http://www.mail.com/locations/70-united-kingdom.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/70-united-kingdom.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/1764128-lawyer-killed-kremlin-critic-worked-uk-spies.html LONDON (AP) — Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian agent-turned-Kremlin critic, was a "registered and paid" agent working for Britain's foreign intelligence agency when he died after being mysteriously poisoned, a lawyer representing his widow told an official hearing Thursday. Another lawyer said the U.K. has evidence the Russian government was behind Litvinenko's death... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1764128-lawyer-killed-kremlin-critic-worked-uk-spies.html 2012-12-13T17:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1764772-sp-puts-uks-aaa-rating-negative-watch.html LONDON (AP) — The Standard & Poor's rating agency has put Britain's AAA long-term credit rating on negative watch because of fears that economic growth over the next two years could be weaker than forecast. S&P said Thursday that it believed that many of the factors that have held back UK economic growth will persist. The agency added, "we continue to bel... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1764772-sp-puts-uks-aaa-rating-negative-watch.html 2012-12-13T17:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1763424-market-enthusiasm-fed-stimulus-fades.html LONDON (AP) — Upbeat U.S. economic figures failed to restore strength to stock markets Thursday as investors monitored the progress of budget discussions in the U.S. On Wednesday, stocks had gained ground on hopes of another monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve, but once it was delivered investors refrained from any further buying. "As we've seen on... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1763424-market-enthusiasm-fed-stimulus-fades.html 2012-12-13T16:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1763450-inquest-nurse-british-royal-hoax-hanging.html LONDON (AP) — A nurse was found hanging in her room three days after she had been duped by a hoax call from Australian DJs about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, a U.K. inquest was told Thursday. The case is being treated as an apparent suicide. Coroner's officer Lynda Martindill said nurse Jacintha Saldanha was discovered hanging by a scarf from a ward... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1763450-inquest-nurse-british-royal-hoax-hanging.html 2012-12-13T16:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1764620-study-people-worldwide-living-longer-sicker.html LONDON (AP) — Nearly everywhere around the world, people are living longer and fewer children are dying. But increasingly, people are grappling with the diseases and disabilities of modern life, according to the most expansive global look so far at life expectancy and the biggest health threats. The last comprehensive study was in 1990 and the top health ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1764620-study-people-worldwide-living-longer-sicker.html 2012-12-13T16:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1764648-financial-crisis-explained-to-queen-elizabeth-ii.html LONDON (AP) — In 2008, Queen Elizabeth II asked academics why no one saw the financial crisis coming. On Thursday, she finally got an answer. Sujit Kapadia from the Bank of England's Financial Services Committee gave the queen three reasons as she visited the central bank in London. He told her that financial crises are like earthquakes — rare and difficu... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1764648-financial-crisis-explained-to-queen-elizabeth-ii.html 2012-12-13T16:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1763868-watson-returns-ryder-cup-captain.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Americans are bringing back Tom Watson as Ryder Cup captain with hopes of ending two decades of defeats in Europe. "We're just really tired of losing Ryder Cup," PGA of America President Ted Bishop said Thursday during a news conference at the Empire State Building. Watson faces a tall order. The Americans have lost seven of the last n... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1763868-watson-returns-ryder-cup-captain.html 2012-12-13T16:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763798-man-jailed-2-years-defacing-rothko-work.html LONDON (AP) — A Polish man who defaced a Mark Rothko painting in London's Tate Modern gallery with black ink to promote an obscure artistic creed was sentenced Thursday to two years in jail. Wlodzimierz Umaniec, also known as Vladimir Umanets, was arrested after visitors discovered a scrawl across the bottom of Rothko's "Black on Maroon" on Oct 7. The 26-... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763798-man-jailed-2-years-defacing-rothko-work.html 2012-12-13T15:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1764352-oscars-academy-honors-pedro-almodovar-london.html LONDON (AP) — Director Pedro Almodovar is being hailed by Hollywood at an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences retrospective in London. The iconoclastic Spaniard is due to receive tributes at Thursday's event from colleagues and admirers, including fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, screenwriter Peter Morgan and fellow directors Stephen Frears an... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1764352-oscars-academy-honors-pedro-almodovar-london.html 2012-12-13T15:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1763598-pennies-patriotism-stars-move-to-tax-havens.html PARIS (AP) — France's Socialist government is introducing a 75-percent income tax on those earning over €1 million ($1.3 million), leading some of the country's rich and famous to set up residency in less fiscally demanding countries. Here's a look at some big names in France and elsewhere whose changes of address over the years have meant lighter taxes. ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1763598-pennies-patriotism-stars-move-to-tax-havens.html 2012-12-13T11:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763664-uk-govt-approval-to-resume-fracking.html LONDON (AP) — Britain's government has given the go-ahead to resume fracking — the controversial practice of drilling for gas trapped in shale — in the U.K.. Shale gas exploration had been suspended in Britain last year after a series of small tremors near an exploration site in Lancashire in northwest England. Edward Davey, the energy and climate change ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763664-uk-govt-approval-to-resume-fracking.html 2012-12-13T10:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763606-review-meyerbeers-rare-robert-staged-london.html LONDON (AP) — Degas painted it. Chopin wrote variations on it. Balzac and Dumas mentioned it in their fiction. The Paris Opera performed it 100 times in just three years. For more than a half-century after its premiere in 1831, Giacomo Meyerbeer's "Robert le Diable" was everywhere. Then, as its composer's reputation plummeted, it all but disappeared. Now ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763606-review-meyerbeers-rare-robert-staged-london.html 2012-12-13T10:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1760654-autopsy-nurse-hoax-thursday.html LONDON (AP) — The result of an autopsy on the nurse involved in a prank call for information about the former Kate Middleton's hospital stay will be revealed Thursday, London police said. Scotland Yard said on Wednesday the cause of Jacintha Saldanha's death will not be released until a Westminster Coroner's Court hearing. Saldanha answered the phone when... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1760654-autopsy-nurse-hoax-thursday.html 2012-12-13T03:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761444-un-security-council-condemns-nkorea-rocket-launch.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's successful rocket launch on Wednesday and said it will urgently consider "an appropriate response." Whether that response includes new sanctions against the North, which the United States and its European allies are seeking, depends first and foremost on China, the North's closest all... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761444-un-security-council-condemns-nkorea-rocket-launch.html 2012-12-13T00:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761282-uk-police-jimmy-savile-suspect-199-crimes.html LONDON (AP) — The late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile is a suspect in 199 crimes recorded so far, including dozens of cases of rape, British police said Wednesday. They described the level of sexual abuse allegations against Savile as "unprecedented in the U.K." The accusations against Savile, who died last year at age 84, grew after five women said during ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761282-uk-police-jimmy-savile-suspect-199-crimes.html 2012-12-12T20:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1762022-prince-william-graces-hobbit-green-carpet-uk.html LONDON (AP) — Prince William is joining stars such as Ian McKellen and Cate Blanchett on the green carpet in London for the U.K. premiere of "The Hobbit," the first part of Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" prelude. William's pregnant wife, Kate, is missing from the prince's arm — she cancelled her appearance at the premiere due to acute morning sic... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1762022-prince-william-graces-hobbit-green-carpet-uk.html 2012-12-12T19:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1761678-cheese-7500-years-ago.html LONDON (AP) — Little Miss Muffet could have been separating her curds and whey 7,500 years ago, according to a new study that finds the earliest solid evidence of cheese-making. Scientists performed a chemical analysis on fragments from 34 pottery sieves discovered in Poland to determine their purpose. Until now, experts weren't sure whether such sieves w... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1761678-cheese-7500-years-ago.html 2012-12-12T19:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761148-piracy-group-somali-pirates-arent-paid.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A U.K.-led Piracy Ransom Task Force says the shipping industry must adopt additional measures to ensure that payments aren't made to pirates after a successful attack. The task force's final recommendations noted that more than $300 million in ransoms has been paid to Somali pirates since 2008. The success of piracy attacks off Somal... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761148-piracy-group-somali-pirates-arent-paid.html 2012-12-12T18:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761708-scientists-seek-to-solve-mystery-piltdown-man.html LONDON (AP) — It was an archaeological hoax that fooled scientists for decades. A century on, researchers are determined to find out who was responsible for Piltdown Man, the missing link that never was. In December 1912, it was announced that a lawyer and amateur archaeologist named Charles Dawson had made an astonishing discovery in a gravel pit in sout... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761708-scientists-seek-to-solve-mystery-piltdown-man.html 2012-12-12T17:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1761674-prolific-twitter-accounts.html LONDON (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI hit the 1 million Twitter follower mark on Wednesday as he sent his first tweet from his new account. In amassing an army of followers, the pontiff joined an elite circle of prolific tweeters. Below is a glance at other members of the Twitterati. (at)LadyGaga Pop icon Lady Gaga's account ranks as Twitter's most followed, wi... