Posts Tagged ‘britons’

Millions ‘will seek payday loans’

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Millions of Britons are likely to take out a high-interest loan in the next six months to last them until payday, a group of insolvency experts claims.

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Millions ‘will seek payday loans’

Shakespeare tops list of symbols

Sunday, November 20th, 2011

Playwright William Shakespeare tops a list of symbols which give Britons a sense of pride, according to a new poll.

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Shakespeare tops list of symbols

FCO changes Kenya travel advice

Saturday, October 1st, 2011

The Foreign Office changes its travel advice for Britons visiting coastal areas of Kenya, following two attacks on western tourists.

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FCO changes Kenya travel advice

Charles and PM attend 9/11 event

Sunday, September 11th, 2011

The Prince of Wales and prime minister David Cameron join relatives of the 67 Britons who died 10 years ago in the 9/11 attacks at a remembrance ceremony in London.

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Charles and PM attend 9/11 event

UK public ‘opposes badger cull’

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

A majority of Britons in both town and country oppose killing badgers to curb cattle tuberculosis, an opinion poll for the BBC finds.

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UK public ‘opposes badger cull’

Future mobile to hit digital TV

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Interference from future mobile technologies might mean digital TV becomes unwatchable for some Britons, says watchdog Ofcom.

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Future mobile to hit digital TV

Boy charged over UK tourist deaths

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

A 16-year-old is charged with two counts of first degree murder after Britons James Cooper and James Kouzaris were shot dead in Florida.

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Boy charged over UK tourist deaths

UK arranging Japan charter planes

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

The government is to charter planes so that Britons who want to leave Japan can fly from Tokyo to Hong Kong.

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UK arranging Japan charter planes

Leave Bahrain now, Britons urged

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

The UK Foreign Office urges Britons to leave Bahrain on Thursday using commercial flights, as protests and violence continue in the Gulf state.

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Leave Bahrain now, Britons urged

UK warns against travel to Yemen

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

The Foreign Office is warning Britons against all travel to Yemen because of increasingly violent anti-government protests there.

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UK warns against travel to Yemen

RAF completes second Libya rescue

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

David Cameron speaks of his delight after three RAF Hercules aircraft rescue a further 150 people – including 20 Britons – from the Libyan desert.

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RAF completes second Libya rescue

‘Four Britons’ killed in NZ quake

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

At least four Britons are now understood to have died in the earthquake which struck the New Zealand city of Christchurch, the Foreign Office says.

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‘Four Britons’ killed in NZ quake

Hague says ‘Col Gaddafi must go’

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

Foreign Secretary William Hague says Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi must step down, a day after an airlift of Britons from the crisis-torn country.

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Hague says ‘Col Gaddafi must go’

Race to rescue Britons from Libya

Friday, February 25th, 2011

Scores of Britons are still stranded in Libya as efforts are redoubled to get them home amid continuing protests there.

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Race to rescue Britons from Libya

Two UK dead in New Zealand quake

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Two Britons died in the earthquake that devastated the city of Christchurch in New Zealand, the Foreign Office says.

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Two UK dead in New Zealand quake