LONDON - Heavy snowfall and intense cold this winter, one of the most severe in decades, has taken its toll across Europe, with many rural areas badly affected and several deaths reported.

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Leaders of various political parties have condemned the British government's decision to impose conditional economic aid to India.

Reacting over the issue, senior politburo member of the Communist...

Italian Fabio Capello's future as the England manager is doubtful after he criticised Football Association (FA) decision to strip Chelsea defender John Terry of national team captaincy.

Capello told...

Pakistan on Monday beat England by 71 runs in the third and final Test being played here, and achieved a three nil series whitwash.

Chasing a victory target of 323, England scored 252 in their...

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich paid an unscheduled visit at the training ground in Cobham to watch his players train before Sunday's match with Manchester United, which left their manager, Andre...

England manager Fabio Capello has blasted the Football Association (FA) for removing John Terry from England's captaincy.

He is annoyed with the FA after Terry was axed as England's captain after...

Britain is under the spell of snow, ice and freezing temperatures and the prevailing condition may last through February.

On Tuesday, people in parts of Britain woke up to lying snow of up to five...

The aid from Britain to India must be cancelled immediately, demanded some British parliamentarians after India's finance minister said they don't need it. The row broke out after India favoured a...

A school in London has taken up an initiative to teach children to learn from failure in exams and on the sports field.

Education experts have welcomed the move, which is being seen as a bid to...

One of Britain's oldest married couples are still as happy as the day they met - almost 82 years ago.

Inseparable Lionel and Ellen Buxton tied the knot in 1936 have not spent more than one night...

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond is facing calls to apologise after embarrassingly comparing a BBC chief to a Nazi bureaucrat

Salmond described Ric Bailey, the BBC's chief political adviser in...

Noel Gallagher is furious at suggestions that he praised former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a recent interview, insisting that quotes were blown out of proportion.

According to an...

The internet is a "fertile breeding ground for terrorism" and plays a part in most, if not all, cases of violent radicalisation, British lawmakers have said.

According to the report, Internet...

British singer M.I.A extended her middle finger during Sunday night's performance of Madonna's new single, "Give Me All Your Luvin" at the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show.

The gesture was...

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has said the vile chants against him during their Sunday Premier League match against Chelsea inspired United to perform well.

Chelsea fans throughout the...

British Olympic boxing medallist Amir Khan recently took his fiancee Faryal Makhdoom for a tour of his hometown Bolton, England.

Last month, Makhdoom had showed him around her native New York.

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Gary Lineker was caught in the snow blanket, which is currently covering Britain, as he headed home from BBC's Salford studios.

Many drivers were stuck on the M25 and M40 motorways and some were...

A tiny fighter from UK is recovering in hospital after becoming the youngest person to have open-heart surgery.

Surgeons pieced together Jasmine Carr's heart when she was 17 and a half hours old...

British cricket agent Mazhar Majeed, who played a crucial role in the 2010 controversial 'match fixing' scandal, reportedly has fixed himself a cushy cleaner's job in a jail in Britain.

Majeed...

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney believes his team's inspiring draw against Chelsea at the Stamford Bridge on Sunday could win them this season's Premier League title.

United were on the verge...

Prince Harry sported a cut on his nose while he was partying with David Beckham in London on Friday.

Harry sustained the injury on the bridge of his nose during a fierce RAF hostage survival...

A quarter of Britons have claimed that they have been to ancient Wonders of the World, wiped off the Earth hundreds of years ago.

Over one in eight (13 per cent) said that they have seen the...

Jailed terrorists are radicalizing vulnerable young Muslims in prison, a report by British members of parliament has disclosed.

The Telegraph quotes the report as saying that extremists are breeding...

Al-QAEDA is trying to recruit women to carry out suicide bombings in the United Kingdom.

According to British lawmakers, Al Qaeda is using extremist websites to radicalise angels of death.

In their...

England footballer Jordan Cousins has been arrested over accusations of raping a 12-year-old girl.

