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LONDON (Reuters) – London’s police sold their New Scotland Yard headquarters for 370 million pounds ($578.90 million) on Tuesday to an Abu Dhabi investment firm, the latest part of the British capital to be snapped up by foreign investors. The

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Street prices for illegal ivory are soaring in China, where newly wealthy middle and upper class citizens are buying carved ivory and whole tusks as a status symbol of their riches, a report released Tuesday found.

The quaint village of Iddesleigh in Devon is best known as the opening setting of War Horse, an acclaimed novel recounting the story of a thoroughbred horse caught up in World War I. But now Iddesleigh is the setting for

MEPs have increased the EU budget by €4.8 billion for next year, handing the tax payer an even bigger bill. A provisional agreement on the EU budget for 2015 which included settling unpaid bills for this year was reached by

Environmental protestors have long made a purposeful nuisance of themselves in the hope that the cost of policing that activities will deter organisations from engaging in activities they don’t like – such as, for example, fracking. But a high court

In what was trailed as one of the “most important speeches” he’ll ever make, the chairman of Arts Council England (ACE), Sir Peter Bazalgette has warned arts venues that they must do more to make their audiences, output and workforce

Thousands of citizens have taken to the streets of Germany and Denmark over the past couple of days to protest the ‘Islamisation’ of Europe, to oppose Sharia law, and to call for peace with Christian Russia, as the attendance of

Dame Janet Suzman, a South African-born Shakespearian actress, has come under fire for saying that black and Asian people don’t visit the theatre as much as white people because it’s not part of their culture to do so. The actress,

Two British twins who fled to Syria to become ‘jihadi brides’ have both become widows. Salma and Zahra Halane left their home in Chorlton, Greater Manchester, in June to fly to Turkey in the middle of the night as their

Leaders of energy-rich Gulf monarchies meet on Tuesday to hammer out a common strategy to fight the threat from Islamic extremism and plunging oil prices. The newly reconciled Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is gathering for its annual summit in Qatar,

LONDON (Reuters) – A prominent female member of Britain’s anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) has accused its general secretary of sexual harassment five months before a national election, prompting the party to suspend him pending an investigation. The imbroglio is

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will rally the conservative faithful this week at their party congress, which is all but certain to jubilantly re-elect her as their unchallenged party chief. The only real question is whether she will match or even

The family of a murdered Swedish bride whose millionaire husband was cleared of her killing have blasted the decision by a South African judge not to put him on the stand during his sensational trial. Ami Denborg told reporters the

The lyrics of the Band Aid 30 single to raise money for anti-Ebola charities are embarrassing and ignorant, the British nurse who survived the disease said on Tuesday. William Pooley travelled back to work in Sierra Leone to treat sufferers

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Government troops and Russian-backed separatists largely suspended hostilities in east Ukraine Tuesday in a fresh attempt to revive a largely ignored cease-fire deal. The lull in fighting followed a proposal by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to

All on duty police officers in the West Midlands Police force were ordered back to base last night after the force received anonymous information regarding a threat to kidnap and kill an officer. The force released a statement saying that

Two million Conservatives voters are set to switch to the UK Independence Party at the next election, according to a new survey of 30,000 voters. It found that one in five of the 10 million who voted Tory in 2010

Claridge’s is one of London’s finest five-star hotels, popular with royals and aristocrats, film stars and rock stars. But if you’d tried taking afternoon tea there over the weekend, you would have had to run the gauntlet of a rather

An insurgent party confounding its critics and rising inexorably in the polls. An established party finding its core vote disillusioned and flirting with a more hardline, principled alternative. A renegade, sometimes controversial leader whose ideas are seen by many as

That was over faster than a knife fight in a phone box. One minute the US and China are ready to join forces to save the world, the next they split on the precise mechanism for measuring that modest aim.

A top British judge stepped down from his position in a district court after he made “disgusting” comments, but has kept his position as an immigration tribunal judge, although he will see no more cases until an investigation is complete. 

It looks as though Britain’s first new grammar school in 50 years will get the go-ahead. Education secretary Nicky Morgan has said that she is “open to being convinced” ahead of her decision on the foundation of a satellite school

David Cameron will travel to Turkey tomorrow to hold talks with the Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over growing concerns that the country is being used as a staging post for British jihadists to travel to

The company set up by senior Police Officers to process applications for ‘speed awareness’ courses is under investigation after it was revealed it amassed a surplus of nearly £2m. Road Safety Support Ltd was established at the suggestion of the

More than one in every three Brits self-censors on topics such as religion and immigration, according to a new poll. And four in ten Brits think that there is not enough freedom of speech in Britain today. The findings have