Brits want Churchill, Lennon on new notes
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As the new Bank of England 20 pound note makes its debut featuring economist Adam Smith, a survey suggests Britons want better-known and more modern characters on their money.Comment
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The Beatles are to appear on a set of stamps in January, the Royal Mail has announced.
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There are many question marks about what the former British prime minister can achieve as special envoy.
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A national day to celebrate British values, possibly as a new bank holiday, is proposed by two senior ministers.
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A federal judge has ordered the FBI to turn over files on John Lennon to a California professor who said the documents show Britain's domestic spy agency shadowed the late Beatle's political activities.
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By Philip Webster, Political Editor, and Ian MacKinnon in Jerusalem. BRITAIN will step up efforts to maintain the momentum towards Middle East peace this week by fleshing out plans for a London conference to
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has undermined hopes for his powerful chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown, to succeed him and may have opened up the leadership battle to a new generation, newspapers ...
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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 ( news - web sites ) war once a new Freedom of Information ...
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Uefa president Michel Platini has written to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to appeal for his help in safeguarding the future of football.
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Gordon Brown will receive the keys to 10 Downing Street on Thursday, as outgoing UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is appointed as a peace envoy to the Middle East. (Full story)
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The British and Irish prime ministers publish proposals to restore devolution in Northern Ireland.
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European papers show continuing interest in British Prime Minister Tony Blair's address to his Labour Party conference in Brighton.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday called for deployment of international forces to stop bombardment of Israel.
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$1.5m and rising, reports claim A pair of John Lennon's trademark specs, given by the Beatle to a Japanese TV producer back in 1966 and up for sale on 991.com, have reportedly attracted bids as high as $1.5m, Reuters reports.â¦
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The Tories urge Gordon Brown to "trust the people" by holding a referendum on a new EU treaty.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Belgian counterpart sought Thursday to hammer out their differences over a new EU treaty, in the run-up to a crunch summit next month.
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As European leaders came together on Friday for the first time since the American elections, Britain&#39;s prime minister, Tony Blair, urged them to adjust to the &quot;reality