Saga of Britain's official cats revealed under new Freedom of Information Act
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LONDON  - Now it can be told: Britain's Home Office had not one official cat, but a whole dynasty of mouse catchers, one of which nearly insulted the Queen.
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Freedom of information laws coming into force on Saturday are set to pose British Prime Minister Tony Blair a fresh test over Iraq as a newspaper tries to unearth his legal case for war.
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The Conservative party has tabled 120 requests to government departments under a new freedom of information law, it said, a move it hopes will embarrass the government ahead of a looming election.
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Campaigners for public openness in Britain said they expected "dozens if not hundreds" of requests for information about London's support for the Iraq war once a new Freedom of Information Act takes effect in the New Year.
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But behind the scenes, an Anglo-French row was under way, after a British MEP spilled the beans on the murky past of one of President Chirac's political allies.
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Recently the British House of Commons has adopted a legislation to ban fox hunting in England and Wales.
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The National Archives puts the official records of some of Britain's most famous immigrants on its website.
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"The only witness who could have supported the version of events reported in some sections of the media refused to give a statement."  A British artist ate a corgi dog, famous for being Queen Elizabeth II's favourite breed, in protest Tuesday after a group including her husband Prince Philip allegedly killed a fox earlier this year. via Raw Story
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An official inquiry in Britain showed on Tuesday that former British Home Secretary David Blunkett was linked to a breach of the rules of his office in the case of the fast-tracking
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Â· Secret report accuses senior commanders  Â· MoD backs ban on military personnel selling stories
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What was supposed to be A Public Affair has ended up being   pretty hush-hush.
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An inside look at the elaborate secrecy campaign around the biggest book of all time
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Guardian investigation: The government was last night fighting to contain the fallout over Â£1bn in payments to a Saudi prince as the attorney general came under renewed pressure to explain how much he knew about the affair.
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The writing of modern British history will be transformed when the Freedom of Information Act takes effect.
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And then there were two The UK government is spending Â£208m per year on running websites but many of them are text heavy and crammed with policy information that citizens couldnât give a monkeyâs about.â¦
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Environment contract party - will it have cake? An attempt by a UK cabinet minister to discuss proposed environment policy using a wiki has ended in embarrassment after pranksters made merry at the expense of the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs' (Defra).â¦
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A New York Times decision to block   British online readers from seeing a story about London   terrorism suspects raises new questions on restricting the flow   of information in the Internet age, legal and media experts   say.