlethwaite dies at 64

Gregory Katz, The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 3, 2011 - 3:43pm

LONDON — He could have stayed in teaching. That’s what his parents wanted: it was the safe, secure route for a young man with working-class roots and a face few would describe as handsome.

But Pete Postlethwaite wanted more. He wanted to pursue his passion for acting and, at 24, he left teaching to train at the Bristol Old Vic theater. His parents remained skeptical, but when he was introduced to Queen Elizabeth II after a stellar 1980s performance with the Royal Shakespeare Company, even his mother was convinced he would make his mark.

It was an incredible ascent for Postlethwaite, a distinguished character actor with a remarkably craggy, timeworn face whose death at age 64 was confirmed Monday by Andrew Richardson, a longtime friend and journalist who documented the actor’s fight against cancer. Richardson said the Oscar-nominated actor died Sunday.

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Travel chaos eases in Europe

Gregory Katz, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 10:30am

LONDON -- Heathrow's boss announced Wednesday he would give up his hefty bonus this year after the world's busiest international airport was crippled by snowy conditions. Air and train travel throughout Europe finally began to return to normal.

Temperatures have picked up in Britain and about 70 percent of Heathrow's planned departures -- some 900 flights -- are expected to operate Wednesday. Airlines are trying to clear a backlog of canceled flights, after iced-over runways and planes triggered days of chaos and misery for those seeking to travel elsewhere for Christmas.

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European weather chaos spawns outrage

Gregory Katz, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 2:22pm

LONDON -- Britain's prime minister offered troops to help clear airport delays on Tuesday and Europe's top transportation official said the failure to keep flights operating in winter weather was unacceptable, as exhausted and outraged passengers struggled to get home for the fourth day.

Prime Minister David Cameron said his government had "offered military assistance" to the company that operates Europe's busiest airport and others in Britain. Heathrow said it was grateful for the offer and didn't need the help, but still would be unable to restore full service until at least Thursday morning.

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(The Associated Press) A member of staff from Manchester Airport demonstrating a security scanner in November 2009. Airline passengers bound for the United States faced a hodgepodge of security measures across Europe on Monday Jan. 4, 2010 and airports did not appear to be following a U.S. request for increased screening of passengers from 14 countries.

UK privacy concerns likely to impede body scanners

Gregory Katz The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 7:19pm

LONDON -- Britain's government wants to quickly deploy full body scanners at U.K. airports to fight an expanded terrorist threat, but privacy concerns -- and fears that children may be exploited -- seem likely to slow the plan.

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