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1761674-prolific-twitter-accounts.html 2012-12-12T17:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760854-cops-british-army-guided-belfast-lawyers-killing.html DUBLIN (AP) — British police and army agents planted inside Northern Ireland's major Protestant gang played a pivotal role in assassinating a Belfast attorney, a former United Nations war crimes investigator concluded in a damning report published Wednesday into one of the most divisive slayings of the entire four-decade conflict. Sir Desmond de Silva con... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760854-cops-british-army-guided-belfast-lawyers-killing.html 2012-12-12T16:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760996-uk-officer-punished-passing-nuclear-secrets.html LONDON (AP) — A Royal Navy petty officer who worked on nuclear submarines was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday for passing secrets to British agents impersonating Russian spies. Edward Devenney, 30, was arrested in March after a sting operation headed by Britain's domestic security agency, MI5. He pleaded guilty last month to breaching the Of... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760996-uk-officer-punished-passing-nuclear-secrets.html 2012-12-12T15:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1760738-barclays-appoints-ex-regulator-compliance-head.html LONDON (AP) — Barclays has appointed the former chief of Britain's financial regulator to the new role of head of compliance at the scandal-hit U.K. bank. The move, announced Wednesday, will see Hector Sants switching sides from heading the Financial Services Authority to overseeing all compliance activities in all regions in which Barclays does business,... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1760738-barclays-appoints-ex-regulator-compliance-head.html 2012-12-12T15:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760942-mick-jagger-love-letters-sell-300000.html LONDON (AP) — Jumpin' Jack Flash! A batch of love letters written by Mick Jagger to a 1960s muse have sold at auction for 187,250 pounds ($301,472). Sotheby's says a private collector bidding by phone on Wednesday snapped up the Rolling Stones frontman's 10 letters to singer Marsha Hunt. Hunt is an American-born singer who was the inspiration for the Ston... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760942-mick-jagger-love-letters-sell-300000.html 2012-12-12T12:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1760490-signs-point-toward-watson-ryder-cup-captain.html In the two months since a stunning loss in the Ryder Cup, the PGA of America talked about doing things differently when selecting its next captain. Tom Watson certainly would break the mold. Golf Digest reported on its website Tuesday night that the PGA of America plans to pick Watson, celebrated worldwide as an eight-time major champion and revered in Sc... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1760490-signs-point-toward-watson-ryder-cup-captain.html 2012-12-12T11:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760784-critics-savage-spice-girls-stage-musical.html LONDON (AP) — The critics have spoken — "Viva Forever" did not spice up their lives. British reviewers were scathing Wednesday about the big-budget stage show built around the songs of 1990s "Girl Power" pop group the Spice Girls. "I'll tell you what I wanted, what I really, really wanted — I wanted this terrible show to stop," said Charles Spencer in the... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760784-critics-savage-spice-girls-stage-musical.html 2012-12-12T11:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760536-global-corporate-deals-halved-5-years.html LONDON (AP) — The value of mergers and acquisitions deals around the world in 2012 was nearly half the amount made five years ago, when the financial crisis first bared its teeth, a leading accounting and consulting firm said Wednesday. Despite big deals such as Rosneft's takeover of fellow Russian oil company TNK-BP for a projected $54.5 billion, and Gle... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760536-global-corporate-deals-halved-5-years.html 2012-12-12T10:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760570-uk-unemployment-biggest-amount-2001.html LONDON (AP) — Official data shows that unemployment in the United Kingdom dropped to 7.8 percent in the three months to October as the number of jobless fell by its largest amount since 2001. The Office for National Statistics says Wednesday that the fall from the previous quarter's 8 percent came as 82,000 people came off the unemployment register, which... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760570-uk-unemployment-biggest-amount-2001.html 2012-12-12T09:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1758252-us-to-ryder-cup-captain.html The PGA of America is bringing a mystery guest to the "Today" show — its next Ryder Cup captain. Golf Digest reported on its website Tuesday night that it would be Tom Watson. An organization that is not shy about giving rock-star treatment to the Ryder Cup, the PGA of America said it would reveal the next U.S. captain during a segment Thursday of NBC's m... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1758252-us-to-ryder-cup-captain.html 2012-12-12T01:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1759656-delta-grabs-bigger-share-key-ny-london-route.html Delta Air Lines is grabbing a bigger share of the world's most important travel route: New York to London. The airline is paying $360 million for almost half of Virgin Atlantic, the swanky airline founded by Sir Richard Branson in 1984 as a cheaper and more stylish way to fly between the U.S. and London. Business travelers are hungry for flights on that r... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1759656-delta-grabs-bigger-share-key-ny-london-route.html 2012-12-11T22:55:00Z