Brit guards' bearskin hats may be banned
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A British lawmaker is gathering support for his call to ban the towering bearskin hats worn for almost 200 years by the red-coated soldiers who guard the country&#039;s royal palaces.
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England's commissioner for children and a civil liberties group have joined in a campaign to ban high-frequency devices intended to drive misbehaving children away from shops and other areas.
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A British great-grandfather said he has decided to boycott his local pub after being asked to remove his flat cap under rules designed to stop thugs hiding their faces from security cameras.
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A bill that would lift a decades-old ban on women wearing head scarves at universities was submitted to parliament on Tuesday, worrying secular Turks who fear the government is raising the profile of Islam.
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Taser stun guns used by British police are potentially deadly and must be strictly controlled, a leading human rights group has warned.
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The agreement to lift a ban on the wearing of head scarves by women attending universities is likely to enrage the countryâs staunchly secular old guard.
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Where will they buy body armour now? The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is banning all staff from accessing eBay.â¦
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Pamela Anderson has sent a petition to Queen Elizabeth II urging Britain's monarch to stop the use of bear pelts in making the tall black helmets worn by palace guards. The charity People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, said the former Baywatch star collected 200 signatures from fans in Britain and mailed the petition to Buckingham Palace on Friday.
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England's commissioner for children and a civil liberties group joined in a campaign Tuesday to ban high-frequency devices intended to drive away kids who congregate outside shops and in other areas.
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The European Union may consider banning Nazi symbols in its 25 member nations after Britain's Prince Harry wore a swastika armband to a costume party, the bloc's top justice official said Monday.
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Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq have urged the French government to give in to their captors&#39; demand by revoking a law banning Muslim head scarves in public schools
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London (IANS) A reported ban by India on the export of human skeletons may soon deprive medical students in Britain of the bony structure for detailed study.
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England's commissioner for children and a civil liberties group joined in on a campaign Tuesday to ban high-frequency devices intended to drive misbehaving children away from shops and other areas.
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Britain s well-heeled farmers, furious over a proposed law to ban fox hunting, have blocked British military from using their land for training exercises, the Daily Telegraphy reported on Sunday.
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The Act, which gained Royal Assent from the Queen last night, means hunting with hounds will be banned in England and Wales from February, after the Parliament
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Government accused of attempting to ban 10,000 officers from marching through Westminster
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Pamela Anderson has sent a petition to Queen Elizabeth II urging Britain's monarch to stop the use of bear pelts in making the tall black helmets worn by palace guards.