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Scientists seek to solve mystery of Piltdown Man
It was an archaeological hoax that fooled scientists for decades. A century on, researchers are determined to find out who was responsible for ...
Times of London editor says he was pushed to quit
James Harding, editor of media mogul Rupert Murdoch's Times of London, announced he was resigning Wednesday, and said he was pressured to step down.
Cops, British Army guided Belfast lawyer's killing
British police and army agents planted inside Northern Ireland's major Protestant gang played a pivotal role in assassinating a Belfast attorney, a ...
Census: UK getting less religious, more diverse
Millions fewer Christians, many more immigrants and fewer married couples. Compared to a decade ago, Britain today is more ethnically diverse and less ...
Sikh soldier wears turban on palace guard duty
Britain's Ministry of Defense says a Sikh soldier has become the first guardsman to parade outside Buckingham Palace while wearing his traditional ...
UK regulator steps up compliance rules for HSBC
Britain's financial regulator says it is taking steps to force HSBC to improve its legal compliance after the bank agreed to pay $1.9 billon to settle ...
Belfast leaders decry petrol-bomb attack on police
Leaders from across Northern Ireland appealed Tuesday for a week of angry, illegal Protestant street protests to end after a gang surrounded a ...
UK, Jordan discuss radical cleric's deportation
British Prime Minister David Cameron has met with the king of Jordan but given no indication the two found a solution to the stalled deportation of ...
British government to legalize same-sex marriage
The British government announced Tuesday that it will introduce a bill next year legalizing gay marriage — but banning the Church of England from ...
UK gov't told to rethink data surveillance plan
British lawmakers on Tuesday demanded the government water down plans to keep track of phone calls, email and Internet activity — a bill critics dub ...
'Falling man' changes London neighborhood
The suburban stillness of the comfortable, two-story homes in west London's Mortlake neighborhood is broken only by the roar of jets thundering ...
Pakistan president visits hospital treating Malala
Pakistan's president has visited a British hospital where a 15-year-old schoolgirl is being treated after being shot in the head by a Taliban gunman.
Webcam update: Lucy goes freelance to full-time
Since graduating in fashion over the summer, dissatisfied with how her university prepared her for real life, Lucy Nicholls has tried to make it in ...
After long disdain, Jamaica gets 1st patois Bible
When English teacher Faith Linton first proposed translating the Bible into Jamaica's patois tongue in the late 1950s, most people who heard the idea ...
Britain sees decline in Christmas birds like doves
Just try finding a partridge in a pear tree in Britain these days. Britain's Royal Society for Protection of Birds says the two icons of the Christmas ...
Protestant militants target Northern Ireland party
Northern Ireland leaders appealed for calm Thursday after Protestant militants attacked offices and a home connected to the most compromise-minded ...
Dan Lydiate to join exodus from Welsh club rugby
Dan Lydiate is set to join the exodus of top talent leaving Welsh club rugby after Newport-Gwent Dragons confirmed the blindside flanker's departure ...
England, Wales wrangle over hosting 2015 RWC game
Already pitched into the toughest pool for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, England is now faced with the prospect of playing one of its matches in Wales — ...
Australia, England, Wales in same 2015 WCup group
Australia, host country England and Wales were herded together in the same eye-catching group for the 2015 World Cup on Monday, ensuring one of the ...
Carter leads All Blacks clean sweep of IRB awards
Dan Carter led a New Zealand clean sweep of the 2012 IRB awards after the flyhalf was named player of the year for the second time. Carter, test ...
LeMond wants to run UCI after Armstrong scandal
A group of the UCI's fiercest critics called for the president to step aside Monday, and asked three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond to put ...
Lions' hopes lifted by England win over All Blacks
England's rugby players awoke to headlines of "The Incredibles" and "World Beaters" on Sunday after ending New Zealand's 20-test unbeaten run in one ...
Halfpenny released from hospital after neck scare
Wales fullback Leigh Halfpenny has been discharged from the hospital after scans revealed his neck injury from the test against Australia wasn't ...
Wallaby lock Sharpe ends rugby career on a high
It certainly wasn't the way Nathan Sharpe envisaged ending his rugby career. For the past 16 years, the strapping Australia lock has earned a living ...
All Blacks upset and thrashed by England 38-21
New Zealand has finally lost, convincingly upset by a record 38-21 to England in scarcely believable scenes at Twickenham on Saturday. England, the ...