Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer Prince Rupert, British Columbia (AHN) - A ferry transporting over a hundred passengers along a scenic route near Vancouver Island hit a rock and sank, however the passengers and crew all escaped with only minor injuries. Rescue agency spokeswoman, Capt. Leah...

AP - Julianne Moore will return to the New York stage in the world premiere of "The Vertical Hour" by British playwright David Hare.

AP - British Treasury chief Gordon Brown said the country's economy is growing, with inflation on target, as he presented his 10th annual budget Wednesday.

Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter (AHN) - The lead singer of Radiohead says he declined an invitation by British Prime Minister Tony Blair to meet for talks on climate change. As an ambassador of Friends Of The Earth, Thom Yorke was asked in September to visit 10 Downing Street to discuss...

The UK's Takeover Panel gives Spain's Grupo Ferrovial until 24 April to bid for British airports operator BAA.

AP - Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday that a school acted properly in refusing to allow a student to wear Muslim clothing of her choice rather than the attire permitted under school policy.

Reuters - A Dubai firm has delayed its $1.24 billion takeover of British engineering company Doncasters Group while U.S. authorities study the security implications of the deal, a senior company official said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Independent movie distributor Roadside Attractions has bought North American rights to "The Road to Guantanamo," a docudrama about three British citizens who traveled to a wedding in Pakistan and ended up held as suspected terrorists by the United States for two years.

Reuters - A British girl lost a legal battle on Wednesday to be allowed to wear full Islamic dress in school in a case which has been likened to the row in France over the wearing of Muslim headscarves.

British citizens with alleged links to al-Qaeda plotted to kill revellers at a London nightclub, a court hears.

AP - A judge ruled Wednesday that a British military officer who refused to serve in the Iraq war because he believes it is unlawful will face a court martial.

AFP - British electricals-to-furniture retailer Kesa Electricals said that its annual net profits sank by almost 20 percent to 94.7 million pounds (137.1 million euros, 165.6 million dollars).

AFP - A Royal Air Force doctor who refused to return for a tour of duty in Iraq because he believes military action there is illegal will face a court martial, a judge ruled.

AFP - British finance minister, Gordon Brown, was set to deliver his 10th, and possibly his last, annual budget amid increasing speculation he could replace Tony Blair as prime minister sooner than expected.

Reuters - Independent movie distributor Roadside Attractions has bought North American rights to "The Road to Guantanamo," a docudrama about three British citizens who traveled to a wedding in Pakistan and ended up held as suspected terrorists by the United States for two years.

AP - Police opened an investigation Tuesday into allegations that Prime Minister Tony Blair sold seats in the House of Lords in exchange for secret loans to his governing Labour Party, another twist in a political furor that has prompted calls for Blair to leave his job.

AFP - Seven British men went on trial on charges they were part of an Islamist militant-inspired plot to set off explosives in Britain with help from accomplices in Pakistan and Canada.

AFP - Britain's Prince Charles condemned the violence sparked by the Prophet Mohammed cartoons and appealed to religious leaders to foster common values in a speech at a renowned Cairo university.

AP - Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke says he turned down the chance to discuss climate change with Tony Blair because the British prime minister has "no environmental credentials."

Reuters - British police said on Tuesday they were investigating Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labor party in response to allegations of political sleaze.