Britain's oldest building firm, R Durtnell and Sons, has ceased trading, putting more than 100 jobs at risk. The company was founded in 1591, and has been run by 13 generations of the same family. It was working on a £22m project to r...

Christmas prank makes kids cry, then laugh...

  Apple has said that all iPhones, iPads and Mac computers are affected by two major flaws in computer chips. It emerged this week that tech companies have been racing to fix the Meltdown and Spectre bugs, that could allow hackers to steal dat...

Great Britain's Iconic Phone Booth Becomes Full-Service Coffee Shop...

ppers make their way past a police cordon following a fatal stabbing on Oxford Street in London December 26, 2011. A male was pronounced dead at the scene and a number of arrests had been made, police said. Police examine bl...

  updated 8:50 p.m. ET May 11, 2010 LONDON - David Cameron, the youthful leader who modernized the party of right-wing(右翼的) icon(偶像) Margaret Thatcher, became prime minister Thursday after the resignation(辞职) of Gordon Brown — cap...

The annual Social Trends study published by the Office for National Statistics presents a revealing portrait of the way we live now. Education More three-year-olds than ever are going to school The age at which youngsters are first sent to sch...

updated 6:44 p.m. ET March 28, 2009 LONDON - British police said Saturday that a program that tries to identify children at risk of Islamic radicalization(激进) has dealt with 180 cases over an 18-month period. The Association of Chief Police O...