Charlton defender Cousins, 17, was quizzed after the youngster contacted detectives.

She alleged...

The New York Giants have won their second Super Bowl title in four years and fourth overall after beating the New England Patriots in the final.

The Giant's Eli Manning engineered a nine-play,...

Ace Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has said England are poor players of spin bowling.

The Mirror quoted Muralitharan as saying that he was not surprised to see the England batters...

Simon Cowell, who had axed Cheryl Cole as a judge from US 'The X Factor' merely days after the show started, is reportedly swooping for her as he brings his brutal revamp to the British show.

The...

British Prime Minister David Cameron is facing intense pressure to slash the 280 million pounds aid the UK gives to India after it emerged that the country said it no longer wanted the money,...

Princess Diana's life is set to be made into a movie, and producer Stephen Evans is lining up a Hollywood actress to play the late British royal.

Diana's film will be based on her bodyguard Ken...

British singer Jessie J says that she will snog pop stars Rihanna and Ed Sheeran if she wins three Brit awards.

The 23-year-old is nominated for best female, best breakthrough and best single for...

BRISTOL - Hundreds of traders and business establishments have signed up for Bristol's own currency to be launched May 21, with the backing of the Bristol Credit Union, a bank run as a...

Al-Qaeda is trying to recruit women for carrying out suicide bombings in Britain, parliament members have warned in a report.

The terrorist group is using extremist websites to radicalise the...

Syria's ambassador in London has been summoned to the Foreign Office for the Government to make clear its "abhorrence" at the violence in the country, William Hague told MPs. The...

Rising numbers of children are starting school without being toilet trained, a survey of teachers has suggested. Almost two-thirds of primary school staff say they have seen an increase in...

The chief executive and other directors of Network Rail have decided not to take any bonuses and to allocate the money to safety improvements instead. The executives were facing increasing political...

The Rev Ian Paisley, the former Northern Ireland First Minister, has been admitted to hospital. He was rushed to the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, on the outskirts of east Belfast. Unconfirmed reports...

A radical Muslim cleric accused of posing a grave threat to Britain's national security will be released on bail within days, an immigration judge has ruled. Abu Qatada, who is being held in...

The editor of the Daily Mail was aware the newspaper was using search agencies but not the extent to which it was doing so, he has told the inquiry into press standards. Paul Dacre, editor-in-chief...

The Co-operative Group has received a staggering 64,000 enquiries for 800 apprenticeship posts, the company has announced. A scheme to offer 800 apprenticeship places was launched last summer, with...

Police are investigating racist emails sent to the Archbishop of York following controversial comments he made about same-sex marriage. North Yorkshire Police confirmed detectives have launched an...

Ed Miliband has claimed that 6,000 under-threat nursing jobs could be protected with the money saved from abandoning the Government's NHS reforms. The Labour leader stepped up calls for the...

Mass killer Anders Breivik has told a court he deserved a medal of honour for the murder of 77 people and demanded to be set free. Breivik, who has been declared criminally insane, smirked as he was...

England's captain Andrew Strauss leaves the field after his dismissal during the third test cricket match against Pakistan at Dubai International cricket stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates...

That 13-6 defeat at Murrayfield saw Scotland drop down to 11th position as they swapped places with Samoa in the latest edition of the International Rugby Board (IRB) rankings published...

Ireland lost this one in the final minutes but possibly should have been out of sight by then - instead, profligate defence allowed Wales to remain in the...

Scotland dropped to eleventh while Wales climbed two spots to sixth in the latest IRB World rankings following the opening round of the Six Nations. Scotland dropped below Tonga and Samoa...

The England management are optimistic Lee Dickson will be able to play against Italy this weekend despite sustaining a broken hand at Murrayfield. Dickson was expected to miss this weekend's...

LONDON -- A British judge has jailed two German men after they pleaded guilty to terror charges.Christian Emde, 28, and Robert Baum, 24, were arrested on July 15 in the English port town of...