Argentina will make a formal complaint to the UN about British “militarisation” around the disputed Falkland Islands, says President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
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Argentina to go to UN on islands
Michael Fassbender wins the best actor prize at the Evening Standard British film awards for his roles in sex addiction drama Shame and Jane Eyre.
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Fassbender scoops Standard award
Russian scientists are attempting to beat US and British rivals to be first to drill into an Antarctic sub-glacial lake.
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Race to drill into Antarctic lake
BBC Scotland’s Cameron Buttle gives a behind the scenes look at a British army base in Afghanistan.
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VIDEO: Sending news from Afghanistan
The British team are going head to head against hundreds of downhill skaters in the latest leg of the Red Bull “crashed ice” world championship.
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VIDEO: Bushell rides crashed ice course
Three British men die and three more people remain in hospital after contracting Legionnaires’ disease while on holiday in Spain, a tour company says.
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Legionella Britons die in Spain
What British officials call Prince William’s routine mission is stirring interest at home and abroad as the 30th anniversary of Argentina’s invasion of the Falkland Islands approaches.
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Prince William’s Posting to Falklands Revives Ire
UK cinema box office takings passed the £1bn mark for the first time last year, according to the British Film Institute (BFI).
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UK box office takes £1bn in 2011
The Association of British Insurers estimates that up to 200,000 flood-prone homes could face insurance problems next year.
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200,000 homes ‘at flooding risk’
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai thanks the British people for sacrificing “blood and treasure” for the future of his country.
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Karzai thanks UK for ‘sacrifice’
The British government’s so-called money transfers prop up its poorer regions, keeping them from the kind of collapse suffered in euro zone nations like Greece.
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The Welsh Economy Slips, but London Cushions the Fall
HONG KONG — A Chinese professor who traces his lineage to Confucius — China’s ancient champion of harmony and courtesy — has stirred an angry bout of disharmony with a tirade against Hong Kong as a land of “dogs” and “thieves” in thrall to British colonialism. Read full article > >
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Beijing professor and descendant of Confucius provokes anger by insulting Hong Kongers
A U.S. drone strike killed a British al-Qaida official fighting alongside insurgents in Somalia, officials said.
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Officials: US Drone Strike Killed Somali Insurgent
Pinewood Studios pledges its commitment to the British film industry despite having its £200m expansion plan being rejected.
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Pinewood Studios committed to UK
Beijing professor and descendant of Confucius provokes anger by insulting Hong Kongers
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
